"Encantadora" is a single by Puerto Rican singer and songwriter

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from his third studio album ''

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''. It was released on October 2, 2015 under

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as the record's lead single. A music video premiered on November 30, 2015. The song was written by Yandel,

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, Egbert "Haze" Rosa and Eduardo Vargas, and was produced by Haze. A remix version featuring Farruko and the duo

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was released on March 18, 2016. "Encantadora" garnered

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for Best Urban Song and Best Urban Fusion/Performance at the

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. It is Yandel's most successful single as soloist, reaching number 3 on the US

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chart and having more than 420,000 sales plus track-equivalent units between the United States and Spain.

Reception

Accolades

"Encantadora" received

for Best Urban Song and Best Urban Fusion/Performance at the

. It was also nominated for

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for Song of the Year and Favorite Urban Song at the 2nd Latin American Music Awards and for a

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at the 29th Lo Nuestro Awards.

Chart performance

In the United States, "Encantadora" peaked at number 3 on the

chart on April 6, 2016 and at number 7 on

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on February 27, 2016. It eventually received a 14×

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(Latin) certification by the

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in 2021, denoting units of over 840,000 song-equivalent units. Internationally, the song peaked at number 48 on ''

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''s Mexico Airplay, at number 45 in Venezuela, and at number 24 in Spain, where it charted for 80 weeks from October 16, 2015 to April 27, 2017. The remix version received a 3× platinum certification by the Spanish Music Producers for units of over 120,000 sales plus track-equivalent streams.

Formats and track listings

;Digital download #"Encantadora" – 4:00 ;Digital download (Remix) #"Encantadora" – 4:12

Credits and personnel

*Willy Colón –

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*Ismael Guerra – recording engineer *Mike Fuller – mastering *Martin Nieves – assistant engineer *

– songwriting *Egbert "Haze" Rosa Cintrón – producer, songwriting *Roberto "Earcandy" Vázquez – recording engineer, mixing *

– lead vocals, songwriting

Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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