Draft:List of best-selling female Latin artists
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The following is a list of the world's best-selling female Latin music artists of all time. The criteria for inclusion are women (including girl groups) whose claimed record sales have at least reached 5 million or more of their musical productions. Artists are listed in order of the number of records sold alongside available cross-referenced music recording certifications; the highest being for claims of at least 95 million records, and the lowest for claims of 5 million records.
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Since there is no official entity that certifies sales in their totality;[2] the artists' sales figure must have been published by a reliable source (news organizations and highly regarded music industry-related organization) such as Billboard, Rolling Stone, MTV, and VH1.
Latin music has an ambiguous meaning in the music industry due to differing views of what makes a recording "Latin". For example, the Latin music market in the United States defines Latin music as any release sung mostly in Spanish regardless of genre or artist nationality by organizations like as the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Billboard,[3][4] while international organizations and trade groups such as the Latin Recording Academy includes Portuguese-language music.[5][6][7] Billboard considers any artist to be "Latin" if they perform in Spanish or Portuguese.[8] As a musical genre, music journalists as well as musicologists defines Latin music as musical styles from Spanish-speaking areas of Latin America as well as Spain under the Latin music umbrella,[9][10] while music from Brazil is also usually included and occasionally Portugal.[7][11]
Either definition of "Latin music" may be used for inclusion. Therefore, for an artist to be considered they must primarily perform in Spanish and/or Portuguese and sold at least five million copies. This includes artists who consistently release Latin albums (defined as a record with 51% of its content in Spanish or Portuguese).[lower-alpha 1] An artist's heritage is not factored into the list. Ins trumental musicians may also be included if they mainly perform any Latin music genre.
Although women have been credited with reshaping Latin music and public perceptions of sexuality, gender, and feminism,[15] the Latin music industry remains male-dominated.[16]
Shakira is the best-selling female Latin artist of all time with more than 95 million records sold.[1]