MIAMI (Billboard) - As 2006 winds down, it's the perfect The top of the heap, by far, was dominated by reggaeton acts. Leading the pack was Rakim Ken-Y, whose debut has sold more than 200,000 copies to date in the United States since its March release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The duo's romantic, pop-leaning reggaeton sound gained traction with a younger, female buyer -- the kind who, presumably, also went for Tito "El Bambino.
" The latter's solo debut, "Top of the Line" (EMI Televisa), has scanned 90,000 copies. self-titled debut, released in December 2005, which has scanned for best new artist. It also happened to be the only act in the quintet of nominees that sold well.
The other contenders sold negligible amounts -- at most, a few thousand copies. In fact, sales numbers for new acts drop dramatically past Following Tito "El Bambino," the highest-selling acts -- scanning 40,000 copies each -- were Anais for "Asi Soy Yo" (Univision Records) and Mariano Barba, who broke into the charts with "Aliado del Tiempo" on indie Three Sound Records. The latter had released a couple of discs before, but this mainstream, they're very impressive for new Latin acts, monitored by SoundScan, so the figures are actually higher.
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