Karol G performs at the 52nd American Music Awards in Las Vegas on 25 May 2026. Photo: Christopher Polk / Dick Clark Productions
Karol G performs at the 52nd American Music Awards in Las Vegas on 25 May 2026. Photo: Christopher Polk / Dick Clark Productions
Karol G now holds the entire top three of Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart, and all three songs come from the same record. On the chart dated 7 November, “BbY WOW” with Judeline and rusowsky sits at No. 1, “Ahí” with Drake at No. 2 and “Alguien Que Te Amaba” at No. 3, every one of them taken from her August album No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto. Billboard reports that no artist has done that with songs from a single album in the chart’s 32 years.
The record says as much about how the album was built as about its reach. Its three radio hits sit in three different sound worlds: a sample-driven pop single, a reggaeton duet with a rap star and a cumbia-flavoured ballad. Karol G is only the third act ever to occupy the top three spots at once, and the only woman.
How the Three Songs Stack Up on Latin Airplay
Latin Airplay ranks songs by their audience on US Latin radio, measured in impressions, rather than by streams or sales. In the tracking week from 23 to 29 October, “BbY WOW” returned to No. 1 for a third week with 11.1 million audience impressions, up 29%, according to Luminate data cited by Billboard. “Ahí”, the Drake collaboration, slipped to No. 2 after a single week at the top, with 8.3 million impressions, down 10%. “Alguien Que Te Amaba” climbed to a new high of No. 3, up 31% to 7.6 million.
The spread matters. Two of the three songs gained audience in the same week, and the one that dipped still drew more than eight million impressions, so the album is holding radio’s attention across three singles rather than handing it from one to the next.
Her label says it is not trying to choose between them. “Karol is in a special moment where different songs are connecting with different audiences at the same time,” Jose Cedeño, executive vice president and general manager of Interscope Capitol Miami, told Billboard. “We don’t see these songs as competing with each other. There’s real demand for all three.”
Bad Bunny and J Balvin Did It Without One Album
Two acts had filled the Latin Airplay top three before, both in 2019, and neither did it with songs from one album. Bad Bunny was credited on all three top spots on the chart dated 3 August 2019, led by “Callaita” and followed by “Que Pretendes” with J Balvin and the standalone “Soltera” with Lunay and Daddy Yankee. J Balvin matched it on the chart dated 28 September 2019, with “Que Pretendes” at No. 1, “No Me Conoce” from Jhayco’s album Famouz at No. 2 and the all-star “China” at No. 3.
Karol G was one of the five credited acts on “China”, which means she has now been part of two of the three top-three sweeps in the chart’s history. This time the songs are all hers and all from a single tracklist, which is what makes the result a first rather than a repeat.
Inside the Build of BbY WOW
The song at the top of the pile is one of the album’s most distinctive constructions. According to Complex’s review of the album, “BbY WOW” was co-produced by Tainy and is built on a sample of “Coolie Dance Rhythm”, a dancehall riddim, which the arrangement flips from a party groove into what the review called a melancholy pop banger. The texture comes from that tension: a familiar rhythm slowed into a sadder frame, with the album’s heartbreak theme sung over the top.
The collaborators are Spanish artists Judeline and rusowsky, and the track gave both of them their first Billboard No. 1. Judeline told Billboard in August that the speed still surprised her. “It’s honestly hard to believe that a song we recorded just last month is already topping the charts,” she said. “I’m so thankful to Karol for giving me this opportunity, and to everyone who has embraced the song.” Latin Times reports that she holds writing credits on four tracks from the album.
The streaming numbers followed quickly. When “BbY WOW” first reached No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs, on the chart dated 29 August, it had drawn 6.1 million official on-demand US streams in its tracking week. It has since climbed far higher on the all-genre chart: in its 12th week it sits at No. 9, after a peak of No. 6, according to Billboard’s Hot 100.
A Heartbreak Album Recorded in Hawaii
No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto, whose title translates as “I don’t regret feeling so much”, is Karol G’s sixth studio album. Complex reports that it was recorded in isolation in Hawaii and released as the first project on her own imprint, Bichota Records. It arrived on 7 August and spent 11 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart.
Critics read it as a concept record. Consequence described it as Karol G’s version of a concept album, “stitched together by heartbreak from beginning to end”, moving through stages of a breakup song by song, with “Alguien Que Te Amaba” standing for reluctant acceptance. The production spread is wide: Complex credits her regular producer Ovy on the Drums with the tight drums and airy melodies of “Ahí”, “Bebiendo Lágrimas” and “¿Con Quién Andará?”, while “Alguien Que Te Amaba” leans into Tejano and cumbia over what the review called sparkly production.
The guest list is part of the story too. Consequence singled out Drake, Bruno Mars and rusowsky as guests who elevate three of the album’s standout tracks, and Complex called Drake’s verse on “Ahí” his strongest in Spanish. The Bruno Mars duet, “Still”, is sung in English. Not every review was warm, and Complex argued the album returns to a more conservative Latin pop formula than her previous record, Tropicoqueta, but the charts have settled the commercial question.
The Hot Latin Songs Run Behind the Record
Latin Airplay is only one of the charts “BbY WOW” is leading. On the multi-metric Hot Latin Songs chart, which blends streaming, radio airplay and sales, it has now spent 11 weeks at No. 1. Billboard notes that this is the second-longest command of 2026, behind only Bad Bunny’s 31-week reign with “DtMF”, which has 72 weeks at the top overall.
The song’s arrival at No. 1 in August was itself unusual. It replaced “Ahí”, making Karol G the first artist in nearly two years to replace herself at the top of Hot Latin Songs. The last act to do it was Bad Bunny, when “Nuevayol” handed the crown to “DtMF” in January 2025. Among women, Karol G last did it in September 2023, when “Qlona” with Peso Pluma replaced “Mi Ex Tenía Razón”.
Karol G thanked her listeners in a statement to Billboard. “It brings me so much happiness to see how music continues to connect with people in this way,” she said. “Behind every song, there is a story, a great deal of hard work, and an incredible team that makes it possible for the music to reach so far.”
What Comes Next for Karol G
The open question on the singles side is whether “BbY WOW” can pass its Hot 100 peak of No. 6 now that radio is turning back towards it, and whether “Alguien Que Te Amaba” keeps climbing after its 31% jump. On the touring side, her Viajando Por El Mundo Tropitour, which Consequence reports began in Chicago on 24 July, keeps the album’s songs in front of stadium crowds.
Bad Bunny’s 31-week run with “DtMF” set this year’s benchmark on Hot Latin Songs, and his reach extends beyond the charts, as our report on Bad Bunny becoming El Martillo on Cocoteo FM, GTA VI’s Latin station shows. With three radio hits from one album at once, Karol G has a run of her own to set beside his, and a Latin Airplay record that no one has matched in 32 years.
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