"Billboard" magazine ranked "Amor Prohibido" among the most essential Latin recordings of the past 50 years, and included it on its list of the top 100 albums of all-time.In 2017, NPR ranked "Amor Prohibido" at number 19 on their list of the 150 greatest albums made by women, the highest-ranking album by a female Latin artist, and ninth highest-ranking recording by a woman of color.