El Fantasma is back at the summit…
The 35-year-old Mexican singer-songwriter of Regional Mexican music rises to the top of Billboard’s Regional Mexican Airplay chart with “Ya Me Vale Madre,” as the song surges 7-1 on the chart dated June 28.
It’s El Fantasma’s eighth career leader on the chart.
“Ya Me Vale Madre” crowns Regional Mexican Airplay with 6.3 million audience impressions earned in the United Stated during the June 13-19 tracking week, (up 24%) according to Luminate.
With the new 7-1 climb, El Fantasma — dubbed “The King of the Underground” by many — makes his biggest jump to No. 1 of his eight leaders.
Here’s a rundown of El Fantasma’s No. 1 hits on Regional Mexican Airplay, and each of their positional jumps to No. 1:
Positions Jumped, Title, Artist, Peak Date, Weeks at No. 1
3-1, “Encantadora,” June 1, 2019, four
2-1, “Soy Buen Amigo,” Aug. 14, 2021, one
3-1, “Tus Desprecios,” with Pepe Aguilar, September 25, 2021, one
3-1, “Soldado Caído,” Oct. 1, 2022, one
4-1, “La Vida Cara,” Sept. 9, 2023, one
5-1, “El Exitoso,” March 16, 2024, one
6-1, “Sabor A Michelada,” June 22, 2024, one
7-1, “Ya Me Vale Madre,” June 28
“Ya Me Vale Madre,” co-written by El Fantasma with songwriters Tláloc Noriega and Iván Gámez, also makes progress on the overall Latin Airplay chart, where it soars 13-2.
Climbing 11 ranks, the song matches Eden Muñoz’s “Mi Primer Día Sin Ti” for the largest leap to the top by a regional Mexican solo artist, without a collaborator, in 2025.
