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Prince Royce talks in depth about his new album Llamada Perdida with Sigal Ratner-Arias, deputy editor of Billboard Español. He explains why he wanted to name his new album Llamada Perdida, being vulnerable and open about his heartbreak while making it, what his favorite songs are, what he learned about himself while making Llamada Perdida, collaborations with Maria Becerra, Ala Jaza, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, Luis Miguel Del Amargue, Gabito Ballesteros, Nicky Jam, Jay Wheeler and more.
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Prince Royce:When I was young, my slogan was “live life smiling,” and that’s still my email signature. So I try to remind myself to smile. What’s up? It’s Prince Royce and this is Billboard News.
Sigal Ratner-Arias:Hi, welcome to Billboard News. We’re here today with superstar Bachata singer Prince Royce, who brings us his album Llamada Perdida. Welcome, Prince Royce! Last night I listened to the 23 songs from your album Llamada Perdida. I loved it from start to end. Congratulations! I feel I got to know you …
Prince Royce: Really?
Sigal Ratner-Arias:A little better. I thought it was a very personal album, maybe the most personal one of yours. Do you think it is more personal?
Prince Royce:Yes. I think that at a composition level, it’s very personal. I tried not to overthink the album, to have fun, add personality. There are very serious concepts, and at the same time, I find ways to, make a joke, or find the brighter things. This album comes after an album that came out during COVID. My last album Alter Ego came out in 2020. I did four shows, then tour was canceled. It was a strange moment because usually, you release an album and you have your plan. I recorded the album, tours and those things happened. I wasn’t recording much or writing. Many strange things happened in my personal life. It was definitely, a weird time the recording of this new album.
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Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma continue their Billboard charts takeover as “Ella Baila Sola” debuts at No. 7 on the Regional Mexican Airplay ranking (dated May 6). The new airplay top 10 lands as the song extends its No. 1 domination for a fourth week on Hot Latin Songs.
“Ella Baila Sola,” written by Eslabon Armado’s lead singer Pedro Tovar, was released March 17 via DEL/Prajin Parlay. It’s the first single from the sad sierreño group’s album Desvelado, which dropped April 27.
The viral hit debuts in the top 10 on Regional Mexican Airplay with 4.5 million in audience impressions earned in the U.S. in the week ending April 27, according to Luminate. As “Ella Baila” bows at No. 7, it becomes Eslabon Armado’s highest start on the chart among three total entries, all top 10s. The Mexican American group placed a No. 1 through the Ulices Chaidez’ collab “Te Encontré” in June 2021. Prior, the No. 3-peaking “Con Tus Besos” earned the quartet its first top 10 in Sept. 2020.
As “Ella” arrives in the upper region, Peso Pluma captures his first top 10 on his first chart appearance. He joins six other artists who have earned a first top 10 with their maiden entries in 2023. Here’s a recap:
Artist, Title, Collaborator, Peak Date, Peak PositionGrupo Quintanna, “El Final de Nuestra Historia,” with Raymix, March 4, No. 7Grupo Marca Registrada, “Di Que Sí,” with Grupo Frontera, April 29, No. 1Mario Domm, “Un Chingo de Tequila,” with Banda MS, May 6, No. 5Cazzu, “Tú y Tú,” with Los Ángeles Azules & Santa Fe Klan, May 6, No. 3Santa Fe Klan, “Tú y Tú,” with Los Ángeles Azules & Cazzu, May 6, No. 3Kurt, “Prometo,” with Banda Los Sebastianes de Saul Plata, May 6, No. 10
Notably, among the 38 tracks that have ranked in the top 10 on Regional Mexican Airplay so far in 2023, “Ella” becomes the first track to debut in the top 10.
Further, “Ella” also makes its first Latin Airplay appearance, at No. 20, the highest start for both Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma there.
Becky G and Peso Pluma add a new top 10 to their Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart count, as “Chanel” powers from No. 15 to No. 9 on the ranking dated May 6. As the pair’s first partnership advances to the upper region, Peso Pluma places seven simultaneous songs in the top 10 (and 15 across the chart), the most ever for a regional Mexican act. The septenary includes “Ella Baila Sola,” with Eslabon Armado, in its fourth consecutive week in charge.
