Lele Pons Makes Her First Billboard Hot Latin Songs Top 20 Appearance with “Celoso”

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Tom Castaneda

Lele Pons has special first on the music charts…

The 22-year-old Venezuelan-American singer, internet personality, actress, dancer and host of La Voz México has made her first Billboard Hot Latin Songs Top 20 appearance as “Celoso,” her second chart entry on any Billboard chart, debuts at No. 11 on the chart dated September 1, mainly on the strength of streams and digital sales.

The social media star’s song logs a little less than 6 million U.S. streams in the week ending August 23, according to Nielsen Music. Likewise, it collects 2,000 in digital download sales.

Pons also notches her first top 10 on Latin Streaming Songs and Latin Digital Song Sales, debuting at No. 8 and No. 4, respectively.

“Celoso” becomes Pons’ highest debut and second of the year, after “Dicen,” her collaboration with Matt Hunter, debuted at No. 29.

Jennifer Lopez Notches Sixth Top 10 Single on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs Chart with “Amor, Amor, Amor”

Posted on November 25, 2017 by Tom Castaneda

Jennifer Lopez is on(to) the six(th)…

The 48-year-old Puerto Rican superstar has scored her sixth top 10 hit on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart as her latest single “Amor, Amor, Amor,” featuring Wisin, debuts at No. 10.

The track’s bow is mostly powered by streams (2.5 million, debuting at No. 23 on Latin Streaming Songs) and sales (9,000 downloads sold; a debuting at No. 3 on Latin Digital Song Sales).

The single’s streams are encouraged by the song’s music video, which debuted on Nov. 10. It has collected over 26 million global views on YouTube.

Fonsi Earns First Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 with “Despacito” Remix, Featuring Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Tom Castaneda

Luis Fonsi is making history with an assist from the Biebs…

For the first time in more than 20 years, a mostly Spanish-language song ranks in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, as the 39-year-old Puerto Rican singer and Daddy Yankee‘s smash “Despacito” vaults 48-9 (on the May 6-dated chart), driven by a new remix featuring Justin Bieber.

The last time such a song hit the top 10 was in 1996, when Los Del Rio‘s “Macarena,” powered by its Bayside Boys remix, spent 14 weeks at No. 1.

While Bieber notches his 12th Hot 100 top 10, Fonsi and Daddy Yankee each earn their first.

It’s “such an incredible honor to have a Spanish song in the top 10 of the Hot 100 chart. It’s been an incredible ride since the very first day we released the song, seeing how the world just connected to it,” said Fonsi to Billboard after learning about the song’s race to the top 10.

“Despacito” isalready a huge success on Billboard‘s Latin charts, and this week it spends a 12th week atop Hot Latin Songs. The release of the remix (on April 17) spurs a 129 percent surge in U.S. streams, to 24.1 million (in the tracking week ending April 20, according to Nielsen Music), more than doubling its own record for the most weekly streams for a core Spanish song. The original version of “Despacito” earned 10.9 million streams on the April 15-dated chart.

Digital sales for “Despacito” soar 510 percent to 60,000, as the track re-enters at No. 8 on the all-genre Digital Song Sales chart (where it had previously peaked at No. 48). It tallies a 10th week atop the Latin Digital Song Sales chart, where it logs the highest sales frame for a mostly Spanish-language song (with no accompanying primarily English version) in the chart’s seven-year history. Enrique Iglesias‘ “Bailando,” featuring Descemer Bueno and Gente de Zona, peaked with a prior-best 76,000 downloads (Aug. 16, 2014); notably, those sales also included Iglesias’ mostly English version of the song.

Globally, “Despacito” has forged record-breaking feats. According to Spotify, it’s the first Spanish-language song to reach No. 1 on the streaming service’s Global Chart and is that chart’s highest-ranking Spanish-language record to date.

