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La Santa (song)

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"La Santa"
Song by Bad Bunny featuring Daddy Yankee
from the album YHLQMDLG
LanguageSpanish
ReleasedFebruary 29, 2020 (2020-02-29)
GenreReggaeton
Length3:26
LabelRimas
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Visualizer
"BAD BUNNY x DADDY YANKEE - LA SANTA [Visualizer]" on YouTube

"La Santa" (English: "The Saint") is a song by Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny featuring guest vocals from Daddy Yankee from the former's third studio album YHLQMDLG (2020). The song was written by Benito Martínez, Ramon Ayala and Marco Masis with the latter handling the production as Tainy. "La Santa" contains interpolations from "Aquí Está Tu Caldo", written and performed by Daddy Yankee.[1]

Promotion and release

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On February 28, 2020, Bad Bunny announced his third studio album that was revealed to be YHLQMDLG during his performance and guest appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, which was released the following day.[2]

Commercial performance

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Following the releasing of YHLQMDLG, "La Santa" charted at number 53 on the US Billboard Hot 100 dated March 14, 2020 [3] as well as peaking at number 6 on the US Hot Latin Songs chart upon the same issue date.[4] In Spain, "La Santa" reached at number 7.

Audio visualizer

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A visualizer video for the song was uploaded to YouTube on February 29, 2020, along with the other visualizer videos of the songs that appeared on YHLQMDLG.[5]

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart performance for "La Santa"
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Chile (Billboard)[6] 25
Ecuador (Billboard)[7] 14
Global 200 (Billboard)[8] 151
Mexico (Billboard)[9] 18
Peru (Billboard)[10] 19
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[11] 7
US Billboard Hot 100[12] 53
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[13] 6
US Latin Rhythm Airplay (Billboard)[14] 1

Year-end charts

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Chart (2020) Position
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[15] 25

Certifications

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Certifications and sales for "La Santa"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[16] Gold 20,000
United States (RIAA)[17] 12× Platinum (Latin) 720,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Flores, Griselda; Roiz, Jessica (March 2, 2020). "6 Essential Tracks on Bad Bunny's 'YHLQMDLG': Editors' Picks". Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Bad Bunny Performed and Announced New Album Release on 'Jimmy Fallon'". Hypebeast. February 28, 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  3. ^ "Bad Bunny Owns More Than 10% Of The Hot 100 This Week". Forbes. March 12, 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  4. ^ "Bad Bunny's Entire 'YHLQMDLG' Album Is on the Hot Latin Songs Chart". Billboard. March 11, 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  5. ^ "BAD BUNNY x DADDY YANKEE - LA SANTA [Visualizer]". February 29, 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2022 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ "Bad Bunny Chart History (Chile Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  7. ^ "Bad Bunny Chart History (Ecuador Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  8. ^ "Bad Bunny Chart History (Global 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  9. ^ "Bad Bunny Chart History (Mexico Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  10. ^ "Bad Bunny Chart History (Peru Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  11. ^ "Bad Bunny – La Santa" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  12. ^ "Bad Bunny Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  13. ^ "Bad Bunny Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  14. ^ "Bad Bunny Chart History (Latin Rhythm Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  15. ^ "Hot Latin Songs – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  16. ^ "Spanish single certifications – Bad Bunny – La Santa". El portal de Música. Productores de Música de España. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  17. ^ "American single certifications – Bad Bunny – La Santa". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
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