Neutro Shorty’s El Disco de Salsa has topped this week’s new music ballot.
In a ballot revealed Friday (Might 22) by Billboard, music followers chosen the Venezuelan rapper’s newest album as their favourite new launch of the week.
El Disco de Salsa (the salsa album) earned 75% of the vote, outperforming new releases from Olivia Rodrigo (“The Remedy”), Greeicy (Candela), Charli xcx (“SS26”), Lola Younger (“From Down Right here”), Brandi Carlile (“Life on the Run”), and others.
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Since rising to prominence in 2012 along with his 5 Historias mixtape, Neutro Shorty (born Liomar Ricardo Acosta Orta) has been acknowledged as one of many pioneers of Venezuela’s entice scene.
On the brand new challenge, he shifts away from his signature rap model, embracing a extra melodic method for a full-length salsa album. The 12-track set attracts inspiration from salsa brava, a style popularized in Seventies New York by acts such because the Fania All-Stars.
The Caracas-born artist additionally earns co-signs from a number of salsa legends on the album, together with Gilberto Santa Rosa on “Un Consejo,” Porfi Baloa — founding father of Los Adolescentes — on “Infidelidad,” and Oscar D’León on a rendition of Willie Colón’s basic “Idilio.”
Rodrigo’s “The Remedy” got here in second on the ballot with almost 17% of the vote. The monitor is the second single from the three-time Grammy winner’s upcoming third studio album, You Appear Fairly Unhappy for a Lady So in Love, which arrives on June 12.
Greeicy adopted in third place with Candela, which earned 3% of the vote. The challenge brings collectively the Colombian singer’s newest hits alongside new tracks that transfer away from the pop-urban sound that first made her a breakout star.
Take a look at the total outcomes of this week’s ballot beneath, and go to Billboard’s Friday Music Information for extra must-hear new releases.
