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

In June 1985, Billboard magazine established Latin Pop Albums, a chart that ranks the best-selling Latin pop albums in the United States. The chart was published on a fortnightly basis with its positions being compiled by sales data from Latin music retailers and distributors. According to Billboard, Latin pop includes "the music known as the balada romántica or música interacional" as well as "young pop sounds" and "the new Spanish-language rock". Latin pop emerged as the most commercially successful genre of Latin music throughout the 1980s and 1990s in the US, 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). During the 1980s, 22 albums topped the chart.
The first album to reach number one on the Latin Pop Album chart was Reflexiones (1984) by José José. José José was also the artist with the most number-one albums of the 1980s with Promesas (1985), Siempre Contigo (1986), and Soy Así (1987). The three records were the best-selling Latin pop albums of 1986–88, respectively. Promesas was the longest-running number one with 17 weeks. The Miami Sound Machine was the only band to reach number one in the 1980s with their album Primitive Love (1985). Primitive Love spawned the crossover single, "Conga", which peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Iglesias and Emmanuel were the only other artists to have more than two chart-toppers. Iglesias, who has been recognized as the best-selling male Latin artist of all-time by the Guinness World Records, spent a total of 29 weeks at the apex of the chart with his albums Libra (1985), Un Hombre Solo (1987), and Raíces (1989). Five female acts reached number one on the chart during the 1980s: Ángela Carrasco, Ana Gabriel, Rocío Jurado, Yolandita Monge, and Isabel Pantoja. Pantoja had the best-selling Latin pop album of 1989 with Desde Andalucía (1988) and won the Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Album of the Year in the same year. Gabriel culminated the decade with Tierra de Nadie (1988). Recognized as her breakthrough album, it won the Pop Album of the Year award at the following Lo Nuestro Awards.

