Colombian singer Shakira and the Argentinian DJ and producer bizarre they continue to strike the note in music history, as they have reached the unusual mark of getting four Guinness Record awards.
“Sessions 53”released on January 12, it was a piece of music produced, performed and presented via YouTube with a strong message from the artist against the former Spanish footballer Gerard Piqué, his former partner and father of his children.
The song established the record for the most watched Latin song on the video platform in the first 24 hours with 63 million views and then it became Fastest Latin song to reach 100 million views on the same site.
However, his success hasn’t been exclusive to YouTube, as he also holds the record for the most listened to Latin song on Spotify in 24 hours with 14,393,342 listens by the fans.
By the end of the first week, that number had grown to 80,646,962, making the song also No. the most streamed Latin song on Spotify in a week.
Record dimensions in times in which the way of consuming music was radically changing, they deserved recognition as attested by the prestigious record holders, even the most curious.
Before appearing on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” official judge Michael Empric presented the two with his mountain of Guinness World Records certificates.
Bizarrap’s Music Sessions has grown into one of the largest Spanish-language platforms in existence, with 19.1 million YouTube subscribers.
Bizarrap is the first Argentine artist to reach No. 1 on the global music charts combined, a feat he has now achieved twice in just seven months.
The creator of hits like “Mis Hippies No Menienta” has also achieved the most #1 positions in the charts. 1 on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart by a female artist thanks to her new song. This became her 12th No. 1 on the chart.
Additionally, she became the first female artist to replace herself at No. 1 on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart when “BZRP Music Sessions Vol. 53” dethroned “Monotonía”, her duet with Ozuna.
Shakira, together with Karol G and another strong message
On February 24, Shakira took center stage again, but this time with Karol G, with whom she presented TQG (You were big), in whose lyrics her followers see new allusions to her former teammates, the former Spanish footballer Gerard Piqué and Puerto Rican rapper Anuel AA, respectively.
“You, going out to find food; and me, thinking it was monotony,” Shakira says in the song, referring to another song she also wrote for her ex, Monotonía.
Shakira also assures: “Seeing you with the new hurt me, but I’m ready ‘for’ my thing / I forgot what we lived, it’s what offended you”, a letter that on social networks is intended as a direct allusion to Piqué, who became a source of inspiration for his latest songs after the sentimental breakup.
The topic became a trend and reached 4.1 million views in the first six hours of publication alone.
Source: Clarin
