# List of Billboard Latin Pop Airplay number ones of 1996

Latin Pop Airplay is a chart that ranks the top-performing songs (regardless of genre or language) on Latin pop radio stations in the United States, published by Billboard magazine based on weekly airplay data compiled by Nielsen's Broadcast Data Systems. It is a subchart of Hot Latin Songs, which lists the best-performing Spanish-language songs in the country. In 1996, 16 songs topped the chart, in 52 issues of the magazine.
The first number one of the year was "Más Allá" by Gloria Estefan, which had been in the top spot since the issue dated December 30, 1995, and spent a total of three weeks at this position. Enrique Iglesias, Cristian Castro, Luis Miguel, and Soraya were the only acts to have more than one chart-topper in 1996. Iglesias's debut single, "Si Tú Te Vas", became his first chart-topper and spent two weeks at number one. He also had the best-performing Latin pop song of the year with "Por Amarte" despite it only spending one week at number one. Castro's self-penned track, "Amor", held the top spot for the longest in 1996 with 10 weeks. "Sueña", which spent four weeks at number one, is the Spanish-language adaptation of "Someday" from Disney's 1996 film The Hunchback of Notre Dame, which Miguel recorded for the Latin American edition of the movie's soundtrack. Soraya achieved her only number ones with "De Repente" and "Amor en Tus Ojos".
Other artists to top the chart for the first time in 1996 were Shakira with "Estoy Aquí" and Chayanne with "Solamente Tu Amor", while Olga Tañón, Amanda Miguel, and Eros Ramazzotti obtained their first and only chart-toppers in the year. Both "Estoy Aquí" and Ramazzotti's "La Cosa Más Bella" (originally recorded in Italian as "Più bella cosa") held the top spot for four weeks. "Ámame una Vez Más" by Amanda Miguel was number one song for the longest, at eight weeks, by a female act. It also won the Billboard Latin Music Award for Latin Pop Song of the Year in 1997. The final number one of the year was "Las Cosas Que Vives" by Laura Pausini, the Spanish-language version of her song "Le cose che vivi".

## Chart history

Key :
| † | Indicates number 1 on Billboard's year-end Latin pop chart |
Chart history :
| Issue date | Title | Artist(s) |
| January 6 | "Más Allá" | Gloria Estefan |
| January 13 | "Más Allá" | Gloria Estefan |
| January 20 | "Si Tú Te Vas" | Enrique Iglesias |
| January 27 | "Si Tú Te Vas" | Enrique Iglesias |
| February 3 | "Amor" | Cristian Castro |
| February 10 | "Amor" | Cristian Castro |
| February 17 | "Amor" | Cristian Castro |
| February 24 | "Amor" | Cristian Castro |
| March 2 | "Amor" | Cristian Castro |
| March 9 | "Amor" | Cristian Castro |
| March 16 | "Amor" | Cristian Castro |
| March 23 | "Amor" | Cristian Castro |
| March 30 | "Amor" | Cristian Castro |
| April 6 | "Amor" | Cristian Castro |
| April 13 | "Estoy Aquí" | Shakira |
| April 20 | "Estoy Aquí" | Shakira |
| April 27 | "Estoy Aquí" | Shakira |
| May 4 | "Estoy Aquí" | Shakira |
| May 11 | "De Repente" | Soraya |
| May 18 | "De Repente" | Soraya |
| May 25 | "¡Basta Ya!" | Olga Tañón |
| June 1 | "Amarte a Ti" | Cristian Castro |
| June 8 | "Amarte a Ti" | Cristian Castro |
| June 15 | "Por Amarte" † | Enrique Iglesias |
| June 22 | "La Cosa Más Bella" | Eros Ramazzotti |
| June 29 | "La Cosa Más Bella" | Eros Ramazzotti |
| July 6 | "La Cosa Más Bella" | Eros Ramazzotti |
| July 13 | "La Cosa Más Bella" | Eros Ramazzotti |
| July 20 | "Sueña" | Luis Miguel |
| July 27 | "Sueña" | Luis Miguel |
| August 3 | "Sueña" | Luis Miguel |
| August 10 | "Amor en Tus Ojos" | Soraya |
| August 17 | "Amor en Tus Ojos" | Soraya |
| August 24 | "Amor en Tus Ojos" | Soraya |
| August 31 | "Amor en Tus Ojos" | Soraya |
| September 7 | "Dame" | Luis Miguel |
| September 14 | "Dame" | Luis Miguel |
| September 21 | "Dame" | Luis Miguel |
| September 28 | "Dame" | Luis Miguel |
| October 5 | "Dame" | Luis Miguel |
| October 12 | "Solamente Tu Amor" | Chayanne |
| October 19 | "Atada a Tu Volcán" | Ednita Nazario |
| October 26 | "Atada a Tu Volcán" | Ednita Nazario |
| November 2 | "Ámame una Vez Más" | Amanda Miguel |
| November 9 | "Ámame una Vez Más" | Amanda Miguel |
| November 16 | "Ámame una Vez Más" | Amanda Miguel |
| November 23 | "Ámame una Vez Más" | Amanda Miguel |
| November 30 | "Ámame una Vez Más" | Amanda Miguel |
| December 7 | "Ámame una Vez Más" | Amanda Miguel |
| December 14 | "Ámame una Vez Más" | Amanda Miguel |
| December 21 | "Ámame una Vez Más" | Amanda Miguel |
| December 28 | "Las Cosas Que Vives" | Laura Pausini |