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La Carretera (song)

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"La Carretera"
Single by Prince Royce
from the album Five
LanguageSpanish
English title"The Road"
ReleasedMay 20, 2016
GenreBachata
Length3:58
LabelSony Latin
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Dice
  • Lincoln Castañeda
Prince Royce singles chronology
"Solo Yo"
(2016)
"La Carretera"
(2016)
"Moneda"
(2016)
Music video
"La Carretera" on YouTube

"La Carretera" (transl. "The Road") is a song by American singer Prince Royce. The song was released on May 20, 2016, as the second single from Royce's fifth studio album, Five (2017). It was written by the singer and Daniel Santacruz, and produced by Dice and Lincoln Castañeda.[1] The music video premiered on May 19, 2016.[2]

In 2023 following the AI viral song covering a Taylor Swift AI voiced version was published. Becoming viral among the Spanish-speaking fandom from Hispanic America and Spain.[3] The song also became viral in TikTok despite not being ever sang by the artist.[4]

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (2016) Peak
position
Colombia (National-Report)[5] 8
Panama Tropical (Monitor Latino)[6] 1
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[7] 8
US Latin Airplay (Billboard)[8] 1
US Tropical Airplay (Billboard)[9] 1

Year-end charts

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Chart (2016) Position
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[10] 15

Awards and nominations

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Year Ceremony Award Result
2016 Latin Grammy Awards Best Tropical Song Nominated
2017 Lo Nuestro Awards[11] Tropical Song of the Year Nominated
Billboard Latin Music Awards[12] Airplay Song of the Year Nominated
Tropical Song of the Year Nominated

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Mexico (AMPROFON)[13] Platinum+Gold 90,000
United States (RIAA)[14] 9× Platinum (Latin) 540,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "La Carretera". Qobuz. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "Prince Royce - La Carretera (Official Video)". YouTube. May 19, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  3. ^ "La Carretera" on YouTube
  4. ^ "AI Swift's video". Retrieved February 2, 2024 – via TikTok.
  5. ^ "Top 100 Colombia" (in Spanish). National-Report. Archived from the original on January 30, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
  6. ^ "Panama Top 20 Tropical - Del 05 al 11 de Diciembre, 2016". Monitor Latino. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  7. ^ "Prince Royce Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  8. ^ "Prince Royce Chart History (Latin Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  9. ^ "Prince Royce Chart History (Tropical Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  10. ^ "Hot Latin Songs – Year-End 2016". Billboard. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  11. ^ "¿Quiénes son los nominados al Premio Lo Nuestro a la Música Latina?". Terra (in Spanish). Telefonica. 2017. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
  12. ^ Cobo, Leila (February 7, 2017). "Billboard Latin Music Awards 2017: See the Full List of Finalists". Billboard. Prometheus Global media. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  13. ^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Retrieved April 18, 2023. Type Prince Royce in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and La Carretera in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
  14. ^ "American single certifications – Prince Royce – La Carretera". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 19, 2021.