<P> Since July 1993, Billboard has published the best - selling Latin albums in the United States on the Top Latin Albums chart . An album is recognized as "Latin" by Billboard and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) if 51 percent or more of its content is in the Spanish language . On October 18, 2017, Billboard published a list of the 25 best - selling Latin albums in country since September 1992 . As of October 2017, the best - selling Latin album in the United States is Dreaming of You by Selena, her fifth and final studio album, which was posthumously released in 1995 . It has sold more than 2,942,000 copies since its release . Dreaming of You became the first predominately Spanish - language album to top the Billboard 200 and was the best - selling Latin album of 1995 and 1996 . Selena's fourth studio album, Amor Prohibido, has sold more than 1,246,000 copies and is the fourth best - selling Latin album in the United States . </P> <P> Sales data is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan from a sample that includes music stores, music departments at electronics and stores, Internet sales (both physical and digital) and verifiable sales from concert venues in the United States . Nielsen SoundScan has tracked sales of records in the country since March 1991 . SoundScan does not include sales from small retailers without electronic cash registers and nontraditional outlets such as flea markets and drugstores . Prior to the inception of the Top Latin Albums chart, sales of Latin albums were reported by Latin music retailers and distributors and divided into three subcategories: Latin Pop, Tropical / Salsa, and Regional Mexican . </P>

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