Regional Mexican Albums Explained

Regional Mexican Albums is a genre-specific record chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. The chart was established in June 1985 and originally listed the top twenty-five best-selling albums of mariachi, tejano, norteño, and grupero, all subgenres of regional Mexican music.[1] The genre is considered by musicologists as "the biggest-selling Latin music genre in the United States",[1] and represented the fastest-growing Latin genre in the United States after tejano music entered the mainstream market during its 1990s golden age.[2]

Originally, Billboard based their methodology on sales surveys it sent to record stores across the United States and by 1991 began monitoring point-of-sales compiled from Nielsen Soundscan.[3] Musicologists and critics have since criticized the sales data compiled from Nielsen, finding that the company only provides sales from larger music chains, omitting small shops that specialized in Latin music—where the majority of Latin music sales are generated.[3] The magazine began to rank Latin music recordings in August 1970 under the title Hot Latin LPs, which only ranked the best-selling Latin albums in Los Angeles (Pop) and the East Coast (Salsa).[4] Before the chart's inception, musicians' only chart success was the Texas Latin LPs (formerly the San Antonio Latin LPs) section, where regional Mexican music was more prominent.[5] Beginning in November 1993, Billboard lowered the rankings from twenty-five to fifteen positions on its Latin genre-specific charts, while the Top Latin Albums expanded to fifty titles.[6] From July 2001 until April 2005, the chart increased to twenty titles and then lowered back to fifteen titles.[7] [8] Since 2009, the Regional Mexican Albums chart lists the top twenty best-selling albums determined by sales data compiled from Nielsen SoundScan.[9]

The first album to peak at number one was Jaula de Oro by Los Tigres del Norte on June 29, 1985.[10] In 1994, Selena's Amor Prohibido debuted and peaked at number one in three different calendar years (1994–1996), making her the first artist to do so.[11] Amor Prohibido currently holds the record for the most weeks at number one, with 96 nonconsecutive weeks.[12] Jenni Rivera is the female act with the most number ones at nine on the Regional Mexican Albums chart.[13] [14] The current number-one album on the chart is Éxodo by Peso Pluma.[15]

Year-end best selling albums

According to the RIAA, albums containing more than 50% Spanish language content are awarded with gold certifications (Disco de Oro) for U.S. shipments of 100,000 units; platinum (Disco de Platino) for 200,000 and multi-platinum (Multi-Platino) for 400,000 and following in increments of 200,000 thereafter.[16] In the following table, the certifications shown are standard as any album release in United States: gold certification for sales of 500,000 copies; platinum, for one million units, and multi-platinum for more than one million sold.

YearArtistAlbumLabelRIAA certification
1986[17] Los BukisA Donde VasProfono
1987[18] Me Volvi a Acordar de TiLaser Records
1988[19] Si Me Recuerdas
1989[20] Grupo BroncoUn Golpe MásFonovisa Records
1990[21] A Todo Galope
1991[22] Amigo
1992[23] La MafiaEstas Tocando FuegoSony Discos
1993[24] SelenaEntre a Mi MundoEMI Latin6× Platinum
1994SelenaAmor ProhibidoEMI Latin2× Platinum
1995
1996
1997[25] Grupo LimitePartiendome El AlmaUniversal Music LatinoGold
1998[26] SelenaAnthologyEMI Latin
1999[27] All My Hits Vol.1Gold
2000[28] Los TemerariosEn La Madrugada se FuePlatinum
2001Vicente FernándezHistoria de Un Idolo, Vol. 1Sony Music LatinGold
2002Los TemerariosUna Lágrima No BastaFonovisaGold
2003Los Tigres del Norte
2004Grupo ClimaxZa Za ZaBalboa
2005Grupo Montéz de DurangoY Sigue La Mata DandoDisa Records[29]
2006Borrón y Cuenta Nueva
2007Vicente FernándezHistoria de un Idolo, Vol. 1Sony Music LatinGold
2008Para Siempre5× Platinum (Latin)
2009El Trono de MexicoAlmas GemelasFonovisaGold (Latin)
2010Jenni RiveraLa Gran SeñoraPlatinum (Latin)
2011Los Bukis35 Aniversario
20123Ball MTYInténtaloUniversal Music Latino
2013Jenni RiveraLa Misma Gran SeñoraFonovisa2× Platinum (Latin)
2014[30] 1969 - Siempre, En Vivo Desde Monterrey, Parte 1Platinum (Latin)
2015[31] Gerardo OrtízHoy Más FuerteSony Music Latin
2016[32] Los Plebes del Rancho de Ariel CamachoRecuerden Mi EstilóDEL Records
2018[33] Christian NodalMe Dejé LlevarUniversal
2019[34]
2020[35] Natanael CanoCorridos TumbadosRancho Humilde
2021[36] Eslabon ArmadoCorta VenasDEL Records
2022[37]
2023[38] Peso PlumaGénesisThe Orchard

