4AMTapes’ AI-assisted reworking of Poeta Callejero’s “Bonita Bonita” is the first known AI-powered track to hit any of Billboard’s multimetric Latin songs charts. It debuts at No. 16 on the Hot Latin Pop Songs chart (dated Jan. 31), propelled primarily by streaming activity (390,000 official streams in the United States in the week ending Jan. 22, up 916%, according to Luminate).
Hot Latin Pop Songs, like its parent chart Hot Latin Songs, are both multimetric songs charts – where they blend streaming activity, radio airplay and sales data to rank its titles.
“Bonita Bonita” — which carries an “AI-generated content” label on Deezer (indicating the release is “detected as AI-generated” by the service) — made its Billboard chart debut in December when it spent one week on the Latin Digital Song Sales chart (dated Dec. 27) with nominal sales, before re-entering the same chart this week at No. 2 with about 500 sold.
“Bonita Bonita” follows such AI-assisted tracks that have reached other Billboard charts by acts including Xania Monet, Breaking Rust, Enlly Blue, Juno Skye and Cain Walker.
4AMTapes is the project of Dominican producer and musician Kenny Javier, who tells Billboard that he has released close to 100 AI-assisted songs since November, made with the help of the music generation platform Suno. Javier says 4AMTapes aims to “elevate the genre’s aesthetic, presenting its artists with elegance while maintaining playful and genuine lyrics.”
The original version of “Bonita Bonita” by Dominican reggaetón singer Poeta Callejero (real name Gerardo Gabriel Santana) was released in 2011 and was included on his 2014 album Hagan Sus Diligencias, Parte Uno. Neither the track or the album appeared on a Billboard chart.
Next for Kenny Javier and 4AMTapes is a new EP being worked on featuring four unreleased songs, composed by LR Ley Del Rap, another key figure in the Dominican urban music movement.
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