## Chart history

Key :
| † | Indicates best-selling Latin pop album of the year |
Chart history :
| Issue date | Album | Artist(s) |
| June 29, 1985 | Reflexiones | José José |
| July 13, 1985 | Reflexiones | José José |
| July 27, 1985 | Reflexiones | José José |
| August 10, 1985 | Reflexiones | José José |
| August 24, 1985 | Reflexiones | José José |
| September 7, 1985 | Reflexiones | José José |
| September 21, 1985 | Reflexiones | José José |
| October 5, 1985 | Reflexiones | José José |
| October 19, 1985 | Libra | Julio Iglesias |
| November 2, 1985 | Libra | Julio Iglesias |
| November 16, 1985 | Libra | Julio Iglesias |
| November 30, 1985 | Libra | Julio Iglesias |
| December 14, 1985 | Libra | Julio Iglesias |
| December 28, 1985 | Primitive Love | Miami Sound Machine |
| January 11, 1986 | Primitive Love | Miami Sound Machine |
| January 25, 1986 | Primitive Love | Miami Sound Machine |
| February 8, 1986 | Promesas † | José José |
| February 22, 1986 | Promesas † | José José |
| March 8, 1986 | Promesas † | José José |
| March 22, 1986 | Promesas † | José José |
| April 5, 1986 | Promesas † | José José |
| April 19, 1986 | Promesas † | José José |
| May 3, 1986 | Paloma Brava | Rocío Jurado |
| May 17, 1986 | Paloma Brava | Rocío Jurado |
| May 31, 1986 | Promesas † | José José |
| June 14, 1986 | Promesas † | José José |
| June 28, 1986 | Promesas † | José José |
| July 12, 1986 | Promesas † | José José |
| July 26, 1986 | Promesas † | José José |
| August 9, 1986 | Promesas † | José José |
| August 23, 1986 | Promesas † | José José |
| September 6, 1986 | Promesas † | José José |
| September 20, 1986 | Promesas † | José José |
| October 4, 1986 | Promesas † | José José |
| October 18, 1986 | Promesas † | José José |
| November 1, 1986 | Toda la Vida y Otros Grandes Exitos | Emmanuel |
| November 15, 1986 | Siempre Contigo † | José José |
| November 29, 1986 | Siempre Contigo † | José José |
| December 13, 1986 | Siempre Contigo † | José José |
| December 27, 1986 | Siempre Contigo † | José José |
| January 10, 1987 | Siempre Contigo † | José José |
| January 24, 1987 | Siempre Contigo † | José José |
| February 7, 1987 | Siempre Contigo † | José José |
| February 21, 1987 | Siempre Contigo † | José José |
| March 7, 1987 | Solo | Emmanuel |
| March 21, 1987 | Siempre Contigo † | José José |
| April 4, 1987 | Solo | Emmanuel |
| April 18, 1987 | Siempre Contigo † | José José |
| May 2, 1987 | Lo Bello y lo Prohibido | Braulio |
| May 16, 1987 | Lo Bello y lo Prohibido | Braulio |
| May 30, 1987 | Lo Bello y lo Prohibido | Braulio |
| June 13, 1987 | Un Hombre Solo | Julio Iglesias |
| June 27, 1987 | Un Hombre Solo | Julio Iglesias |
| July 11, 1987 | Un Hombre Solo | Julio Iglesias |
| July 25, 1987 | Un Hombre Solo | Julio Iglesias |
| August 8, 1987 | Un Hombre Solo | Julio Iglesias |
| August 22, 1987 | Un Hombre Solo | Julio Iglesias |
| September 5, 1987 | Un Hombre Solo | Julio Iglesias |
| September 19, 1987 | Un Hombre Solo | Julio Iglesias |
| October 3, 1987 | Un Hombre Solo | Julio Iglesias |
| October 17, 1987 | Un Hombre Solo | Julio Iglesias |
| October 31, 1987 | Un Hombre Solo | Julio Iglesias |
| November 14, 1987 | Un Hombre Solo | Julio Iglesias |
| November 28, 1987 | Un Hombre Solo | Julio Iglesias |
| December 12, 1987 | Un Hombre Solo | Julio Iglesias |
| December 26, 1987 | Un Hombre Solo | Julio Iglesias |
| January 16, 1988 | Soy Así † | José José |
| January 30, 1988 | Soy Así † | José José |
| February 13, 1988 | Soy Así † | José José |
| February 27, 1988 | Soy Así † | José José |
| March 12, 1988 | Soy Así † | José José |
| March 26, 1988 | Soy Así † | José José |
| April 9, 1988 | Soy Así † | José José |
| April 23, 1988 | Soy Así † | José José |
| May 7, 1988 | Soy Así † | José José |
| May 21, 1988 | Entre Lunas | Emmanuel |
| June 4, 1988 | Entre Lunas | Emmanuel |
| June 18, 1988 | Señor Corazón | José Luis Rodríguez |
| July 2, 1988 | Señor Corazón | José Luis Rodríguez |
| July 16, 1988 | Señor Corazón | José Luis Rodríguez |
| July 30, 1988 | Señor Corazón | José Luis Rodríguez |
| August 13, 1988 | Señor Corazón | José Luis Rodríguez |
| August 27, 1988 | Señor Corazón | José Luis Rodríguez |
| September 10, 1988 | Amor Libre: 12 Grandes Exitos | Camilo Sesto |
| September 24, 1988 | Amor Libre: 12 Grandes Exitos | Camilo Sesto |
| October 8, 1988 | Vivencias | Yolandita Monge |
| October 22, 1988 | Amor Libre: 12 Grandes Exitos | Camilo Sesto |
| November 5, 1988 | Con Todos los Sentidos | Braulio |
| November 19, 1988 | Vivencias | Yolandita Monge |
| December 3, 1988 | Boca Rosa | Ángela Carrasco |
| December 17, 1988 | Desde Andalucía † | Isabel Pantoja |
| December 31, 1988 | Desde Andalucía † | Isabel Pantoja |
| January 14, 1989 | Desde Andalucía † | Isabel Pantoja |
| January 28, 1989 | Desde Andalucía † | Isabel Pantoja |
| February 11, 1989 | Desde Andalucía † | Isabel Pantoja |
| February 25, 1989 | Desde Andalucía † | Isabel Pantoja |
| March 11, 1989 | Desde Andalucía † | Isabel Pantoja |
| March 11, 1989 | Desde Andalucía † | Isabel Pantoja |
| March 25, 1989 | Desde Andalucía † | Isabel Pantoja |
| April 8, 1989 | Ricardo Montaner | Ricardo Montaner |
| April 22, 1989 | Desde Andalucía † | Isabel Pantoja |
| May 6, 1989 | Desde Andalucía † | Isabel Pantoja |
| May 20, 1989 | Desde Andalucía † | Isabel Pantoja |
| June 3, 1989 | Roberto Carlos '88 | Roberto Carlos |
| June 17, 1989 | Desde Andalucía † | Isabel Pantoja |
| July 1, 1989 | Desde Andalucía † | Isabel Pantoja |
| July 15, 1989 | Raíces | Julio Iglesias |
| July 29, 1989 | Raíces | Julio Iglesias |
| August 12, 1989 | Raíces | Julio Iglesias |
| August 26, 1989 | Raíces | Julio Iglesias |
| September 9, 1989 | Raíces | Julio Iglesias |
| September 23, 1989 | Raíces | Julio Iglesias |
| October 7, 1989 | Raíces | Julio Iglesias |
| October 21, 1989 | Raíces | Julio Iglesias |
| November 4, 1989 | Raíces | Julio Iglesias |
| November 18, 1989 | Tierra de Nadie | Ana Gabriel |
| December 2, 1989 | Tierra de Nadie | Ana Gabriel |
| December 16, 1989 | Tierra de Nadie | Ana Gabriel |
| December 30, 1989 | Tierra de Nadie | Ana Gabriel |