La Romana (song)

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"La Romana"
Single by Bad Bunny featuring El Alfa
from the album X 100pre
ReleasedDecember 24, 2018
Recorded2018
Genre
Length5:01
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Bad Bunny
  • Tainy
  • La Paciencia
  • Chael Betances
Bad Bunny singles chronology
"Si Estuviésemos Juntos"
(2018)
"La Romana"
(2018)
"Callaíta"
(2019)

"La Romana" is a song by Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny, featuring Dominican rapper El Alfa. It is the sixth single of Bad Bunny's debut studio album X 100pre . The single reached a peak position of 12 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart.

Contents

Music video

The music video was released on April 6, 2019. It currently surpassed 190 million views. [2]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI) [11] Gold50,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [12] 2× Platinum120,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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