The highest-selling compact discs

Compact Disc

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 and music downloads

Music download

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 in Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 are ranked in the Top 100 Mexico

Top 100 Mexico

Top 100 México is a record chart which accounts for sixty percent of the albums sold in Mexico. The chart has the support of major record distributors in Mexico and is issued by the Mexican Association of Producers of Phonograms and Videograms, A.C. since 2005 on a weekly basis...

 record chart

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 weekly by AMPROFON (Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas), a non-profit organization made up of Mexican and multinational record companies

Record label

In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

.

In 2009, 20 albums reached number one on the chart, including Primera Fila, a live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 recorded by Vicente Fernández

Vicente Fernández

Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...

 that spent seven non-consecutive weeks at the top, and won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Ranchero Album

Latin Grammy Award for Best Ranchero Album

The Latin Grammy Award for Best Ranchero Album is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally...

. Lines, Vines and Trying Times

Lines, Vines and Trying Times

Lines, Vines and Trying Times is the fourth studio album by the Jonas Brothers and their third album released under Hollywood Records. It was released June 16, 2009 in the U.S. The album received mixed reviews from critics and fans. In its first week, Lines, Vines and Trying Times sold 247,000...

 by Jonas Brothers

Jonas Brothers

The Jonas Brothers are an American boy band. The band gained its popularity from the Disney Channel children's television network. From the shore region of New Jersey, the band consists of three brothers: Paul Kevin Jonas II , Joseph Adam Jonas , and Nicholas Jerry Jonas...

 and No Line on the Horizon by U2

U2

U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...

 peaked at number one in the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

 in the United States and also reached the top position of the Mexican chart. Shakira

Shakira

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...

's seventh studio album Loba

She Wolf (album)

She Wolf is the sixth studio album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, first released on October 9, 2009 through Epic Records and Sony Music Latin. The album sees Shakira shift from Latin pop and pop rock to electropop while also exploring dancehall...

 debuted at number one and was certified platinum in the first week of sales.

Wisin & Yandel

Wisin & Yandel

Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican reggaeton Duo, consisting of Juan Luis Morera Luna and Llandel Veguilla Malavé Salazar . They started their career in 1998 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time....

 and Alejandro Fernández

Alejandro Fernández

Alejandro Fernández is a Mexican singer. Nicknamed as "El Potrillo" by the media and his fans, he has sold over 20 million albums worldwide. Alejandro is the son of the ranchera singer Vicente Fernández. He originally specialized in traditional, earthy forms of Mexican folk music, such as...

 released the most number one albums of the year with two each. Fernández released the compilation album De Noche: Clásicos a Mi Manera and the double album Dos Mundos

Dos Mundos (Alejandro Fernández album)

Dos mundos is the seventeenth studio album recorded by Mexican pop singer Alejandro Fernández.-Album information:Dos Mundos is a 2-disc CD by Alejandro Fernández featuring two different genres on each CD. Dos Mundos: Evolución features songs recorded in Latin Pop while Dos Mundos: Tradición...

. Dos Mundos includes Evolución, a pop music album, and Tradición, a ranchera

Ranchera

Ranchera is a genre of the traditional music of Mexico originally sung by only one performer with a guitar. It dates to the years of the Mexican Revolution in the early 20th century. It later became closely associated with the mariachi groups which evolved in Jalisco. Ranchera today is also played...

 music album; both albums debuted at the top two spots on this chart, and also in the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart in the United States. Thalía

Thalía

Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda , known simply by the mononym Thalía , is a Mexican singer and actress. She has sold over 40 million albums worldwide...

 also peaked at the top of the chart with her first live album Primera Fila

Primera fila (Thalía album)

Primera fila is the first Live CD/DVD album by Mexican singer-songwriter Thalía. The album was recorded in Miami, Florida at the BankUnited Center on July 29 and 30, 2009, with a selected audience to attend the concert. Primera fila is the first Thalia's project under the label of Sony Music...

. The album is her first release with Sony Music Latin

Sony Music Entertainment

Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation....

 after 10 years signed with EMI

EMI Televisa Music

EMI Televisa Music is a record label established in 2005 as a partnership between EMI and Televisa. It focuses on Latin American music.- Artists signed to this label :*A.B...

, and features the singer performing with a 12-piece band.

Thriller 25

Thriller 25

Thriller 25 is a 25th anniversary special edition reissue of the Michael Jackson album Thriller, the world's best selling album. The prospect of a "second chapter" to Thriller was first publicly discussed on Access Hollywood in late 2006. Jackson said he would discuss the idea with collaborator...

