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Sebastian Yatra
Valero Riojo*Sebastian Yatra earns his highest charting hit yet on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs with his Encanto soundtrack tune “Dos Oruguitas,” as the song surges 17-4 on the Jan. 15-dated survey. It also becomes his first entry on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100, debuting at No. 83. Beyond its hybrid charts profit, “Dos Oruguitas” makes its entrance on the Global 200 tally with a No. 109 debut.
“Dos Oruguitas” is one of eight original songs written and composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda exclusively for the soundtrack of Walt Disney’s 2021 animated film Encanto, where fellow Latin artists Carlos Vives and Maluma are on two other tracks. Vives’ “Colombia, Mi Encanto,” jumped 34-17 on Hot Latin Songs.
The Spanish-language “Dos Oruguitas” pushes up the all-metric Hot Latin Songs powered by streaming activity. It generated 5.2 million on-demand streams, a 102% gain, in the U.S. in the week ending Jan. 6, according to MRC Data. The sum yields a No. 2 ranking on Latin Streaming Songs and takes the greatest gainer honors on both tallies.
As “Dos Oruguitas” hits No. 4, Yatra snags his second top 10 on Hot Latin Songs since his first chart entry in 2016 (the survey blends airplay, digital sales and streaming data). The Colombian concurrently clocks his highest ranking following his first and only other top 10: “Pareja del Año,” with Myke Towers, which arrived in the top 10 on the May 22, 2021-dated tally.
In between, Yatra remounted to his original Latin pop sound with “Tacones Rojos,” which shows upward progress, moving 27-24 on the current ranking on the strength of airplay (an 8% increase in audience impressions, to 7 million), earned in the week ending Jan. 9.
“Dos Oruguitas” has been nominated for a 2022 Golden Globe Awards, as well as a Critics’ Choice Film Awards for best original song – film, and best song, respectively. Encanto also received two other Golden Globe nominations: for best animated feature film and best original soundtrack. The latter sits atop the Billboard 200 (7-1), the first soundtrack to hit No. 1 since Disney’s Frozen II in 2019.
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There is no question that Clipse’s Let God Sort Em Out made a serious impact and continues to hold weight. The project showed that hip hop is not limited by age and proved that a long-awaited return can still land in a major way regardless of the time away.
If you need a reminder, the Virginia duo’s fourth studio album debuted comfortably within the top five of the Hot 200. It secured the number four position and moved an impressive 118,000 units in its first week.
On top of that, it picked up a win at this year’s Grammys, earning Best Rap Performance for “Chains & Whips.” The album also received four additional nominations, including Best Music Video, Rap Album, and Album of the Year.
It is hard to believe the project will officially hit its one year mark this summer on July 11. Even so, Pusha T is making it clear that both supporters and critics should not be overlooking it anytime soon.
While performing at Coachella yesterday, King Push told the crowd that LGSEO still sits at the top, regardless of genre.
He said, “‘Let God Sort Em Out’ is still the album of the motherfckin year. Whole new year, still album of the year,” per Kurrco. “Album of the motherfcking year until we drop again. We don't care who dropping. It don't matter.”
That is a strong statement for obvious reasons, especially considering the recent claims surrounding Push himself.
Over the same weekend, hip hop social media lit up after several alleged reference tracks connected to Quentin Miller and Push began circulating. Three tracks surfaced in total, but one that drew the most attention was an alleged record titled “Real Gon’ Come.” It is said to come from the DAYTONA era, around 2017 to 2018.
The situation gained traction because fans remember the past tension between Drake and Pusha T before Drake’s clash with Kendrick Lamar. During that feud, Pusha accused Drake of using ghostwriters on tracks like “Infrared,” which appears on DAYTONA. On that song, he raps, “The bigger question is how the Russians did it /
It was written like Nas, but it came from Quentin.”
Reactions have been mixed. Some people argue it is not a major issue since Miller’s alleged contributions were limited to hooks. Others point out that the songs were never officially released, so they see no real problem. Meanwhile, critics view it as clear hypocrisy on Pusha T’s part, a perspective that DJ Akademiks has also supported.
