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This is a list of best selling singles in Spain, some of which have been certified by the Productores de Música de España (PROMUSICAE). All of these singles have multi-platinum certifications. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Depeche Mode holds the record for the most number-one songs by a band with 10. This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on the singles chart in Spain, published by Productores de Música de España (PROMUSICAE) since 1959. [1] All acts are listed alphabetically.
[6] [7] [8] Billboard categorizes an artist as "Latin" if they perform in Spanish or Portuguese. [9] Music journalists and musicologists define Latin music as musical styles from Spanish-speaking areas of Latin America and from Spain. [10] [11] Music from Brazil is usually included in the genre and music from Portugal is occasionally included ...
Latin music in the United States is defined by both the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Billboard magazine as any release with 51% or more of its content recorded in Spanish. [1] [2] [a] The best performing Latin songs in the United States have been compiled by Billboard since September 1986.
This is a list of number-one hits in Spain by year from the chart compiled weekly by PROMUSICAE. [1] [2] [3] 1950s. 1959. 1960s.
According to the Billboard electronic database, the first was "La Guirnalda" by Spanish singer Rocío Dúrcal on September 6, 1986. [3] However, in the listings included in the first printed publication of the chart on October 4, 1986, the first number-one song was "Yo No Sé Qué Me Pasó" by Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel. [1]
With estimated sales of 12 million copies worldwide, [15] Spanish singer Julio Iglesias's Momentos (1982) is highest-selling Latin album on the list. Mexican singer Luis Miguel currently has the highest number of albums on the list with 14, while Colombian songstress Shakira has the most by a female artist with four.
Laura Pausini had one of the best selling album in Spain by a foreign artist with her homonymous album Laura Pausini. Spanish groups Mecano and La Oreja de Van Gogh (pictured) are tied as the bands with the most entries, both with two. The following are the top best-selling albums in Spain based in certifications from PROMUSICAE.