Top 100 Mexico
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Top 100 México is a record chart
which accounts for sixty percent of the album
s sold in Mexico
. The chart has the support of major record distributors in Mexico and is issued by the Mexican Association of Producers of Phonograms and Videograms, A.C.(Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas) since 2005 on a weekly basis. The Top 100 México contains over 100 titles sold in the country, with separate charts that include 20 albums for popular music genres, such as norteño
, banda
and ranchera
, Spanish
, and English language
albums.
In 2005, the best-selling album in Mexico was the soundtrack
for the TV series Rebelde
, recorded by the lead cast members, who eventually formed the band RBD
; in the United States the album sold 416,000 copies and was named the Pop Album of the Year at the Billboard Latin Music Awards
. La Voz de un Ángel
by Yuridia was the number-one selling album of 2006 (also ranked at number 5 in 2005 and 52 in 2007), and the album eventually received a diamond certification in the country, the first since 1996 when performer Luis Miguel
achieved that feat. Papito
by Spanish performer Miguel Bosé
was the best-selling album of 2007, received the Oye! Award
for Album of the Year and earned four Latin Grammy Award
nominations.
Para Siempre
, the 79th studio album released by Vicente Fernández
was the number-one album of 2008 in Mexico and the best-selling Regional-Mexican album of the decade 2000-2009 in the United States. Mexican band Camila
earned a gold certificacion in Mexico the day of the release of their second studio album Dejarte de Amar
, which ended 2010 as the best-selling recording in the country.
Record chart
A record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
which accounts for sixty percent of the album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
s sold in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. The chart has the support of major record distributors in Mexico and is issued by the Mexican Association of Producers of Phonograms and Videograms, A.C.(Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas) since 2005 on a weekly basis. The Top 100 México contains over 100 titles sold in the country, with separate charts that include 20 albums for popular music genres, such as norteño
Norteño (music)
Norteño , also norteña or conjunto, is a genre of Mexican music. The accordion and the bajo sexto are norteño's most characteristic instruments. The norteño genre is popular in both Mexico and the United States, especially among the Mexican community...
, banda
Banda music
Banda is a brass-based form of traditional music. Bandas play a wide variety of songs, including rancheras, corridos, cumbias, baladas, and boleros. Bandas are most widely known for their rancheras, but they also play modern Mexican pop, rock, and cumbias...
and ranchera
Ranchera
Ranchera is a genre of the traditional music of Mexico originally sung by only one performer with a guitar. It dates to the years of the Mexican Revolution in the early 20th century. It later became closely associated with the mariachi groups which evolved in Jalisco. Ranchera today is also played...
, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, and English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
albums.
In 2005, the best-selling album in Mexico was the soundtrack
Rebelde (album)
Facts*The album topped the Mexican Album Chart for twelve non-consecutive weeks.*The album was recorded in two days, said by RBD. The six members of RBD sung all 11 songs in the two producers' studios: Armando Avila and Carlos Lara....
for the TV series Rebelde
Rebelde
Rebelde was a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa and created by Cris Morena. It is a remake of a famous Argentine series Rebelde Way adapted for the Mexican audience therefore leading to differences in characters' backgrounds. The series ran for three seasons, the final episode airing in...
, recorded by the lead cast members, who eventually formed the band RBD
RBD
RBD was a two-time Latin-Grammy nominated Mexican pop group that gained popularity from Televisa's teen drama series Rebelde. RBD sold over 17 million digital downloads and over 20 million albums worldwide in four years since their formation, according to EMI...
; in the United States the album sold 416,000 copies and was named the Pop Album of the Year at the Billboard Latin Music Awards
Billboard Latin Music Awards
The Billboard Latin Music Awards grew out of the Billboard Music Awards program from Billboard Magazine, an industry publication charting the sales and radio airplay success of musical recordings. The awards began in 1990...
. La Voz de un Ángel
La Voz de un Ángel
La Voz de un Ángel, is Yuridia's debut album. La Voz de un Ángel was released in 2005, after the finale of La Academia, the Mexican reality show that the artist participated in. The album contains 15 songs interpreted by Yuridia during the series of concerts in the show, in which she was voted...
by Yuridia was the number-one selling album of 2006 (also ranked at number 5 in 2005 and 52 in 2007), and the album eventually received a diamond certification in the country, the first since 1996 when performer Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri is a Mexican singer. He is widely known only by the name Luis Miguel and is often referred to as "El Sol de México"...
achieved that feat. Papito
Papito (album)
Papito is an album released by Spanish pop singer Miguel Bosé to celebrate his 30 years in the Music industry. The album includes 14 tracks of previously known hit songs by the artist, in reworked versions in collaboration with many artists including Juanes, Shakira, Amaia Montero, Ricky Martin,...
by Spanish performer Miguel Bosé
Miguel Bosé
Miguel Dominguín Bosé is a Latin Grammy-winning Spanish/Italian musician and actor.-Early life:Bosé was born in San Fernando Hospital in Panama City, Panama, the son of the famous Italian actress Lucia Bosé and the legendary bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín. He is also a cousin of Carmen...
was the best-selling album of 2007, received the Oye! Award
Premios Oye!
Premios Oye! are presented annually by the Academia Nacional de la Música en México for outstanding achievements in the Mexican record industry...
for Album of the Year and earned four Latin Grammy Award
Latin Grammy Awards of 2007
The 8th Annual Latin Grammy Awards took place on November 8, 2007 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.The show aired on Univision. Juan Luis Guerra was the nights big winner winning 5 awards including Album of the Year...
nominations.
Para Siempre
Para Siempre
Para siempre is the 79th studio album released by Mexican singer Vicente Fernández on September 18, 2007 by Sony BMG. Written and produced by Joan Sebastian, and co-produced by Jesús Rincón, the album is a successful mariachi record. It has sold two million copies worldwide, and is one of the...
, the 79th studio album released by Vicente Fernández
Vicente Fernández
Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...
was the number-one album of 2008 in Mexico and the best-selling Regional-Mexican album of the decade 2000-2009 in the United States. Mexican band Camila
Camila (band)
Camila is a Mexican soft rock group which reached staggering success in their home country and all over Latin America upon the release of their debut album Todo Cambió. It consists of vocalist, composer and producer Mario Domm, vocalist Samuel Parra and guitarist Pablo Hurtado, founded by Domm...
earned a gold certificacion in Mexico the day of the release of their second studio album Dejarte de Amar
Dejarte de Amar
Dejarte de Amar is the second studio album by Mexican pop band Camila on February 9, 2010 by Sony Music Latin. Produced by band leader Mario Domm and mostly written by Domm and Monica Velez, the album became a success in the United States and Mexico. The album was certified Disco Platino in the...
, which ended 2010 as the best-selling recording in the country.