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The Billboard Guide to Tejano and Regional Mexican Music (1999) [Burr, Ramiro] –
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- Latin: 100 Essential CDs, The Rough Guide (2001) [Steward, Sue] –
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- Latino Popular Culture, Vol. 2 M-Z (2004) [Various] –
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Below are music charts that listed as reliable sources by Wikipedia. See
WP:CHARTS for more available charts. Charts marked with an asterisk (*) means that the chart must be manually archived using online services such
WebCite or
Wayback Machine as the site does not have a searchable database. Charts that are listed under
WP:BADCHARTS should not be used.
- Argentina
CAPIF (albums only):
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Official website
-
Mirror site
- For chart positions before 2010, refer to the Billboard Hits of the World which only be accessed from the physical magazines (see below).
-
Certifications Down as of December 2011. It is uncertain if or when it will be available again. At the moment, an archive for all certifications up to 2010 can be found
here. Until then, certifications for Argentina will have to come from a reliable source. For diamond certifications, see
here.
- Brazil
ABPD:
Billboard Brazil:
- Colombia
National-Report* (singles chart):
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Official website. Use only the "Top Nacional" as chart listings by cities are not allowed.
- Dominican Republic
Monitor Latino* (singles chart):
- Ecuador
Monitor Latino* (singles chart):
- Guatemala
Monitor Latino* (singles chart):
- Mexico
AMPROFON (albums only):
Monitor Latino* (singles chart):
- Portugal
AFP (albums only):
- Spain
PROMUSICAE (albums and singles chart):
- For album and singles chart before 2004, they can be found on Billboard Hits of the World (see below). They may also be found on the book Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (2005) by Fernando Salaverri.
- United States
Billboard:
Note: Per
WP:USCHARTS, the
Latin Pop Airplay,
Regional Mexican Airplay,
Latin Tropical Airplay, and
Latin Rhythm Airplay may also be used provided that the song has not ranked on other Billboard genre charts.
Year-end charts (2002-2005):
The year-end charts listed on the physical Billboard volumes from 2002 to 2005 are not complete. The full year-end charts were only available to subscribers before it was taken down. The links to year-end charts were archived prior to being removed via Webcite, Below are links to each year, chart, and a mirror site should WebCite go down again:
- Latin Albums:
2002,
2003,
2004,
2005
- Latin Songs:
2002,
2003,
2004,
2005
- Latin Pop Albums:
2002,
2003,
2004,
2005
- Latin Pop Airplay:
2002,
2003,
2004,
2005
- Regional Mexican Albums:
2003,
2004,
2005 (Note: The full year-end chart for the 2002 Regional Mexican Albums is missing)
- Regional Mexican Airplay:
2002,
2003,
2004,
2005
- Tropical Albums:
2002,
2003,
2004,
2005
- Tropical Airplay:
2002,
2003,
2004,
2005
You may use also
Allmusic as an alternative source for Billboard chart positions. The charts are listed under the "Awards" section. However, Billboard should be preferably used as Allmusic lists singles released in the same year are arranged alphabetical order and takes two weeks to update chart positions. As of 2016, Allmusic no longer displays Billboard charts due to licensing costs.
Physical scans can be found on
Google Books and on
World Radio History. Note that not all issues may be available.
RIAA (certifications):
Note: The RIAA also has special certifications for Latin albums and singles. See
Recording Industry Association of America certification#Spanish for more details.
- Venezuela
Record Report* (singles chart):
For certifications of other Latin American countries see
[1] (as of 2005)
- Latin music awards
Billboard Latin Music Awards
Heat Latin Music Awards
Latin American Music Awards
Latin Grammy Awards
Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame
Lo Nuestro Awards
Los Premios 40 Principales
MTV Millenial Awards
- Awards with categories for Latin music
American Music Awards
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Awards (awarded to songwriters)
Billboard Music Awards
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) Awards (awarded to songwriters)
Grammy Awards
iHeartRadio Music Awards
Premios Juventud
Premios Tu Mundo
Society of European Stage Authors and Composers (SESAC) (awarded to songwriters)
- Country-specific
Argentina
Brazil
Colombia
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Mexico
Spain
United States
Uruguay
- General
- Country-specific
Note that the sources below may not focus on music exclusively
- Argentina
- Brazil
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Billboard Brasil, the Brazilian edition of
Billboard.
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Discos do Brasil, a website maintained by renowned journalist and musicologist Maria Luiza Kfouri and focused on reproducing information from booklets of Brazilian albums.
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Estadão Cultura, the culture section of
O Estado de S. Paulo, one of the largest newspapers and news portals in Brazil.
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Folha Ilustrada, the culture section of
Folha de S.Paulo, one of the largest newspapers and news portals in Brazil.
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O Globo - Cultura, the culture section of
O Globo, one of the largest newspapers and news portals in Brazil.
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Jornal do Brasil - Cultura, the culture section of
Jornal do Brasil, one of the largest newspapers and news portals in Brazil.
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Rock Brigade, a traditional magazine about heavy metal/rock.
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Rolling Stone Brasil, the Brazilian edition of
Rolling Stone
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Tenho Mais Discos Que Amigos!, a notorious music website, and a good source for indie stuff.
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Terra Música, the music section of
Terra Networks, a large Spanish-Brazilian news website.
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UOL Música, the music section of
UOL, a news portal and a sister project to Folha de S.Paulo.
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Zero Hora Música, the music section of
Zero Hora, one of the largest newspapers and news portals in Brazil.
- Chile
- Spain
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Efe Eme music magazine founded in 1998.
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Rockdelux music magazine founded in 1984.
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MariskalRock, a website from the editors of the traditional Spanish magazine Heavy Rock (known as La Heavy now) founded in 1982.
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Rock Estatal, a Spanish rock-oriented magazine founded in 2002.
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Maneras de Vivir, a Spanish rock-oriented website since 2002.
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Rolling Stone Spain, on run from 1999 until 2015. Some online archived articles can still be checked. Otherwise, see the printed versions.