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Sebastian Yatra
Erick Fernando*Sebastian Yatra captures his 10th No. 1 on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart, as “Tacones Rojos” lifts 4-1 on the Feb. 19-dated survey. The song steps into the summit in its 13th week with a 23% improvement in audience impressions, to 9.37 million, earned in the week ending Feb. 13, according to MRC Data, to become the greatest gainer of the week.
At radio, the three stations giving the song the most audience in the tracking week were New York’s WPAT (885,000 impressions), followed by Washington, D.C.’s WLZL (100,700) and WDCN (26,200).
“Tacones Rojos” is Yatra’s fifth No. 1 — among a collection of 10 leaders — from his latest Dharma album to take over Latin Airplay (the set remains in the top five on Latin Pop Albums after its debut at No. 2 on the previous chart week dated Feb. 12). Here’s a recap of the other four Dharma champs on Latin Airplay:
Peak Date, Title, Artists (if other than Yatra):
Oct. 5, 2019, “Runaway,” with Daddy Yankee, Jonas Brothers and Natti Natasha
July 4, 2020, “TBT,” with Rauw Alejandro and Manuel Turizo
Feb. 20, 2021, “Chica Ideal,” with Guaynaa
August 14, 2021, “Pareja del Año,” with Myke Towers
Notably, Yatra becomes just the fourth act to collect five No. 1s from a same studio album since the chart’s inception in 1994. He joins Enrique Iglesias with his eponymous 1995 effort, Romeo Santos with Formula, Vol. 2 (2014) and Karol G with KG0516 (2021).
“Tacones Rojos” also completes its journey to No. 1 on Latin Pop Airplay (in its 14th week) after holding in the runner-up slot for six consecutive rankings.
Beyond its airplay coronation, over on the streaming-, digital- and airplay-blended Hot Latin Songs chart, where his Encanto ballad “Dos Oruguitas” remains in the top five, “Tacones” pushes 18-14 despite a decline in both sales and streams.
A first for Chencho Corleone: Elsewhere on Hot Latin Songs, Puerto Rican Chencho Corleone earns his first top 10 thanks to “Desesperados,” his collaboration with Rauw Alejandro, as the track climbs 12-9 jump. Rauw clocks his sixth top 10.
The “Desesperados” rise is attributed mainly to streaming activity. It registered 4.6 million U.S. streams in the week ending Feb. 10, up 9%, and bounds to a new No. 6 high on Latin Streaming Songs.
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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.
