Regional Mexican Airplay (also referred to as Regional Mexican Songs) is a

record chart A record chart, in the music industry, also called a music chart, is a ranking of Sound recording and reproduction, recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period. Many different criteria are used in worldwide charts, often ...

published by ''Billboard'' magazine. It was established by the magazine on October 8, 1994, with "La Niña Fresa" by Banda Zeta being the first number-one song on the chart. The chart mainly focuses on musical styles originating from Mexico including

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, Norteño, Banda and

Duranguense Duranguense is a genre of Regional Mexican music. It is a hybrid of Technobanda and Tamborazo. Its popularity peaked in the mid to late 2000s among the Mexican and Mexican American community in the United States, as well as in many parts of Mexi ...

as well as the Mexican American community in the United States such as

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. These genres are collectively referred to as "

Regional Mexican Regional Mexican is a Latin music radio format encompassing the musical genres from the different parts of rural Mexico and the Southwestern United States. Genres include banda, country en español, Duranguense, grupero, mariachi, New Mexico ...

" under the

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umbrella. This chart features only singles or tracks and like most ''Billboard'' charts, is based on

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; the radio charts are compiled using information tracked by from

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(BDS), which electronically monitors radio stations in more than 140 markets across the United States. The audience charts cross-reference BDS data with listener information compiled by the

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ratings system to determine the approximate number of audience impressions made for plays in each daypart. The current number one song is "Que Te Vaya Bien" by Julión Álvarez y su Norteño Banda.

Records

Artist with the most number-one hits

Artists with the most top-ten hits

Top 10 songs of all time (1994–2021)

In 2018, ''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 number of weeks the song spent on top of the chart. For songs with the same number of weeks at number one, they are ranked by the most weeks in the top ten, followed by most total weeks on the chart. The list was updated in 2021.

''Billboard'' Regional Mexican Airplay number-one songs of the year

*1995: "Tú, Sólo Tú" by

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*1996: "Un Millón de Rosas" by

La Mafia La Mafia is a five-time Grammy Award-winning musical group. It has its roots in the Northside neighborhood of Houston, Texas, and has charted a course as a Tejano music, Latin music band. History La Mafia was founded in 1980 in Houston, TX. ...

*1997: "Ya Me Voy Para Siempre" by

Los Temerarios Los Temerarios are a Mexican Grupera band from Fresnillo, Zacatecas started in 1978 by brothers Adolfo Angel and Gustavo Angel and their cousin Fernando Angel. During their early years, they were known as ''Conjunto La Brisa''. ''Los Temerario ...

*1998: "¿Porqué Te Conocí?" by

*1999: "Necesito Decirte" by

Conjunto Primavera Conjunto Primavera is a Mexican Norteño-Sax band from Ojinaga, Chihuahua. In the 1990s and 2000s they were one of the most popular acts in Regional Mexican music. History Conjunto Primavera was formed on the first day of spring in 1978 by the ...

*2000: "El Listón de tu Pelo" by

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*2001: "Y Llegaste Tú" by

Banda El Recodo Banda Sinaloense El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga, often referred to simply as Banda El Recodo, is a Mexican banda formed in Mazatlán, Sinaloa in 1938; it has been under the direction of the Lizárraga family. Banda El Recodo has recorded with po ...

*2002: "No Me Conoces Aún" by Palomo *2003: "Una Vez Más" by

*2004: "Dos Locos" by

Los Horóscopos de Durango Los Horóscopos de Durango were a Regional Mexican band. In their first years, they were a grupero band, but they eventually changed to the duranguense style when the genre was becoming mainstream. They eventually switched to banda. In their last ...

*2005: "

Hoy Como Ayer "Hoy Como Ayer" ("Today Like Yesterday") is a song performed by Mexican Norteño-Sax band Conjunto Primavera. Released in 2005 as the first single from the album of the same name, the song became their first number-one single in the ''Billboard' ...

" by

*2006: "Aliado del Tiempo" by Mariano Barba *2007: "Dime Quién Es" by

Los Rieleros del Norte Los Rieleros Del Norte ("The Railers of the North") are a Mexican three-time Grammy-nominated Regional Mexican band from Ojinaga, Chihuahua, Mexico. They are based in El Paso, Texas. They specialize in the Norteño-Sax genre. History They forme ...

*2008: "Hasta el Día de Hoy" by Los Dareyes de la Sierra *2009: "Te Presumo" by

*2010: "Ando Bien Pedo" by

Banda Los Recoditos Banda Los Recoditos is a Mexican Banda formed in Mazatlán, Sinaloa. It was founded in 1989 by friends and family members of Banda el Recodo by Cruz Lizárraga. Alfonso Lizárraga and Pancho Barraza, the first vocalists, were two of the more t ...

*2011: "Me Encantaría" by Fidel Rueda *2012: " Llamada de Mi Ex" by

La Arrolladora Banda El Limón La Arrolladora Banda El Limón de René Camacho, or simply La Arrolladora, is a Mexican banda from Mazatlán, Sinaloa. In 1997 they signed with Sony Music Latin. In 2003, they switched labels and signed with Disa Records. History Banda El Limón ...

*2013: "El Ruido de Tus Zapatos" by

*2014: "Hermosa Experiencia" by

Banda MS Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizárraga, also known as Banda MS, is a Mexican Banda from Mazatlán, Sinaloa founded in 2003. The MS stands for Mazatlán, Sinaloa. It was created by brothers Sergio and Alberto Lizárraga, who are also members of ...

*2015: "Levantando Polvadera" by

Voz de Mando Voz de Mando is a Regional Mexican band based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Their hit single "Levantando Polvadera" won song of the year in the Regional Music category at the 2016 iHeart Radio awards, the first-ever regional Mexi ...

*2016: "Solo Con Verte" by

*2017: "Regresa Hermosa" by

Gerardo Ortíz Gerardo Ortiz (born October 5, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer in the Regional Mexican Regional Mexican is a Latin music radio format encompassing the musical genres from the different parts of rural Mexico and ...

*2018: "Oye Mujer" by

Raymix Edmundo Gómez Moreno (born 17 February 1991), better known by his stage name Raymix, is a Mexican musician and aerospace engineer. Nicknamed El Rey de la Electrocumbia ("The King of Electrocumbia"), Raymix started his music career in the ...

*2019: "A Través del Vaso" by Banda Los Sebastianes *2020: "Escondidos" by Banda La Adictiva *2021: "Te Volvería a Elegir" by

Calibre 50 Calibre 50 () is a Regional Mexican band founded in the city of Mazatlán, Sinaloa in 2010. Their style is Norteño-Banda, a hybrid of Norteño, which uses an electric bass or tololoche for the low notes and replaces it with a sousaphone (tuba) ...

*2022: "Cada Quien" by

Grupo Firme Grupo Firme is a Regional Mexican band based in Tijuana, Baja California, founded in 2014. They have received nominations for a variety of awards that include Premios Juventud and Premio Lo Nuestro, being the winner in 2021 of the latter in five ...

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Maluma Juan Luis Londoño Arias (born 28 January 1994), known professionally as Maluma, is a Colombian singer, songwriter, and actor. Born and raised in Medellín, he developed an interest in music at a young age, recording songs since age sixteen. ...

Decade-end charts

*2000s: "No Me Conoces Aún" by Palomo

References

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External links

Current Billboard Regional Mexican Airplay chart
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