List of Billboard Hot Latin Songs and Latin Airplay number ones of 2012

The Billboard Top Latin Songs ranked the best-performing songs on Spanish-language radio stations and was published by Billboard magazine weekly. Since 1994, Nielsen BDS was used to measure the songs on the chart. On the week ending October 20, 2012, Billboard changed the methodology on the Hot Latin Songs to include digital downloads and streaming in addition to airplay from all radio stations in the United States, as opposed to just Spanish-language radio stations. Billboard also included imposed a linguistic rule in which only songs predominantly sung in Spanish are eligible to rank on the Hot Latin Songs chart. The Hot Latin Song's former methodology was formatted into the Latin Airplay chart.^[1]

Chart history

Hot Latin Songs

Issue date	Song	Artist	Ref
January 7	"Promise"	Romeo Santos featuring Usher	[2]
January 14	"Hotel Nacional"	Gloria Estefan	[3]
January 21	"El Verdadero Amor Perdona"	Maná featuring Prince Royce	[4]
January 28	"Promise"	Romeo Santos featuring Usher	[5]
February 4	"El Verdadero Amor Perdona"	Maná featuring Prince Royce	[6]
February 11	"Me Gustas Tanto"	Paulina Rubio	[7]
February 18	"Si Tú Me Besas"	Víctor Manuelle	[8]
February 25	"Lovumba"	Daddy Yankee	[9]
March 3	"Mi Santa"	Romeo Santos featuring Tomatito	[10]
March 10	"Inténtalo"	3Ball MTY featuring El Bebeto and América Sierra	[11]
March 17	"Las Cosas Pequeñas"	Prince Royce	[12]
March 24	"Inténtalo"	3Ball MTY featuring El Bebeto and América Sierra	[13]
March 31	"Bailando Por El Mundo"	Juan Magan featuring Pitbull and El Cata	[14]
April 7	"Dutty Love"	Don Omar featuring Natti Natasha	[15]
April 14	"Ai Se Eu Te Pego!"	Michel Teló	[16]
April 21			[17]
April 28			[18]
May 5	"La Señal"	Juanes	[19]
May 12	"Ai Se Eu Te Pego!"	Michel Teló	[20]
May 19			[21]
May 26			[22]
June 2			[23]
June 9			[24]
June 16			[25]
June 23			[26]
June 30	"Si Te Digo La Verdad"	Gocho	[27]
July 7	"Follow the Leader"	Wisin & Yandel featuring Jennifer Lopez	[28]
July 14			[29]
July 21	"Hasta Que Salga el Sol"	Don Omar	[30]
July 28			[31]
August 4	"La Diabla"	Romeo Santos	[32]
August 11	"Hasta Que Salga el Sol"	Don Omar	[33]
August 18	"Bebe Bonita"	Chino & Nacho featuring Jay Sean	[34]
August 25	"Yo No Soy Un Monstruo"	Elvis Crespo featuring Ilegales	[35]
September 1	"Dame La Ola"	Tito El Bambino	[36]
September 8	"No Me Compares"	Alejandro Sanz	[37]
September 15	"Hasta Que Te Conocí"	Maná	[38]
September 22	"Te Quiero"	Ricardo Arjona	[39]
September 29			[40]
October 6	"No Me Compares"	Alejandro Sanz	[41]
October 13	"Volví a Nacer"	Carlos Vives	[42]
October 20	"Algo Me Gusta de Ti"	Wisin & Yandel featuring Chris Brown and T-Pain	[43]
October 27			[44]
November 3			[45]
November 10			[46]
November 17			[47]
November 24			[48]
December 1			[49]
December 8			[50]
December 15			[51]
December 22			[52]
December 29			[53]

Latin Airplay

Issue date	Song	Artist	Ref
October 20	"Algo Me Gusta de Ti"	Wisin & Yandel featuring Chris Brown and T-Pain	[54]
October 27	"Will U Still Love Me Tomorrow"	Leslie Grace	[55]
November 3	"Diosa de los Corazónes"	Arcángel, Zion & Lennox, Lobo, RKM & Ken-Y	[56]
November 10	"Solo Viné a Despedirme"	Gerardo Ortíz	[57]
November 17	"Incondicional"	Prince Royce	[58]
November 24	"Balada (Tchê Tcherere Tchê Tchê)"	Gusttavo Lima	[59]
December 1	"Finally Found You"	Enrique Iglesias featuring Sammy Adams	[60]
December 8	"Solo Viné a Despedirme"	Gerardo Ortíz	[61]
December 15	"Volví a Nacer"	Carlos Vives	[62]
December 22			[63]
December 29	"Amor Real"	Gocho featuring Yandel and Wayne Wonder	[64]