The highest-selling compact discs and music downloads in Mexico are ranked in the Top 100 Mexico record chart published weekly by AMPROFON (Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas), a non-profit organization made up of Mexican and multinational record companies.
[1][2] In 2008, 11 albums reached number-one in the chart, including Para Siempre, the 79th studio album by Vicente Fernández, spent 14 non-consecutive weeks at the top and was certified Diamond in México.
[5][6] Luis Miguel peaked at number-one with Cómplices, an album written and produced by Spanish lyricist Manuel Alejandro.
[9] Death Magnetic by Metallica and A Little Bit Longer by Jonas Brothers reached the top of the chart and also peaked at number-one in the Billboard 200 in the United States.
[10][11] Alejandro Fernández released two number-one albums in 2008: 15 Años de Éxitos and De Noche: Clásicos a Mi Manera; while Spanish singer-songwriter also hit twice the top of the chart, the first as the lead voice of Héroes del Silencio and as a solo artist with Hellville de luxe.