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".
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.
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]
^Lannert, John (November 12, 1994). "Latin Notas". Billboard. Vol. 106, no. 46. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 37. ISSN0006-2510. Archived from the original on April 13, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
^"1996: The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 52. Nielsen Business Media. December 28, 1996. p. YE-68. ISSN0006-2510. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved September 26, 2016.