Eden Muñoz Earns Ninth No. 1 on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Airplay Chart with “Lejos Estamos Mejor”

Make that five in a row for Eden Muñoz.

The 34-year-old Mexican singer, songwriter and producer of Regional Mexican music has notched his fifth consecutive No. 1 on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Airplay chart, and ninth overall, as “Lejos Estamos Mejor” rises 2-1 on the ranking dated August 30.

Eden MuñozIt marks Muñoz’s third straight No. 1 in 2025.

“A No. 1 on Billboard, along with this great song, is definitely a big career achievement,” Muñoz tells Billboard. “I’m happy because we can say that ‘Lejos Estamos Mejor’ has come to stay in the hearts of our people. Grateful to God, the team, and all those who connected with the song.”

“Lejos Estamos Mejor” is the title track and second song from Muñoz’s Lejos Estamos Mejor EP (released via Sony Music Latin), after “Mi Primer Día Sin Ti” crowned Regional Mexican Airplay for one week in May.

“Lejos Estamos Mejor” rises to No. 1 with 8.1 million audience impressions earned in the United States in the tracking week of August 15-21, according to Luminate.

For its coronation, the song surged 17% in impressions compared the prior week.

With his new success, Muñoz secures a place among the most successful soloists of the 2020s, matching El Fantasma with nine crowns each. Here is that list of standout solo singers with the most No. 1s on Regional Mexican Airplay this decade:

14, Alejandro Fernández
10, Christian Nodal
9, Carin León
9, Eden Munoz
9, El Fantasma

Elsewhere, Muñoz inches closer to the summit of the overall Latin Airplay chart, as the song rockets 7-2.

Along with his 2024 duet with Yuridia, “Mi Eterno Amor Secreto,” this marks his highest position to date.

El Fantasma Earns His Eighth No. 1 on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Airplay Chart with “Ya Me Vale Madre”

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.

El FantasmaIt’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.