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''Éxodo'' () is the fourth studio album by Mexican singer
Peso Pluma Hassan Emilio Kabande Laija (born 15 June 1999), known professionally as Peso Pluma, is a Mexican corrido singer and rapper. Learning to play the guitar during his early teens, he developed his craft by writing songs inspired by regional Mexi ...
. It was released on 20 June 2024, through Double P Records. The album's guest appearances include frequent collaborators such as Junior H, Eslabon Armado, Tito Double P, Luis R. Conriquez, Óscar Maydon, Natanael Cano,
Gabito Ballesteros Gabriel "Gabito" Ballesteros Abril (born 23 July 1999) is a Mexican singer-songwriter and record producer. He is considered one of the rising acts in the ''corridos tumbados'' movement, following in the footsteps of artists such as Peso Pluma, N ...
,
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and
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, while it also features new collaborators including
Netón Vega Luis Ernesto Vega Carvajal, known professionally as Netón Vega, is a Mexican singer-songwriter from La Paz, Baja California Sur. He is known for his songwriting on "Rubicon" and " La People", taken from Peso Pluma's album '' Génesis'' (2023), ...
, Chino Pacas, Iván Cornejo,
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,
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, Anitta,
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and
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. Peso Pluma himself, alongside Ernesto Fernández and Jesus Iván Leal Reyes "Parka", handled most of the album's production, with other producers contributing on several tracks off the album, including Andrew Watt, Charlie Handsome, Chris Jedi,
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, DJ Durel, Édgar Barrera and Gaby Music. Serving as a follow-up of his third studio album '' Génesis'' (2023), he began recording the album at major cities in the United States and Mexico, including Prajin Parlay Studioz in
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and Lab Studios in
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,
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, with several sessions lasting from 2023 to mid-2024. Recorded in different stages and phases of Peso Pluma's life and career, ''Éxodo'' is a
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split into two discs; the first disc contains
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tracks and corridos tumbados songs, while its second disc explores more urban genres such
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,
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and
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. Thematically, ''Éxodo'' contains lyrics which revolve around subjects such as luxury,
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, stardom and religion. He had also referred to the album as his "dark side", marking a new era for him, while biblically, it follows his third album ''Génesis'', creating a reference to the
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following its predecessor
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. Upon release, ''Éxodo'' received mostly favorable reviews from
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s, who praised the album's production and Peso Pluma's versatility within it, while other publications criticized its lack of consistency and the inclusion of its second disc. On
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, the album garnered 29.8 million global streams within all of its tracks in its first 24 hours, becoming the highest debut for an album by a Mexican artist. After a four-hour tracking period for ''Billboard'' charts, it debuted at numbers 41 and 19 on the US
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and
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charts, respectively, with 3,000
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s. After the next full tracking week, it reached a peak position of number one on both charts, additionally debuting at number five on the US ''Billboard'' 200 with 64,000 additional album-equivalent units, becoming his second top-five album on the chart. It was later certified undecuple-platinum in the Latin field by the
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(RIAA). Peso Pluma embarked his North American second headlining tour, the Éxodo Tour, the first arena tour of his career, in July 2024, to support the album. In addition, he released eleven singles from the album beginning December 2023, including " Bellakeo", " Rompe la Dompe", " La People II", " Peso Completo", "Teka", " La Durango", "Gimme a Second", " Vino Tinto", " Tommy & Pamela", " La Patrulla" and "
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". It also received a nomination to win the Grammy Award for Best Música Mexicana Album (including Tejano) at the
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, becoming Peso Pluma's second nomination in the awards overall.