, the 25th anniversary special-edition reissue of the album recorded by the American singer Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...

 in 1982, also reached number one after the singer's death on June 25, with the album also peaking at the top of the American digital sales charts. Madonna

Madonna (entertainer)

Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...

's third compilation album Celebration

Celebration (Madonna album)

Celebration is the third greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, and the closing release under her contract with Warner Bros. Records, her record company since 1982. The release follows her two previous greatest hits albums, The Immaculate Collection and GHV2...

 earned the top spot of the chart and received a platinum certification in México for sales of over 80,000 units. The soundtrack for the Mexican soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

 Atrévete a Soñar

Atrevete a Soñar

Atrévete a Soñar is a Mexican telenovela produced by Luis de Llano for Televisa under license of Ideas del Sur. It is adapted from the Argentine telenovela Patito Feo . Danna Paola stars as Patito and Eleazar Gómez as Mateo. Violeta Isfel, and in later episodes Alberto Dogre, play antagonist...

 became the best-selling album of the year in the country.

Albums

Chart date	Album	Artist	Reference
January 5	De Noche: Clásicos a Mi Manera	Alejandro Fernández Alejandro Fernández Alejandro Fernández is a Mexican singer. Nicknamed as "El Potrillo" by the media and his fans, he has sold over 20 million albums worldwide. Alejandro is the son of the ranchera singer Vicente Fernández. He originally specialized in traditional, earthy forms of Mexican folk music, such as...
January 12
January 19	Primera Fila	Vicente Fernández Vicente Fernández Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...
January 26
February 2	De Noche: Clásicos a Mi Manera	Alejandro Fernández
February 9	Primera Fila	Vicente Fernández
February 16	De Noche: Clásicos a Mi Manera	Alejandro Fernández
February 23	The Bossa Masters	Various Artists
March 2	Primera Fila	Vicente Fernández
March 9	No Line on the Horizon	U2 U2 U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
March 16
March 23
March 30	Primera Fila	Vicente Fernández
April 6	Wisin & Yandel Presentan: La Mente Maestra Wisin & Yandel Presentan: La Mente Maestra Wisin & Yandel Presentan: La Mente Maestra is the third compilation album by WY Records and is Nesty "La Mente Maestra"'s first album. It is presented by Wisin & Yandel and was released on October 28, 2008 by WY Records and Machete Music...	DJ Nesty and Wisin & Yandel Wisin & Yandel Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican reggaeton Duo, consisting of Juan Luis Morera Luna and Llandel Veguilla Malavé Salazar . They started their career in 1998 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time....
April 13	Primera Fila	Vicente Fernández
April 20	Isa TKM Isa TKM *For the second season, see Isa TK+*For the music group, see Isa TKM Isa TKM is an original telenovela-like teen program from Nickelodeon Latin America in co-production with Sony Pictures Television, Made in Venezuela being the second from three Latin American Nickelodeon programs *For the second...	Soundtrack Isa TKM (musical group) For the soap opera with similar name, see Isa TKMIsa TKM is a Venezuelan musical group created in the 2008 and based in the soap opera Isa TKM...
April 27	Sounds of the Universe Sounds of the Universe Sounds of the Universe is the twelfth studio album by English electronic band Depeche Mode, released in Europe on 20 April 2009 and in the United States and Canada on 21 April 2009...	Depeche Mode Depeche Mode Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
May 4	Atrévete a Soñar Atrevete a Soñar Atrévete a Soñar is a Mexican telenovela produced by Luis de Llano for Televisa under license of Ideas del Sur. It is adapted from the Argentine telenovela Patito Feo . Danna Paola stars as Patito and Eleazar Gómez as Mateo. Violeta Isfel, and in later episodes Alberto Dogre, play antagonist...	Soundtrack
May 11	Primera Fila	Vicente Fernández
May 18	Atrévete a Soñar	Soundtrack
May 25
June 1	La Revolución La Revolución La Revolución is the seventh studio album, and ninth overall, album by Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel. It was released on May 26, 2009 by Machete Music and WY Records. The album features collaborations with rapper 50 Cent, Ivy Queen, Yaviah, Ednita Nazario and Yomo...	Wisin & Yandel Wisin & Yandel Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican reggaeton Duo, consisting of Juan Luis Morera Luna and Llandel Veguilla Malavé Salazar . They started their career in 1998 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time....
June 8
June 15	Atrévete a Soñar	Soundtrack
June 22	Lines, Vines and Trying Times Lines, Vines and Trying Times Lines, Vines and Trying Times is the fourth studio album by the Jonas Brothers and their third album released under Hollywood Records. It was released June 16, 2009 in the U.S. The album received mixed reviews from critics and fans. In its first week, Lines, Vines and Trying Times sold 247,000...	Jonas Brothers Jonas Brothers The Jonas Brothers are an American boy band. The band gained its popularity from the Disney Channel children's television network. From the shore region of New Jersey, the band consists of three brothers: Paul Kevin Jonas II , Joseph Adam Jonas , and Nicholas Jerry Jonas...