Further, upon the release of the official remix audio clip on YouTube, it became the top music debut of 2017, accumulating more than 20 million views in its first 24 hours, according to the platform. It has reached 76 million worldwide views so far.

Meanwhile, the song’s original music video surpassed 1 billion global views on April 20, becoming the second-fastest music clip to reach the milestone across all genres (following its Jan. 12 release). Only Adele‘s “Hello” made a quicker ascent to the 1 billion mark.

Of its worldwide accolades, Fonsi adds that “the billion views in four months, No. 1 on Spotify Global and Justin Bieber jumping on-board with the remix have taken the song to another level. This is great for Latin music!”

Cabello Earns First Entry on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs Chart

Posted on March 25, 2017 by Tom Castaneda

It’s a hot shot debut for Camila Cabello on the Latin charts…

The 20-year-old Cuban singer’s collaboration with Pitbull and J Balvin “Hey Ma” earns the week’s highest debut on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart, dated April 1.

Camila Cabello

The song, from The Fate of the Furious soundtrack (due April 14), bows at No. 5.

It’s Cabello’s first hit on the chart, while the entrance marks Pitbull’s highest debut ever on the multi-metric chart (which combines airplay, sales,and streams) of his 37 total chart entries. Balvin matches his previous best (“Ginza” arrived at No. 5 in 2015).

The majority of points helping the debut come from streams and song sales, with less than 2 percent stemming from airplay. The track arrives with 14,000 downloads sold in the week ending March 16, according to Nielsen Music, earning it a No. 1 start on the Latin Digital Song Sales chart, with the highest weekly sales figure since October 2015 (when Nicky Jam and Enrique Iglesias’ “El Perdon” sold just over 14,000 downloads). The chart-topping bow notches Balvin his first-ever No. 1 on the chart and Pitbull earns his fifth.

First-week streams total 3.2 million, with 54 percent stemming from YouTube plays. A music video, shot in Miami, has gathered 29 million global views on the platform through March 23, since being released on March 10.

Shakira’s “Chantaje,” feat. Maluma, Matches the Run of “Hips Don’t Lie” on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs Chart

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Tom Castaneda

Shakira is still blackmailing her way to the top of the charts…

The 39-year-old Colombian superstar rules the roost on Billboard‘s Hot Latin Songs chart (dated January 21) for an eighth (nonconsecutive) week with “Chantaje,” featuring Maluma, matching the amount of weeks she spent atop the chart with her 2006 smash “Hips Don’t Lie,” featuring Wyclef Jean.

Both tracks are now tied for her second-longest command of the chart; the Colombian star’s “La Tortura,” featuring Alejandro Sanz, spent 25 weeks at the top beginning in June 2005.

Meanwhile, “Chantaje,” which translates to blackmail in English, jumps 65-51 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, reaching a new peak in its eighth charting week. Apart from “Tortura,” which peaked at No. 23, “Chantaje” marks Shakira’s best Hot 100 showing for a Spanish-language song that doesn’t have an accompanying English version.

A gain in streaming for the song supports its rank on both charts. The track logged 6.1 million streams during the week ending January 5, according to Nielsen Music, an 18 percent increase. It concurrently debuts at No. 47 on the Streaming Songs chart, which ranks weekly U.S. streaming data across all genres, marking Shakira’s fourth time on the four-year-old chart, and the first with a Spanish-language song.

Of the song’s total domestic weekly streams, 62 percent stem from YouTube, where its official video has reached 395 million global views to date. Meanwhile, “Chantaje” spends a fourth week at No. 1 on the Latin Digital Song Sales chart, despite a 4 percent dip in sales (to 5,000 downloads; most titles dropped in sales in the tracking week, following Christmas-week shopping the week before).

For nine years (2005-14), “La Tortura” held the record for the most weeks at No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs. It wasn’t until Enrique Iglesias‘ global hit “Bailando,” featuring Descemer Bueno and Gente de Zona, ran up 41 frames at No. 1 (through February 2015), dethroning “Hips Don’t Lie.” Since then, Nicky Jam and Iglesias also surpassed the reign of “Hips,” when their collaborative “El Perdon” tallied 30 weeks at No. 1 in March-October 2015.

