Karol G Dominates Hot Latin Songs Chart With Shakira Collab ‘TQG’

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Karol G’s profitable streak continues throughout the Billboard charts. The Colombian star tacks one other No. 1 debut to her account, as “TQG” (“Te Quedé Grande”), with Shakira, arrives at No. 1 on the Scorching Latin Songs chart (dated March 11). It’s the third pair-up by two feminine artists in a lead position to debut at No. 1 because the tally launched in 1986 — they usually’ve all been Karol G collabs.

As beforehand reported, Mañana Será Bonito’s giant streaming first-week sum spurs 13 debuts on Scorching Latin Songs. These, plus three titles additionally striding up the record, take over the multimetric rating. In whole, 16 songs of the 17-track set rank on this week’s chart, whereas “Provenza,” now off the tally, dominated for one week in Might 2022 (Karol G’s solely No. 1 as a soloist amongst six champs).

With 16 tracks on the chart concurrently, Karol G makes historical past as the lady with essentially the most simultaneous songs because the rating started. Solely two different acts have scored extra songs: Dangerous Bunny with between 17 and 24 concurrent songs all through completely different intervals and Ozuna with 21 titles in September 2018. Plus, with 5 songs within the prime 10, Karol G now holds the file for essentially the most simultaneous prime 10s amongst girls.

The No. 1 begin for “TQG” is powered by streaming exercise. It logged 29 million clicks within the U.S., through the Feb. 24-March 2 monitoring week, in line with Luminate, turning into the most-streamed Latin track of the week.

Karol G first summoned followers to Instances Sq. for the Shakira collab announcement by social media on Feb. 22, the place the track was teased on the massive screens. The joint effort by the Colombian stars, plus buzz generated concerning the narrative of the track (heartbreak and transferring on after high-profile breakups), have helped “TQG” bow atop Scorching Latin Songs. It turns into simply the eighth track by a feminine act to debut at No. 1 because the chart launched in 1986