The 34-year-oldColombian reggaeton singerhas nabbed his 15th No. 1 on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart with his collaboration with Bad Bunny, “Que Pretendes.”
J Balvin and Bad Bunny’s singerlifts 2-1 on the chart dated August 10.
It’s the first single off their collaborative eight-track album, Oasis (released June 28), advances with 13.8 million audience impressions (up 35%) earned in the week ending August 4, according to Nielsen Music.
J Balvin breaks away from a four-way tie with Carlos Vives, Shakira, and Wisin who have each claimed 14 No. 1s thus far. J Balvin now places as the act with the third-most leaders in the chart’s history which began in 1994. Bad Bunny, meanwhile, claims his sixth.
Beyond the “Que Pretendes” coronation, each act has nabbed two other No. 1s in 2019. J Balvin claimed his first No. 1 of the year when “Reggaeton” hit the top in its 13th week (chart dated April 6). His collaboration on Ozuna’s remix, “Baila Baila Baila,” alongside Daddy Yankee, Farruko and Anuel AA, secured a spot atop the list just a little over a month after.
Bad Bunny’s “Soltera,” with Lunayand Daddy Yankee arrived at No. 1 on the July 13-dated tally (a two-week reign), while “Callaita,” with compatriot producer Tainy, landed at the summit last week (Aug. 3-dated list).
The 25-year-old Panamanian singer has earned his first No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart dated August 10, as “Otro Trago” featuring Darell, pushes 5-1 in its 14th frame.
The track gets a big boost thanks in part to a new remix of the cut, which dropped on July 25, that features — in addition to Darell — Nicky Jam, Ozuna and Anuel AA.
“I’m extremely happy for the support,” Sech tells Billboard of his first No. 1. “I’m grateful to God, to Rich Music. There hasn’t been a Panamanian top a chart in a while, and I’m extremely proud and happy.”
The last Panamanian to top the Hot Latin Songs chart was El Chombowho scored his first No. 1 when “Dame Tu Cosita,” the remix alongside Pitbull and Karol G, featuring Cutty Ranks, landed atop the list over a year ago (May 12, 2018).
“Otro Trago,” which was written by Sech, Darell, Dímelo Flow and Joshua Méndezand produced by Dímelo Flow, also climbs 5-1 on Latin Streaming Songs, and debuts on the all-genre Streaming Songs chart at No. 22 with 15.9 million streams in the week ending August 1 (up 70%), according to Nielsen Music.
The song also sold 6,000 downloads (up 431%), pushing it 7-1 on Latin Digital Song Sales and enabling its debut at No. 30 on the overall Digital Song Sales list.
Radio play, meanwhile, advances with a 9-3 leap on Latin Airplay thanks to a 30% surge in audience impressions (to 12 million) earned in the week ending August 4.
As for Darell, he nabs his second No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs -which blends streaming data, digital sales and airplay. The Puerto Rican claimed his first leader in May 2018 when former No. 1 “Te Boté” (with Casper Mágico, Nio García, Nicky Jam, Ozuna and Bad Bunny) arrived at the summit where it remained for 14 nonconsecutive weeks.
The 40-year-old half Peruvian American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and podcaster has been added to the lineup of headliners for this year’s New York Comedy Festival.
The 16th annual edition will take place this November, featuring a roster that includes Segura, as well as late-night TV hosts Stephen Colbert, Bill Maher and Trevor Noah.
More than 200 comedians, sketch performers, TV hosts and podcasters will perform in more than 100 shows at various venues across the city.
Other headliners include Nate Bargatze, Nicole Byer, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Vir Das, Kathleen Madigan, Demetri Martin, Norm McDonald, Randy Rainbow, Benito Skinner, Jenny Slate, Kevin Smithand Jay Mewes, No Such Thing As A Fish, and Betches Media’s U Up? Live.
More performers and shows will be announced in the coming months.
The NYCF this year is partnering with The Female Quotient(The FQ), a woman-owned business committed to advancing equality in the workplace. Through the partnership, the FQ will aim to increase female comedic representation both on and off the stage via its signature pop-up experience, The FQ Lounge. The venue will be inside the flagship Bloomingdale’s department store on 59th Street and Lexington in New York on November 7 and 8.
“As we mark 16 years of the New York Comedy Festival, we celebrate the varied and diverse talent – both up-and-coming and established stars – who continue to come out to put on a great show each and every year,” said Caroline Hirsch, founder and owner of the New York Comedy Festival and Carolines on Broadway. “We’ve always supported and championed those in the industry, and we’re excited to continue to bring the very best comedic talent to entertain comedy fans this November.”