Background

Peso Pluma rose to global prominence in early 2023, when he released singles such as "
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" with Natanael Cano, " El Azul" with Junior H, " Ella Baila Sola" with Eslabon Armado, and " La Bebé" with
Yng Lvcas Daniel Oswaldo Donlucas Martínez (born 24 October 1999), known professionally at Yng Lvcas, is a Mexican singer-songwriter and rapper known for corridos and reggaeton music. His 2023 remix of " La Bebé" with Peso Pluma charted number 11 on the ...
, which have appeared on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Amidst his success, he announced his third studio album '' Génesis'' in May 2023. Promoted with a trailer featuring
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, it was released on 20 June 2024, with a "deluxe" edition being released a week later, adding three additional tracks. A commercial success, it debuted at number three on the ''Billboard'' 200 with 73,000
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s after its next full tracking week, making history as the highest debut and charting for a regional Mexican album on the chart; all of its tracks were also charting on the US
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upon debut. In October 2023, the singer revealed to ''
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'' that he was working on his next album, adding that there would be
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tracks among other genres and that frequent collaborators would appear, along with new collaborators. In February 2024, ''Génesis'' received the Grammy Award for Best Música Mexicana Album (including Tejano) at the
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, becoming the singer's first time accomplishing this. Despite the success, a video of him with another woman in
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spread around social media, abruptly ending his relationship with Argentinian singer
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, which began in 2023. During a cover story with ''
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'', where he also became the first
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artist to be on the cover of their magazine, he revealed his next album title as ''Éxodo'' while regarding the rumors about his breakup with Nicole, to which he did not want to talk about. About the album's title, he also explained that his third album ''Génesis'' showed his "superhero side", while ''Éxodo'' shows "his dark side" and is a direct response to critics who "focus more on the negatives than the positives", likely referring to his music. Translated to "Exodus" in English, the album follows his third studio album ''Génesis'' (2023), creating a biblical reference to the
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's second book Exodus following that of Genesis. He explained to ''
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'' that ''Génesis'' marked "the beginning" and that ''Éxodo'' is a continuation of it, adding that ''Éxodo'' marks a new era for him.


Recording and composition

After the release and success of ''Génesis'', Peso Pluma began recording his next studio album, with several album recording sessions taking place throughout 2023 and mid-2024. According to Peso Pluma, the album was recorded in different stages and phases of his life and career. Recording and production for the album took place in cities such as
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and
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, including
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. While being interviewed by ''Rolling Stone'', a recording session for the album took place at Lab Studios in
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,
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, Florida, where American producer Édgar Barrera and fellow songwriter Alexis Fierro (El Chachito) appeared in the process. "Mami" and a majority of the album was recorded at Prajin Parlay Studioz in
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. Peso Pluma initially confirmed that there would be experimentation within the album, aside from his main genre of
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music, stating he wanted it to be a "surprise" for everyone and that he has "liked doing things to get out of iscomfort zone". The first disc of ''Éxodo'' would be co-produced by Peso Pluma, as well as fellow producers Ernesto Fernández and Jesus Iván Leal Reyes, who helped produce his third studio album ''Génesis'' (2023). Within the disc, Peso Pluma's touring band contributed with the instruments, while artists from his label, Double P Records, including his cousin Tito "Double P" Laija, contributed to most of its production and songwriting. Instruments used within the album's first disc include the
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, the requinto guitar, the tololoche and the
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. For "Solicitado", an electric bass is used instead of a tololoche. ''Éxodo'' was released as a
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; it is composed of 24 tracks in total, with 16 tracks on disc 1 and eight tracks on disc 2. Its first disc has been characterized as material with
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influences and corridos tumbados compositions. Its second disc contains a variety of musical genres, mostly
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genres, including
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,
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and
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tracks. Peso Pluma decided to create such album because "some of isfans were craving ''música Mexicana'', and some were craving urbano", doing so while continuing to use his original musical style. Throughout the album, themes found within its songs' lyrics include stardom, women, luxury, religion, stress relief and
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. Barrera contributed to four tracks off the album; he co-wrote and co-produced "Santal 33" and "14 - 14", while he co-wrote " Vino Tinto" and " Tommy & Pamela". " Put Em in the Fridge" was first sent to Peso Pluma by one of
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's producers, with production credits going to Charlie Handsome and Fresh.


