Rosalía became the first artist in history to achieve five number one debuts on the Billboard charts on November 22nd thanks to her new album, ‘Lux’, which also climbed to fourth on the overall Billboard 200 charts.
The Catalan singer’s album ‘Lux’ reaches the top of Billboard’s ‘Top Latin Albums’, ‘Top Latin Pop Albums’, ‘Classical Albums’, ‘Classical Crossover’ and ‘World Albums’ charts, which is an unprecedented milestone in the history of music.
Lux’ boosts Rosalía
While Rosalía had already reached number one twice on the ‘Top Latin Pop Albums’ list with the albums of ‘El Mal Querer’ (2018) and ‘Motomami’ (2022), the artist from Sant Esteve Sesrovires (Barcelona) tops the ‘Top Latin Albums’, ‘Classical Albums’, ‘Classical Crossover’ and ‘World Albums’ lists for the first time.
The date of the list, corresponding to November 22, refers to the official edition published by Billboard.
Although the sales and playback figures correspond to the previous week.
In addition, ‘Lux’, his fourth studio album, debuted this Monday in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart.
Dedicated to the best-selling albums of the week, ranking at number 4.
Achieves its best position in history
This is the first time Rosalía has reached such a high number on the Billboard 200 chart.
This after accumulating 46,000 album-equivalent units, a figure that combines sales, streaming and downloads, according to Billboard magazine.
With ‘Motomami’ (2022) Rosalía entered this list for the first time, reaching number 33.
Above the ‘Malamente’ singer at number 1 for the sixth consecutive week is ‘Life of a Showgirl’, by American Taylor Swift.
Number 2 is occupied by Morgan Wallen’s ‘I’m the Problem’, while number 3 goes to the soundtrack of the South Korean film ‘KPop Demon Hunters’.
His most ambitious album
Rosalía unveiled ‘Lux’ last November 7.
The 18-song project arrived after three years of waiting.
The album, which includes songs in 13 languages, was critically acclaimed and scored 98 out of 100 on Metacritic.
It is the platform that compiles and averages reviews from professional critics, where it is already considered the best album of 2025.
In addition, he has generated furor on social networks since the release of his first single, ‘Berghain’, which unleashed a wave of theories and readings among fans about possible clues to his personal life.
With information from EFE
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