Xavi adds a fourth No. 1 on Billboard’s Regional Mexican Airplay chart as “Flores” rises 3-1 to lead the Dec. 21-dated list with the Greatest Gainer honors of the week. Notably, he’s landed all his No. 1 songs in 2024, dating to his first, “La Diabla,” in February.
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“Flores” was released Oct. 11 on Interscope/ICLG as one 14 tracks on Next, Xavi’s debut studio album, which made a Nos. 9 and 6 entrance on the Top Latin Albums and Regional Mexican Albums charts, respectively.
“Flores” rises to the summit on Regional Mexican Airplay with a 29% gain in audience impressions to 7.2 million, earned during the Dec. 6-12 tracking week in the U.S., according to Luminate. It trades places with Grupo Frontera’s “Hecha Pa’ Mi,” after the latter’s 1-3 dip with 17% decline in impressions.
The new win makes Xavi the first soloist with the first four songs of his career to all hit No. 1 in a single year on the chart. It also places the Mexican American singer into a tie with Christian Nodal for the most No. 1s by a soloist in a single calendar year, since Regional Mexican Airplay launched in 1994, both with four champs in 2024 and 2021, respectively. Further, Xavi ties with six other acts for the third-most champs overall in a single year. Going back to when the 30-year-old chart launched, and Calibre 50 continues to lead the pack with the most rulers, with 26 career No. 1s.
Here’s a recap of the acts with the most No. 1s in a single calendar year on Regional Mexican Airplay:
- 6, Grupo Frontera (2023)
- 5, Grupo Frontera (2024)
- 4, Xavi (2024)
- 4, Grupo Firme (2022)
- 4, Christian Nodal (2021)
- 4, Calibre 50 (2020)
- 4, Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga (2017)
- 4, Los Tigres del Norte (1997)
Elsewhere, “Flores” takes Xavi to an equal No. 3 high as his past two entries on the overall Latin Airplay chart: “Corazón de Piedra” (June) and “#OOTD (August).
