History was made in Latin music when two Spanish-language albums hit No. 1 and No. 2 at the same time on the Billboard 200 albums chart this week.
Both Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos and Fuerza Regida’s 111XPANTIA occupied the spots, making it a first in the all-genre chart’s 69-year history. The Puerto Rican artist returned to the top, jumping 7-1 after its vinyl release sold 48,000 copies, while the Música Mexicana group achieved its highest-charting album ever at No. 2.
With 111XPANTIA, Fuerza earned the highest-charting regional Mexican music album ever, surpassing the No. 3 debut and peak of Peso Pluma’s Génesis in 2023. The California-based band also had the highest-charting Spanish-language album ever by a duo or group, surpassing the No. 4 debut and peak of Maná’s Amar Es Combatir in 2006.
Meanwhile, El Conejo Malo had the largest sales week for a Latin music album in nearly six years, following Santana’s Africa Speaks, which sold 57,000 copies in 2019. Debí Tirar Más Fotos added a fourth total week atop the list, as it previously spent three weeks at No. 1, consecutively, on the Jan. 25-Feb. 8-dated charts.
Earlier this year, Rauw Alejandro also made headlines as his fifth studio album, Cosa Nuestra, launched at No. 6 on the overall Billboard 200, marking his highest-charting set, and his first top 10, among five career entries.
Though Bad Bunny’s streak may seem hard to beat, he’s not the only artist to reach the top of the Billboard 200 chart. Below, check out which other predominantly Spanish-language albums have topped the weekly ranking.
On the Chart: Debuted at No. 1 in Aug. 1995, spending one week on top.
Selena’s Dreaming of You, released posthumously, made history as the first predominately Spanish-language album to ever debut at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart. The first six tracks on the album are all in English, while the other six are all-Spanish, and one track is bilingual.
On the Chart: Debuted at No. 1 in Feb. 11, 2006, spending one week on top.
Though Il Divo is an Italian “popopera” quartet, the group’s Ancora album qualifies on this list because seven of its 10 songs are in Spanish. The other tracks on the Ancora album include one in Italian, one in French, and one in English and French.
On the Chart: Debuted at No. 1 in Dec. 2020, spending one week on top.
Though Selena made history with her bilingual set in 1995, it wasn’t until 25 years later that Bad Bunny made historic headlines with, El Último Tour del Mundo. The album debuted No. 1 on the Billboard 200, marking the first all-Spanish-language album to reach the top in the chart’s history.
On the Chart: Debuted at No. 1 in May 2022, spending 13 weeks on top.
Bad Bunny’s joyous, beach-ready opus — which became a global soundtrack for a post-pandemic summer — spent 13 weeks at No. 1, becoming the top Billboard 200 album of 2022. Additionally, it became the Puerto Rican artist’s longest-leading title on the chart so far.
On the Chart: Debuted at No. 1 in March 2023, spending one week on top.
In Spring 2023, Karol G’s Mañana Será Bonito made an unprecedented splash on the Billboard 200, marking both the first No. 1 for the Colombian artist and the chart’s first No. 1 all-Spanish-language album by a female artist. (Selena’s Dreaming of You, which topped the chart in 1995, has songs in Spanish and English).
On the Chart: Debuted at No. 1 in Oct. 2024, spending one week on top.
A sharp contrast to his bright, summer-friendly Un Verano Sin Ti, Bad Bunny’s Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana is somber and moody. The 22-track EP, packed with hard-hitting trap beats and introspective lyrics about processing his rise to fame, is a gift to his day-one fans.
On the Chart: Peaked at No. 1 in Jan. 2025, spending four weeks on top (so far).
Bad Bunny’s DTMF debuted at No. 2 on the chart dated Jan. 18, and peaked at No. 1 a week later. The set was released on an off-cycle on Jan. 5, 2025, and, arrived on the chart the previous week at No. 2 with only five days of activity (as the chart’s tracking week runs Friday through Thursday).
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