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Eric Rojas
Bad Bunny
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Bad Bunny Earns First No. 1s in Canada Following Super Bowl Halftime Performance
The Puerto Rico native’s historic feat serves as a breakthrough for Latin music in Canada.
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Bad Bunny is topping the charts in Canada for the first time.
The Puerto Rico native is No. 1 on Billboard Canadian Hot 100 with “DTMF,” which rises all the way from No. 16, while its namesake album, Debi Tirar Mas Fotos, rises from No. 5 to No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart — both dated Feb. 21.
The chart-topping feat follows the success of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show, which drew in the fourth biggest audience ever for a halftime set. Dubbed the "Benito Bowl" the performance was a call for unity, featuring artists including Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin and featured a Canada namedrop.
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It's the first time a Spanish language works top both charts at the same time.
In the top 10 of the Candian Hot 100, Bad Bunny lands three other songs, all of which he performed at the Super Bowl: “Nuevayol,” which bounds 33-3 for a new high, and “Baile Inolvidable,” up 38-7, also a new best. Plus, “Tití Me Preguntó,” from 2022’s Un Verano Sin Ti, soars 91-8.
“EOO” momentously rises 70-15 and “Voy A Llevarte Pa PR” climbs 80-20. “Monaco” re-enters at No. 42, “MIA” featuring Drake hits No. 44, “Velda” featuring Omar Courtz & Dei V emerges at No. 52, securing a new peak along with the Jhay Cortex-featuring “Dakiti” Bad Bunny at No. 48. “I Like It,” his collaboration with Cardi B and J. Balvin, moves in at No. 54, “Weltita” featuring Chuwi scores a new high at No. 70 and “Perfumito Nuevo” featuring RaiNao re-enters at No. 88.
Bad Bunny’s hop to the top on the Canadian Hot 100 dethrones Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need,” — which ascended to the top last week after spending 24 weeks on the ranking — and Don Toliver’s Octane, which drops to No. 3 on Canadian Albums.
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There are debuts, too: “La Cancion,” a collaboration between Bad Bunny and J. Balvin, debuts at No. 39, while the Los Pleneros de La Cresta-featuring “Cafe Con Ron,” enters at No. 60. “Que Pasaria…,” with Rauw Alejandro, hits No. 62, “La Mudanza” claims No. 76, “Kloufrens” at No. 91 and “Lo Que Le Paso A Hawaii” at No. 95.
On Canadian Albums, he scores three additional entries as Un Verano Sin Ti climbs 7-4, 2023’s Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Manana re-enters at No. 53 and 2020’s YHLQMDLG emerges at No. 63.
It's a full chart takeover.
Bad Bunny's chart-topping week is a key indicator that Canadians are tuned into Latin music. Over the past few years, Live Nation tapped into the genre’s rise, hiring Billboard Canada 40 Under 40 honouree Ricky Taco to lead the charge. In 2024, a national report found that the genre was on a red-hot rise, but highlighted its need for support in the music industry. To reflect this, the forthcoming Juno Awards includes a Latin music recording of the year category — Alex Cuba and Lido Pimienta are among the five nominees.
J. Cole is also having a big week.
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Hot on the heels of his final album, The Fall-Off, J.Cole debuts at No. 2 on the Canadian Albums chart. Nearly eight years after the Dreamville rapper introduced the project on KOD‘s “1985,” the 24-track double LP (Disc 29 and Disc 39) ties a bow on the North Carolina native's decorated career, bringing his discography full circle.
"Disc 29 tells a story of me returning to my hometown at age 29,” he wrote when revealing the album’s tracklist earlier this month. “A decade after moving to New York, accomplishing what would have seemed impossible to most, I was at a crossroads with the 3 loves of my life; my woman, my craft, and my city. Disc 39 gives insight into my mindset during a similar trip home, this time as a 39-year-old man. Older and a little closer to peace.”
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Over half of the album arrives on this week’s Canadian Hot 100, including: “Two Six” (No. 26), “Safety” (No. 43), “Poor Thang” (No. 47), “Bunce Road Blues” featuring Tems and Future (No. 55), “Run A Train” featuring Future (No. 58), “Who TF Iz U” (No. 59), “Legacy featuring PJ (No. 65), “The Let Out” (No. 69), “Drum N Bass” (No. 77), “39 Intro” (No. 84), “Bombs In The Ville/Hit The Gas” (No. 89), “29 Intro” (No. 92), The Petey Pablo-featuring “Old Dog” (No. 94), “The Fall-Off Is Inevitable” (No. 96) and “ I Love Her Again,” (No. 97).
J.Cole will bring his final release on a world tour, hitting three Canadian cities in the coming months: Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
Following the death of frontman Brad Arnold, 3 Doors Down is debuting on the charts. The Mississippi rock band’s 2000 track “Kryptonite” debuts at No. 50 on the Canadian Hot 100, as their 2012 compilation album, Greatest Hits, hits the Canadian Albums chart at No. 25, featuring the aforementioned track, and other fan favourites like “Here Without You” and “It’s Not My Time” — the latter song of which peaked at No. 20 and spent 28 weeks on the Canadian Hot 100 back in 2008.
Other notable debuts include sombr’s “Homewrecker,” which arrives at No. 25, six spots higher than in his home country. The singer is set to headline P.E.I’s Sommo Festival in September.
Find all of Billboard Canada's charts here.
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