Songs and lyrics

" La Durango", the opener for ''Éxodo'', features Peso Pluma, Junior H and Eslabon Armado singing about how beautiful women are in a
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, which alludes to the title, and also makes a reference to the tequila
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70. The album's second track "Me Activo" () with Jasiel Nuñez, features Peso Pluma "shift nghis voice into a serenade-like tone", while containing "catchy, high-stakes" guitar tones in the background, with its following track "La Patrulla" () with
Netón Vega Luis Ernesto Vega Carvajal, known professionally as Netón Vega, is a Mexican singer-songwriter from La Paz, Baja California Sur. He is known for his songwriting on "Rubicon" and " La People", taken from Peso Pluma's album '' Génesis'' (2023), ...
being a narcocorrido. The fourth track, " La People II" with Tito Double P and Joel de la P, is a sequel to the former's track with the first mentioned singer " La People" and contains lyrical elements to that of a narcocorrido. Lyrically, it is an apology for
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and contains references to El Nini, El 27, and El Piyi, who all have connections to the
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. On "Sr. Smith", Peso Pluma and Luis R. Conriquez sing about hustling for a lush lifestyle, while " Rompe la Dompe" (), the album's sixth track with Junior H and Óscar Maydon, contains lyrics which revolve around having a party, forgetting about a lover, and opening a bottle of
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, specifically the
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brand. In the album's eighth track, "Belanova" with Tito Double P, features lyrics which revolve around promising to die fighting; its title makes a reference to the Mexican pop band of the same name and is described as a possible "follow-up" to the former's song " Rosa Pastel", which may inspired to the Mexican pop band's song of the same name. On "Bruce Wayne", it opens with a "left-field"
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melody, simultaneously seeing Peso Pluma thematically playing the role of a dark character and visualizing himself as a billionaire with "gravelly self-assurance", while casually switching his vocal approach; he includes a rap approach within its second verse. An alternate-cover version, "
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" with Estevan Plazola, the album's 10th track, is an ode to
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, with its lyrics revolving around being abused as a child and gaining eventual fame, while it also contains lyrics possibly directed at Mexican politician
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. "Reloj" () with Iván Cornejo is a sad sierreño song which features
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sounds while both singers "take turns harmonizing one another to mesmerizing effect" while the album's 12th track "Ice", is a corrido bélico which begins with a sample spoken by American wrestler
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, "Solicitado" () lyrically sees Peso Pluma reflecting on fame and its negative outcomes, as well as changes in life, while "Santal 33" with Óscar Maydon, in which its title is a reference to the cologne of the same name, features lyrics about high life. " Vino Tinto" (), the 15th track and third collaboration between Natanael Cano and
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, begins with a synthesizer used to transition into what was suspected to be an "EDM-corrido", instead transitioning into a corrido tumbado, Concluding the album's first disc, "14 - 14" aesthetically revolves around religion; the track title is an angel number, referencing Exodus 14:14, and the lyrics revolve around him hiding a
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around his neck. At the end of the track, it contains a sample of
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's composition "The World Is Yours", which was described as "suspensful, organ-like keys" with an "echoing sound of gunfire". "Gimme a Second" with
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is a trap song which features lyrics revolving around a
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theme, while "Put Em in the Fridge" is a
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corrido-trap song, featuring incorporations of hip hop beats, where both Peso Pluma and
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rap about transporting
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. "Pa No Pensar" () with
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is a emo-trap corrido which revolves around smoking to escape reality, while " Peso Completo" () with
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, features a mention of the neighborhood of Condado, Santurce. The musical theme of "Bellakeo" with Anitta revolves around being flirtatious, including a reference to reggaeton duo Plan B. "Mala" () with
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is a
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song with a "hypnotizing ndhip-swiveling" drum beat. "Tommy & Pamela" with
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is a reggaeton song, whose title is a reference to American musician
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and Canadian-American actress
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, where its lyrics are about "recreating" the mentioned partners'
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. The album's closing track, "Teka" with
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features Peso Pluma rapping about dancing in a ''discoteca'' (discothèque), interpolating lyrics from
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's 2011 single "Pa' Romper la Discoteca".


Promotion and release


Marketing

On 8 March 2024, ''Éxodo'' was first teased when Peso Pluma made a post on
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, which showed a specific date, 21 March 2024, along with the text "solo mi deber ejecute...", which marked speculation that it would be released on the exact date. The text is a lyric from the song "La People II", which would instead be released on the posted date as one of the album's singles. In April of the same year, he collaborated with
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to promote the ULT Power Sound, where its accompanying advertisement contains elements from "Peso Completo", one of the singles from the album. That same month, the album's first planned release date was confirmed by Peso Pluma at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards, where he won the awards for Regional Mexican Song (for " Ella Baila Sola" with Eslabon Armado) and Regional Mexican Artist of the Year, set for release in May 2024, which was not fulfilled. Pluma, who is managed by George Prajin, would later sign a global distribution deal with
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where he planned on distributing the album from. In early May of the same year, to further tease ''Éxodo'', fellow collaborators Eslabon Armado and Junior H, along with Peso Pluma, shared an image of a cropped car on their respective
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stories with a snippet of an untitled song playing, possibly leading to a collaboration with all three artists. It led to the release of the single "La Durango", as part of the album. He would then announce the official release date for ''Éxodo'' on 8 May 2024, though a teaser featuring Irish professional mixed martial artist
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. ''Éxodo'' was first available for pre-save on
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on 24 May 2024. Its album artwork was revealed on the same day, which shows a "distorted inverted-color" image of Peso Pluma holding the
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with both hands. In an interview with '' Publimetro México'', he explained that he wanted the album cover to be different from what he had seen before, while stating that it is "a representation of these changes that 'Éxodo''and imselfhave gone through in recent years". Its track list would also be revealed on the same day, later revealing on
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that he cut his signature mullet haircut off, on a story which showed excess hair on the floor, which was also suspected to be his "new look" for the album. An image of him with his new hairstyle, which appears to be a taper fade or side-part, surfaced around social media, which was later confirmed to have been created with
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. The album was released for digital download and
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on 20 June 2024, through Double P Records, Peso Pluma's label.


