Bad Bunny Makes History With First Spanish-Language No. 1 Album

Bad Bunny made a major stride for Spanish-language music this week.

The Puerto Rican rapper’s newest album, El Ultimo Tour del Mundo, debuted atop the Billboard 200 albums chart. Not only does the feat mark Bad Bunny’s first number-one LP, but the album also breaks ground as the first all-Spanish-language album in the chart’s history to go No. 1.

According to Billboard, who broke the news Sunday (December 6), Bad Bunny’s newest offering pushed 116,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending December 3. Not to mention, Bad Bunny’s other 2020 effort, YHLQMDLG, which debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the charts earlier this year, set the bar as the highest-charting all-Spanish-language project with 179,000 units earned in its first week.

With his latest chart accomplish, Bad Bunny joins the shortlist of artists with an all-Spanish-language album to enter the top five, alongside Mana’s Amar es Combatir (No. 4 in September 2006) and Shakira’s Fijación Oral: Vol. 1 (No. 4 in June 2005).

Overall, Bad Bunny has earned five top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 chart including Oasis (No. 9 in July 2019), YHLQMDLG (No. 2 in March 2020), Las Que No Iban a Salir (No. 7 in May 2020), and now, El Ultimo Tour del Mundo.

Bad Bunny’s number-one album achievement comes weeks after the superstar fell ill with coronavirus in late November. Weeks after, the 26-year-old shared an update on his health while appearing on The Late Late Show. “I feel great. Thank God,” the star said on the December 2 broadcast. “I tested negative and I’m so happy. I feel perfect.”

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