Latin Pop Airplay (formerly designated as Hot Latin Pop Tracks)[1] is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks the top-performing songs (regardless of genre or language) on Latin pop radio stations in the United States, based on weekly airplay data compiled by Nielsen's Broadcast Data Systems.[2] It is a subchart of Hot Latin Songs (formerly known as Hot Latin Tracks),[1] which lists the best-performing Spanish-language songs in the country.[3] In 2000, eight songs topped the chart, in 52 issues of the magazine.
At the start of the year, singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona's song "Desnuda" was at number one, where it spent 12 consecutive weeks before being replaced by "Dónde Está el Amor", performed by Charlie Zaa, in the issue dated March 25. Arjona returned to the top of the chart with his next single, "Cuando", which spent seven weeks at number one between September and November; he was the only artist with more than one chart-topper during the year.
"A Puro Dolor" by Son by Four was the best-performing song of 2000 on both the Latin pop and Hot Latin Songs charts.[4] It spent a total of 19 non-consecutive weeks at number one on the airplay chart, breaking the record for the most weeks at number one set by Cristian Castro's song "Vuélveme a Querer" in 1995.[5] Latin pop stations received the ballad rendition of the track, propelling its ascent to popularity subsequent to its inclusion in the Mexican soap opera La vida en el espejo (1999).[6][7] Despite this level of success, it would be the band's only chart-topper.[8]
Thalía achieved her first chart-topper with "Entre el Mar y una Estrella" as did Giselle with the ballad version of "Júrame".[9] Chayanne had the final number-one song of the year with "Yo Te Amo" which spent eight weeks at this position.
Chart history
| † | Indicates number 1 on Billboard's year-end Latin pop chart[4] |
| Issue date | Title | Artist(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | "Desnuda" | Ricardo Arjona | [10] |
| January 8 | [11] | ||
| January 15 | [12] | ||
| January 22 | [13] | ||
| January 29 | [14] | ||
| February 5 | [15] | ||
| February 12 | [16] | ||
| February 19 | [17] | ||
| February 26 | [18] | ||
| March 4 | [19] | ||
| March 11 | [20] | ||
| March 18 | [21] | ||
| March 25 | "Dónde Está el Amor" | Charlie Zaa | [22] |
| April 1 | [23] | ||
| April 8 | "A Puro Dolor" † | Son by Four | [24] |
| April 15 | [25] | ||
| April 22 | [26] | ||
| April 29 | [27] | ||
| May 6 | [28] | ||
| May 13 | [29] | ||
| May 20 | [30] | ||
| May 27 | [31] | ||
| June 3 | [32] | ||
| June 10 | "No Me Dejes de Querer" | Gloria Estefan | [33] |
| June 17 | "Entre el Mar y una Estrella" | Thalía | [34] |
| June 24 | "A Puro Dolor" † | Son by Four | [35] |
| July 1 | [36] | ||
| July 8 | "Entre el Mar y una Estrella" | Thalía | [37] |
| July 15 | [38] | ||
| July 22 | "A Puro Dolor" † | Son by Four | [39] |
| July 29 | [40] | ||
| August 5 | [41] | ||
| August 12 | "Júrame" | Gisselle | [42] |
| August 19 | "A Puro Dolor" † | Son by Four | [43] |
| August 26 | [44] | ||
| September 2 | [45] | ||
| September 9 | [46] | ||
| September 16 | [47] | ||
| September 23 | "Cuando" | Ricardo Arjona | [48] |
| September 30 | [49] | ||
| October 7 | [50] | ||
| October 14 | [51] | ||
| October 21 | [52] | ||
| October 28 | [53] | ||
| November 4 | [54] | ||
| November 11 | "Yo Te Amo" | Chayanne | [55] |
| November 18 | [56] | ||
| November 25 | [57] | ||
| December 2 | [58] | ||
| December 9 | [59] | ||
| December 16 | [60] | ||
| December 23 | [61] | ||
| December 30 | [62] |