Junior H Breaks Into Latin Pop Scene With No. 1 Debut of ‘Culpable’

Corridos tumbados vocalist Junior H is the caller look connected Billboard’s Hot Latin Pop Songs illustration this week arsenic his latest single, “Culpable,” opens atop the illustration dated Oct. 4. The opus was released Sept. 18 connected Rancho Humilde/Warner Music Latina.

With “Culpable,” Junior H explores a caller originative direction, not conscionable with a genre shift, but besides a dive into high-level instrumentation. The track, cowritten by Junior H and David Álvarez, is brought to beingness by the Macedonian Symphony: Fame’s Orchestra and produced by Andrés Farías, Cristian Osorio and Gustavo Farías.

“Culpable” debuts astatine No. 1 connected Hot Latin Pop Songs powered mostly by its streaming enactment during the Sept. 19-25 tracking week, arsenic reported by Luminate. It generated 2.6 cardinal authoritative on-demand clicks successful the United States during the period, capable to unseat Rauw Alejandro’s “GuabanSexxx” from the lead, aft the second slips to No. 5 pursuing a 32% driblet successful streams. (Hot Latin Pop Songs blends streaming, airplay and income information to fertile the apical Latin Pop songs of the week.)

Notably, “Culpable” and “GuabanSexxx” are the lone 2 solo tracks, unaccompanied by different artist, to execute No. 1 presumption since the illustration launched successful April. Out of the 5 songs that person ruled the chart, 2 collaborative hits person dominated for 5 oregon much weeks: Selena Gomez, benny blanco and The Marias’ “Ojos Tristes” with 17 weeks astatine the summit, and Karol G and Marco Antonio Solís’ “Coleccionando Heridas” ruled for 5 weeks. Karol G besides scored a solo No. 1 with “Milagros,” spending 2 weeks atop successful May.

“Culpable” besides makes its No. 16 debut connected the wide Hot Latin Songs chart, and joins 2 different Junior H songs — “Mientras Duermes” astatine No. 11 and “La Cherry” astatine No. 24.