Fuerza Regida burst in at No. 2 on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart with Pa Las Baby’s y Belikeada on the Nov. 4-dated list and claims its highest debut among eight career entries.
Previously, the quintet’s eighth studio album Adicto had its best start, bowing at No. 4 in 2020. Further, Pa Las Baby’s matches the group’s chart peak on the list, equaling the No. 2 peak of Sigan: Hablando: II in January.
Pa Las Baby’s debuts at No. 2 with 38,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending Oct. 26, according to Luminate. The expansive 30-track set boasts 14 collaborations, including tracks with Maria Becerra, Marshmello, Manuel Turizo, El Fantasma and Gabito Ballesteros. The album was released Oct. 20 via StreetMob/Rancho Humilde/Sony Music Latin.
Most of the Pa Las Baby’s opening sum derives from streaming-equivalent album units; that sum equals 51.7 million official on-demand streams of the set’s songs. The San Bernardino, Calif.-quintet scores the second-largest opening sum for a regional Mexican album, after Eslabon Armado’s Desvelado, which launched at No. 1 (May 13) with 63.51 million official U.S. streams. While Peso Pluma’s Génesis debuted with fewer streams from only one day of activity (July 1), it claimed the biggest week among regional Mexican albums ever, with 101.2 million streams after its first week of chart activity (dated July 8).
With Pa Las Baby’s debut, Fuerza Regida collect their fifth top 10 entry overall, tying with Junior H for the second-most for a regional Mexican act in 2023 after Eslabon Armado, who have grabbed six top 10s. Among all acts, Bad Bunny leads with eight top 10 albums.
Here’s a recap of Fuerza Regida’s collection of top 10s on Top Latin Albums:
Peak, Title, Peak Date
No. 8, Del Barrio Hasta Aquí, July 20, 2019
No. 4, Adicto, April 25, 2020
No. 3, Pa Que Hablen.: I., April 15, 2023
No. 2, Sigan Hablando.: II, Jan. 28, 2023
No. 2, Pa Las Baby’s Y Belikeada, Nov. 4, 2023
Pa Las Baby’s joins three other Regida albums on Top Latin Albums: Pa Que Hablen.: I. at No. 15, Sigan Hablando.: II at No. 33 and Del Barrio Hasta Aquí, Vol. 2 at No. 40.
Elsewhere, Pa Las Baby’s likewise becomes Regida’s highest-charting debut on the Regional Mexican Albums chart and the all-genre Billboard 200. On the former, it arrives at No. 1 for the group’s fifth chart-topper there, while it starts at No. 14 on the latter.
The album was preceded by two tracks on the multimetric Hot Latin Songs chart: the No. 5-peaking “TQM” (June 6) and lead single “Sabor Fresa,” which reached its No. 3 high on the July 8-dated list. Meanwhile, the album yields two newcomers: “Sobras y Mujeres” and “Excesos” open at No. 40 and No. 42, respectively.