Singles

"Bellakeo" was released on 7 December 2023, along with its accompanying
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-filmed music video, serving as the
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from ''Éxodo''. Directed by Willy Rodríguez, its video features multiple dancers in black clothing who also appear performing a ritual on a man. In the United States, it peaked number 53 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number three on
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and number eight on
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. The song reached the summit of the charts in Bolivia and Nicaragua, while it peaked within the top 10 in Ecuador (5),
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(6), Paraguay (2), and Peru (2), additionally peaking at number seven on the ''Billboard'' Global 200. It also received certifications in
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,
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and
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. Three weeks later, on 28 December 2024, he would release "Rompe la Dompe" as the album's second single. The song peaked at number four in Mexico, number 80 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number 12 on US Hot Latin Songs, and number 51 on the ''Billboard'' Global 200. "La People II" was released on 21 March 2024 as the album's third single. Its music video was also released simultaneously, which was filmed in
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, Mexico and was directed by Fernando Lugo, and it peaked at numbers 69 and two on US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and US Hot Latin Songs charts, respectively. It would also reached peak positions of number four in Mexico and number 61 on the ''Billboard'' Global 200. "Peso Completo" was released on 11 April 2024, as the fourth single from ''Éxodo'', which peaked at number 42 on US Hot Latin Songs. Its accompanying music video was released the following day; both rappers are seen in a
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with other
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s, with later clips showing women in bikinis. "Teka" was released on 17 April 2024 as the album's fifth single. It peaked at number 28 on US Hot Latin Songs, number 21 on US Latin Rhythm Airplay, and number 11 on US
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. "La Durango" was released on 9 May 2024 as the sixth single from ''Éxodo''. The single was also announced in a trailer featuring McGregor. The song peaked at number five in Mexico, number 75 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number 2 on US Hot Latin Songs, and number 83 on the ''Billboard'' Global 200. "Gimme a Second" was released on 25 May 2024 as the co-lead single from the latter's album '' Life's a Gamble'' and was also set to be included on ''Éxodo'' as its seventh single. "Vino Tinto" was released on 26 June 2024, along with its music video, as the album's eighth single. Following the album's release, it peaked at number three in Mexico, number 91 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number five on US Hot Latin Songs, and number 96 on the ''Billboard'' Global 200. It received significant airplay, peaking at numbers 13 and five on the US
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and
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charts, respectively. "Tommy & Pamela" was then released as the album's ninth single on 18 July 2024. It peaked within the top 10 of Mexico (4) and Puerto Rico (8), while it peaked at number 137 on the ''Billboard'' Global Excl. US chart and number 24 on the US Hot Latin Songs chart. " La Patrulla" was released as the 10th single from ''Éxodo'' on 5 September 2024. It has since peaked atop the chart in Mexico, number 51 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number two on US Hot Latin Songs, and number 35 on the ''Billboard'' Global 200. On December 13, the eleventh single "
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" was released.


Live events

Peso Pluma announced the Éxodo Tour as his second headlining concert tour in February 2024, which was set to support ''Éxodo'' and would have an "all-new show, inclusive of a fully reimagined set design and setlist, featuring his remarkable live band". Promoted by
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, the Éxodo Tour was set to begin on 26 May 2024, at the Sueños Music Festival in
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, Illinois, which ended up getting cancelled before the singer's performance started due to severe weather. The stadium tour began on 19 July 2024 at
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, with two of the tour's scheduled final dates, 16 October at
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and 17 October at
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, were cancelled due to
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, with the tour concluding on 13 October in
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. During his 9 June 2024 performance at the 2024
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, where he also invited Rich the Kid and Jasiel Nuñez as special guests, he fractured his foot on stage and would keep performing instead of ending his show, later confirming on Instagram that he fractured his ankle. He would then confirm that surgery for his ankle was a success and assured that he would continue touring. Due to the injury, several North American tour dates were either postponed or cancelled in between further tour dates, including shows in
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and
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, where in some shows, Peso Pluma was seen with a medical boot on his right foot. Several album collaborators, including Iván Cornejo, Kenia Os and Tito Double P, have also joined Peso Pluma onstage as surprise guests throughout the tour. Additional invited guests throughout include
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, Gunna,
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, among others. In addition to the tour, Peso Pluma performed "Bellakeo" and "Peso Completo" at Coachella 2024. He and Arcángel performed the latter at the 2024 Latin American Music Awards on 25 August 2024. The singer and Pedro Tovar of Eslabon Armado performed "La Durango" on ''
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'', on 16 May 2024. Two days before the release of the album, Peso Pluma announced that he would host two free-access listening parties for the album in
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, titled The Éxodo Experience, in partnership with social networking app StoyCo. On 10 November 2024, he performed "Hollywood" with Plazola at the
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, where he also accepted the award for Best Latin.


