J Balvin’s Five Songs That Made Music History
On May 25, J Balvin dropped his fifth album ‘Vibras,’ which debuted at #15 on the US Billboard 200, becoming his highest-charting album.
- It also scored the largest streaming week ever for a Latin album, with 16.1 million views.
Balvin is almost ready to start his Vibras Tour, the first tour date is on September 19, in Fresno, California. With this occasion, we’ve compiled five of Balvin’s best songs that made history, to get fans pumped up for The Vibras Tour.
1. J Balvin, Willy William – “Mi Gente”
Balvin surprised everybody when he released a remix version of ‘Mi Gente’ featuring Beyonce.
- The remix made history, becoming the second mostly-Spanish song to top the US Hot 100 chart after ‘Despacito.’
- And is the first time in chart history for two non-English songs to reign in the top 10.
2. J Balvin – “Ay Vamos”
The hit single ‘Ay Vamos’ brought J Balvin his first No.1 on Hot Latin Song, and the music video made him the first Latin urban singer to surpass a billion views on Youtube becoming one of the site’s 50 most-viewed videos.
3. J Balvin – “Ginza”
In 2015, the song became the longest-reigning number one by a solo act on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart, reigning the list for 22 weeks.
4. Nicky Jam x J. Balvin – “X (EQUIS)”
And the powerful bromance continues, exposing a small glimpse of the endless creativity they have together.
- Equis “X” is the first promotional song from Nicky Jam’s upcoming album featuring J. Balvin.
- The single Equis “X” was released on March 2, 2018. The official music video exceeded 100 million views in 8 days on Youtube.
5. J Balvin ft. Farruko – “6am”
“The Latin version of The Hangover” that’s how Balvin described the single.
- In 2014, the song ‘6 am’ became J Balvin’s first Latin Airplay No. 1 in 2014.
- As of July 2018, the official music video was seen over 983 million times on Youtube.