It’s official: Dangerous Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti is now the most-streamed album on Spotify.
The streaming platform confirmed to Billboard on Monday (July 10) that the Puerto Rican artist — who was named Spotify’s artist of the yr in 2022 for a 3rd consecutive time — that Un Verano Sin Ti has develop into the most-streamed of all time in Spotify’s historical past, globally.
Launched in Could 2022, UVST debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated Could 21, 2022), incomes 274,000 equal album models within the U.S., in keeping with Luminate. And with 356.66 million on-demand official streams for the set’s songs in its first week, the album registered the most important streaming week ever for a Latin music album.
The eclectic set – which spent 13 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 – additionally positioned 22 songs from the set on the identical Could 21, 2022-dated Billboard Scorching 100, essentially the most in every week for a core Latin music artist and essentially the most in every week carried out all in Spanish. Furthermore, Un Verano Sin Ti turned the primary non-English album to ever high the Yr-Finish Billboard 200. The LP — which options wide-ranging collabs resembling The Marías, Buscabulla and Chencho Corleone — additionally made historical past on the Grammys final yr changing into the primary Spanish-language album to be nominated within the high 4 classes (album of the yr).
Reflecting on the large success of his album, Dangerous Bunny informed Billboard in December: “I by no means dreamed I wished to be the largest one or No. 1. I merely wished to make it. Why? As a result of I really like what I do. I’ve been doing rhythms since I used to be 13 years previous, writing, singing songs in my head. … I by no means mentioned I wish to be the largest or the perfect or the richest. I did it as a result of I liked it, and my solely dream was to have the ability to make a residing out of it.”
