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.

Banda El Recodo Earns 15th No. 1 on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Airplay Chart with “Qué Tienen Tus Palabras?”

Banda El Recodo has finally returned to the throne…

The Mexican band has reached the summit on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Airplay chart as “Qué Tienen Tus Palabras?” rises 2-1 on the October 9-dated ranking.

Banda El Recodo

It’s the group’s first No. 1 in over six years, and 15th leader overall. It leads with 7.6 million in audience impressions, up 10%, earned in the U.S. in the week ending October 3, according to MRC Data.

Banda El Recodo last landed at the summit with the two-week ruler “Mi Vicio Más Grande” in July 2015. In between, the group nabbed seven top 10s, including three tracks that preceded its latest effort Esta Vida Es Muy Bonita: “Hubiera Sido Como Tú” (No. 10 high, February 2020), “De Ti Me Enamoré” (No. 5 peak, August 2020) and “Voy Pa’Arriba y Con Viada” (peaked at No. 2 on the April 10-dated list).

The ranchera track “Qué Tienen Tus Palabras?” was written by Mario Martínez and Tláloc Noriega and becomes Banda’s 15th win, posting its first No. 1 in 1999 (“Adorable Mentirosa,” six weeks atop). The track concurrently pushes up the overall Latin Airplay chart (8-6) and the all-metric Hot Latin Songs tally (39-38).