Latin Pop Airplay (formerly designated as Hot Latin Pop Tracks) 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. It is a subchart of Hot Latin Songs (formerly known as Hot Latin Tracks), which lists the best-performing Spanish-language songs in the country. In 2001, nine songs topped the chart in 52 issues of the magazine.

In the year's first issue of Billboard, the number one song was "Yo Te Amo" by Puerto Rican singer Chayanne, having been at the top since the issue dated November 11, 2000. It was replaced the following week by "Te Quise Olvidar" by Latin pop boy band MDO, originally written and performed by Venezuelan singer Carlos Baute. "Te Quise Olvidar" spent eight weeks on top of the chart.

Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel penned the track "Abrázame Muy Fuerte" for the 2000 Mexican telenovela of the same name. The song spent seven weeks on top of the chart and was named the best-performing Latin pop track of the year. Although Juan Gabriel had several number ones on the Hot Latin Songs since its inception in 1986, "Abrázame Muy Fuerte" was his only number one song on the Latin Pop Airplay chart. Puerto Rican singer Jerry Rivera achieved his only chart-topper on the Latin Pop Airplay chart with "Quiero". Its parent album, Rivera, marked a shift for the singer from performing salsa to ballads. Mexican singer Cristian Castro had the second longest-leading number one song of the year with 12 non-consecutive weeks with "Azul".

Three songs that topped the Latin Pop Airplay chart were Spanish-language versions of songs originally recorded in English: "Sólo Quiero Amarte" ("Nobody Wants to Be Lonely") by Ricky Martin, "Suerte" ("Whenever, Wherever") by Shakira, and "Héroe" ("Hero") by Enrique Iglesias. "Suerte" was the longest-leading song of the year on the Latin Pop Airplay chart with 13 non-consecutive weeks.

Chart history

+KeyIndicates number 1 on Billboards year-end Latin pop chart +Issue dateTitleArtist(s)"Yo Te Amo" Chayanne"Te Quisé Olvidar" MDO"Sólo Quiero Amarte" "Abrázame Muy Fuerte" "Quiero" "Abrázame Muy Fuerte" Juan Gabriel"Azul" "Abrázame Muy Fuerte" Juan Gabriel"Azul" "Cómo Se Cura una Herida" "Azul" "Suerte" Shakira"Héroe" "Suerte" Shakira

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