"La Diabla" is a song by the American singer
Xavi
Xavier Hernández Creus (born 25 January 1980), known as Xavi is a Spanish professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who is the manager of La Liga club FC Barcelona, Barcelona. Widely con ...
, and was released as a single through
Interscope
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on November 30, 2023. The song was written by Xavi alongside Alex Hernández and Fabio Gutiérrez, with Ernesto Fernández handling its production.
The song gained a huge amount of traction on the social media platform
TikTok, becoming the second of the Xavi's two breakthrough singles, the first being "
La Víctima". Commercially, the song peaked within the top five in numerous Latin charts, including the top spot in Mexico, and has peaked at number 20 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100, as of February 15, 2024.
Commercial performance
"La Diabla" debuted at number 76 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 on the issue dated December 30, 2023, rising to number 62 one week later. Weeks later, the song reached its peak of number 20 in its sixth week on the chart, on the issue dated February 3, 2024.
The song also peaked at number 3 on the
''Billboard'' Global 200 and number 2 on the
''Billboard'' Global Excl. US chart. In the US
Hot Latin Songs
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chart, the song debuted at number 30 in the week ending on 16 December 2023, and would top the chart two weeks later, dethroning "
Monaco" by
Bad Bunny.
"La Diabla" would also reach the top five in several countries' charts.
In the
Mexico Songs
Mexico Songs is a music record chart of Mexico, published by '' Billboard'' since February 2022. It is updated every Tuesday on ''Billboard''s website. It is part of ''Billboards Hits of the World chart collection, which rank the top 25 songs w ...
chart, the song debuted at number 22, eventually topping the chart in the week ending on December 30, 2023. The song stayed atop the chart for thirteen consecutive weeks, becoming the longest running solo number-one hit and tying with "
Lady Gaga" by
Peso Pluma
Hassan Emilio Kabande Laija (born 15 June 1999), known professionally as Peso Pluma, is a Mexican musician and singer. Learning to play the guitar during his teens, he developed his craft by writing songs inspired by regional Mexican music.
...
,
Gabito Ballesteros and
Junior H
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Alaya*Alex Ubago
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for the song with the most cumulatives weeks at number-one.
Live performances
On February 10, 2024, Xavi would perform the song and "La Víctima" in
Estadio Azteca as a special guest on
Karol G's
Mañana Será Bonito Tour
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.
Charts
See also
*
List of Latin songs on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100
*
List of ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs and Latin Airplay number ones of 2024
References
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2023 singles
2023 songs
Interscope Records singles
Songs in Spanish
Number-one singles in Mexico
Xavi songs