TheTropical Airplay chart (formerly known asTropical/Salsa andTropical Songs) is arecord chart published byBillboard magazine introduced in 1994. The first number-one song on the chart was "Quien Eres Tu" byLuis Enrique.[1] Originally, rankings on the chart were determined by the amount of airplay a song received on radio stations that primarily playedtropical music, namely music originating from the Spanish-speaking areas of theCaribbean such assalsa,merengue,bachata,cumbia,vallenato, and tropical fusions. Any song, regardless of its genre, was eligible for the chart if it received enough airplay from the panel of tropical music radio stations being monitored.
Billboard revised the methodology of the chart in January 2017. Since January 21, 2017, the Tropical Airplay chart measures airplay based on audience impressions of tropical music songs over approximately 140 Latin music radio stations.[2] Audience impressions are based on not only how often a song is played as monitored byNielsen BDS but the ratings of the monitored stations at such time the songs are being played as measured byNielsen Audio.[3] With the change, the chart was reduced from a list of the top 40 songs to 25.The current number-one song on the chart is "Baile Inolvidable" byBad Bunny.[4]
| Number of singles | Artist | Span | Longest-reigning number-one | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | Marc Anthony | 1995–2024 | "De Vuelta Pa' La Vuelta" (withDaddy Yankee) (2020) – 22 weeks | [5] |
| 29 | Víctor Manuelle | 1996–2021 | "Tengo Ganas" (2004) – 13 weeks | [6] |
| 24 | Prince Royce | 2010–2024 | "Carita de Inocente" (2020) – 29 weeks | [7] |
| 18 | Romeo Santos | 2011–2022 | "Centavito" (2018), "La Mejor Versión de Mi" (remix) (Natti Natasha featuring Romeo Santos) (2019) – 15 weeks | [8] |
| 14 | Gilberto Santa Rosa | 1996–2010 | "Conteo Regresivo" (2007) – 12 weeks | [9] |
| Elvis Crespo | 1998–2016 | "Suavemente" (1998) – 9 weeks | [10] | |
| 13 | Jerry Rivera | 1996–2016 | "Ese (1999) – 8 weeks | [11] |
| 11 | Juan Luis Guerra | 1998–2014 | "Las Avispas" (2004) – 10 weeks | [12] |
| 10 | Don Omar | 2005–2022 | "Danza Kuduro" (2010) – 18 weeks | [13] |
| 9 | Carlos Vives | 2000–2022 | "Hoy Tengo Tiempo (Pinta Sensual)" (2018) – 6 Weeks | [14] |
| Year | Single | Performer(s) | Weeks at No. 1 | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | "Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido" | Karol G | 32 | [17] |
| 2020 | "Carita de Inocente" | Prince Royce | 29 | [18] |
| 2021 | "De Vuelta Pa La Vuelta" | Daddy Yankee &Marc Anthony | 22 | [18] |
| 2019 | "Inmortal" | Aventura | 18 | |
| 2010 | "Danza Kuduro" | Don Omar featuringLucenzo | 18 | |
| 2023 | "Bailando Bachata" | Chayanne | 15 | |
| 2019 | "La Mejor Versión de Mí" (remix) | Natti Natasha &Romeo Santos | 15 | |
| 2018 | "Centavito" | Romeo Santos | 15 | |
| 2010 | "Dile al Amor" | Aventura | 15 | |
| 2004 | "Perdidos" | Monchy & Alexandra | 15 |
In 2017,Billboard magazine compiled a ranking of the 20 best-performing songs on the chart since its inception in 1994. The chart is based on the most weeks the song spent on top of the chart. For songs with the same number of weeks at number one, they are ranked them by most weeks in the top ten, followed by most total weeks on the chart.[19] The top 20 was updated the following year.[20]
| Rank | Single | Artist(s) | Peak year | Peak and duration | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Danza Kuduro" | Don Omar featuringLucenzo | 2010 | #1 for 18 weeks | [19] |
| 2. | "Dile al Amor" | Aventura | 2010 | #1 for 15 weeks | |
| 3. | "Perdidos" | Monchy & Alexandra | 2004 | #1 for 15 weeks | |
| 4. | "Propuesta Indecente" | Romeo Santos | 2013 | #1 for 14 weeks | |
| 5. | "Que Preció Tiene el Cielo" | Marc Anthony | 2006 | #1 for 13 weeks | |
| 6. | "Tengo Ganas" | Víctor Manuelle | 2004 | #1 for 13 weeks | |
| 7. | "Conteo Regresivo" | Gilberto Santa Rosa | 2007 | #1 for 12 weeks | |
| 8. | "Te Quiero" | Flex | 2008 | #1 for 12 weeks | |
| 9. | "Sedúceme" | La India | 2002 | #1 for 12 weeks | |
| 10. | "Por un Segundo" | Aventura | 2009 | #1 for 12 weeks |
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