Wherever you are, the charts look a lot like each other
A musical and anthropological interest leads us to celebrate the Music's day taking a look at the most listened to in each country according to the lists made by Spotify. The result? A clear winner. A radio wave that has permeated listeners from both New Zealand and Hong Kong both from Malaysia and Norway. We talk about the remix of Slowly , the hit by Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber (takes winning trio), which comes to replace the successive summers led by Enrique Iglesias . Will we end up as fed up with this topic as with the ones in Miami? The most sensible answer would be: Aren't we already? (And that we are still June 21...)
There is only a core of countries where Despacito does not take the first place or, and are the Spanish-speaking. In many of them (Spain, El Salvador, Argentina, Bolivia...) it triumphs happy four , of the controversial Maluma -whose sexist lyrics have even promoted signature collections to get their videos withdrawn-. In this case, however, it proposes something like an open relationship (theories about what **it really means** do nothing but go around the internet). In his video clip, as an anecdotal fact, he appears Wilmer Valderrama from That '70s Show.
The other issue that refuses to come down from the pedestal to make way for Despacito in Latin countries is I Refuse by Danny Ocean . They say about him in El Universal: "The theme It's not the typical reggaeton that people are used to hearing. With a melancholic and soft tone , Danny expresses the pain he feels at having to emigrate from Venezuela to Miami i and leave the girl from him. "Let's see, we don't know what it is" the typical reggaeton that people are used to hearing", but this sounds darn the same to any other theme of the genre, and we would almost say that from the list. In short, we have not come to judge (ok, yes, maybe a little).
Let's go to a topic that only manages to reach the first place in Austria , although it oscillates between the first positions in several other countries. Is about OK, by German producer Robin Shulz and the English singer James Blunt. With the first surely you have danced on the floor , because it has some fun and elegant themes -almost all many better than this which wins- The second you'll remember it from plaintive songs like You're Beautiful, and in fact, it misses hearing him sing this screaming song, built with many characteristic elements of an indie anthem -indie of those of the radio- of 2010, which curiously, triumphs in 2017.
But let's look for a little "originality". Let's go to France, where it rises Macarena, from Damso, a Belgian rapper. And yes, he means our Macarena, the one from Los del Río, which, according to her account, is "danced by her heart". But be careful, be careful Latin phenomenon that permeates everything , because in Denmark sweeps Delicious, a theme of Caribbean airs and strange pronunciation loanwords ("rich mommy, oh pretty," goes the refrain) by Danish rappers Gilli, Kesi and Sivas.
Superstar Anitta sings paradinha , a topic in Spanish (we are that we petamos) in which it is easy confuse her with Shakira , and which is at the top of Brazil. For its part, Justin Bieber repeats on the podium, which he shares with David Guetta in countries like Slovakia or Lithuania thanks to his most recent collaboration, 2U.
Among those who are "saved" from globalization at close range, and who dare to detach from English or Spanish, stand out Italy, with Tran Tran, of the Italian rapper Sfera Ebbasta, and the Netherlands with Krantenwijk , by fellow Dutch rappers Lil' Kleine and Boef. These last ones sign a reggaetonera-based theme that, if it weren't for the language, could pass for... guess what? PURELY LATIN.
To finish, four songs: shape of you , by Ed Sheeran, which triumphs in Japan; Thunder - Final, from Imagine Dragons, which does the same in Latvia; , a ballad by Crowd Lu on top of Singapore, and Wild Thoughts , by DJ Khaled, Bryson Tiller and Rihanna. Because a most listened list without Rihanna , who must work at five collaborations per month, is neither smart nor anything. By the way, the basis of the theme is from Maria Maria, from Santana , making true once again what we already suspected: Latin and hip hop dominate the world.