Marc Anthony's remarkable dominance in Advertising signThe Tropical Airplay chart adds another chapter this week as his latest single, “Punta Cana,” debuts at No. 1 on the Feb. 3 chart. The arrival extends his record for most No. 1s in chart history.
“Punta Cana” storms to the top of Tropical Airplay with 4.6 million US audience impressions during the Jan. 19-25 tracking week, according to Luminate.
“Punta Cana's” arrival at the summit gives Marc Anthony an unprecedented 36th No. 1 on the list, the most of any act. a record it has held since 1996, a year after Tropical Airplay was released. Victor Manuel remains in second place, with 29 No. 1s.
The bachata, co-produced by Marc Anthony alongside Sergio George, was released on January 26 via Sony Music Latin and knocks another label off the top spot: Enrique Iglesias and Maria Becerra's “Así Es La Vida” drops to No. .2 with a 19% decrease in impressions, to 4.3 million.
Notably, of the 36 champions on Marc Anthony's Tropical Airplay account, “Punta Cana” becomes the third song to debut at No. 1, following the six-week champion “Se Me Sigue Olvidando” (1995) and the nine-week streak ” Ahora Quien” (2004). (Only 16 songs in total have debuted at No. 1 on the chart.) Additionally, “Punta Cana” is Marc Anthony's first No. 1 in two years (since the “Mala Santa” reigned for one week in March 2022) and 27th No. 1 without any accompanying act.
As Marc Anthony continues to beat the competition, here's a recap of the artists with the most No. 1s on the 28-year chart:
36, Marc Anthony
29, Victor Manuel
23, Prince Royce
18, Romeo Santos
14, Elvis Crespo
14, Gilberto Santa Rosa
13, Jerry Rivera
12, Juan Luis Guerra 440
In addition to its Tropical Airplay crown, “Punta Cana” gives Marc Anthony his 59th career entry on the overall Latin Airplay chart, as the song debuts at No. 19. With the new entry, he continues to maintain the record for most chart appearances among tropical acts, and sixth among all artists. Here is the leaderboard:
85, Daddy Yankee
68, Ozuna
64, Untouchable
63, Los Tigres del Norte
60, J Balvin
59, Mark Anthony
58, Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga
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