Sebastian Yatra’s “La Pelirroja” rallies to the top of Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart, leaping from No. 7 to No. 1, on the July 5-dated tally. The achievement marks Yatra’s 12th chart-topper, tying with Enrique Iglesias for the most No. 1s by a male Latin pop solo artist from the 2010s onwards.
“La Pelirroja” was released March 21 as the third single from his fourth studio album, Milagro, which took the Colombian to a No. 9 debut on the Top Latin Pop Albums chart in May. The song takes the lead on the overall Latin Airplay tally after a 49% gain in audience impressions, to 8.2 million, earned in the United States in the tracking week ending June 26, according to Luminate.
Further, “La Pelirroja” rises with the Greatest Gainer honors, granted weekly to the song with the largest audience increase among the 50 titles on the tally. Four Univision stations are among the song’s stronger supporters during the tracking week, starting with WVIV-FM (Chicago), KAMA-FM (Houston), KVVF-FM (San Jose) and KDDX-FM (Dallas).
Yatra’s new No. 1 coronation grants him a 12th win on Latin Airplay, which puts him on a tie with Enrique Iglesias for the most rulers among male Latin pop soloists since the 2010s decade. Among all Latin pop solo performers, Shakira continues to lead with 16 champs since 2010. . Overall, J Balvin continues to lead with 37 No. 1s since Latin Airplay began in 1994.
Among Yatra’s 12 chart-toppers, “La Pelirroja” becomes his second without a collaborator, after “Tacones Rojos” ruled for one week in 2022.
Elsewhere, the song holds steady at No. 1 on the Latin Pop Airplay for a second week, where it became Yatra’s 10th ruler on the June 28-dated list.