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Regional Mexican Songs is a record chart
published on Billboard magazine
. It was established by the magazine on October 8, 1994 with La Niña Fresa by Banda Z being the first song to reach number-one. It features Latin music information from different genres like Mariachi
, Norteño
, Banda
and Duranguense
, which are frequently named as Regional Mexican
. This chart features only singles or tracks and like most Billboard charts, is based on Airplay; the radio charts are compiled using information tracked by from Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems
(BDS), which electronically monitors radio stations in more than 140 markets across the United States. The audience charts cross-reference BDS data with listener information compiled by the Arbitron
ratings system to determine the approximate number of audience impressions made for plays in each daypart.
Record chart
A record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
published on Billboard magazine
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
. It was established by the magazine on October 8, 1994 with La Niña Fresa by Banda Z being the first song to reach number-one. It features Latin music information from different genres like Mariachi
Mariachi
Mariachi is a genre of music that originated in the State of Jalisco, in Mexico. It is an integration of stringed instruments highly influenced by the cultural impacts of the historical development of Western Mexico. Throughout the history of mariachi, musicians have experimented with brass, wind,...
, Norteño
Norteño (music)
Norteño , also norteña or conjunto, is a genre of Mexican music. The accordion and the bajo sexto are norteño's most characteristic instruments. The norteño genre is popular in both Mexico and the United States, especially among the Mexican community...
, Banda
Banda music
Banda is a brass-based form of traditional music. Bandas play a wide variety of songs, including rancheras, corridos, cumbias, baladas, and boleros. Bandas are most widely known for their rancheras, but they also play modern Mexican pop, rock, and cumbias...
and Duranguense
Duranguense
Duranguense is a genre of Mexican music. It is popular among the Mexican-American community in the United States. Duranguense is closely related to the Mexican styles of banda and norteño. The main instruments, which are held over from banda, are the saxophone, trombone, and bass drum...
, which are frequently named as Regional Mexican
Regional Mexican
Regional Mexican is a radio format for music radio, typically defined to include Banda, Ranchera, Mariachi and Norteña. It is the most popular radio format targeting Hispanic Americans in the United States....
. This chart features only singles or tracks and like most Billboard charts, is based on Airplay; the radio charts are compiled using information tracked by from Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems
Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems
Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, better known as BDS, is a service that tracks monitored radio, television and internet airplay of songs based on the number of spins and detections...
(BDS), which electronically monitors radio stations in more than 140 markets across the United States. The audience charts cross-reference BDS data with listener information compiled by the Arbitron
Arbitron
Arbitron is a consumer research company in the United States that collects listener data on radio audiences. It was founded as American Research Bureau by Jim Seiler in 1949 and became national by merging with L.A. based Coffin, Cooper and Clay in the early 1950s...
ratings system to determine the approximate number of audience impressions made for plays in each daypart.
See also
- Hot Latin SongsHot Latin SongsHot Latin Songs is a record chart published by Billboard magazine. It is often recognized as the most important music chart for Spanish language Latin music in the American music market. It was established by the magazine on September 6, 1986 with La Guirnalda by Rocío Dúrcal being the first song...
- Regional Mexican AlbumsRegional Mexican AlbumsRegional Mexican Albums is a record chart published by Billboard magazine. Established in June 1985, the chart compiles information about the top-selling albums in genres like mariachi, norteño, banda and Duranguense, which are frequently considered regional Mexican. The chart features only...
- Regional styles of Mexican musicRegional styles of Mexican musicRegional styles of Mexican music vary greatly vary from state to state. Norteño, banda, duranguense, and other Mexican country music genres are often known as regional Mexican music because each state produces different musical sounds and lyrics....
- Regional Mexican Airplay panel
Billboard Latin Regional Mexican Songs Year-End Chart
- 1996: "Un Millon de Rosas" by La MafiaLa MafiaLa Mafia is a four-time Grammy Award-winning musical group. It has its roots in the Northside neighborhood of Houston, Texas and has charted a course as a Latin music band.- History :...
- 1997: "Ya Me Voy Para Siempre" by Los TemerariosLos TemerariosLos Temerarios are a Mexican romantic music group started in 1978 by brothers Adolfo Angel and Gustavo Angel and their cousin Fernando Angel. During their early years they were known as Conjunto La Brisa....
- 1998: "Por Que Te Conocí" by Los Temerarios
- 1999: "Necesito Decirte" by Conjunto PrimaveraConjunto PrimaveraConjunto Primavera is a Mexican conjunto group from Ojinaga, Chihuahua, currently produced by Alejandro Garcia. In the 1990s and 2000s they became one of the most popular groups in the genre....
- 2000: "El Listo de tu Pelo" by Los Angeles Azules
- 2001: "Y Llegaste Tu" by Banda el RecodoBanda el RecodoBanda Sinaloense el Recodo de Don Cruz Lizárraga, often referred to as Banda el Recodo is a Mexican Banda sinaloense group. Since its founding in 1938, it has been under the direction of the Lizárraga family...
- 2002: "No Me Conoces Aun" by PalomoPalomoPalomo is a Chilean stratovolcano located in the O'Higgins Region, west of Caldera del Atuel. The volcano shows evidence of glacial dissection....
- 2003: "Una Vez Mas" by Conjunto Primavera
- 2004: "Dos Locos" by Los Horóscopos de DurangoLos Horoscopos de DurangoLos Horóscopos de Durango is one of the longest recording groups in the Regional Mexican genre performing Duranguense banda.This successful group was started by Dn. Armando Terrazas in Chicago during 1975...
- 2005: "Hoy Como AyerHoy Como Ayer"Hoy Como Ayer" is a song performed by Mexican group Conjunto Primavera. Released in 2005 as the first single from the album of the same name, the song became their first number-one single for the band in the Billboard Top Latin Songs chart as well as peaking number-one on the Billboard Regional...
" by Conjunto Primavera - 2006: "Aliado del Tiempo" by Mariano Barba
- 2007: "Dime Quien Es" by Los Rieleros del NorteLos Rieleros del NorteLos Rieleros Del Norte is a Mexican norteño band. Founded in Zacatecas, Close to Villanueva Zacatecas. Los Rieleros del Norte are from Fresa Zacatecas. One of the oldest norteño bands still playing today...
- 2008: "Hasta el Dia de Hoy" by Los Dareyes de la Sierra
- 2009: "Te Presumo" by Banda el Recodo