“Chanel” advances with gains in all metrics that contribute to Hot Latin Songs: streams, sales and airplay. It registered 10.2 million official U.S. streams during the April 21-27 tracking week, according to Luminate. That sum yields a No. 42 debut on the overall Streaming Songs chart and top 10 flight on Latin Streaming Songs, where it pushes 14-10 in its second week, with a 33% increase.
Sales rose 49%, to 1,000, in the same period. That drives “Chanel” 14-6 on Latin Digital Song Sales, jumping 14-6. The song also makes progress on the radio front, up 386% to 1 million audience impressions.
Becky G adds her sixth Hot Latin Songs top 10, and her first in the region since last year’s “Mamiii,” with Karol G, became her first No. 1, having dominated for 10 weeks.
Meanwhile, 23-year-old Peso Pluma notches his seventh Hot Latin Songs top 10 – with all simultaneously in the tier. The feat is historic, as he’s the first regional Mexican artist with as many as seven top 10s in a single frame. Only one other act has charted as many or more top 10 titles together: Bad Bunny grouped between seven and nine songs in the top 10 in 27 distinct weeks in 2020-22.
Prior to Peso Pluma, among core regional Mexican acts Joan Sebastian logged the most concurrent Hot Latin Songs top 10s: four on the Aug. 1, 2015 chart.
Here’s the list of Peso Pluma’s 15 entries on Hot Latin Songs this week:
Ranking, Title, Additional Artist(s)No. 1 “Ella Baila Sola,” with Eslabon ArmadoNo. 3, “La Bebe,” with Yng LvcasNo. 4, “Por Las Noches”No. 5, “PRC,” with Natanael CanoNo. 6, “AMG,” with Gabito Ballesteros & Natanael CanoNo. 9, “Chanel,” with Becky GNo. 10, “El Azul,” with Junior HNo. 16, “Igualito a Mi Apa,” with Fuerza RegidaNo. 23, “Las Morras,” with BlessdNo. 24, “Rosas Pastel,” with Jasiel NuñezNo. 25, “El Tsurito,” with Junior H & Gabito BallesterosNo. 33, “Ando Enfocado,” with Codiciado & Jaziel AvilezNo. 34, “El Belicón,” with Raúl VegaNo. 35, “El Gavilán,” with Luis R Conriquez & Tony AguirreNo. 42, “El Hechizo,” with Ovy on the Drums
Peso Pluma becomes the fifth act with as many as 15 Hot Latin Songs hits in a single week. Bad Bunny boasts 40 such frames, led by a one-week record 24 entries on the May 21, 2022, tally (as his Un Verano Sin Ti made its initial splash on album charts), while Anuel AA, Karol G and Ozuna have also achieved the feat.
Elsewhere, “Chanel” rallies up the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, from No. 88 to No. 56. On the worldwide front, it escalates 85-49 on the Billboard Global 200 and 117-72 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. list.
Meanwhile, Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma’s “Ella Baila Sola” rises to No. 4 on the Hot 100, marking another new high among regional Mexican songs over the chart’s history.
Grupo Marca Registrada expands its winning streak across Billboard charts thanks to “Di Que Sí,” its first collab with Grupo Frontera, which conquers the Regional Mexican Airplay chart dated April 29.
The new coronation arrives a week after the song cracked the top 10 barrier on the all-genre Latin Airplay ranking (dated April 22) at No. 5, where it climbs to No. 3 on the current chart.
“Honestly, we did not expect such a great reaction from the audience,” Fidel Castro, leading member of Grupo Marca Registrada, tells Billboard. “This is a collab that we enjoy very much, and it certainly won’t be the last one!”
“Di Que Sí,” written by Edgar Barrera, jumps 2-1 on Regional Mexican Airplay with a 6% increase in audience impressions, to 8.4 million, earned in the U.S. during the April 14-20 tracking week. It evacuates Calibre 50’s “Dirección Equivocada” from No. 1 after two weeks in charge.
“Di Que Sí,” released Feb. 3 through Interscope/RB, takes over the chart in its sixth week. Regional Mexican Airplay sees both Interscope at the summit for the first time, in its third chart appearance, following Enrique Iglesias’ “Ritmo Total” which debuted and peaked at No. 22 in Dec. 1999.
