Bad Bunny Hits No. 1 Solo
Bad Bunny scored his first solo No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "DtMF," a major milestone for the global superstar who had previously reached the top only as a featured artist. The track's success follows his Super Bowl halftime show performance and marks a breakthrough moment in his chart dominance. Bad Bunny continues to lead discussions about top streaming albums versus pure sales leaders like ATEEZ.
- "DtMF" is only the fourth predominantly Spanish-language song to ever top the Billboard Hot 100. It joins a historic list that includes "La Bamba" by Los Lobos (1987), "Macarena" by Los Del Rio (1996), and "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber (2017). - The surge to No. 1 for "DtMF" was part of a wider chart takeover following the Super Bowl, with Bad Bunny holding four of the top 10 spots on the Hot 100 simultaneously; "Baile Inolvidable" sat at No. 2, "Nuevayol" at No. 5, and "Tití Me Preguntó" at No. 7. - His Super Bowl LX halftime show was a celebration of Puerto Rican culture and featured surprise guest appearances from Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin. The setlist included a mix of his biggest hits, ending with the now chart-topping "DtMF". - The parent album, "Debí Tirar Más Fotos," saw its consumption surge by 265.33% after the halftime show, rocketing back to the No. 2 spot on the Billboard 200 chart with 250,000 equivalent album units. - Globally, "DtMF" reached the top of the charts in over 20 countries and earned 130.5 million official streams worldwide in a single week in January 2025. - While Bad Bunny dominates streaming, ATEEZ's recent album "Golden Hour: Part.4" illustrates the power of pure sales, debuting at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 with 200,000 units, the vast majority from physical album sales. Bad Bunny's album, in contrast, earned most of its units from streaming equivalent albums. - Bad Bunny's first solo entry on the Hot 100 was "Solo De Mi," which debuted at No. 93 in January 2019. His previous No. 1 hit, "I Like It," was a collaboration with Cardi B and J Balvin in 2018. - In 2022, Bad Bunny made history with his album "Un Verano Sin Ti" by placing four all-Spanish songs in the Hot 100's top 10 at the same time, a first for any non-English album.
