The Billboard Top Latin albums chart

Billboard Top Latin Albums

Latin Albums is a record chart published by Billboard magazine and is labeled as the most important music chart for Spanish language, full-length albums in the American music market. Like all Billboard album charts, the chart is based on sales...

, published in Billboard magazine

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

, is a chart that features Latin music sales information. These data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan

Nielsen SoundScan

Nielsen SoundScan is an information and sales tracking system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett. Soundscan is the official method of tracking sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada...

 from a sample that includes music stores, music departments at electronics and department stores, internet sales (both physical and via digital downloads) and verifiable sales from concert venues

Music venue

A music venue is any location used for a concert or musical performance. Music venues range in size and location, from an outdoor bandshell or bandstand or a concert hall to an indoor sports stadium. Typically, different types of venues host different genres of music...

 in United States.

There were eleven number-one albums on this chart in 2000, including the greatest hits

Greatest hits

A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...

 collection Desde Un Principio: From the Beginning

Desde Un Principio: From the Beginning

Desde un principio: From the Beginning is a greatest hits album by American singer Marc Anthony released on November 9, 1999, by RMM. The album was a result from Anthony leaving RMM Records and signing on with Columbia Records...

by Marc Anthony

Marc Anthony

Marc Anthony is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy–winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads...

, which spent a non-consecutive run of 13 weeks at the top of the chart starting in early December 1999. Los Temerarios

Los Temerarios

Los Temerarios are a Mexican romantic music group started in 1978 by brothers Adolfo Angel and Gustavo Angel and their cousin Fernando Angel. During their early years they were known as Conjunto La Brisa....

 and Conjunto Primavera

Conjunto Primavera

Conjunto Primavera is a Mexican conjunto group from Ojinaga, Chihuahua, currently produced by Alejandro Garcia. In the 1990s and 2000s they became one of the most popular groups in the genre....

 peaked at number one for the first time with Morir de Amor

Morir de Amor

Morir de Amor is an studio album released in 2000 by norteño music group Conjunto Primavera. This album received a nomination for a Latin Grammy Award for Best Grupero Performance, which was awarded to En La Madrugada se Fue by Los Temerarios, and became their first number-one album in the...

and En La Madrugada se Fue

En La Madrugada se Fue

En La Madrugada se Fue is a studio album released in 2000 by the romantic music band Los Temerarios. This album was awarded with a Latin Grammy Award for Best Grupero Performance, and became their first number-one album in the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart...

, respectively. Both albums received Latin Grammy nominations for Best Grupero Performance, which was awarded to the latter one. MTV Unplugged

MTV Unplugged (Shakira album)

Bonus Features# Timeline# Albums# Photo Gallery# Making Of - Chart Performance :- Sales and certifications :- Awards :- Credits :* Shakira - Producer, songwriter, arranger, lead vocals, harmonica, guitar....

, by Colombian performer Shakira

Shakira

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...

, also peaked at number one for two weeks and went on to win the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album

Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album

The Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album was awarded from 1984 to 2011. The award has had several minor name changes:*From 1984 to 1991 the award was known as Best Latin Pop Performance*From 1992 to 1994 it was awarded as Best Latin Pop Album...

 at the 43rd Grammy Awards. With All My Hits - Todos Mis Exitos Vol. 2

All My Hits Vol. 2

All My Hits Vol. 2 is a follow-up to All My Hits Vol.1 by Selena. It was released in 2000 by EMI Latin. As an added bonus It features a small heart locket with her picture in it.-Track listing:#Enamorada de Tí #No Quiero Saber...

