Latin Pop Airplay (also referred to as
Latin Pop Songs) is a
record chart published on
Billboard magazine. It features
Latin music information from pop music usually in Spanish. It was established by the magazine on October 8, 1994 with
Mañana by
Cristian Castro being the first song to reach number-one. 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.