List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 2002

Alejandro Sanz peaked at number one for the first time on this chart in 2002.

The Billboard Top Latin albums chart, published in Billboard magazine, is a record chart that features Latin music sales information. This data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan from a sample that includes music stores, music departments at electronics and department stores, internet sales (both physical and via digital downloads) and verifiable sales from concert venues in United States.[1]

There were fifteen number-one albums in 2002, including Libre by Marc Anthony, which received a nomination for Best Salsa album at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2002,[2] and MTV Unplugged by Alejandro Sanz—the winner of the Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year.[3] Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias peaked at number one for the fifth time on this chart with Quizás, while Colombian performer Shakira, Mexican norteño band Los Tigres del Norte, and rock band Maná released their third chart topper, respectively. Los Temerarios became the fourth act to release two number-one albums in the same year, after Selena,[4][5][6][7] Enrique Iglesias[8][9] and Grupo Bryndis.[10][11] Intocable, Chayanne, Thalía, Las Ketchup, Banda el Recodo and Luis Fonsi peaked at number one for the first time.

One compilation album hit the top of this chart in 2002, Las 30 Cumbias Más Pegadas, which includes performances by Angeles Azules, Grupo Carabo, Los Askis, Rayito Colombiano, Chon Arauza y La Furia Colombiana, Aaron y Su Grupo Illusion, Grupo Perla Colombiana and Tropa Vallenata.[12]

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  3. ^ "MTV Unplugged". Todomusicaymas.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
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  7. ^ "Top Latin Albums - Siempre Selena". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1996-11-23. Retrieved 2008-06-16. [dead link]
  8. ^ "Top Latin Albums - Cosas del Amor". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1999-02-20. Retrieved 2008-06-16. [dead link]
  9. ^ "Top Latin Albums - Bailamos Greatest Hits". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1999-07-24. Retrieved 2008-06-16. [dead link]
  10. ^ "Top Latin Albums - Historia Musical Romántica". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2001-08-04. Retrieved 2008-06-16. [dead link]
  11. ^ "Top Latin Albums - En El Idioma del Amor". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2001-08-04. Retrieved 2008-06-16. [dead link]
  12. ^ "Las 30 Cumbias Más Pegadas". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2002-02-05. Archived from the original on June 23, 2013. Retrieved 2008-08-27.