, Tejano music

Tejano music

Tejano music or Tex-Mex music is the name given to various forms of folk and popular music originating among the Mexican-American populations of Central and Southern Texas...

 performer Selena

Selena

Selena Quintanilla-Pérez , known simply as Selena, was a Mexican American singer-songwriter. She was named the "top Latin artist of the '90s" and "Best selling Latin artist of the decade" by Billboard for her fourteen top-ten singles in the Top Latin Songs chart, including seven number-one hits...

 had her sixth album peak at number one (the fifth to do so posthumously). Son By Four

Son By Four

Son by Four is a salsa music group from Puerto Rico, well-known for their English U.S. pop hit "Purest of Pain ". The group is signed to Sony Music Entertainment....

 spent 12 non-consecutive weeks at the summit with their eponymous album

Son By Four (album)

Son by Four is the second studio album released in 2000 by the romantic music group Son by Four. This album received a Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Song, for their number-one hit "A Puro Dolor", and also became their first number-one album on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart.-Track...

, which received a gold

Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...

 certification by the Recording Industry Association of America

Recording Industry Association of America

The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States...

.

Mexican performer Alejandro Fernández

Alejandro Fernández

Alejandro Fernández is a Mexican singer. Nicknamed as "El Potrillo" by the media and his fans, he has sold over 20 million albums worldwide. Alejandro is the son of the ranchera singer Vicente Fernández. He originally specialized in traditional, earthy forms of Mexican folk music, such as...

 and Cuban singer–songwriter Gloria Estefan

Gloria Estefan

Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...

 both released the second number-one albums of their careers. Guerra de Estados Pesados

Guerra de Estados Pesados

Guerra de Estados Pesados is the title of a compilation album, which compiles music from performers from six different states of Mexico: Sinaloa, Sonora, Nayarit, Zacatecas, Nuevo León and Durango...

, a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 with music by Chuy Vega, El Jilguero, El Original de la Sierra

Jessie Morales

Jessie Morales, also known as El Original de la Sierra, was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, making his debut as Latin singer at the age of 14. Even when he grew up listening to West Coast rap, the young artist started singing traditional Mexican music...

, El Marquez de Sinaloa, Los Gatilleros de Durango, Los Herederos del Norte, Los Traileros de Durango and Los Comandantes de Nuevo León, spent one week at the top but dropped to number 16 the following week. Christina Aguilera

Christina Aguilera

Christina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994...

 spent 14 weeks at number one with her first Spanish album Mi Reflejo

Mi Reflejo

Mi Reflejo is the first Spanish-language studio album by American pop singer Christina Aguilera. It was released on September 12, 2000. Most of the album was produced by Rudy Pérez and includes Spanish versions of five songs from her debut album Christina Aguilera, as well as six new songs...

, and Galería Caribe

Galería Caribe

Galería Caribe is the eighth studio album released on August 29, 2000 by Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona and became his first number-one album in the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, peaking at the top of the chart in 2000 and 2001.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Jason Birchmeier...

by Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona

Ricardo Arjona

Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, , known as Ricardo Arjona , is a Guatemalan singer...

 also hit the top spot of the chart.

