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YHLQMDLG (2020)
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Most of this album's vocals were recorded in a closet converted into a booth in a rented house in Miami, and the album became Spotify's most streamed album globally in 2020.
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Overview
- YHLQMDLG: second solo studio album and third overall by Puerto Rican rapper and singer Bad Bunny
- Released February 29, 2020 by Rimas Entertainment
- Acronym for "Yo Hago Lo Que Me Da La Gana", meaning I Do Whatever I Want
- Music heavily influenced by "old-school" reggaeton
- Guest artists include Daddy Yankee, Nesi, Yaviah, Ñengo Flow, Sech, Mora, Jowell & Randy, Anuel AA, Myke Towers, Kendo Kaponi, Arcángel, Duki and Pablo Chill-E
Background
- "Vete" released as the lead single on November 22, 2019
- Album title first mentioned during a sequence of the "Vete" music video
- Second single "Ignorantes" with Panamanian singer Sech on February 14, 2020
- Bad Bunny announced the album on February 27, 2020, with release set for Leap Day 2020
- Bad Bunny's goal was to bring back the glory days of reggaeton
Recording
- Recorded in a rented house in Miami over a period of three months
- More than fourteen producers contributed, most on several tracks
- Most vocals were recorded in a closet converted into a booth
- Josh Gudwin handled mixing and Chris Athens handled mastering
- Tainy was among the main collaborators
Cover
- Ugly Primo took the photos and designed the cover
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org
Tracklist
| 1 | Si veo a tu mamá | 2:51 |
| 2 | La difícil | 2:43 |
| 3 | Pero ya no | 2:41 |
| 4 | La santa | 3:26 |
| 5 | Yo perreo sola | 2:52 |
| 6 | Bichiyal | 3:16 |
| 7 | Soliá | 2:39 |
| 8 | La zona | 2:17 |
| 9 | Qué malo | 2:48 |
| 10 | Vete | 3:12 |
| 11 | Ignorantes | 3:31 |
| 12 | A tu merced | 2:56 |
| 13 | Una vez | 3:52 |
| 14 | Safaera | 4:55 |
| 15 | 25/8 | 4:03 |
| 16 | Está cabrón ser yo | 3:48 |
| 17 | Puesto pa’ guerrial | 3:10 |
| 18 | P FKN R | 4:18 |
| 19 | Hablamos mañana | 4:00 |
| 20 | <3 | 2:38 |
Sources: musicbrainz.org
Artist
Formation
- Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, known as Bad Bunny, was born March 10, 1994, in Bayamón and raised in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico.
- He wrote music from age 14 and rose to prominence in 2016 with the song "Diles", which led to a deal with Hear This Music.
- His debut studio album X 100pre was released December 24, 2018.
Members
- Bad Bunny is a solo artist.
Career
- Dubbed the "King of Latin Trap", he is widely credited with helping Spanish-language rap reach mainstream global popularity.
- The single "I Like It" with Cardi B and J Balvin topped the US Billboard Hot 100.
- YHLQMDLG (2020) became Spotify's most-streamed album of the year worldwide.
- El Último Tour Del Mundo (2020) became the first all-Spanish language album to top the US Billboard 200.
- Un Verano Sin Ti (2022) was the year's most successful album globally according to IFPI.
- Debí Tirar Más Fotos (2025) became the first Spanish-language album to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
- He headlined the Super Bowl LX halftime show in February 2026, the first solo Latino artist to do so.
- He also performs in professional wrestling for WWE and has appeared in films including Bullet Train and Cassandro.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Reception
At release
- Metacritic: average score of 88 from five reviews, indicating universal acclaim
- AllMusic: Thom Jurek called it a sprawling 20-track mix of styles and production techniques
- Rolling Stone: Suzy Exposito gave it 4.5 stars, describing a genre-promiscuous work of reggaeton
- Pitchfork: Matthew Ismael Ruiz deemed the album outstanding and a big party record
- Billboard described it as old-school perreo, romantic reggaeton and Latin trap with global appeal
Records
- US Billboard 200: debuted at number two (dated March 14, 2020) with 179,000 album-equivalent units, including 35,000 pure album sales in the first week
- Highest-charting all-Spanish album ever on the Billboard 200 at the time
- Biggest streaming week ever for a Latin album, with 201.4 million on-demand streams in the US
- Second week number three (111,000 units), third week number three (69,000), fourth week number four (51,000)
- Best-selling Latin album in the US of 2020 with 1,444,000 album-equivalent units
- Second best-selling Latin album in 2021 (755,000) and 2022 (802,000)
- Spotify's most streamed album globally of 2020, with 3.3 billion streams
- Debuted at number one in Spain
- All 20 album tracks charted on the Hot Latin Songs ranking; 11 album tracks charted on the Billboard Hot 100
- Won Best Latin Pop or Urban Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards
- RIAA platinum for more than one million copies in the US
- About 2 million album-equivalent units worldwide as of April 2024
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- Most vocals were recorded in a closet converted into a booth inside a rented house in Miami.
- The album title first appeared during the music video of "Vete".
- Several months after release, the independent album Las que no iban a salir was published, made of tracks discarded during the creative process.
- "Safaera" is described as a "reggaeton symphony" and features Jowell y Randy and Nengo Flow.
- "Si Veo A Tu Mamá" samples the bossa-nova classic "The Girl from Ipanema".
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org