Notably, the Marca Registrada and Frontera collab returned the label to the ranking following two decades and a half of absence when it debuted at No. 20 on the March 25-dated list.
Meanwhile, RB also secures its first leader in its fourth try. The label last scored a No. 21 high with Pancho Barraza’s “Al Sabor del Champagne” in Oct. 2022.
Further, “Di Que Sí” concurrently gives Marca Registrada its first chart entrance, at No. 99 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 tally. Frontera secures its fifth visit. In addition to its radio boost, the track registered 5.1 million official U.S. streams in the U.S. during the same period.
Luis Figueroa’s “La Luz” Arrives: Elsewhere on the Latin charts, Puerto Rican Luis Figueroa captures his sixth top 10 on Tropical Airplay as “La Luz” ascends 11-9 in its fifth week. The track was released onMarch 16 via Magnus/ Sony Music Latin. It’s Figueroa’s first single from his upcoming EP Voy a Ti (to be released later this year).
“La Luz” enters the upper region on Tropical Airplay with 2.4 million in audience impressions, up 18%, earned during the same tracking week.
In total 19 songs have hit the top 10 on Tropical Airplay so far in 2023. Out of those, eight by solo artists, unassisted of a collaborator. As “La Luz” rises to No. 9, Figueroa becomes the only artist to place two top 10s, as a soloist, unaccompanied by any other act, in 2023. Here’s a look at those tracks:
Artist, Title, Peak Date, Peak Position
Manuel Turizo, “La Bachata,” Aug. 6, 2022, No. 1
Rosalía, “Despechá,” Oct. 1, 2022, No. 1
Luis Figueroa, “Fiesta Contigo,” Feb. 4, 2023, No. 4
Prince Royce, “Otra Vez,” Feb. 11, No. 6
Tommy Torres, “Mi Secreto,” Feb. 4, No. 10
Romeo Santos, “Solo Conmigo,” March 18, No. 3
Victor Manuelle, “Esta Noche Te Conviene,” April 1, No. 9
Luis Figueroa, “La Luz,” No. 9, April 29
Further, “La Luz” grants Figueroa a sixth entry on the all-genre Latin Airplay chart, at No. 46. It’s his best debut after “Todavía Te Espero” launched at No. 45 in May 2022. The track later entered the top 20, at No. 15.
Emilia, Big One and Callejero Fino’s “En La Intimidad” extends its reign on the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 song chart (dated March 25). With five weeks at at No. 1, it becomes the longest-leading song in 2023 thus far.
Karol G and Shakira’s “TQG” holds steady at No. 2 for a fourth week, encompassing its entire run on the chart. TINI’s “Cupido” remains at No. 3 for a third week, BM’s “M. A. (Mejores Amigos)” keeps at No. 4 for a second week., while, Lil Cake and Migrantes’s “Mercho,” featuring Nico Valdi, adds a second week at No. 5.
This week, Lolo Og, Callejero Fino and Alejo Isakk take home the Greatest Gainer trophy with a 59-rank surge as “Azote” rallies from No. 84 to No. 25.
Plus, La Joaqui and Alan Gomez’s “Amanecemos” notches the Hot Shot Debut of the week arriving at No. 42.
Elsewhere, Arcangel and Bizarrap’s first partnership “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 54” bows at No. 53. It’s the third simultaneous music session placed by the Argentinian producer on the tally, as “Vol. 53,” with Shakira continues at No. 6, while “Vol. 52, with Quevedo” advances 22-20, both which have ruled the chart.
Further, Mexican newcomers Yng Lvcas and Peso Pluma make their first visit to the ranking with “La Bebe” at No. 71. Meanwhile, Karol G collects her 31st entry as “Mientras Me Curo Del Cora” launches at No. 73.
Six other debuts arrive this week, starting with Eladio Carrión who places two tracks from his 3MEN2 KBRN album, which debuted at No. 3 on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart: “Coco Chanel,” with Bad Bunny, at No. 74 and “Si La Calle Llama,” featuring Myke Towers, at No. 91.
In addition, Luck Ra and Lit Killah’s “Cuéntame” joins at No. 90; Feid’s “Remix Exclusivo” is at No. 96; Alejo Isakk’s “3 en 1,” featuring Gusty Dj, is at No. 99; while David Bisbal returns with “Ajedrez” at No. 100.
