List of best-selling Latin music artists

[2][3] For example, the Latin music market in the United States defines Latin music as any release that is mostly sung in Spanish, regardless of genre or artist nationality, by industry organizations including the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Billboard.

For an artist to be considered, they must mainly perform in Spanish and/or Portuguese and must have sold at least 10 million copies.

This information cannot be officially listed because no organization has recorded global Latin music sales.

Sales figures, such as those from SoundScan, which are sometimes published by Billboard magazine, have not been included in the certified units column.

The certified units of more recently active artists may sometimes be higher in the list than their listed claimed figures because RIAA and almost all other certifying bodies include streaming in the thresholds required for gold and platinum Digital Single Award certification.

[19] Theoretically, if one song is streamed 1.5 billion times on YouTube, the single would receive diamond certification and the whole album could be certified platinum,[20] creating a combined total of 11 million certified units without any sales.

With the exception of certifications from Spain prior to 2003, the certified units are sourced from countries with local music industry associations including those with online databases.