Manuel Turizo’s ‘La Bachata’ No. 1 on Billboard Argentina Hot 100 Chart for Eighth Week

Manuel Turizo’s “La Bachata” spends an eighth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 chart (dated Oct. 29). The song enters a tie with Bizarrap and Quevedo’s “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52” for the second-most weeks at No. 1 in 2022, trailing only Tiago PZK’s “Entre Nosotros,” with LIT Killah, Nicki Nicole and Maria Becerra, which ruled for nine weeks this year (16 weeks overall).

Shakira and Ozuna earn the highest debut of the week as their first partnership, “Monotonía,” debuts at No. 7. While the former earns her second top 10, the latter collects his ninth. Meanwhile, Wisin & Yandel clock their first top 10 as a duo with their latest single “Besos Moja2” with Rosalía, which lifts 11-8. The Spaniard adds a sixth top 10 to her career board.

Argentinians DJ Tao and Callejero Fino earn their highest debut since both scored their first entry in 2021 as “DJ Tao Sessions #723” bows at No. 21.

Taylor Swift scores six debuts on the current chart, all stemming from her latest No. 1 album, Midnights. It’s the most simultaneous entries for a non-Spanish-speaking artist since the chart launched in 2018 (among all acts Bad Bunny continues to lead with a mammoth 17 entries on the same week). Swift’s “Anti-Hero” leads the pack at No. 40. Meanwhile, “Lavender Haze” starts at No. 70, “Snow on The Beach,” with Lana Del Rey, follows at No. 84, “Midnight Rain” at No. 94, “You’re on Your Own, Kid” at No. 98, while “Maroon” arrives at No. 100.

Back up the tally, Negro Dub claims his first entry as “El Último Romántico,” with L-Gante and Dt.Bilardo, opens ta No. 43.

Further, Maluma takes the Greatest Gainer honor of the week as “Junio” rallies 67-49.

Elsewhere, two South Korean groups score their first entry: (G)i-Dle’s “Nxde” bows at No. 52, while girl group Le Sserafim arrives at No. 74 with “Antifragile.” Plus, Estelares notch its second chart entry as “Encantan, featuring Enjambre,” opens at No. 79.

Meanwhile, Coldplay benefits from its Buenos Aires tour dates with a debut and a re-entry: “Yellow” arrives at No. 81, while “My Universe”, with BTS, rebounds at No. 86, after its No. 36 high in Oct. 2021.

The week’s other debuts include Coral’s “Mejor Que Tu Amor,” featuring Jorge Serrano, at No. 91, and Ozuna’s “Hey Mor,” featuring Feid, at No. 96.

Pamela Bustios

Billboard