Bad Bunny, “Titi Me Preguntó”
This dembow anthem from Bad Bunny’s blockbuster album Un Verano Sin Ti first peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Latin Songs chart on Oct. 15, 2022. It then spent two weeks at No. 1 this year.
Total Weeks at No. 1: 14
All the Songs That Reached No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs in 2023 (So Far)
Written by djfrosty on December 14, 2023
A total of 10 songs have reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart in 2023 so far.
All but one — Bad Bunny‘s “Titi Me Preguntó,” from Un Verano Sin Ti — were released in 2023, and reflect a year dominated by música mexicana. Four out of the 10 are regional Mexican-influenced songs, and demonstrate the power of collaboration, as seven out of the 10 are team-ups.
After Bunny’s “Titi Me Preguntó” topped the tally, Fuerza Regida and Grupo Frontera helped ring in a significant year for Mexican music with their cumbia-tinged “Bebe Dame,” which scored both bands their first No. 1 on the Hot Latin Songs chart. “We were aiming for a hit, but we didn’t know it’d be this big,” Fuerza Regida’s lead singer Jesús Ortiz Paz told Billboard earlier this year.
Following the first No. 1 hit for regional Mexican music in 2023 on the Hot Latin Songs chart, Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma‘s global sierreño anthem “Ella Baila Sola” would rule the tally for a total of 19 weeks. Later, Karol G‘s grupero-tinged cumbia song “Mi Ex Tenía Razón” would lead the chart, and then the attitude-heavy corrido “Lady Gaga” by Peso Pluma, Gabito Ballesteros and Junior H peaked at No. 1 in early September, and stay atop for two weeks.
Star-studded collaborations, such as Shakira and Bizarrap (“Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53”), Karol G and Shakira (“TQG”), and Karol G and Peso Pluma (“QLONA”), proved to have a stronghold on the chart. All three collabs ruled the tally for five weeks each.
Below, the 10 songs that reached No. 1 on the Hot Latin Songs chart so far this year — in order of peak date.
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Fuerza Regida & Grupo Frontera, “Bebe Dame”
Fuerza Regida and Grupo Frontera teamed up for this dance-ready cumbia-norteña song that peaked at No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs chart on Jan. 21, and ruled the tally for two weeks.
Total Weeks at No. 1: 2
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Bizarrap & Shakira, “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53”
Image Credit: Pedro Colmeiro This empowering Shakira track, produced by Bizarrap, peaked at No. 1 on the chart Jan. 28 and spent a total of five weeks atop the Hot Latin Songs chart.
Total Weeks at No. 1: 5
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Karol G & Shakira, “TQG”
This reggaeton song united Shakira and Karol G for the first time, and it peaked at No. 1 on the March 11-dated Hot Latin Songs chart, where it ruled for five weeks.
Total Weeks at No. 1: 5
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Eslabon Armado & Peso Pluma, “Ella Baila Sola”
Image Credit: Del Studios Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma’s sierreño smash, which became the first Mexican music song to reach one billion streams on Spotify, peaked at No. 1 on the tally on April 15.
Total Weeks at No. 1: 19
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Karol G, “Mi Ex Tenía Razón”
From Karol G’s Mañana Sera Bonito (Bichota Season) album, this grupero-inspired cumbia peaked at No. 1 on Aug. 26.
Total Weeks at No. 1: 1
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Karol G & Peso Pluma, “QLONA”
Image Credit: Pablo Escudero The reggaeton track, which marked Karol G’s first collab with Peso Pluma, peaked at No. 1 on the Sept. 2-dated tally.
Total Weeks at No. 1: 5
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Peso Pluma, Gabito Ballesteros & Junior H, “Lady Gaga”
This swaggy corrido, which brought hitmakers Peso Pluma, Gabito Ballesteros and Junior H together, peaked at No. 1 on tally dated Sept. 30.
Total Weeks at No. 1: 2
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Drake ft. Bad Bunny, “Gently”
This Spanglish dembow debuted at No. 1 on the Hot Latin Songs chart (dated Oct. 21). It topped the tally for one week.
Total Weeks at No. 1: 1
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Bad Bunny, “Monaco”
This Bad Bunny tune, backed by the elegant violin and piano melodies, peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Latin Songs chart (dated Oct. 28).
Total Weeks at No. 1: 8