Quevedo Scores Highest-Charting Album With ‘Buenas Noches’ Debut

Spaniard Quevedo claims his highest-charting album on any Billboard tally, as his second studio album, Buenas Noches, launches at No. 2 on Latin Pop Albums (dated Dec. 7), for his first entry and prime 10 there. The 18-track set concurrently opens at Nos. 29 and 11 on High Latin Albums and Latin Rhythm Albums, respectively.

Buenas Noches, launched Nov. 22 through DQE/Rimas, is Quevedo’s most pop-inclined mission up to now, and first album with Rimas. Exploring Latin pop sounds with Spanish singer-songwriter Aitana and Pitbull, the 22-year-old additionally paired with Latin rhythmic greats De La Ghetto, Sech and Rels B.

“It’s an eclectic album,” Quevedo instructed Billboard. “Since I had not launched music for a very long time, what I most needed was to move within the studio and do issues that I felt like doing. Make a enjoyable album above all, not so introspective.”

Buenas Noches debuts at No. 2 on Latin Pop Albums with 4,000 equal album models earned within the U.S. throughout the Nov. 22-28 monitoring week, in line with Luminate. Streaming contributes a lot of the debut week exercise, which equates to five.3 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs.

One unit equals to 1 album sale, 10 particular person tracks bought from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams for a tune on the album.

Whereas Quevedo secures his first entry and prime 10 on Latin Pop Albums with Buenas Noches, the 22-year-old Canarian artist beforehand scored a prime 10 on Latin Rhythm Albums by means of their debut set Donde Quiero Estar, which additionally peaked at No. 12 on High Latin Albums in February 2023.

Notably, with the brand new album launching within the prime 10 on Latin Pop Albums, Quevedo turns into the primary artist who primarily information Latin rhythmic songs to safe a No. 2 begin on Latin Pop Albums in 2024. Listed here are all of the artists who debuted within the checklist’s prime 10 this yr:

Debut Pos., Title, Artist, Debut Date
No. 1, Orquídeas, Kali Uchis, Jan. 27
No. 1, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, Shakira, April 6
No. 6, Remaining, Vol. 2, Enrique Iglesias, April 13
No. 4, Música Buena Para Días Malos, Jay Wheeler, Might 11
No. 8, García, Kany Garcia, Might 11
No. 2, Buenas Noches, Quevedo, Dec. 7

Although not one of the songs from Buenas Noches preceded the album throughout the songs charts, Quevedo took the stand-alone single “Columbia” to the stage on the latest Latin Grammy awards. The tune earned him his final prime 10 the Billboard Excl. U.S. chart, reaching No. 7 excessive in August 2023.