From profession milestones and new music releases to main bulletins and extra, Billboard editors spotlight the most recent information buzz in Latin music each week. Right here’s what occurred within the Latin music world this week.
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The 12 months in Latin charts
Whereas Unhealthy Bunny might have owned 2022, Colombian star Karol G is No. 1 on Billboard’s year-end Top Latin Artists – Female chart for a fourth consecutive 12 months. The success comes after her sturdy exhibiting in 2022 together with her fusion of Colombian rhythmic tunes with pop and Afrobeats (“Provenza”) and her collaboration with Becky G on “MAMIII.” At No. 1 on the year-end Prime Latin Artists chart is Unhealthy Bunny for a fourth straight 12 months. Incomes him the highest spot was his success in the course of the 2022 chart 12 months on each the weekly Prime Latin Albums chart and Sizzling Latin Songs chart, in addition to his tour earnings as reported to Billboard Boxscore.
Extra concerning the year-end Latin charts here.
Shakira’s “Waka Waka” re-emerges
With the 2022 FIFA World Cup in full swing, Shakira‘s “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” has made its debut on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, peaking at No. 46 on the tally dated Dec. 3. On the Billboard Global 200, it debuted at No. 96. The resurfacing of “Waka Waka” makes her the final word queen of World Cup music, because it turns into the one official World Cup tune or anthem from earlier years to look on the Billboard international charts.
Niña Dioz scores fútbol-themed advert
Mexican rapper Niña Dioz and U.S. ladies’s nationwide soccer workforce participant Ashley Sanchez are each starring within the new ‘Donde We All Play’ spot for Taco Bell, that’s airing now in the course of the World Cup. The TV spot options her not too long ago debuted monitor “Siéntelo,” which is about shifting ahead and pushing the boundaries. “I’m so excited they gave me a platform to raise my voice by way of one of many largest phases on the earth as a result of I’m in a position to characterize the Latinx neighborhood, being Mexico’s first brazenly queer rapper and exhibiting the younger Latin neighborhood that something is feasible,” Niña Dioz mentioned in an announcement.
Sanchez added: “I’ve been taking part in soccer since I used to be younger and to turn into one of many few Latinas to ever play for the U.S. ladies’s nationwide workforce is a big accomplishment, particularly rising up and never seeing a lot Latin illustration in sports activities. Working with Taco Bell on the marketing campaign allowed me to fuse my cultural heritage and fervour for soccer in addition to love for the model to achieve a wider viewers in hopes that it’ll encourage the youthful Latin technology to do what they love.”
Viña del Mar lineup
The Pageant de Viña 2023 will function performances by Latin artists comparable to Karol G, Maná, Alejandro Fernández, Christina Aguilera and Camilo. Set to happen from Feb. 19 to 24 in Chile, extra artists might be introduced quickly. The Chilean occasion’s organizing committee introduced that tickets for most people will be bought beginning Wednesday (Nov. 30) on the PuntoTicket web site.
Spotify’s most-streamed Latin artists are …
For the third 12 months working, Bad Bunny was essentially the most streamed artist on the earth on Spotify in 2022, the music streamer introduced earlier this week.
Past Bunny, essentially the most streamed Latin artists on Spotify in 2022 had been J Balvin, Rauw Alejandro, Daddy Yankee and Karol G., with slight variations so as between the U.S. and the world. Whereas Balvin got here in second in streams within the U.S., Alejandro bested him globally, with Yankee coming in at No. 4 and Karol G at No. 5.
The “Provenza” singer was essentially the most streamed feminine Latin artist on the earth for the third consecutive 12 months. She was adopted by Shakira and Rosalía, whereas Latin heritage artists Camila Cabello and Selena Gomez got here in at Nos. 4 and 5 respectively.