Critical reception


Reviews

Upon release, ''Éxodo'' received generally favorable reviews from critics. According to
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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received "generally favourable reviews" based on an
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score of 67, from four critic scores. Andrew Sacher of ''
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'' stated that the album is "a lengthy undertaking that functions as a great snapshot of just about everything Peso Pluma's capable of". Alicia Civita of '' The Latin Times'' considered ''Éxodo'' to be a worthwhile addition in Peso Pluma's career, praising the album's production and his attempt on experimentation, "even if it doesn't fully deliver on the promised 'darker' ..music". In a positive review, Lucas Villa of ''
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'' applauded the first disc of the album, stating that the songs within it "are more fiery, fearless and ''bélico'' ('badass') than before", and that "he certainly doesn't turn his back on orridos on the second disc. On Suzy Exposito's review for
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, they stated that " eso Pluma'svulnerable corridos remain his strongest works on ''Éxodo''" and that "Pluma offers listeners a sampler of his budding potential as a multi-genre star". Steve Forstneger, in their review for ''
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'', said that ''Éxodo'' "does lose a chapterso effectively. The door, however, remains open for the further development of corrido . Isabelia Herrera of ''
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'' praised Peso Pluma's idea to be versatile, although considered the album's second disc to be "littered", adding that "it's particularly tough to hear La Doble P struggle in his ventures outside of corridos tumbados". David Crone of
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noticed that the tracks off the album's first disc are "lyrically indifferent" and added that the production and instrumentals sound "flat and emotionless", having assumed that the album would continue to change the regional Mexican music scene. ''
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''s Tomás Mier commented that the album "presents a Peso Pluma we've already met, perhaps with a bit more experience and angst, but still struggling to take the extra risk". In a mixed review, Gabriel Cárcoba of Jenesaispop found the tracks on the first disc as average, but was dissatisfied with the album's second disc and collaborations, stating that his attempt in being versatile does not work and questioning his decision on doing so.


Year-end lists

In a mid-year list by ''Billboard'', ''Éxodo'' was named the best Latin music album of the first half of 2024, with Isabela Raygoza from the publication highlighting Peso Pluma's versatility within the album. Reanna Cruz of ''Rolling Stone'' placed it as the 74th best album of 2024. Carl Wilson of ''
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'' placed ''Éxodo'' as one of the 12 best albums of 2024, stating that almost every track on the album "sounds like a hit".


Accolades

''Éxodo'' was nominated for Regional Mexican Album of the Year at the 2024 ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards. It has also received a nomination to win the Grammy Award for Best Música Mexicana Album (including Tejano) at the
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. Aside from the album, one of its tracks, "Bellakeo", has received several nominations in various award ceremonies; it won the award for The Perfect Mix at the 2024 Premios Juventud, while it was nominated for the MTV Video Music Award for Best Latin at the
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and Bellakeo Supremo at the
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. At the 2025 American Music Awards, it received a nomination for Favorite Latin Album, while he was nominated for Favorite Latin Male Artist, the first nominations for a Mexican artist since
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Commercial performance

