List of Billboard Latin Pop Albums number ones from the 1980s

The chart was published on a fortnightly basis with its positions being compiled by sales data from Latin music retailers and distributors.

[3] Latin pop emerged as the most commercially successful genre of Latin music throughout the 1980s and 1990s in the US,[4] and the popularity of the balada was propelled by artists such as Julio Iglesias, Camilo Sesto, and Gloria Estefan (lead singer of the Miami Sound Machine at the time).

Primitive Love spawned the crossover single, "Conga",[10] which peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Iglesias, who has been recognized as the best-selling male Latin artist of all-time by the Guinness World Records,[12] spent a total of 29 weeks at the apex of the chart with his albums Libra (1985), Un Hombre Solo (1987), and Raíces (1989).

[13] Five female acts reached number one on the chart during the 1980s: Ángela Carrasco, Ana Gabriel, Rocío Jurado, Yolandita Monge, and Isabel Pantoja.

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José José ( pictured in 2011 ) was the first artist to reach number one on the Latin Pop Albums chart in 1985. He also had the most number one albums of the 1980s with a total of four albums.
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Julio Iglesias ( pictured in 2005 ) spent a total of 29 weeks at number one with three albums.
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Isabel Pantoja ( pictured in 2012 ) had the best-selling Latin pop album of 1989 with Desde Andalucía (1988).
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Tierra de Nadie (1988) by Ana Gabriel ( pictured in 2006 ) was the final number one album of the 1980s.