Hot Latin Songs
Daddy Yankee’s ‘Legendaddy’ Debuts at No. 1 on Top Latin Albums Chart, Top 10 on Billboard 200
Daddy Yankee bags his seventh No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart as Legendaddy debuts at No. 1 on the April 9-dated ranking. The 19-track set, released March 25 via El Cartel/Republic, stands out as his first album in over 10 years and is set to be a farewell celebration of his 32-year musical career. Streaming powers the majority of the Legendaddy’s first-week activity. Just under 27,000 units stem from streaming equivalent album units, 2,000 comprise traditional album sales, while the remaining units derive from track equivalent album units. The Top Latin Albums chart ranks the most popular Latin albums of the week in the U.S. based on multimetric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and strea...
Yahritza y Su Esencia’s Debut Single ‘Soy El Único’ Flies to No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs, Top 20 on Hot 100
Yahritza y Su Esencia score their first No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart, as the band’s debut single “Soy El Único” opens in the top slot on the April 9-dated ranking. The band also earns its first Billboard Hot 100 entry as the song bows at No. 20. Fifteen-year-old lead singer Yahritza marks a historic feat, becoming the youngest Latin performer to enter the all-genre tally. “It is one of the greatest achievements in my young age and more than that, it is a reminder that we can all achieve our dreams.” Yahritza tells Billboard. “Soy El Único” trades places on Hot Latin Songs with Becky G and Karol G’s “Mamiii,” which slides to No. 2 after it banked six consecutive weeks in charge. The Mexican-American outfit, comprising 24-year-old Armando (or Mando) on guitar, 17-year-old bassi...
Anitta’s ‘Envolver’ Hits Top 10 on Hot Latin Songs Chart
Anitta collects her second top 10 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart as “Envolver” lifts 12-7 on the April 2-dated ranking. To boot, the single becomes the week’s greatest gainer in terms of streams. “Envolver” was officially released Nov. 11, 2021, through Warner/Warner Latina. While the song debuted at No. 31 on the chart dated March 19, it gained traction months prior on TikTok, and went viral after fans uploaded their videos mirroring Anitta’s dance moves via the #Envolver challenge. It has since generated over 1 million videos. “Envolver” is her second top 10 and first as a soloist. It trails the No. 5-peaked “Me Gusta,” featuring Cardi B and Myke Towers (October 2020). The song enters the upper region on the all-metric tally boosted by a 44% increase in streams. It generated 4.62 m...
Sebastian Yatra Places Fifth ‘Dharma’ Single Atop Latin Airplay Chart Thanks to ‘Tacones Rojos’
Sebastian Yatra captures his 10th No. 1 on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart, as “Tacones Rojos” lifts 4-1 on the Feb. 19-dated survey. The song steps into the summit in its 13th week with a 23% improvement in audience impressions, to 9.37 million, earned in the week ending Feb. 13, according to MRC Data, to become the greatest gainer of the week. At radio, the three stations giving the song the most audience in the tracking week were New York’s WPAT (885,000 impressions), followed by Washington, D.C.’s WLZL (100,700) and WDCN (26,200). “Tacones Rojos” is Yatra’s fifth No. 1 — among a collection of 10 leaders — from his latest Dharma album to take over Latin Airplay (the set remains in the top five on Latin Pop Albums after its debut at No. 2 on the previous chart week dated Feb. 12). H...
Karol G Feeling ‘Joy & Motivation’ Over Her First Top Latin Albums Chart-Topper ‘KG0516′
KG0516 was released March 26 on Universal Music Latino/UMLE. The 16-track set is a follow-up to two runner-up efforts: Unstoppable, Karol G’s album debut (Nov. 2017; 4,000 equivalent album units in its first week) and Ocean (May 2019; 12,000 units). “As the name of the album is a flight number and everything in it revolves around that trip, my challenge was to find a direction for each song,” Karol G says. “Each one should take you to a different destination, be it love, heartbreak, or celebration, including the sounds, the mix, the fusion of the genres. In reality it was full of challenges, but I had the time and disposition, since we were in quarantine, to work on it calmly, to work with love and be able to find that perfect balance between each song.” Second Female Solo Act To Debut At ...
A New ‘Location’ for Karol G, Anuel AA & J Balvin: No. 1 on Latin Pop Airplay Chart
As “Location” leads, Karol G joins a select group of female acts who have secured at least five Latin Pop Airplay No. 1s or more; Shakira has 19 No. 1s and Gloria Estefan and Paulina Rubio also have five each. Here is a recap of Karol G’s winning titles: Song Title, Artist (if other than Karol), Weeks at No. 1, Date Reached No. 1 “Créeme,” with Maluma, one, March 2, 2019“China,” with Anuel AA, Daddy Yankee, Ozuna & J Balvin, two, Oct. 12, 2019“Tusa,” with Nicki Minaj, 15, Feb. 15, 2020“Ay, Dios Mío!” one, Oct. 10, 2020“Location,” with Anuel AA & J Balvin, April 3 On the all-Latin-genre Latin Airplay chart, “Location” gets closer to the lead with a 6-2 push. On the airplay-, digital- and stream-blended Hot Latin Songs chart, the track remains at No. 10 for a third week af...
Selena Gomez ‘Blown Away’ As Rauw Alejandro Collab ‘Baila Conmigo’ Debuts in Hot Latin Songs Top Five
“I knew I wanted a male voice on ‘Baila Conmigo’ and I love Rauw’s voice; I think he brings the right amount of sexiness to the song,” Gomez tells Billboard. “I have to say I am blown away by the response to the first two songs. I put my heart and soul into the music and wanted it to be perfect, so I am very grateful.” “Baila” earns both 28-year-olds their third top 10 on Hot Latin Songs, which blends airplay, streaming and sales data. Prior to her latest two entries, Gomez spent 13 weeks at No. 1 in 2018-19 as featured, with Ozuna and Cardi B, on DJ Snake’s “Taki Taki.” Alejandro, meanwhile, nabs his highest Hot Latin Songs career rank, besting “La Nota” with Manuel ...
Daddy Yankee & Marc Anthony’s ‘De Vuelta Pa’ La Vuelta’ Debuts at No. 6 on Hot Latin Songs Chart
Plus, Luis Fonsi and Farruko’s “Perfecta” bows at No. 1 on Latin Pop Airplay. A week after it debuted at No. 7 on the Tropical Airplay chart (dated Dec. 19) with only three days of airplay, Daddy Yankee and Marc Anthony’s “De Vuelta Pa’ La Vuelta” arrives at No. 6 on the Hot Latin Songs chart (dated Dec. 26). In the process, it secures Daddy Yankee his 35th top 10 and a total of 81 entries on the list. Marc, meanwhile, collects his 27th top 10s. “De Vuelta Pa’ La Vuelta” was released Thursday, Dec. 10 at 8 p.m. ET via El Cartel. Now, after its first full tracking week, the salsa collab. bows in the top 10 mainly on the strength of streaming activity. Hot Latin Songs blends airplay, digital sales and streaming activity. “De Vuelta” logged 3.2 million on-demand streams in the week ending Dec...
