"[1] The award is given to the best performing albums on Billboard's Top Latin Albums chart, which measures the most popular Spanish-language recordings in the United States based on a multi-metric system that blends sales and album-equivalent units.
[2][3] The list was established by the magazine on July 10, 1993 and was originally based on album sales until February 11, 2017.
[3][4] From 1994 to 2007, each music genre's field (pop, tropical, Regional Mexican, jazz, rap, and reggaeton) had their own Album of the Year category, separated between male, female, and duo or group categories.
Bad Bunny is the only act to also have a total of three albums nominated in the same year (2021).
As of 2024, the holder is Bad Bunny for the album Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana.