"Mayores" | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Single by Becky G and Bad Bunny | ||||
from the album Mala Santa | ||||
Language | Spanish | |||
English title | "Older Ones" | |||
Released | July 14, 2017 | |||
Recorded | February 2017 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:22 | |||
Label | ||||
Songwriter(s) |
| |||
Producer(s) | Jorge Fonseca | |||
Becky G singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
Bad Bunny singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
Music video | ||||
"Mayores" on YouTube |
"Mayores" is a song by American singer Becky G and Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny. Written by Mario Caceres,Servando Primera,Saul Castillo,Bad Bunny,and Patrick Ingunza,it was released by Kemosabe,RCA Records and Sony Music Latin as the lead single from Gomez's debut studio album Mala Santa on July 14,2017. [2] [3]
"Mayores" topped the charts in Spain,Ecuador,Chile,Romania,Paraguay,Peru,Bolivia,Honduras,Mexico,Nicaragua,Panama and El Salvador,while peaking at number 3 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. [4] The music video for the song was released on YouTube on July 13,2017,and has accumulated over 2 billion views. [5]
Gomez explained that the song originated as a "joke" after having confirmed her relationship with soccer player Sebastian Lletget,who is five years older than her. She started using the hashtag "#6DaysTillMAYORES" on Twitter which eventually started trending. A number became lower with each passing day,until it reached "#MAYORESOutNow".
"Mayores" debuted at number 12 on the Hot Latin Songs chart,making it Gomez's highest debut peak position on that chart. The song eventually peaked at number 3 on the charts.
The song also debuted at number 72 on the Spanish PROMUSICAE chart. It rose to number 4 four weeks later,making it her highest-peaking position,surpassing the number 37 peak of "Shower". It later reached number one.
Eventually the song charted on the Billboard Hot 100,peaking at number 74,marking Gomez's fourth entrance in the chart in more than two years,after "Shower" (2014) was a top twenty hit,her collaboration with Cher Lloyd,"Oath" (2012),peaked at number 73 and "Can't Stop Dancin'" (2014) peaked at number 88 in early 2015.
The music video,filmed in Los Angeles,was uploaded on Gomez's Vevo account on July 13,2017. [6] It marks the third time Gomez worked with director Daniel Duran;it also features the appearance American actor Casper Smart. The video reached 1 billion views in January 2018 and has over;it is Gomez's most watched video,and her fourth to surpass 100 million views. The music video is one of the 50 most-viewed on Vevo,and one of the 70 most-viewed YouTube videos. [7] It reached 2 billion views in 2021.
The clip sees Gomez lying on a couch spliced with scenes of her and Bad Bunny at a bar. Casper Smart,playing an old rich man,enters the place and is attracted to Gomez. He takes her to his house as Bad Bunny raps his verses at the bar. These scenes are also cut with the singers performing on the roof of the Hotel Rosslyn Annex at night. Gomez seduces Smart and handcuffs him to the bed. She plays with his watch before getting off the bed and leaving with a bag full of money. Bad Bunny appears to be waiting for her,and they kiss before getting in the car. The video ends as the duo are driving off.
Due to the song becoming a huge success,Gomez was invited to perform it at several radio stations and during interviews. She sang the song regular and acoustic at iHeart Radio Mi Música. She also sang it in Spain in La Vida Moderna and Sale el Sol in acoustic,and regular on Operación Triunfo. Her performance on the latter garnered some attention due to a change in the lyrics at the request of the producers due to them thinking they were "too sexual". Although Gomez agreed,she later stated it bothered her and said she accepted "out of respect" and because it was "a great opportunity",but believes that it wouldn't be done to a man,listing Ozuna and Enrique Iglesias as examples. [8]
Gomez performed the song with Bad Bunny at the Latin American Music Awards of 2017,which she also hosted;the performance was later uploaded to YouTube and has garnered over 60 million views. [9] The song was included on her setlist as an opening act for Fifth Harmony's 2017 PSA Tour and on her own tour in 2018. She sang the song last in her performance at Viña del Mar on March 2,2019. Gomez and Bad Bunny performed the song on X 100Pre Tour on March 8 and April 22,2019. [10] Gomez included "Mayores" in three medleys:the first at the 2019 Latin American Music Awards together with "Sin Pijama" and "Mala Santa",before receiving the Extraordinary Evolution Award from Pitbull. The second time was at the 2019 MTV Europe Music Awards,this time with "24/7",a track from her debut album replacing "Mala Santa". [11] The third time was at the LOS40 Music Awards 2019 with "Mala Santa" being brought back. All three performances had different arrangements. In the latter performance Gomez rewrote Bad Bunny's verse with lyrics from her "side of the relationship",including a reference to her feature in "Dura (Remix)" with Daddy Yankee,Natti Natasha,and the rapper. [12] Gomez performed the song at the Coachella 2023 on April 14 and 21,2023. [13]
Publication | List | Rank | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Billboard | Billboard’s 20 Best Latin Songs | 6 | [14] |
Billboard’s 100 Best Songs | 73 | [15] | |
Idolator | The Best Latin Pop Songs | 4 | [16] |
Rolling Stone | 100 Greatest Reggaeton Songs of All Time | 78 | [17] |