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Notes and References

  1. Cobo. Leila. Regional Mexican Acts Hit the Road. Billboard. June 25, 2005. 117. 26. 29. 19 May 2016.
  2. News: Schone. Mark. A Postmortem Star In death, Selena is a crossover success. https://archive.today/20130131162319/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/20467875.html?dids=20467875:20467875&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+20,+1995&author=By+Mark+Schone.+Mark+Schone+is+a+free-lance+writer.&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=A+Postmortem+Star+In+death,+Selena+is+a+crossover+success&pqatl=google. dead. January 31, 2013. November 4, 2011. Newsday. April 20, 1995.
  3. A Retrospective. Billboard. June 10, 1995. 107. 23. 62, 64, 99, 106, 108. May 12, 2015.
  4. Latin. Billboard. December 9, 1972. 59.
  5. Hot Latin LPs > November 28, 1981. Billboard. November 28, 1981. 36.
  6. Lannert. John. Latin Notas. Billboard. November 12, 1994. 106. 46. 36. 19 May 2016.
  7. Mayfield. Geoff. Redesign Adds Depth and Color To Billboard Charts. Billboard. July 28, 2001. 113. 30. 10. 19 May 2016.
  8. Regional Mexican Albums > April 30, 2005. Billboard. April 30, 2005. 117. 17. 63. 19 May 2016.
  9. Regional Mexican Albums chart. Billboard. 19 May 2016.
  10. Regional Mexican Albums – The Week of June 29, 1985 . June 29, 1985 . October 22, 2023 . Billboard . https://web.archive.org/web/20180330110922/https://www.billboard.com/charts/regional-mexican-albums/1985-06-29 . March 30, 2018 . dead .
  11. Still In Love With Selena . Burr, Ramiro . March 3, 2005. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. July 28, 2009.
  12. Ramirez. Rauly. Latin charts. Billboard. April 9, 2011. 123. 11. 66. 19 May 2016.
  13. News: Mendizabal. Amaya. Siblings Jenni and Lupillo Rivera Make Top 10 Debuts With New Albums. 13 December 2014. Billboard Magazine. PGM. 11 July 2014.
  14. Jenni Rivera — Charts. Prometheus Global Media. Billboard. March 21, 2017.
  15. Top Regional Mexican Albums of the week. August 10, 2024. Billboard. August 11, 2024.
  16. RIAA Certifications . 2009-04-27 . Billboard . Nielsen Business Media, Inc . https://web.archive.org/web/20090422165530/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/riaa/latin.jsp . April 22, 2009 .
  17. Web site: Billboard Year-end Charts (1994) . 1994-12-25 . 2009-02-23 . Rock On The Net .
  18. Book: Billboard Year-end Charts (1987) . 1987-12-26 . 2010-12-22.
  19. No. 1 Awards – Top Regional Mexican Latin Albums. Billboard. 1988-12-24. Y-36.
  20. 1989: The Yearn in Music – Top Regional Mexican Latin Albums. Billboard. 1989-12-23. Y-59.
  21. 1990: The Year in Music – Top Regional Mexican Albums. Billboard. 1990-12-22. Y-50.
  22. 1991: The Year in Music – Top Tropical/Salsa Latin Albums. Billboard. 130. 51. 1991-12-21. YE-42.
  23. 1992: The Year in Music – Top Regional Mexican Latin Albums. Billboard. 1992-12-26. YE-54.
  24. 1993: The Year in Music – Top Pop Latin Albums. Billboard. 1993-12-26. YE-54.
  25. Web site: Billboard Year-end Charts (1997) . 1997-12-25 . 2009-02-23 . Rock On The Net .
  26. Web site: Billboard Year-end Charts (1998) . 1998-12-25 . 2009-02-23 . Rock On The Net .
  27. Web site: Billboard Year-end Charts (1999) . 1999-12-25 . 2009-02-23 . Rock On The Net .
  28. Web site: Billboard Year-end Charts (2000) . 2000-12-25 . 2009-02-23 . Rock On The Net .
  29. Web site: Billboard biz. billboard.biz.
  30. Regional Mexican Year End 2014. Billboard. PGM. 12 December 2014.
  31. Regional Mexican Year End 2015. Billboard. PGM. 5 January 2022.
  32. Regional Mexican Year End 2016. Billboard. PGM. 5 January 2022.
  33. Regional Mexican Year End 2018. Billboard. PGM. 5 January 2022.
  34. Regional Mexican Year End 2019. Billboard. PGM. 5 January 2022.
  35. Regional Mexican Year End 2020. Billboard. PGM. 5 January 2022.
  36. Regional Mexican Year End 2021. Billboard. PGM. 5 January 2022.
  37. Regional Mexican Year End 2022. Billboard. PGM. 20 December 2022.
  38. Regional Mexican Year End 2023. Billboard. PGM. 21 February 2024.

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