List of number-one hits of 1972 (Mexico) explained

This is a list of the songs that reached number one in Mexico in 1972, according to Billboard magazine with data provided by Radio Mil.^[1] Also included are the number-one songs according to the Record World magazine.

Chart history (Billboard)

Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Label	Ref.
January 8	"Porque yo te amo"	Sandro de América	CBS	^[2]
January 22	"Rosas rojas"	Massimo Ranieri		^[3]
February 5	"No tengo dinero"	Juan Gabriel	RCA	^[4]
February 12				^[5]
February 19
March 4	"Them Changes"	Buddy Miles	Mercury	^[6]
March 11	"Desiderata"	Arturo Benavides	Warner Bros.	^[7]
March 18				^[8]
March 25				^[9]
April 1				^[10]
April 8				^[11]
April 15
April 22				^[12]
April 29	"Corazón de roca"	Los Fresno	Capitol
May 13				^[13]
June 3				^[14]
June 10	"No se ha dado cuenta"	Roberto Jordán	RCA	^[15]
June 17	"Puppy Love"	Donny Osmond	MGM	^[16]
June 24				^[17]
July 1
July 8				^[18]
July 15				^[19]
July 22	"Verónica"	Víctor Yturbe "El Pirulí"	Philips
July 29				^[20]
August 5				^[21]
August 12				^[22]
August 19				^[23]
August 26	"¿Por qué?"	Los Baby's	Peerless	^[24]
September 2				^[25]
September 9				^[26]
September 16
September 23				^[27]
September 30				^[28]
October 14	"Miénteme"	Víctor Yturbe "El Pirulí"	Philips	^[29]
October 28				^[30]
November 18	"Beautiful Sunday"	Daniel Boone	Musart	^[31]
November 25	"Miénteme"	Víctor Yturbe "El Pirulí"	Philips	^[32]
December 9	"Volverá el amor"	Virginia López	GAS	^[33]
December 16	"Río rebelde"	Julio Iglesias	Polydor	^[34]
December 23				^[35]

By country of origin

Number-one artists:

Country of origin	Number of artists	Artists
Mexico	6	Arturo Benavides
		Juan Gabriel
		Los Baby's
		Los Fresno
		Roberto Jordán
		Víctor Yturbe "El Pirulí"
United States	2	Buddy Miles
		Donny Osmond
Argentina	1	Sandro de América
Italy	1	Massimo Ranieri
Puerto Rico	1	Virginia López
Spain	1	Julio Iglesias
United Kingdom	1	Daniel Boone

Number-one compositions (it denotes the country of origin of the song's composer[s]; in case the song is a cover of another one, the name of the original composition is provided in parentheses):

Country of origin	Number of compositions	Compositions
Mexico	6	"¿Por qué?"
		"Corazón de roca"
		"Miénteme"
		"No se ha dado cuenta"
		"No tengo dinero"
		"Verónica"
Argentina	2	"Porque yo te amo"
		"Río rebelde"
United States	2	"Desiderata"
		"Them Changes"
Canada	1	"Puppy Love"
Italy	1	"Rosas rojas" ("Rose rosse")
Venezuela	1	"Volverá el amor"
United Kingdom	1	"Beautiful Sunday"

Chart history (Record World)

Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Ref.
January 1	"Rosa marchita"	Roberto Jordán	^[36]
March 4			^[37]
March 18	"No tengo dinero"	Juan Gabriel	^[38]
April 29			^[39]
June 3	"No se ha dado cuenta"	Roberto Jordán	^[40]
July 8			^[41]
July 22			^[42]
August 19			^[43]
September 30	"Popcorn"	Hot Butter	^[44]
November 11	"¿Por qué?"	Los Baby's	^[45]
December 2			^[46]
December 23			^[47]

See also

• 1972 in music

Sources

• Print editions of the Billboard magazine from January 6 to December 23, 1972.

