Monitor Latino (stylised monitorLATINO) is a singles chart founded in 2003 which ranks songs on chart based on
airplay
Airplay is how frequently a song is being played through broadcasting on radio stations. A song which is being played several times every day (spins) would have a significant amount of airplay. Music which became very popular on jukeboxes, in n ...
across radio stations in
Latin American
Latin Americans ( es, Latinoamericanos; pt, Latino-americanos; ) are the citizens of Latin American countries (or people with cultural, ancestral or national origins in Latin America). Latin American countries and their diasporas are multi-eth ...
countries and Hispanic radio stations in the United States using the Radio Tracking Data, LLC in real time.
Monitor Latino started monitoring radio stations in Mexico and the United States in 2003. The company later expanded into other Latin American markets, and currently it monitors radio stations and issues music charts for 18 countries.
In January 2012, Monitor Latino began surveying radio stations in the
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ...
,
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
,
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...
,
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
, and
Guatemala
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, publishing singles chart which were only accessible to subscribers. Since 2016, their complete charts are accessible to the general public, and an archive for their weekly charts after July 2014 is available o
their website
Monitor Latino hosts an annual award show which is held in Los Angeles, California. The company has its offices in Los Angeles and in
Guadalajara, Mexico
Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Mexico, while the Guadalajar ...
.
Number-one songs
Argentina
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2016 – present
Bolivia
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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2020
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2021
Chile
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2021
Colombia
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2018
Guatemala
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2018
Mexico
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2002-2007
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2011
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2012
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2013
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2014
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2015
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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2020
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2021
Panama
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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2020
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2021
Puerto Rico
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2020
Venezuela
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2018
Year-end charts
Latin America
In 2017, Monitor Latino introduced a general year-end chart for the 100 most-played songs in radio stations across Latin America.
The first year-end chart measured data from 15 countries, a figure that increased to 19 as of 2019.
2017
2018
2019
Mexico
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2011
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2012
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2013
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2014
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2015
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2016
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2017
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2018
Charts by country
''Monitor Latino'' provides a total of seventy-three
Airplay
Airplay is how frequently a song is being played through broadcasting on radio stations. A song which is being played several times every day (spins) would have a significant amount of airplay. Music which became very popular on jukeboxes, in n ...
charts, distributed in eighteen countries and one region and sixteen
music genres.
Argentina
* Top 20 General
* Top 20 Nacional
* Top 20 Latino
* Top 20 Anglo
Bolivia
* Top 20 General
* Top 20 Anglo
* Top 20 Latino
Brasil
* Top 20 General
Chile
* Top 20 General
* Top 20 Nacionalidad
* Top 20 Pop
* Top 20 Urbano
* Top 20 Popular
* Top 20 Tropical
* Top 20 Anglo
Colombia
* Top 20 General
* Top 20 Vallenato
* Top 20 Crossover
* Top 20 Pop
* Top 20 Tropical
* Top 20 Urbano
* Top 20 Popular
* Top 20 Anglo
Costa Rica
* Top 20 General
* Top 20 Urbano
* Top 20 Anglo
Dominican Republic
* Top 20 General
* Top 20 Bachata
* Top 20 Merengue
* Top 20 Salsa
* Top 20 Urbano
* Top 20 Pop
* Top 20 Anglo
Ecuador
* Top 20 General
* Top 20 Nacionalidad
* Top 20 Latino
* Top 20 Pop
* Top 20 Urbano
* Top 20 Tropical
* Top 20 Anglo
El Salvador
* Top 20 General
* Top 20 Pop
* Top 20 Anglo
Guatemala
* Top 20 General
* Top 20 Pop
* Top 20 Regional Mexicano
* Top 20 Anglo
Honduras
* Top 20 General
* Top 20 Pop
* Top 20 Urbano
* Top 20 Anglo
Latin America
* Top 20 América Latina Popular
* Top 20 América Latina Latino
* Top 20 América Latina Tropical
Mexico
* Top 20 General
* Top 20 Pop
* Top 20 Popular
* Top 20 Anglo
Nicaragua
* Top 20 General
* Top 20 Pop
* Top 20 Urbano
* Top 20 Anglo
Panama
* Top 20 General
* Top 20 Pop
* Top 20 Latino
* Top 20 Urbano
* Top 20 Tropical
* Top 20 Anglo
Paraguay
* Top 20 General
* Top 20 Pop
* Top 20 Urbano
* Top 20 Anglo
Peru
* Top 20 General
* Top 20 Pop
* Top 20 Urbano
* Top 20 Popular
* Top 20 Tropical
* Top 20 Anglo
Puerto Rico
* Top 20 General
* Top 20 Pop
* Top 20 Anglo
* Top 20 Urbano
United States
* Top 20 Mainstream
* Top 20 Regional Mexicano
* Top 20 Pop Rhythmic
* Top 20 Tropical
* Top 20 Anglo
* Top 20 Oldies
Uruguay
* Top 20 General
* Top 20 Anglo
* Top 20 Latino
Venezuela
* Top 20 General
* Top 20 Nacionalidad
* Top 20 Latino
* Top 20 Pop
* Top 20 Anglo
* Top 20 Urbano
* Top 20 Tradicional
* Top 20 Tropical
* Top 20 Vallenato
Other charts
Cristiano
* Top 20 General
See also
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Top 100 Mexico
Top 100 México is a record chart which accounts for sixty percent of the albums sold in Mexico. The chart has the support of major record distributors in Mexico and is issued by the Mexican Association of Producers of Phonograms and Videograms, A. ...
References
External links
Official Site(In Spanish)
Charts
{{Record charts
Publications established in 2003
Mexican record charts
Latin American music