The Year of the Bunny

Everything that the Bad Bunny phenomenon is causing on Billboard’s Hot 100 this week.

By Carlos Passage

Only 11 songs in languages ​​other than English have reached number 1 on the Hot 100 in the chart’s nearly 67-year history.

(Four in Spanish, three in Korean, one in French, one in Italian, one in Japanese, and one in German)

1. Domenico Modugno, “Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)”
   1958
   No. 1 (five weeks at #1)
   Italian
2. Kyu Sakamoto, “Sukiyaki”
   1963
   No. 1 (three weeks)
   Japanese
3. The Singing Nun (Soeur Sourire), “Dominique”
   1963
   No. 1 (four weeks)
   French
4. Falco, “Rock Me Amadeus”
   1986
   No. 1 (three weeks)
   German
5. Los Lobos, “La Bamba”
   1987
   No. 1 (three weeks)
   Spanish
6. Los Del Rio, “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)”
   1996
   No. 1 (14 weeks)
   Spanish
7. Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, “Despacito”
   2017
   No. 1 (16 weeks)
   Spanish
8. BTS, “Life Goes On”
   BTS
   2020
   No. 1 (one week)
   Korean
9. Coldplay x BTS, “My Universe”
   2021
   No. 1 (one week)
   Korean
10. Jimin, “Like Crazy”
    Jimin
    2023
    No. 1 (one week)
    Korean
11. Bad Bunny, “DtMF”
    2026
    No. 1 (one week, so far)
    Spanish

Note: The song “I Like It” by Cardi B, J Balvin, and Bad Bunny was number 1 on the Hot 100 in 2018, but it doesn’t qualify because it was performed mostly in English.