Spotify unveiled its Global Song of the Summer on Wednesday, with the Peso Pluma and Elsabon Armado song Ella Baila Sola taking top honors.
Mexican singer Pluma, 24, and the vocal and instrumental quartet beat an impressive array of musicians, including megastars Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Harry Styles and Miley Cyrus, according to Variety.
While the list was developed from streaming data, it cannot claim to be a definitive ranking of songs popular during the summer months, as it is compiled only from Spotify streams and does not take streaming data from other services into account. also ignores digital and physical music purchases, as well as radio plays.
Only streams recorded between May 29 and August 14 were eligible to count towards the ranking.
Peso Pluma emerged as a Mexican music phenomenon this year after knocking Bad Bunny off the top of the Mexican Spotify.
It’s a hit! Peso Pluma (pictured) and the quartet Elsabon Armado scored Spotify’s Global Song of the Summer with their hit Ella Baila Sola, Variety revealed Wednesday; April seen
Incredible success: The regional Mexican single topped the charts and even earned Peso Pluma and Elsabon Armado the chance to perform on The Tonight Show in April
According to Spotify, Ella Baila Sola scored 367 million streams during the late spring and summer months.
The publication noted that the collaboration between Peso Pluma (born Hassan Emilio Kabande Laija) and Eslabon Armado — consisting of vocalist Pedro Tovar, bassist Brian Tovar, 12-string guitarist Damian Pacheco and acoustic guitarist Ulises González — made history as the first regional Mexican song. to rise to the top 10 on Billboard’s all-genre chart.
Ella Baila Sola also has the distinction of being the first regional Mexican single to be performed on late night television, after The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon invited the musicians to perform the single in April.
Antonio Vazquez, head of US Latin editorial at Spotify, told the publication that Ella Baila Sola’s success is “a true testament to how Música Mexicana is dominating the international music scene and becoming one of the most important growth genres worldwide.”
“Música Mexicana generally offers a rich cultural offering that touches on tradition, emotion and modernity, making it recognizable and exciting for Latin music listeners and non-Spanish speakers alike,” he explained. “The strong appeal of this song reflects the power of Música Mexicana and proves that this moment in the sun is more than a trend.”
Ella Baila Sola wasn’t even the only Peso Pluma entry on the list, as he was also on the remix of La Bebe, which was number five on the list, alongside Yng Lvcas.
Second on the Spotify Global Songs of the Summer list was Bad Bunny’s WHERE SHE GOES.
In third place was Jung Kook’s Seven, with Latto. The former number one hit was notable for being the only entry featuring an American rapper, although other artists on the list, including Bad Bunny, are also rappers.
TMZ noted complaints from music fans and industry insiders that rap has been sidelined lately, even though rap-influenced genres are prominent.
The publication highlighted Hot 97 DJ and Apple Music executive Ebro Darden’s claim that the music industry and record labels have recently prioritized “African and Latin American” music over American-style rap.
In an Aug. 17 tweet, he attributed the alleged shift in priorities to hip-hop artists making repetitive and derivative music in hopes of going viral on social media. “Rappers better stop being boring and talking about the same things over and over while chasing the success of TikTok and comment sections,” he tweeted.
Incredible Success: Ella Baila Sola made history as the first regional Mexican song to enter the top 10 on Billboard’s all-genre chart; still from the video
Hitmaker: Second on the Spotify Global Songs of the Summer list was Bad Bunny’s WHERE SHE GOES; seen in May in NYC
Throwback: At number four on the list was Taylor Swift’s Cruel Summer, which was originally on her 2019 album Lover, but only got one release in June 2023; seen in March
Number four on the list was Taylor Swift’s Cruel Summer, which was originally featured on her 2019 album Lover.
Swift has said she planned to release the song as one of the singles for the album, but the release was scuttled at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, so she finally released it as a single in June, after she had yet to released three new ones. albums and multiple re-recorded versions of older material in the interim.
Bad Bunny was featured for the second time on Grupo Frontera’s un x100to (number six).
Other key tracks on the list include Miley Cyrus’ Flowers, Harry Styles’ As It Was, SZA’s Kill Bill, Olivia Rodrigo’s Vampire, Dua Lipa’s Barbie soundtrack Dance The Night, Rema and Selena Gomez’s Calm Down and Arctic Monkey’s I Wanna Be Yours .