''Éxodo'' amassed over 29.8 million global streams on
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within its first 24 hours of release, making it the highest debut for a regional Mexican album and a Mexican artist on the platform, surpassing the singer's own third studio album ''Génesis'' (2023). The album also reached the summit of the US Apple Music albums chart. All of the album's tracks debuted on
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's Top 100 song chart for streams in Mexico, with 10 of the tracks charting simultaneously within the top 10; "Vino Tinto" charted the highest, peaking at number one. 10 of its tracks also debuted on the platform's Top 100 Global chart. Following the release of the album, Peso Pluma had earned over 12 billion views on
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. ''Éxodo'' was released on 20 June 2024 at 8:00 PM EST, which is four hours before 21 June 2024, the start of the next tracking week for ''Billboard'' charts. The album debuted at numbers 41 and 19 on the US
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charts on the issue dated 29 June 2024, respectively, with 3,000
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s garnered within "one day of activity" In its next full tracking week, it peaked atop both charts with 64,000 album-equivalent units, which only consisted of 87.51 million official streams in the United States within all 24 tracks, becoming Peso Pluma's second number-one album on both charts. It also debuted at number five on the US ''Billboard'' 200, becoming his second album to debut within the chart's top five, after ''Génesis'' (2023) debuted at number three in July 2023. On its second week on the ''Billboard'' 200, the album fell two places down to number seven, earning 40,000 additional units, summing up total units earned to 107,000. On October 21, 2024, ''Éxodo'' was certified undecuple-platinum in the Latin field by the
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(RIAA), for attaining sales of 660,000 certified units. In Spain, it debuted at number 68 on the albums chart published by
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. On the issue dated 29 June 2024, "Put Em in the Fridge" would become the first track off ''Éxodo'', without being a single, to appear on a song chart before the rest of the tracks, debuting at number eight on the US
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chart, making it Peso Pluma's 27th and Cardi B's seventh top-10 single on the chart. On the issue dated 6 July 2024, 20 of the album's tracks were charting simultaneously on the US
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chart, with only three of its tracks appearing on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and ''Billboard'' Global 200: "Reloj" (69 and 130) "Vino Tinto" (91 and 96), and "La Patrulla" (99 and 164); additionally, 23 of the album's tracks have reached a certain position within the US Hot Latin Songs chart.


Track listing


Personnel

* Ernesto Fernandez – mastering (tracks 1–18, 21, 24), mixing (1–17, 21, 24) *
Mike Bozzi Mike Bozzi is an American mastering engineer at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood, California. He won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year for mastering Childish Gambino's " This Is America", and is a six-time nominee for the Grammy Award fo ...
– mastering (track 19) *
Dímelo Flow Jorge Valdés Vázquez, better known as DJ Flow or Dímelo Flow, is a Panamanian DJ and producer based in the United States. After collaborating with many artists and producers in the Latin music industry like J Balvin, Justin Quiles, Dalex, a ...
– mastering, mixing (track 20) * Beat K Million – mastering, mixing (track 22) * Patrizio "Teezio" Pigliapoco – mixing (track 18) *
Manny Marroquin Manny Marroquin (born September 21, 1971) is a Guatemalan-American record mixing engineer. He has been credited on albums for high-profile pop, R&B, hip hop and rock acts. He has worked with artists including Rihanna, Kanye West, Katy Perry ...
– mixing (track 19) *
Jean Rodríguez Jean Carlos Rodríguez López-Cepero (born December 10, 1980), also known as Jean, is a Puerto Rican singer, the younger brother of Luis Fonsi. Rodríguez has released a handful of solo albums and mixtapes, hitting number one on ''Billboard'' L ...
engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...
, vocal production (tracks 2, 6, 21, 23, 24) * SOG – engineering (track 22) * Julia Lewis – vocal production (track 18) *
Cirkut Henry Russell Walter (born April 23, 1986), known professionally as Cirkut, is a Canadian record producer and songwriter. He has co-produced and co-written commercially successful singles, often in tandem with American record producer Dr. Luke ...
– additional engineering (track 19) * Julian Vasquez – additional engineering (track 19) * Marco Sonzini – additional engineering (track 19) * Paul Lamalfa – additional engineering (track 19) * Héctor Abner – engineering assistance (track 1) *
DJ Snake William Sami Étienne Grigahcine (born 13 June 1986), known by his stage name DJ Snake, is a French DJ and record producer. He was first credited with production work on several singles for other artists—including " Shut It Down" by Pitbull an ...
DJing A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include Radio personality, radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at nightclubs or music fes ...
(track 24)


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Certifications


Release history


See also

* 2024 in Latin music * List of number-one ''Billboard'' Latin Albums from the 2020s


Notes


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Exodo 2024 albums Peso Pluma albums Albums produced by Andrew Watt (record producer) Albums produced by Cirkut Albums produced by DJ Durel Albums produced by Edgar Barrera Albums produced by Rogét Chahayed 2020s Spanish-language albums Double P Records albums