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Bad Bunny’s ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ Passes ‘Encanto’ Soundtrack As Biggest Album Of The Year

09/12/2022
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Bad Bunny’s May album Un Verano Sin Ti topped the Billboard 200 albums chart for a 10th week, making it the biggest album of the year so far, beating out the soundtrack from the movie Encanto.

Key Facts

Un Verano Sin Ti is only the ninth album since 2000 to spend at least 10 weeks atop the chart and the only one in all-Spanish.

It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and was the second album in history ever to do so—Bad Bunny’s 2020 album El Último Tour del Mundo was the first.

Several songs from the album have peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, including “Moscow Mule” at No. 4, “Tití Me Preguntó” at No. 5,“Después de la Playa” at No. 6 and “Me Porto Bonito” at No. 6.

Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 Singles

  1. “As It Was,” Harry Styles
  2. “Bad Habit,” Steve Lacy
  3. “Late Night Talking,” Harry Styles
  4. Sunroof,” Nicky Youre and dazy
  5. “About Damn Time,” Lizzo
  6. “I Like You (A Happier Song),” Post Malone feat. Doja Cat
  7. “Super Freaky Girl,” Nicki Minaj
  8. “I Ain’t Worried,” One Republic
  9. “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God),” Kate Bush
  10. “You Proof,” Morgan Wallen

Billboard 200 Top Five Albums

  1. Un Verano Sin Ti, Bad Bunny
  2. Dangerous: The Double Album, Morgan Wallen
  3. The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!, Megadeth
  4. God Did, DJ Khaled
  5. Harry’s House, Harry Styles

Key Background

Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, was named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list in 2019. Un Verano Sin Ti is Bad Bunny’s fourth studio album. He made his mainstream breakthrough in 2018 on Cardi B’s “I Like It.” In 2020 and 2021 he was the most-streamed artist globally on Spotify, and last year he was the fifth most-streamed artist on the platform in the U.S. The Puerto Rican singer’s success has continued as he branched into movies, starring in last month’s Bullet Train alongside Brad Pitt. The 28-year-old became the first non-English language singer to win the Artist of the Year award at MTV’s VMA awards in August.

Further Reading

Britney Spears Comeback: ‘Hold Me Closer’ Nabs Top 10 Billboard Spot After Elton John Suggested Collaboration (Forbes)

Song Of The Summer 2022: ‘As It Was,’ And A Surprising 37-Year-Old Release Own The Season (Forbes)

2022 Song Of The Summer Tracker: Harry Styles Leads, But Can Beyonce Or Lizzo Catch Up? (Forbes)

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2022/09/12/bad-bunnys-un-verano-sin-ti-passes-encanto-soundtrack-as-biggest-album-of-the-year/