Albums

Issue Date	Album	Artist	Reference
January 1	Desde Un Principio: From the Beginning Desde Un Principio: From the Beginning Desde un principio: From the Beginning is a greatest hits album by American singer Marc Anthony released on November 9, 1999, by RMM. The album was a result from Anthony leaving RMM Records and signing on with Columbia Records...	Marc Anthony Marc Anthony Marc Anthony is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy–winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads...
January 8
January 15
January 22
January 30
February 5
February 12	Morir de Amor Morir de Amor Morir de Amor is an studio album released in 2000 by norteño music group Conjunto Primavera. This album received a nomination for a Latin Grammy Award for Best Grupero Performance, which was awarded to En La Madrugada se Fue by Los Temerarios, and became their first number-one album in the... (Dying of Love)	Conjunto Primavera Conjunto Primavera Conjunto Primavera is a Mexican conjunto group from Ojinaga, Chihuahua, currently produced by Alejandro Garcia. In the 1990s and 2000s they became one of the most popular groups in the genre....
February 19
February 26	Desde Un Principio: From the Beginning	Marc Anthony
March 4
March 11
March 18	En La Madrugada se Fue En La Madrugada se Fue En La Madrugada se Fue is a studio album released in 2000 by the romantic music band Los Temerarios. This album was awarded with a Latin Grammy Award for Best Grupero Performance, and became their first number-one album in the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart... (Left In the Morning)	Los Temerarios Los Temerarios Los Temerarios are a Mexican romantic music group started in 1978 by brothers Adolfo Angel and Gustavo Angel and their cousin Fernando Angel. During their early years they were known as Conjunto La Brisa....
March 25
April 1
April 8	MTV Unplugged MTV Unplugged (Shakira album) Bonus Features# Timeline# Albums# Photo Gallery# Making Of - Chart Performance :- Sales and certifications :- Awards :- Credits :* Shakira - Producer, songwriter, arranger, lead vocals, harmonica, guitar....	Shakira Shakira Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
April 15	All My Hits - Todos Mis Exitos Vol. 2 All My Hits Vol. 2 All My Hits Vol. 2 is a follow-up to All My Hits Vol.1 by Selena. It was released in 2000 by EMI Latin. As an added bonus It features a small heart locket with her picture in it.-Track listing:#Enamorada de Tí #No Quiero Saber...	Selena Selena Selena Quintanilla-Pérez , known simply as Selena, was a Mexican American singer-songwriter. She was named the "top Latin artist of the '90s" and "Best selling Latin artist of the decade" by Billboard for her fourteen top-ten singles in the Top Latin Songs chart, including seven number-one hits...
April 22	MTV Unplugged	Shakira
April 29	Son By Four Son By Four (album) Son by Four is the second studio album released in 2000 by the romantic music group Son by Four. This album received a Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Song, for their number-one hit "A Puro Dolor", and also became their first number-one album on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart.-Track...	Son By Four Son By Four Son by Four is a salsa music group from Puerto Rico, well-known for their English U.S. pop hit "Purest of Pain ". The group is signed to Sony Music Entertainment....
May 6	Guerra de Estados Pesados Guerra de Estados Pesados Guerra de Estados Pesados is the title of a compilation album, which compiles music from performers from six different states of Mexico: Sinaloa, Sonora, Nayarit, Zacatecas, Nuevo León and Durango... (Heavy States War)	Various Artists
May 13	Entre tus Brazos Entre tus brazos Entre tus brazos is the eighth album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández again in collaboration with the famous producer Emilio Estefan, Jr. and Kike Santander. This album marks the debut of Alejandro Fernández as a composer with the song "Entre Tus Brazos"... (In Your Arms)	Alejandro Fernández Alejandro Fernández Alejandro Fernández is a Mexican singer. Nicknamed as "El Potrillo" by the media and his fans, he has sold over 20 million albums worldwide. Alejandro is the son of the ranchera singer Vicente Fernández. He originally specialized in traditional, earthy forms of Mexican folk music, such as...
May 20	Son By Four	Son By Four
May 27
June 3
June 10	Alma Caribeña - Caribbean Soul Alma Caribeña Alma Caribeña is the ninth studio solo album and third Spanish album released by American singer Gloria Estefan, but is the twenty-second overall, released in 2000.-Album history:...	Gloria Estefan Gloria Estefan Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...
June 17
June 24
July 1
July 8
July 15
July 22
July 29	Son By Four	Son By Four
August 5
August 12
August 19
August 26
September 2
September 9
September 16	Galería Caribe Galería Caribe Galería Caribe is the eighth studio album released on August 29, 2000 by Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona and became his first number-one album in the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, peaking at the top of the chart in 2000 and 2001.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Jason Birchmeier... (Caribbean Gallery)	Ricardo Arjona Ricardo Arjona Edgar Ricardo Arjona Morales, , known as Ricardo Arjona , is a Guatemalan singer...
September 23	Son By Four	Son By Four
September 30	Mi Reflejo Mi Reflejo Mi Reflejo is the first Spanish-language studio album by American pop singer Christina Aguilera. It was released on September 12, 2000. Most of the album was produced by Rudy Pérez and includes Spanish versions of five songs from her debut album Christina Aguilera, as well as six new songs... (My Reflection)	Christina Aguilera Christina Aguilera Christina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994...
October 7
October 14
October 21
October 28
November 4
November 11
November 18
November 25
December 2
December 9
December 16
December 23
December 30