Shakira is currently working on her 11th studio album, her first full-length Spanish release since 2010’s Sale el Sol.

Yandel Earns His Ninth Top 10 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs Chart

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Tom Castaneda

Yandel is on Cloud Nine…

The 39-year-old Puerto Rican reggaeton singer, whose real name is Llandel Veguilla Malavé, has earned his ninth top 10 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart (dated December 3), as “Nunca Me Olvides” hops 12-10 in its 19th charting frame.

Before going solo in 2013, the reggaetonero also notched 21 top 10s on the chart as part of the Grammy-winning duo Wisin & Yandel, bringing his career top 10 total to 30.

The chart rise follows his performance of the track on the Latin Grammys, which was broadcast live November 17 on Univision.

Yandel took home awards for best urban song and best urban/fusion performance, for his song “Encantadora” — his highest-charting song to date on Hot Latin Songs, reaching No. 3 on the April 9, 2016, tally.

The latest chart frame also provides the track with its best airplay, sales and streaming week. At radio, the track rises 17 percent (to 14 million audience impressions in the week ending Nov. 20, according to Nielsen Music), bumping it up 4-2 on the Latin Airplay chart.

The song was streamed 747,000 times in the week ending November 17 (up 6 percent), achieving a new high, with the bulk (71 percent) of plays coming from YouTube. The music video, uploaded in July, has over 87 million global views to date. Sales increase 29 percent (to 1,000 downloads in the week ending Nov. 17), pushing it 24-22 on the Latin Digital Song Sales chart.

Yandel’s Top 10s on Hot Latin Songs

Title, Peak Position, Peak date
“Amor Real” (Gocho featuring Yandel & Wayne Wonder), No. 6, Dec. 29, 2012
“Hable de Ti,” No. 5, Oct. 12, 2013
“Hasta Abajo,” No. 9, Feb. 22, 2014
“Moviendo Caderas,” featuring Daddy Yankee, No. 10, May 24, 2014
“Calentura,” No. 10, Aug. 15, 2015
“Encantadora,” No. 3, April 9, 2016
“El Perdedor” (Maluma featuring Yandel), No. 4, July 16, 2016
“Ay Mi Dios” (IAmChino featuring Pitbull, Yandel & Chacal), No. 9, Sept. 17, 2016
“Nunca Me Olvides,” No. 10, Dec. 3, 2016

Deorro’s “Bailar” Spends a Fourth Week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Latin Digital Song Sales Chart

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Tom Castaneda

Deorro’s single is all over the place… in a good way!

The 25-year-old Mexican American DJ’s single “Bailar,” featuring Pitbull and Elvis Crespo, remains No. 1 on Billboard’s Latin Digital Song Sales chart for a fourth week.

Deorro’s track also spends a fourth straight week in the top 10 (continuing at No. 8) on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart, aided by a 2 percent rise in digital sales (4,000 in the week ending Oct. 27) and 1.1 million weekly streams (up 3 percent).

Additionally, “Bailar” moves up 13-12 (returning to its previous peak) on the Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart.

Meanwhile, the dance hit debuts on the Pop Songs airplay chart at No. 39 (with a 7 percent increase in weekly spins).

It’s Deorro and Crespo’s first song to land on the chart, while Pitbull notches his 33rd hit at the format.

“Bailar” concurrently spends a third charting week on the Rhythmic Songs airplay chart, dipping 38-40 despite a 17 percent increase in plays.

The Spanish-language song is having less of an impact on Latin radio stations, landing well below the Latin Airplay 50-position threshold. It did, however, crown the Tropical Songs chart for one week (Sept. 17 chart), but has since fallen below the 40-position chart.

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