Organization | Year | Category | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
ASCAP Latin Awards | 2019 | Winning Songs [a] | Won | [18] |
Billboard Music Awards | 2018 | Top Latin Song | Nominated | [19] |
BMI Latin Awards | 2019 | Winning Song [b] | Won | [20] |
Latin American Music Awards | 2018 | Favorite Urban Song | Won | [21] |
Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
Latin Music Italian Awards | 2017 | Best Latin Collaboration of The Year | Nominated | [22] |
Best Latin Female Video of The Year | Nominated | |||
No. | Title | Length |
---|---|---|
1. | "Mayores" (with Bad Bunny) | 3:22 |
No. | Title | Length |
---|---|---|
1. | "Mayores" (Urban Tropical) | 3:30 |
No. | Title | Length |
---|---|---|
1. | "Mayores" (KLAP Remix ft. Lucas Lucco) | 3:15 |
Weekly charts | Year-end charts
|
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
---|---|---|
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [76] | Platinum | 60,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI) [77] | Gold | 25,000‡ |
Mexico (AMPROFON) [78] | 5× Diamond | 1,500,000‡ |
Poland (ZPAV) [79] | 2× Platinum | 40,000‡ |
Portugal (AFP) [80] | Gold | 5,000‡ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [81] | 5× Platinum | 200,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [82] | 46× Platinum (Latin) | 2,760,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Various | July 14, 2017 |
American singer Becky G has released four studio albums, one extended play (EPs), 83 singles and 16 promotional singles. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she has achieved 13.5 million certified units. She has a total of 8 chart entries on the US Billboard Hot 100, and 28 chart entries on the US Billboard Hot Latin Songs, including a number one and six top-ten songs.
"El baño" is a song by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias, featuring Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny. The track was written by Iglesias, Bad Bunny, Francisco Saldaña, Xavier Semper, Edgar Semper, Hasibur Rahman, Servando Primera and Luian Malavé. It was produced by Carlos Paucar and co-produced by Luny Tunes. The song was released by RCA Records and Sony Music Latin on 12 January 2018. A slightly cut version of the song was included as part of his album, Final Vol. 1. The final verse is missing, and there is a slight change in the first chorus. This version comes in at 3:34.
"Dura" is a single by Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee from his upcoming studio album El Disco Duro. On January 18, 2018, El Cartel Records released "Dura" and its music video, directed by Carlos Pérez, filmed in Los Angeles and based on 1990s style and visuals. The song was written by Daddy Yankee, Juan Rivera, Luis Romero, and Urbani Mota, and was produced by Los Evo Jedis. A remix version featuring Becky G, Bad Bunny and Natti Natasha was released on April 27, 2018.
"Mi Mala" is a single by Venezuelan duo Mau y Ricky and Colombian singer Karol G. The song was co-written by the duo, Karol G, Matluck, Jon Leone, Camilo Echeverry and its producer, Tainy. A remix version featuring Becky G, Lali and Leslie Grace was released on 9 February 2018.
"Sin Pijama" is a song by American singer Becky G and Dominican singer Natti Natasha. It was written by the two singers, Nate Campany, Kyle Sherear, Rafael Pina, Mau y Ricky, Jon Leone, Camilo Echeverry and its producers Daddy Yankee and Gaby Music. The song and its music video were released by on April 20, 2018. It became both Gomez and Natasha's third top 10 hit on US Hot Latin Songs and has reached number one in Bolivia, Chile, El Salvador and Spain as well as the top 10 in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru and Uruguay. "Sin Pijama" received a Latin platinum certification in the US and surpassed 100 million views on YouTube/Vevo within 3 weeks of its release. As of 2022, it has been certified 38-times Latin platinum.
Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny has released five studio albums, one mixtape, one extended play, one compilation album, ninety-five singles as a lead artist and thirty-two singles as a featured artist.
"Sensualidad" is a song by Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny, American singer Prince Royce, and Colombian singer J Balvin featuring producers Mambo Kingz and DJ Luian. It was released by Hear this Music on November 3, 2017 as a single. The song is the first top 10 hit for Mambo Kingz and DJ Luian on the US Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. It also serves as Bad Bunny's first top 10 song as a lead artist on the chart.
"Cuando Te Besé" is a song by American singer Becky G and Argentine rapper and singer Paulo Londra. Released on August 2, 2018, it was written by Londra, Cristian Salazar and Daniel Echavarría Oviedo. Among the successes of "Cuando Te Besé" in the charts is being the first song to top the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 chart.
"Taki Taki" is a bilingual English/Spanish-language song by French-Algerian DJ and record producer William Grigahcine, featuring vocals from Mexican-American singer Selena Gomez, Puerto Rican singer Ozuna, and Dominican-American rapper Cardi B. The song was released on 28 September 2018 as the second single from DJ Snake's second studio album Carte Blanche (2019). It was written and arranged by Bava, Belcalis Almanzar, Jorden Thorpe, Juan Carlos Ozuna Rosado, Juan G. Rivera, Max Borghetti, Selena Gomez, Vicente Saavedra, William Grigahcine. Ozuna opens the moombahton and reggaetón song in Spanish, while Cardi B and Gomez follow in both English and Spanish.
