Calibre 50 Adds Record-Extending 25th Regional Mexican Airplay No. 1
Written by djfrosty on April 30, 2024
Calibre 50 continues its domination on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Airplay chart as “Días Buenos, Días Malos” climbs from No. 7 to lead the list dated May 4. With the new win, The Sinaloan group adds its record-extending 25th No. 1 to its account.
According to Luminate, “Días Buenos, Días Malos” accrued 7.1 million audience impressions in the U.S. during the tracking week ending in April 25, with a 33% increase in audience from the week prior. The song also takes over with the Greatest Gainer honors, awarded weekly to the song with the largest increase in plays among the ranking’s 40 titles. (The previous week’s No. 1, Oscar Ortiz and Edgardo Nuñez’s “First Love,” falls to No. 2 with 6.9 million in audience, down 13%.)
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“Días Buenos, Días Malos” completes its journey to No. 1 in 13 weeks, having debuted on the chart at No. 20 in February. Thus, it ties with three other songs which needed 13 weeks or more to arrive at the summit in the past year.
Here’s a recap of the songs that required the most weeks to top the chart, dating to April 2023:
Weeks to No. 1, Title, Artists, Peak Date
13, “Bipolar,” Peso Pluma, Jasiel Nuñez & Junior H, Nov. 25, 2023
13, “Según Quién,” Maluma & Carín León, Dec. 16, 2023
13, “Vas A Querer Volver,” Banda Los Recoditos, Jan. 6
13, “Días Buenos, Días Malos,” Calibre 50, May 4
14, “Neta Que No,” La Fiera de Ojinaga, Jan. 20
16, “Ahí No Era,” Gerardo Ortiz, Feb. 17
As “Días Buenos” takes over Regional Mexican Airplay, Calibre 50 cements its winning appeal with 25 total champs, stepping further from its next competitor, Banda MS, with 19 No. 1 songs since the tally launched in 1994.
Notably, dating to 2013, when Calibre 50 scored its premiere leader with “Ni Que Estuvieras Tan Buena,” all, except for “Decepciones,” with Alejandro Fernández (2020), have been unassisted rulers.
Elsewhere, “Días Buenos” takes Calibre 50 to its 28th top 10 on the overall Latin Airplay ranking, as the song surges 14-7, breaking a tie with Marco Antonio Solis for the most No. 1s for a regional Mexican act overall.