Since October 2012, chart rankings are based on digital sales, radio airplay, and online streaming.
[3] From 1995 to 1998, each music genre's field (pop, tropical/salsa and Regional Mexican) had their own Hot Latin Track of the Year category.
Alejandro Fernández, Wisin & Yandel, Don Omar, Romeo Santos, Ozuna, Nicky Jam, Peso Pluma and Grupo Frontera are the only acts with two nominated songs in the same year, a milestone achieved twice by Santos.
As of 2017, only Iglesias and Nicky Jam have won Hot Latin Song of the Year twice in a row.
[4] As of 2023, the holders are Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma for the song "Ella Baila Sola".