"Mia", also known as ''Mía'' is a song by Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny featuring vocals from Canadian rapper and singer Drake. The song was released through OVO Sound, Rimas Entertainment and Warner Bros. Records on October 11, 2018, as the second single from the former's debut studio album, X 100pre (2018). It was written by Benito Martinez, Aubrey Graham, Edgar Semper Vargas, Elvin Peña, Francis Diaz, Henry Pulman, Luian Malave Nieves, Joseph Negron Velez, Noah Assad and Xavier Semper Vargas, and produced by DJ Luian and Mambo Kingz.
The following is a list of events and releases that happened in 2019 in Latin music. The list covers events and releases from Latin regions from the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking areas of Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula.
"Otro Trago" is a song by Panamanian singer Sech featuring Puerto Rican rapper Darell, released as a single from Sech's debut album Sueños in April 2019 through Rich Music. It reached number one in Sech's native Panama, as well in Spain, Argentina, Peru, Paraguay, Honduras and the Dominican Republic. In the United States, the song debuted at number 100 on the Billboard Hot 100, later peaking at number 34, making Sech's first entry as a solo artist on the chart. Additionally, it became Sech's first chart-topper on the US Hot Latin Songs, making it the first Panamanian artist to reach number one on the chart. On 26 June 2019, a remix featuring Nicky Jam, Ozuna and Anuel AA was released.
"Que Tire Pa Lante" is a song by Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee and was released through El Cartel Records on October 18, 2019. The song features cameos by fellow artists Anuel AA, Bad Bunny, Darell, Natti Natasha, Wisin and Lennox. It samples "A Who Seh Me Dun" by Cutty Ranks (1996).
"Tusa" is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Karol G and Trinidadian-born rapper Nicki Minaj. Written alongside Keityn and producer Ovy on the Drums, the song was released on November 7, 2019 by Universal Music Latino and Republic Records, as the lead single from Karol G’s third studio album KG0516 (2021).
"Ram Pam Pam" is a song by Dominican singer Natti Natasha and American singer Becky G. The song and its music video were released by Pina Records and Sony Music Latin on April 20, 2021. It was written by the two singers, Francisco Saldaña, Ovimael Maldonado Burgos, Nino Karlo Segarra, Justin Quiles, Siggy Vázquez, Elena Rose, Juan Manuel Frias, Valentina López and its producers Jean Carlos Hernández Espinal and label head Rafael Pina. It interpolates "Ella Me Levantó" (2007), written and performed by Daddy Yankee. It is Natasha and Gomez's third collaboration, following the hugely successful "Sin Pijama" and the remix of "Dura", both released in April 2018.
"Fulanito" is a song by American singer Becky G and Dominican rapper El Alfa. It was released by Kemosabe and RCA Records on June 4, 2021, as the second single from Gomez's second studio album, Esquemas (2022). A dance for the song became viral on the app TikTok.
"Mamiii" is a song recorded by American singer Becky G and Colombian singer Karol G. It was released by Kemosabe and RCA Records on February 11, 2022, as the third single from Gomez's second Spanish studio album Esquemas (2022). It was written by Gomez, Giraldo, Elena Rose and Daniel Echavarría Oviedo and produced by the latter. The cover art was shot by photographer Alfredo Flores. It is Gomez and Giraldo's second collaboration, following "Mi Mala (Remix)" released in February 2018. The single reached number one on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs, peaked at number four on the Global 200, and peaked at number fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100.
"X Última Vez" is a song by Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee featuring compatriot rapper Bad Bunny, released as the third single from the former's eighth and final studio album, Legendaddy, on April 6, 2022. Its music video, shot in New York City in March 2022, was directed by Mexican director Fernando Lugo and depicts "futuristic visuals" in which both artists perform the track in a "dystopian-looking stage" and a "video game-like setting." It was written by Daddy Yankee, Bad Bunny and Puerto Rican producers Juan "Gaby Music" Rivera, Ovimael "OMB" Maldonado and Tainy, and was produced by Daddy Yankee and Tainy.
"Bailé Con Mi Ex" is a song recorded by American singer Becky G. It was released by Kemosabe and RCA Records on May 10, 2022, as the fourth and final single from Gomez's second Spanish studio album, Esquemas (2022). It was written by Gomez, Blake Slatkin, Keegan Bach, Manuel Lorente Freire, Gregory Hein, Andrew Jackson, Mario Caceres, Hector Andre Mazzarri Ramos.
"La Loto" is a song by Argentine singer Tini, American singer Becky G and Brazilian singer Anitta. It was released on July 6, 2022 by Sony Music Latin and Hollywood Records as the seventh single from Tini's fourth studio album, Cupido (2023). The song was written by the three singers alongside Elena Rose, while Andrés Torres and Mauricio Rengifo handled musical composition and production.