As much as I think Iāve been following Ozuna (one of the only, and most famous, Afro-Latinx to hit the mainstream) I still didnāt realize how many records heās broken. Great profile on his rise and whatās going on with him today.
The Dominican-Puerto Rican singer, who leads the list of 2019 Billboard Latin Music Award finalists, with 23Ā nods, has broken record after record. His debut,Ā Odisea, spent 46 weeks at No.Ā 1 on Billboardās Top Latin AlbumsĀ chart, the second-longest run ever, behindĀ Gloria EstefanāsĀ MiĀ TierraĀ in 1993. His next song,Ā Aura, debuted at No.Ā 1, knockingĀ OdiseaĀ out of the top spot and making him the first male artist to replace himself at No.Ā 1. In 2018, he grossed an average of $882,437 per night on tour, outpaced only by Latin industry vets likeĀ Enrique Iglesias,Ā ShakiraĀ andĀ Marc Anthony. At the end of 2018, he ranked as YouTubeās most-viewed artist globally in any genre.Ā His collaborations on tracks with women likeĀ KarolĀ G andĀ Natti NatashaĀ were rare from other men in the industry, and helped the tracks became top singles. In 2016, āHelloā was KarolĀ Gās first platinum single, and the following yearās āCriminal,ā with Natti Natasha, became the first song to knock āDespacitoā from its No.Ā 1 spot among YouTubeās most-viewed videos.