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.^[1] It is a subchart of Hot Latin Songs, which lists the best-performing Spanish-language songs in the country.^[2] In 1996, 16 songs topped the chart, in 52 issues of the magazine.

Enrique Iglesias's debut single "Si Tú Te Vas" became his first song to reach number one on the Latin Pop Airplay chart in 1996. He also had the best-performing song of the year with "Por Amarte".

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.^[3] Enrique Iglesias,^[4] Cristian Castro,^[5] Luis Miguel,^[6] and Soraya were the only acts to have more than one chart-topper in 1996.^[7] Iglesias's debut single,^[8] "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.^[9] Castro's self-penned track,^[10] "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.^[11] Soraya achieved her only number ones with "De Repente" and "Amor en Tus Ojos".^[7][12]

Other artists to top the chart for the first time in 1996 were Shakira with "Estoy Aquí"^[13] and Chayanne with "Solamente Tu Amor",^[14] while Olga Tañón,^[15] Amanda Miguel,^[16] and Eros Ramazzotti obtained their first and only chart-toppers in the year.^[17] Both "Estoy Aquí" and Ramazzotti's "La Cosa Más Bella" (originally recorded in Italian as "Più bella cosa")^[18] 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.^[19] 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".^[20]

Chart history

Cristian Castro had the longest-running number-one-song of 1996 with his self-penned track "Amor".

Shakira's "Estoy Aquí" was her first song to reach number one on the Latin Pop Airplay chart.

Eros Ramazzotti obtained his only chart-topper in 1996 with "La Cosa Más Bella".

"Ámame una Vez Más" by Amanda Miguel had the most weeks at number one by a female artist.

Key

†	Indicates number 1 on Billboard's year-end Latin pop chart[9]

Chart history

Issue date	Title	Artist(s)	Ref.
January 6	"Más Allá"	Gloria Estefan	[21]
January 13			[22]
January 20	"Si Tú Te Vas"	Enrique Iglesias	[23]
January 27			[24]
February 3	"Amor"	Cristian Castro	[25]
February 10			[26]
February 17			[27]
February 24			[28]
March 2			[29]
March 9			[30]
March 16			[31]
March 23			[32]
March 30			[33]
April 6			[34]
April 13	"Estoy Aquí"	Shakira	[35]
April 20			[36]
April 27			[37]
May 4			[38]
May 11	"De Repente"	Soraya	[39]
May 18			[40]
May 25	"¡Basta Ya!"	Olga Tañón	[41]
June 1	"Amarte a Ti"	Cristian Castro	[42]
June 8			[43]
June 15	"Por Amarte" †	Enrique Iglesias	[44]
June 22	"La Cosa Más Bella"	Eros Ramazzotti	[45]
June 29			[46]
July 6			[47]
July 13			[48]
July 20	"Sueña"	Luis Miguel	[49]
July 27			[50]
August 3			[51]
August 10	"Amor en Tus Ojos"	Soraya	[52]
August 17			[53]
August 24			[54]
August 31			[55]
September 7	"Dame"	Luis Miguel	[56]
September 14			[57]
September 21			[58]
September 28			[59]
October 5			[60]
October 12	"Solamente Tu Amor"	Chayanne	[61]
October 19	"Atada a Tu Volcán"	Ednita Nazario	[62]
October 26			[63]
November 2	"Ámame una Vez Más"	Amanda Miguel	[64]
November 9			[65]
November 16			[66]
November 23			[67]
November 30			[68]
December 7			[69]
December 14			[70]
December 21			[71]
December 28	"Las Cosas Que Vives"	Laura Pausini	[72]

See also

• 1996 in Latin music

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