Regional Mexican Airplay

It was established by the magazine on October 8, 1994, with "La Niña Fresa" by Banda Zeta [es] being the first number-one song on the chart.

[1] The chart mainly focuses on the styles of music from the different rural regions of Mexico such as mariachi, norteño, and banda, as well as the Mexican-American community in the United States such as Tejano.

These genres are collectively referred to as "regional Mexican" under the Latin music umbrella.

The audience charts cross-reference BDS data with listener information compiled by the Arbitron ratings system to determine the approximate number of audience impressions made for plays in each daypart.

[3] In 2018, Billboard magazine compiled a ranking of the 20 best-performing songs on the chart since its inception in 1994.