June 29	Atrévete a Soñar	Soundtrack
July 6	Thriller 25 Thriller 25 Thriller 25 is a 25th anniversary special edition reissue of the Michael Jackson album Thriller, the world's best selling album. The prospect of a "second chapter" to Thriller was first publicly discussed on Access Hollywood in late 2006. Jackson said he would discuss the idea with collaborator...	Michael Jackson Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
July 13
July 20
July 27
August 3
August 10	The Essential Michael Jackson The Essential Michael Jackson -U.S. version:-Limited Edition 3.0 bonus disc:-Charts:-Year-end charts:-Certifications:-See also:* List of number-one albums of 2009 * List of number-one albums of 2009 * List of number-one albums from the 2000s...
August 17	La Revolución	Wisin & Yandel
August 24	Atrévete a Soñar	Soundtrack
August 31
September 7	Fuerza Natural Fuerza Natural Fuerza natural is the fifth album by Gustavo Cerati on stage as soloist, released on 1 September 2009. The album features a folk sound with acoustic guitars and presence of mandolins. The first cut of the album was Déjà vu. This album was certificated gold in Argentina for 40,000 copies sold on...	Gustavo Cerati Gustavo Cerati Gustavo Adrián Cerati Clark is an Argentine rock musician, singer-songwriter, composer and record producer. He was the frontman, lead vocalist, lead guitarist and lead songwriter of the Argentine rock band Soda Stereo, one of the most influential bands of latin rock music. In the early 90s, with...
September 14	Atrévete a Soñar	Soundtrack
September 21
September 28	Poetics Poetics (album) Poetics is the fifth studio album by the Mexican alternative rock band Panda.-Production:After three years of absence and two after the release of Sinfonía Soledad, the band decided to start producing new songs, but in a very different way...	Panda Panda (band) Panda is a Mexican alternative rock band formed in Monterrey, Nuevo León in 1996 as part of the musical movement known as Avanzada Regia...
October 5	Celebration Celebration (Madonna album) Celebration is the third greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, and the closing release under her contract with Warner Bros. Records, her record company since 1982. The release follows her two previous greatest hits albums, The Immaculate Collection and GHV2...	Madonna Madonna (entertainer) Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
October 12	Nada es Color de Rosa Nada es Color de Rosa Nada Es Color De Rosa is the fourth solo studio album by Mexican artist, Yuridia.-Album development:After a 2 year recording hiatus, Yurida returned to the studio to record this album. Most of the songs were composed by Julio Ramirez Eguia, member of Mexican band, Reik., Ettore Grenci, and...	Yuridia
October 19	Loba She Wolf (album) She Wolf is the sixth studio album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, first released on October 9, 2009 through Epic Records and Sony Music Latin. The album sees Shakira shift from Latin pop and pop rock to electropop while also exploring dancehall...	Shakira Shakira Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
October 26
November 2
November 9
November 16	Paraíso Express Paraíso Express Paraíso Express is the eighth studio album recorded by Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz. It was produced by Tommy Torres, mixed by Bob Clearmountain, and was released worldwide in late November 2009. This album is the follow-up to the Grammy Award winning album El Tren de los Momentos...	Alejandro Sanz Alejandro Sanz Alejandro Sanz , is a Spanish singer-songwriter and musician. For his work, Sanz has won a total of fifteen Latin Grammy Awards and three Grammy Awards. He has won the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year three times, more than any other artist...
November 23
November 30
December 7	Primera Fila Primera fila (Thalía album) Primera fila is the first Live CD/DVD album by Mexican singer-songwriter Thalía. The album was recorded in Miami, Florida at the BankUnited Center on July 29 and 30, 2009, with a selected audience to attend the concert. Primera fila is the first Thalia's project under the label of Sony Music...	Thalía Thalía Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda , known simply by the mononym Thalía , is a Mexican singer and actress. She has sold over 40 million albums worldwide...
December 14	Dos Mundos: Evolución Dos Mundos (Alejandro Fernández album) Dos mundos is the seventeenth studio album recorded by Mexican pop singer Alejandro Fernández.-Album information:Dos Mundos is a 2-disc CD by Alejandro Fernández featuring two different genres on each CD. Dos Mundos: Evolución features songs recorded in Latin Pop while Dos Mundos: Tradición...	Alejandro Fernández
December 21
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