Brazilian pop superstar Anitta became the first most listened to Latin woman in the world by reaching the number one spot on the music streaming platform Spotify with her incredible musical success. Wrapwhich has unleashed a global viral dance phenomenon on TikTok.
Wrap It is a song of the urban genre that the Brazilian recorded in Spanish and whose release was in Spanish-speaking Latin America instead of her native Brazil, where Portuguese is the official language, as it is part of her strategy to expand her music at a national level. world.
Recently, a wave of Brazilian listeners launched a campaign to help her reach number one and become a global hit. And boy did they succeed! Well, according to Spotify’s Top 50: Global list, Wrap was positioned this Friday in the first place with 6.4 million views and 71.6 million since its launch in November of last year and, of course, Brazil celebrated it in a big way!
Strangely, the song that is sweeping is Anitta’s original version and not the remix she recorded with singer-songwriter Justin Quiles. Furthermore, it was not until early this spring that the success of Wrap began to climb by leaps and bounds, as it is also part of the famous playlist from Spotify: Baila Reggaeton and Viva Latino.
Overwhelmed by euphoria and emotion, Anitta shared a video through the Spotify Brazil Twitter account. In a message in Portuguese she expressed how surprised she was and thanked her fans Brazilians. However, he clarified that his success was not due to luck or the support of his compatriots, but to “years of work.”
I can’t find the words. I need to wait a little longer to have words to explain my feeling at this moment of being the first Brazilian in history to have a number one song in the world, the most played in the world. I had never seen Brazil so united by something like this, it seemed like, I don’t know, the World Cup!
With your voice, to our Top #1 GLOBAL: @anitta. pic.twitter.com/Y49EmOkkdL
— Spotify Brazil (@SpotifyBrasil) March 25, 2022
Finally, Anitta recognized that although the support of Brazilian Internet users helped elevate her song to the number one position in the world, half of the reproductions come from Spotify users from other countries and that the viralization of the music video of Wrap It started outside of Brazil.
According to Spotify, in addition to Brazil, the countries in which Wrap has become a success are Mexico, the United States, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Spain, Colombia, Ecuador and Guatemala. Congratulations, Anitta!