Don Omar Earns Highest Debut on Tropical Airplay Chart Thanks to ‘Se Menea’ With Nio García

Multiple Latin pair-ups have debuted on or topped the Latin charts this week (dated Nov. 27), and now it’s Don Omar and Nio García’s turn, whose first collaboration “Se Menea” bows at No. 4 on the Tropical Airplay chart.

As the old-school merengue tune with rhythmic nuances starts in the list’s upper tier, Don Omar scores his highest-charting debut ever since the survey’s inception in 1994. It surpasses his topmost entrance until now: “Ella y Yo” which opened at No. 5 in 2005.

“I am extremely happy with everything that has been happening in this new musical era,” Don Omar tells Billboard. “I am working with a great team and continue to have the best fans in the world.  Today I have another achievement to celebrate, thanks Billboard!”

With the No. 4 arrival of “Se Menea,” Don Omar adds a 24th top 10 to his career board, dating back to his first, the No. 4-peaking “Dile” (2004). Out of those, eight have topped the tally, including the 18-week champ “Danza Kuduro” with Lucenzo (2010-2011), which ties with Aventura’s “Inmortal” for the third-most leading title just behind Prince Royce’s “Carita de Inocente” (29 weeks at No. 1) and Daddy Yankee and Marc Anthony’s “De Vuelta Pa’ La Vuelta” (22 weeks).

“Se Menea” starts with 5.5 million in audience impressions, earned in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 21, according to MRC Data.

The No. 4 start concurrently earns García his third straight top 10, one out of those a No. 1, and all of which have arrived in 2021.

Elsewhere, the No. 15 start for “Se Menea” on the overall Latin Airplay tally establishes a personal best for both Don Omar and García. For the former, it’s his highest entrance among 43 singles and the highest-charting title since “Encanto,” featuring Sharlene Taule, peaked at No. 9 (2017). For the latter, the highest debut among a collection of nine entries.

Beyond its Tropical Airplay top 10 debut, “Se Menea” bows at No. 17 on Hot Latin Songs mainly on the strength of streaming activity. It logged 2 million U.S. clicks in the week ending Nov. 18. It also sold a little under 1,000 downloads in its first tracking week, enough to arrive at No. 4 on Latin Digital Song Sales.

Back on airplay charts, “Se Menea” also adds a Latin Rhythm Airplay career top 10 for both acts as the songs starts at No. 9.

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How to Watch the 2022 Grammy Nominations Live With BTS & More

Nominations for the 2022 Grammy Awards will be announced on Tuesday (Nov. 23), and you can find out who will be up for prizes at the very same time your favorite artists do by watching the Recording Academy’s livestream.

The Recording Academy will broadcast the nominations live at noon ET/9 a.m. PT on Grammy.com, as well as across their YouTube, Twitter, TikTok and Facebook pages. Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr. and Board of Trustees chair Tammy Hurt will be joined by musicians BTS, H.E.R., Maneskin. Jon Batiste, Carly Pearce and Tayla Parx to reveal the nominations. CBS Mornings anchor Gayle King and comedian Nate Bargatze will also be part of the livestream.

Last year at the Grammys, women stole the show, with Beyoncé breaking the record for most wins for a female artist when her career total pushed to 28, surpassing Alison Krauss’ 27. Taylor Swift became only the fourth artist and first woman to win album of the year for a third time. H.E.R won song of the year for “I Can’t Breathe,” Billie Eilish won record of the year for “Everything I Wanted” and Megan Thee Stallion became the first woman rapper to win best new artist this century.

So who will shatter records at the 64th annual Grammy Awards? Tune in to the nominations livestream to find out who has a shot at noon ET on Tuesday below:

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Adele’s ’30’ Is 2021’s Top-Selling Album in U.S. After Only Three Days

Adele’s new album 30 is the year’s top-selling album in the U.S. after only three days of release.

According to initial reports to MRC Data, the album, which was released Nov. 19, has sold more than 500,000 copies in the U.S. through Nov. 21. That makes it 2021’s top-selling album, surpassing sales of any album over the past 11 months combined. It beats the year’s previous top-seller: Taylor Swift’s Evermore, with 462,000 copies sold through the week ending Nov. 18. (Evermore was released in December 2020 but has continued to sell well in 2021.)

30 also easily claims 2021’s biggest individual sales week – surpassing the mark just set by the arrival of Swift’s Red (Taylor’s Version), which sold 369,000 copies in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 18.

In terms of U.S. equivalent album units earned – a number that comprises traditional album sales, streaming equivalent album (SEA) units and track equivalent album (TEA) units – 30’s total stands at over 575,000, according to initial reports.

The current tracking week ends at the close of business on Nov. 25. Billboard is scheduled to announce the album’s official final first-week numbers on Sunday, Nov. 28, after MRC Data has completed processing the week’s data.

If 30 debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart dated Dec. 4 (which reflects the tracking week ending Nov. 25), it will mark Adele’s third No. 1. She previously topped the list with her last two studio albums, 25 (10 weeks in 2015-16) and 21 (24 weeks in 2011-12).

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Universal Music Has Led the Billboard 200 for an Impressive 38 Weeks This Year

Albums released by Universal Music Group and its family of labels have occupied the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 for 38 weeks so far this year, setting a new chart record. According to UMG’s internal research, the company has surpassed the previous record of 36 weeks spent by a single music company at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in a calendar year — a mark UMG itself set in 2020. UMG claims to be the first music company to achieve this level of dominance on the chart since MRC Data, formerly known as Nielsen Soundscan, began tracking weekly album sales in 1991.

The longest-running UMG album at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this year — representing more than a quarter of the 38-week total — was Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album (Big Loud/Republic), which spent 10 weeks at the top. That was followed by Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour (Interscope) and Drake’s Certified Lover Boy (Republic), both of which spent five weeks at No. 1.

Taylor Swift scored no fewer than three No. 1 albums for UMG this year for a total of six weeks at the peak, with Republic’s Evermore, Fearless (Taylor’s Version) and Red (Taylor’s Version) all spending time at the top. The latter album led the most recent Billboard 200 after selling 605,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Nov. 18, according to MRC Data.

Other UMG releases which spent multiple weeks atop the Billboard 200 this year were Billie Eilish’s Happier Than Ever (Darkroom/Interscope), which spent three weeks at No. 1, while Justin Bieber’s Justice (Def Jam) and Moneybagg Yo’s A Gangsta’s Pain (Interscope) each occupied the top spot for two weeks.

The remainder of UMG albums to spend time at No. 1 this year were there for a single week. They are: Rod Wave’s Soulfly (Interscope), J Cole’s The Off Season (Roc Nation), Lil Baby and Lil Durk’s The Voice of Heroes (Quality Control/Motown), Pop Smoke’s Faith (Republic), Kanye West’s Donda (Def Jam) and Summer Walker’s Still Over It (Interscope).

This isn’t the first time UMG has scored a feat on the Billboard 200 this year. In June, albums released by the company occupied nine of the top 10 on the chart, a phenomenon achieved only five other times in the Billboard 200’s 64-year history — according to UMG’s internal research — all of which were also by UMG.

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