Elizabeth Acevedo’s Fire is headed to the big screen…
Picturestart has acquired the rights to the Dominican-American poet and author’sNew York Times bestselling novel With the Fire on High and will develop and produce a film that Acevedo is set to adapt.
Published in May by HarperCollins, the book tells the story of Emoni Santiago, a 17-year-old girl who must navigate the challenges of modern life in Philadelphia after becoming a single mother during her freshman year of high school. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen, where she adds a little something magical to everything she cooks, turning her food into straight-up goodness and pure joy for everyone in her life including her baby girl and her abuela. Even though she dreams of working as a chef after she graduates, Emoni knows it’s not worth her time to pursue the impossible. Yet, despite the rules she thinks she has to play by, once Emoni starts cooking, her only choice is to let her talent break free.
This year, Acevedo, a slam poet, became the first woman of color to win the Carnegie Medalchildren’s book award for her novel Poet X, which also won the 2018 National Book Award for Young People’s Literatureamong other prizes.
The 71-year-old Puerto Rican singer, dancer and actress has been cast in Broadway’s upcoming Grand Horizons, the Bess Wohl play to be directed by Leigh Silverman at the Hayes Theatre beginning in December.
Lopez will star opposite Michael Urie, Thomas Sadoski, Ashley Parkand Maulik Pancholyin the play.
The Second Stage Theatre production is set for a strictly limited 10-week engagement, with previews starting December 20 and an official opening on January 23, 2020.
The full creative team includes scenic design and costume design by Clint Ramos, lighting design by Jen Schriever, and sound design by Palmer Hefferan.
Additional casting will be announced at a later date.
Wohl’s new comedic play, co-commissioned by Williamstown Theatre Festival and Second Stage Theatre, charts a family’s reaction to the sudden break-up of a 50-year marriage. As described by Second Stage: “Bill and Nancy have spent fifty full years as husband and wife. They practically breathe in unison, and can anticipate each other’s every sigh, snore and sneeze. But just as they settle comfortably into their new home in Grand Horizons, the unthinkable happens: Nancy suddenly wants out. As their two adult sons struggle to cope with the shocking news, they are forced to question everything they assumed about the people they thought they knew best.”
Lopez has appeared on Broadwayin Pippin, In the Heights, Hollywood/Ukraine and as the original Diana Morales in A Chorus Line, among other productions.
The Mexican norteño band has announced the upcoming release of a Netflix original documentary and a live album called Los Tigres del Norte at Folsom Prison.
Filmed and recorded live, the documentary and album come 50 years after Johnny Cash released his 1968 live album At Folsom Prison.
Los Tigres del Norte was the only act authorized by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitationto film and record at Folsom last year for its 50th anniversary.
Los Tigres del Norte at Folsom Prison is a journey into the world of Latino incarceration, told through the songs of the band and the stories of the Latino and Latina inmates at Folsom Prison interviewed for the documentary. The document contains recordings from the two concert performances at Folsom: one showcase for male inmates, and another one for female inmates.
“We couldn’t be more thrilled to be the first band in fifty years to film and record our documentary and album in the very same location where Johnny Cash held his historic concert,” the Mexican Norteño group said in an official statement. “Like Johnny Cash we knew that by simply going inside these prison walls, we could bring inspiration and hope to members of our own community in the midst of dark times, and bring a message that they are not forgotten.”
In honor of Cash’s legacy, Los Tigresrevealed that the first single from the live album will be “La Prision de Folsom,” their Spanish-language version of Cash’s classic song “Folsom Prison Blues.” The song was written by the group in collaboration with Johnny Cash’s daughter-in-law Ana Cristina Cash.
Los Tigres del Norte at Folsom Prison will be available globally on Netflix and set for a September release during Hispanic Heritage Month.
Gregory Nava’s immigrant drama is headed back to theaters…
Fathom Eventsand Lionsgate have set a 35th anniversary release on September 15 for El Norte, the 70-year-old Mexican and Basque American filmmaker’s drama about the dreams of immigrants from Central America.
El Nortehas been set to coincide with the first day of National Hispanic Heritage Month. It will play in more than 200 movie theaters in select markets nationwide and include an exclusive introduction by Nava, whose films also include Selenaand Mi Familia.
The screenings will also include a featurette that explores the making of the film with the film’s stars, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrezand David Villalpando. Nava’s introduction and the behind-the-scenes featurette will be presented in both English and Spanish.
