List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 2006

In 2006, Daddy Yankee spent 13 weeks at number one.

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 digital) and verifiable sales from concert venues in the United States.^[1]

There were thirteen number-one albums on this chart in 2006. The best-selling Latin album was Barrio Fino en Directo by Daddy Yankee. This album debuted at number 24 in the Billboard 200 in the last week of 2005; it spent 13 weeks at the top of the chart, more than any other number-one albums in the chart.^[2][3] Now Latino also peaked at number one, spending seven non-consecutive weeks at this position; this compilation album includes music by Aventura, Don Omar, Juanes, La 5ª Estación, Kumbia Kings, Chayanne, Wisin & Yandel, Bebe, Ricardo Arjona, Luis Fonsi, Thalía, Alexis & Fido, Zion & Lennox, Angel & Khriz, Cristian Castro, Reik, Sin Bandera and Alejandro Fernández.^[4]

MTV Unplugged by Ricky Martin spent one week at the top of the chart on November 22, 2006, and won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Album;^[5] this album was replaced at number one by Navidades by Luis Miguel, an album that received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Latin Pop Vocal Album.^[6] With the highest charting debut by a reggaeton artist, Don Omar's King of Kings entered at number seven on the Billboard 200 with 68,000 units sold. This album also peaked at number one for 11 weeks on this chart.^[7]

Mexican rock band Maná, with his first studio album since 2002, Amar Es Combatir, entered the Billboard 200 at number four, making it the highest-charting debut for a Spanish-language album for a duo or group.^[8] With 30,000 units sold in its first week, Paulina Rubio debuted at number 25 in the Billboard 200 and achieved her third number-one album on this chart with Ananda, after her albums Paulina and Pau-Latina accomplished it in 2001 and 2004, respectively.^[9] Luny Tunes and Tainy with Mas Flow: Los Benjamins and Hector El Father with Los Rompe Discotekas peaked at number one for the first time in their careers. With Trozos de Mi Alma, Vol. 2, singer-songwriter Marco Antonio Solís peaked at number one for the sixth time in his career.^[10]

Albums

Chart date	Album	Artist	Reference
January 7	Barrio Fino en Directo	Daddy Yankee	[11]
January 14			[12]
January 21			[13]
January 28			[14]
February 4			[15]
February 11			[16]
February 18			[17]
February 25			[18]
March 4			[19]
March 11			[20]
March 18			[21]
March 25			[22]
April 1			[23]
April 8	Now Latino	Various artists	[24]
April 15			[25]
April 22			[26]
April 29			[27]
May 6			[28]
May 13			[29]
May 20	Borrón y Cuenta Nueva	Grupo Montéz de Durango	[30]
May 27	Now Latino	Various artists	[31]
June 3	Borrón y Cuenta Nueva	Grupo Montéz de Durango	[32]
June 10	King of Kings	Don Omar	[33]
June 17			[34]
June 24			[35]
July 1			[36]
July 8			[37]
July 15	Los Rompe Discotekas	Hector El Father	[38]
July 22			[39]
July 29	King of Kings	Don Omar	[40]
August 5			[41]
August 12			[42]
August 19			[43]
August 26			[44]
September 2			[45]
September 9	Amar es Combatir	Maná	[46]
September 16			[47]
September 23			[48]
September 30			[49]
October 7	Ananda	Paulina Rubio	[50]
October 14	Mas Flow: Los Benjamins	Luny Tunes & Tainy	[51]
October 21	Trozos de Mi Alma, Vol. 2	Marco Antonio Solís	[52]
October 28			[53]
November 4			[54]
November 11	Crossroads: Cruce de Caminos	Intocable	[55]
November 18			[56]
November 25	MTV Unplugged	Ricky Martin	[57]
December 2	Navidades	Luis Miguel	[58]
December 9	Celestial	RBD	[59]
December 16			[60]
December 23			[61]
December 30			[62]

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