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For the protest song, see Basta Ya (Atahualpa Yupanqui song).
"¡Basta Ya!"
Song

"¡Basta Ya!" ("Enough already!") is a song written by Mexican singer-songwriter Marco Antonio Solís. The song was first performed by Puerto Rican singer, Olga Tañón, on her first Latin pop crossover album, Nuevos Senderos in 1996. Released as the lead single, the song became first number-one hit for Tañón on the Hot Latin Tracks chart. At the 9th Lo Nuestro Awards received a nomination for Pop Song of the Year.[1]

Chart performance

Chart (1996) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot Latin Tracks[2] 1
US Billboard Regional Mexican Airplay[2] 17

Conjunto Primavera version

"¡Basta Ya!"
Song

"¡Basta Ya!" was released as the first single from Mexican norteño band Conjunto Primavera's 2007 studio album El Amor Que Nunca Fue. The single reached number-one, making it the second time in the history of Hot Latin Tracks that a song has reached number-one by two different artists. The two musicians had also made a duet on the Mexican version of "Desilusioname".

Chart performance

Chart (2007) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot Latin Tracks[3] 1
US Billboard Regional Mexican Songs[3] 1

Jenni Rivera version

File:Jenni Rivera Basta Ya.png
The dress Rivera wore in the official video of "Basta Ya". The video has garnered over 22 million views on YouTube.
"¡Basta Ya!"
Song

In 2011, Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera covered "¡Basta Ya!" on her twelfth studio album Joyas Prestadas. She recorded the song in Latin pop and banda for both the pop and banda versions of Joyas Prestadas. Both versions of "¡Basta Ya!" were released as the lead single from the album on August 29, 2011.[4] In the United States, the song peaked at number fourteen on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart and number six on the Billboard Regional Mexican Songs chart.[5][6] In Mexico, the song reached number one the Monitor Latino charts and number three on the Billboard Mexican Airplay chart.[7][8] A music video was released for the pop version of the song which was directed by Ricardo Moreno and filmed in Los Angeles, California.[9]

Chart performance

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Mexico Top 20 General (Monitor Latino)[10] 1
Mexican Airplay Chart[11] 3
Chart (2013) Peak
position
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[12] 14
US Billboard Regional Mexican Songs 6

Olga Tañón new version

Olga Tañón release Basta Ya's new version and in cumbia featuring the Chilean tropical singer Américo.


See also

References

  1. ^ "Premios a Lo Mejor De La Música Latina". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Casa Editorial El Tiempo S.A. April 8, 1997. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "¡Basta Ya! - Olga Tañón". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1996-05-18. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  3. ^ a b "¡Basta Ya! - Conjunto Primavera". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2007-08-18. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  4. ^ "Basta Ya: Jenni Rivera: Official Music". Amazon.com. 2011-08-29. Retrieved 2012-12-10.
  5. ^ "Jenni Rivera Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2012-12-10. Billboard Latin Songs for Jenni Rivera.
  6. ^ "Jenni Rivera Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2012-12-10. Billboard Regional Mexican Songs for Jenni Rivera.
  7. ^ "Top 20 General". Monitor Latino (in Spanish). RadioNotas. 2011-11-06. Archived from the original on 2011-11-09.
  8. ^ "Mexico Airplay". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2012-06-02. Archived from the original on 2012-12-10.
  9. ^ "Jenni Rivera estrena video 'Basta Ya'". Univision. Univision Communications. 2011-10-21. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  10. ^ "MonitorLatino". Archived from the original on 2011-11-09.
  11. ^ "Mexican Airplay". 2012-05-19. Archived from the original on 2012-05-10.
  12. ^ "Jenni Rivera Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
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