The presentation of El Norte is the film’s first theatrical release since it debuted in U.S. theaters in 1984, and will be shown in a state-of-the-art restoration produced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and the Getty Foundation. Following this special event, Lionsgate will release El Norteon digital formats on September 17.
The film was nominated for an Oscar for its original screenplay, written by Nava and Anna Thomas.
El Nortewas named to the U.S. National Film Registryof “culturally significant films” in 1995. The cast includes Lupe Ontiveros, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Enrique Castilloand Tony Plana.
The 50-year-old Spanish singer’s collaboration with Camila Cabello, “Mi Persona Favorita,” has been certified gold in the U.S. and Puerto Rico by the RIAA.
The flamenco pop ballad is part of Sanz’s latest album #ElDisco, and it carries a positive message by highlighting all of the beautiful qualities a person has.
Sanz and Cabello released the track on March 28. The song has reached No. 1 in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama.
On August 28, Sanz will be kicking off his #LaGiratour in Chicago which is set to visit 15 cities including two shows in Miami, FL.
Today, RIAA also handed out certifications to works by several Latin acts, including Marc Anthonywith his album Opus, Guaynaa’s “Rebota,” and “Si Me Das Tu Amor” by Carlos Vivesand Wisin.
It’s an Asian invasion, of sorts, by Anuel AAon the Billboardcharts…
The 26-year-old Puerto Rican rapper and single “China,” an all-star collaboration with
Daddy Yankee, Karol G, Ozuna and J Balvin — blasts onto the Hot Latin Songschart at No. 2 on the chart dated August 3.
The song is the first single from Anuel’s upcoming album, Emmanuel.
“China,” produced by Tainyand co-written by each of the five artists on the track, is a reimagination of Shaggy’s “It Wasn’t Me.”
“‘China’ is the strongest song of my career up to date,” Anuel told Billboard on July 12. “It’s the mix of different cultures with each of the collaborators contributing with its own flow. I had been looking to revive a classic and when I heard Shaggy’s mix, it hit me. The original rhythm had strong Chinese elements, hence the name of the song. I sent the mix to Daddy Yankee, he loved it and recorded his part after just three days. Karol then heard it and fell in love with the vibe. Ozuna and Balvin then came on board.”
“China” opens at No. 2 on the Hot Latin Songs chart, which blends airplay, digital sales and streaming data, largely on the strength of streaming activity. It collected 14.1 million U.S. clicks in the week ending July 25, according to Nielsen Music, which enables its No. 1 debut on the Latin Streaming Songs chart.
“I always believed ‘China’ would be a hit!” Karol G tells Billboard. “Actually, I dared to tell everyone that it would be the hit of 2019! It makes me happy to be part of big opportunities such as this one, which lead the way to all those other goals that I still have to achieve.”
Sales, too, assist “China” in its Hot Latin Songs debut: The song registered 1,000 digital downloads in its first tracking week, opening at No. 1 on the Latin Digital Song Saleschart. The tune also starts at No. 34 on the Latin Airplay chart, garnering 4.8 million audience impressions in the week ending July 28.
The collaboration becomes just the second title to debut in the top two of the Hot Latin Songs chart in 2019. The only other song to debut in the top two this year was another track by J Balvin, as his collaboration with Bad Bunny, “Que Pretendes,” started at No. 2 on the July 13-dated chart.
“China” earns Anuel his 10th top 10 on the tally. It bests his second collaboration with Karol G: “Secreto,” a No. 4 high (April 27-dated list).
“China” earns Anuel his 10th top 10 on the tally and highest-charting song as a lead artist. (He’s only gone higher as the featured act on 6ix9ine‘s “BEBE,” which debuted at No. 1 on Sept. 15, 2018.) Meanwhile, Daddy Yankee, who nabs his 29th top 10, now ties with Chayanne, Christian Castroand Shakirafor the third-most top 10s on the list which began in 1986.
Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga are looking for their valentines…
The regional Mexican group has announced plans to perform at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
“This February 14, 2020 we will make history!,” posted the band on social media along with a minute clip sharing the news.
In 2003, Sergio Lizárragafounded the 16-piece Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizárraga (also known as Banda MS) becoming the most successful regional Mexican music act in an era where urban music dominates. The group performs banda music, a subgenre of regional Mexican music that also includes mariachi, ranchera and norteño.
The tickets for the Staples Center show will be on sale on Friday, August 2.
