Billboard is wrapping up 2023 by highlighting the five most-viewed episodes of our “Live with Billboard Latin” social media franchise.
After the pandemic quarantine lifted, the Billboard team continued its tradition of hosting interviews via Instagram Live, which resulted in the Billboard Latin and Billboard Español team inviting some of today’s hottest music acts for a 15 to 30 minute interview about their current projects, as well as to answer fan questions.
This year, we had a wave of star-studded guests such as Sin Bandera, who sat down with us live from Texas just hours before kicking off their Frecuencia U.S. Tour; Greeicy, who from her home in Colombia talked all about her first collaborative effort with Danny Ocean called “ZHA;” El Fantasma, who while sitting in his car in Mexico, shared all the latest details about his EP Xperimental; and Colombian hitmaker Ovy on the Drums, who alongside Blessd, talked about bringing their collab “Billboard” to life — the song that they created during the “Making the Hit Live” panel at the 2022 Billboard Latin Music Week.
In 2022, the five most-viewed Instagram Live episodes were Chiquis (No. 5), CNCO (No. 4), El Alfa (No. 3), Ozuna and Tokischa (No. 2), and Emilia (No. 1).
With many exciting “Live with Billboard Latin” episodes, we have compiled the most-viewed interviews of 2023, which include our exciting catch-up with Colombian sensation Feid, a laid-back conversation with breakthrough artist Ryan Castro, and a once-in-a-lifetime chat with ‘90s pop queens Fey and Alejandra Guzman.
Below, see the top episodes from our 2023 Instagram live interviews:
Episode Date: February 2, 2023
Views to Date: 6.9K
Episode Recap: In a Billboard exclusive, Mexican ‘90s divas Alejandra Guzman and Fey announced their joint Eternas Tour, where fans observed their excitement to hit the road together and learned about what each artist was going to bring to the stage. Billboard later reported that the highly awaited tour was postponed due to a “logistical circumstance” beyond the artists’ control.
Episode Date: August 18, 2023
Views to Date: 13.1K
Episode Recap: Initially a discussion with Maffio to talk about being the only Latin artist in the Paramount Plus documentary Reinventing Elvis: The ’68 Comeback, the Live was crashed by his good friends Big Time Rush and salsa newcomer Christian Alicea. The former group was in Mexico with Maffio and were about to hit the stage together. The latter took the spotlight to talk about covering Presley’s “Blue Suede Shoes” with Maffio in a new salsa-with-rock’n’roll version.
Episode Date: November 30, 2023
Views to Date: 18.8K
Episode Recap: To finish off the year, Fuerza Regida’s frontman Jesus Ortiz Paz reflected on the Mexican group’s successful 2023, especially making history on the Billboard Year-End Top Duo/Group chart as the first Latin act to top the list. Previous titleholders included the Backstreet Boys, Destiny’s Child, Black Eyed Peas, One Direction, BTS and the Jonas Brothers.
Episode Date: July 27, 2023
Views to Date: 25.3K
Episode Recap: Ryan Castro’s year was not too shabby; in fact, by summer time, the Colombian artist had earned his first entry on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 chart. To celebrate, he connected with Billboard to talk all about his Peso Pluma collaboration “Quema,” which debuted at No. 92 on the chart dated July 29. He also took advantage to tell those connected in the Live about his future collabs and U.S. tour.
Episode Date: March 9, 2023
Views to Date: 26.4K
Episode Recap: In a surprise Instagram Live, Feid joined “Live with Billboard Latin” to reflect on his first-ever Billboard cover, which was tied to his SXSW performance at the Billboard stage in Texas. The Colombian superstar shared fun details about the cover shoot and the outfits he chose (which were simple yet with his signature Medallo flow), and answered many fan questions.