List of Billboard Tropical Albums number ones from the 1990s

The Billboard Tropical Albums chart, published in Billboard magazine, is a record chart that features Latin music sales information. This data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan from a sample that includes music stores, music departments at electronics and department stores, Internet sales (both physical and digital) and verifiable sales from concert venues in the United States.^[1]

Below is a list of albums that number-one on the Tropical Albums chart during the 1990s. Until July 17, 1993, charts were posted bi-weekly.

Number one albums

Key

 †   – Best-selling Tropical album of the year

Contents
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Artist	Album	Reached number one	Weeks at number one
Luis Enrique	Mi Mundo	13 January 1990	2
Frankie Ruiz	Mas Grande Que Nunca	27 January 1990	2
Luis Enrique	Mi Mundo	10 February 1990	2
Frankie Ruiz	Mas Grande Que Nunca	24 February 1990	2
Luis Enrique	Mi Mundo	10 March 1990	4
Eddie Santiago	New Wave Salsa	7 April 1990	6
Luis Enrique	Mi Mundo	19 May 1990	10
Juan Manuel Lebrón	El Primero	28 July 1990	4
Luis Enrique & Eddie Santiago	Los Principes de la Salsa	25 August 1990	10
Orquesta de la Luz	Salsa Caliente del Japon	3 November 1990	10
Artist	Album	Reached number one	Weeks at number one
Juan Luis Guerra	Bachata Rosa	12 January 1991	12
Angel Javier	En Cada Lugar	23 March 1991	2
Juan Luis Guerra	Bachata Rosa	6 April 1991	2
Banda Blanca	Baile Punta	20 April 1991	6
Juan Luis Guerra	Bachata Rosa	1 June 1991	12
Jerry Rivera	Abriendo Puertas	24 August 1991	8
Eddie Santiago	Soy el Mismo	19 October 1991	12
Artist	Album	Reached number one	Weeks at number one
Gilberto Santa Rosa	Perspectiva	11 January 1992	16
Luis Enrique	Una Historia Diferente	2 May 1992	2
Gilberto Santa Rosa	Perspectiva	16 May 1992	4
Soundtrack	The Mambo Kings	13 June 1992	4
Jerry Rivera	Cuenta Conmigo	11 July 1992	6
Miami Band	Miami Band	22 August 1992	4
Jerry Rivera	Cuenta Conmigo	19 September 1992	6
Oscar D'León	El Rey de los Soneros	31 October 1992	2
Jerry Rivera	Cuenta Conmigo	14 November 1992	2
Oscar D'León	El Rey de los Soneros	28 November 1992	6
Jerry Rivera	Cuenta Conmigo	26 December 1992	2
Artist	Album	Reached number one	Weeks at number one
Jerry Rivera	Cuenta Conmigo	9 January 1993	24
Rey Ruiz	Rey Ruiz	26 June 1993	2
Soundtrack	The Mambo Kings	10 July 1993	2
Gloria Estefan	Mi Tierra	17 July 1993	23
Artist	Album	Reached number one	Weeks at number one
Gloria Estefan	Mi Tierra	1 January 1994	53
Artist	Album	Reached number one	Weeks at number one
Gloria Estefan	Mi Tierra	7 January 1995	12
La India	Dicen Que Soy	1 April 1995	1
Gloria Estefan	Mi Tierra	8 April 1995	2
La India	Dicen Que Soy	22 April 1995	1
Gloria Estefan	Mi Tierra	29 April 1995	1
Various Artists	Merengue En La Calle 8 '95	6 May 1995	6
Marc Anthony	Todo a su Tiempo	17 June 1995	5
Jerry Rivera	Magia	22 July 1995	3
Marc Anthony	Todo a su Tiempo	12 August 1995	1
Jerry Rivera	Magia	19 August 1995	1
Carlos Vives	La Tierra del Olvido	26 August 1995	7
Gloria Estefan	Abriendo Puertas	14 October 1995	12
Artist	Album	Reached number one	Weeks at number one
Gloria Estefan	Abriendo Puertas	6 January 1996	32
Gloria Estefan	Mi Tierra	17 August 1996	1
Gloria Estefan	Abriendo Puertas	24 August 1996	3
Marc Anthony	Todo a su Tiempo	14 September 1996	4
Gloria Estefan	Mi Tierra	12 October 1996	1
Marc Anthony	Todo a su Tiempo	19 October 1996	3
Manny Manuel	Autentico	9 November 1996	4
Gilberto Santa Rosa	Esencia	7 December 1996	3
Grupo Manía	Está de Moda	28 December 1996	1
Artist	Album	Reached number one	Weeks at number one
Grupo Manía	Está de Moda	4 January 1997	3
Gloria Estefan	Abriendo Puertas	25 January 1997	4
Gilberto Santa Rosa	Esencia	1 March 1997	1
Various Artists	Meregon	8 March 1997	5
Marc Anthony	Todo a su Tiempo	12 April 1997	4
Los Hermanos Rosario	Y Es Facil	10 May 1997	1
Olga Tañón	Llévame Contigo	17 May 1997	10
Charlie Zaa	Sentimientos	26 July 1997	15
La India	Sobre el Fuego	8 November 1997	2
Marc Anthony	Contra La Corriente	22 November 1997	6
Artist	Album	Reached number one	Weeks at number one
Marc Anthony	Contra La Corriente	3 January 1998	7
Buena Vista Social Club	Buena Vista Social Club	21 February 1998	1
Marc Anthony	Contra La Corriente	28 January 1998	1
Buena Vista Social Club	Buena Vista Social Club	7 March 1998	11
Elvis Crespo	Suavemente	16 May 1998	2
Víctor Manuelle	Ironias	30 May 1998	2
Elvis Crespo	Suavemente	13 June 1998	10
Charlie Zaa	Un Segundo Sentimiento	22 August 1998	1
Soundtrack	Dance with Me: Music from the Motion Picture	7 November 1998	12
Elvis Crespo	Suavemente	21 November 1998	6
Artist	Album	Reached number one	Weeks at number one
Elvis Crespo	Suavemente	2 January 1999	20
Elvis Crespo	Pintame	22 May 1999	5
Elvis Crespo	Suavemente	26 June 1999	1
Elvis Crespo	Pintame	3 July 1999	1
Ibrahim Ferrer	Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer	10 July 1999	1
Buena Vista Social Club	Buena Vista Social Club	17 July 1999	13
Víctor Manuelle	Inconfundible	16 October 1999	5
Ibrahim Ferrer	Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer	20 November 1999	1
Marc Anthony	Desde un Principio: From the Beginning	27 November 1999	5

References

General

• "Tropical Songs". Billboard. Macromedia Corporation. Retrieved December 10, 2011. For information about every week of this chart for the 1990s, follow this link; in the chart date section select a date and the top ten positions for the week selected will appear on screen, including the number-one album, which is shown in the table above.

Specific

1. "Billboard Methodology". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Archived from the original on 2008-07-22. Retrieved 2008-07-28.