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=8CcEAAAAMBAJ&q=HITS%20OF%20THE%20WORLD&pg=PT27 January 8, 1972 issue of Billboard Magazine; page 39 (Retrieved 15 March 2016).
2. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 8 January 1972. 39. 20 September 2022.
3. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 22 January 1972. 61. 20 September 2022.
4. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 5 February 1972. 53. 20 September 2022.
5. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 19 February 1972. 40. 20 September 2022.
6. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 4 March 1972. 45. 20 September 2022.
7. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 11 March 1972. 75. 20 September 2022.
8. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 18 March 1972. 56. 20 September 2022.
9. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 25 March 1972. 54. 20 September 2022.
10. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 1 April 1972. 46. 20 September 2022.
11. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 15 April 1972. 53. 20 September 2022.
12. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 29 April 1972. 61. 20 September 2022.
13. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 13 May 1972. 60. 20 September 2022.
14. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 3 June 1972. 50. 20 September 2022.
15. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 10 June 1972. 55. 20 September 2022.
16. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 17 June 1972. 62. 20 September 2022.
17. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 1 July 1972. 49. 20 September 2022.
18. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 8 July 1972. 51. 20 September 2022.
19. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 22 July 1972. 79. 20 September 2022.
20. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 29 July 1972. 48. 20 September 2022.
21. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 5 August 1972. 72. 20 September 2022.
22. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 12 August 1972. 56. 20 September 2022.
23. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 19 August 1972. 46. 20 September 2022.
24. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 26 August 1972. 72. 20 September 2022.
25. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 2 September 1972. 56. 20 September 2022.
26. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 16 September 1972. 52. 20 September 2022.
27. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 23 September 1972. 48. 20 September 2022.
28. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 30 September 1972. 56. 20 September 2022.
29. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 14 October 1972. 73. 20 September 2022.
30. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 28 October 1972. 62. 20 September 2022.
31. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 18 November 1972. 86. 20 September 2022.
32. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 25 November 1972. 56. 20 September 2022.
33. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 9 December 1972. 41. 20 September 2022.
34. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 16 December 1972. 50. 20 September 2022.
35. Web site: Billboard "Hits of the World" . 23 December 1972. 45. 20 September 2022.
36. http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/70s/72/Record-World-1972-01-01-OCR-Page-0030.pdf#search=%22vilo_arias_silva%22 January 1, 1972 issue of Record World magazine; page 30 (Retrieved 13 June 2017).
37. http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/70s/72/Record-World-1972-03-04-OCR-Page-0039.pdf#search=%22vilo_arias_silva%22 March 4, 1972 issue of Record World magazine; page 39 (Retrieved 13 June 2017).
38. http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/70s/72/Record-World-1972-03-18-OCR-Page-0031.pdf#search=%22vilo_arias_silva%22 March 18, 1972 issue of Record World magazine; page 31 (Retrieved 13 June 2017).
39. http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/70s/72/Record-World-1972-04-29-OCR-Page-0051.pdf#search=%22vilo_arias_silva%22 April 29, 1972 issue of Record World magazine; page 51 (Retrieved 13 June 2017).
40. http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/70s/72/Record-World-1972-01-01-OCR-Page-0075.pdf#search=%22vilo_arias_silva%22 June 3, 1972 issue of Record World magazine; page 75 (Retrieved 13 June 2017).
41. http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/70s/72/Record-World-1972-07-08-OCR-Page-0033.pdf#search=%22vilo_arias_silva%22 July 8, 1972 issue of Record World magazine; page 33 (Retrieved 13 June 2017).
42. http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/70s/72/Record-World-1972-07-22-OCR-Page-0219.pdf#search=%22vilo_arias_silva%22 July 22, 1972 issue of Record World magazine; page 265 (Retrieved 13 June 2017).
43. http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/70s/72/Record-World-1972-08-19-OCR-Page-0077.pdf#search=%22vilo_arias_silva%22 August 19, 1972 issue of Record World magazine; page 77 (Retrieved 13 June 2017).
44. http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/70s/72/RW-1972-09-30-OCR-Page-0067.pdf#search=%22vilo_arias_silva%22 September 30, 1972 issue of Record World magazine; page 67 (Retrieved 13 June 2017).
45. http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/70s/72/RW-1972-11-11-OCR-Page-0045.pdf#search=%22vilo_arias_silva%22 November 11, 1972 issue of Record World magazine; page 45 (Retrieved 13 June 2017).
46. http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/70s/72/RW-1972-12-02-OCR-Page-0039.pdf#search=%22vilo_arias_silva%22 December 2, 1972 issue of Record World magazine; page 39 (Retrieved 13 June 2017).
47. http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/70s/72/RW-1972-12-23-OCR-Page-0044.pdf#search=%22vilo_arias_silva%22 December 23, 1972 issue of Record World magazine; page 44 (Retrieved 13 June 2017).