Con Altura

"Con Altura" is a song by Spanish singer and songwriter Rosalía, Colombian singer J Balvin and Spanish producer Pablo Díaz-Reixa Díaz, better known as El Guincho. The song was written by Rosalía, J Balvin, Mariachi Budda, Frank Dukes, Teo Halm, Alejandro Ramírez and El Guincho. [1] The song was released by Sony Music on 28 March 2019. Its music video, which won two MTV Video Music Awards for Best Latin and Best Choreography making her the first Spanish winning-artist at the ceremony, was directed by Director X, accompanied its release the same day. The song debuted at number one in Spain. Billboard ranked it 5th on their list of 100 Best Songs of 2019.[2]

"Con Altura"
Single by Rosalía, J Balvin and El Guincho
Language	Spanish
English title	"With Height"
Released	28 March 2019 (2019-03-28)
Recorded	September 2018
Genre	Reggaeton
Length	2:41
Label	Sony Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Rosalía Vila J Balvin Frank Dukes Teo Halm Mariachi Budda Alejandro Ramírez El Guincho
Producer(s)	El Guincho Frank Dukes Rosalía Vila
Rosalía singles chronology
"De aquí no sales" (2019) "Con Altura" (2019) "Barefoot in the Park" (2019)
J Balvin singles chronology
"I Can't Get Enough" (2019) "Con Altura" (2019) "La Rebelión" (2019)
Music video
"Con Altura" on YouTube

Background

In May 2018, Colombian singer J Balvin released his fifth studio album Vibras (2018). The album included a collaboration with Rosalía called "Brillo", which reached the 19th position on the Spanish singles chart. In September 2018, Rosalía stayed a couple days in Miami due to her performance at the Ziff Ballet Opera House to celebrate her five Latin Grammy nominations. The singer told at a press-conference in Argentina that the song was born there.[3] At the end of 2018, Rosalía began to work on her third studio album, which is set to be released by the end of 2019. By that time, she also began to announce the first dates of her debut world tour named El Mal Querer Tour. In December 2018, a snippet of the music video was posted by Balvin's team on their Instagram stories; the videos were deleted almost instantly. In March 2019, rumors began circulating about Rosalía performing new (un)released song(s) on her tour. Those rumors were confirmed by Rosalía herself when she finally announced the song's release on 27 March 2019 through a social media post.[4] As well as Rosalía and J Balvin, the songwriters are Mariachi Budda, Frank Dukes, Teo Halm, Alejandro Ramírez and El Guincho. [1]

Critical reception

After its release, the song was received well by critics. Pitchfork named Rosalía's new single "a lighthearted mix of boastful tropes meant to be playful. It's a high-flying trifle of a song whose video and title show both artists at the top of their game".[5] Rolling Stone had this to say about the song: "it's a modern take in reference to Spanish flamenco songs inspired by Afro-Caribbean sounds; ever the champion of cross-cultural experimentation, Rosalía has ultimately described it as her personal homage to classic reggaeton."[6]

Accolades

Year	Ceremony	Category	Result	Ref.
2019	BreakTudo Awards	Boom Video of the Year	Nominated	[7]
		International Hit	Nominated
	Latin Grammy Awards	Best Urban Song	Won	[8]
	LOS40 Music Awards	Best Spanish Video	Nominated	[9]
		LOS40 Global Show Award	Won
	MTV Europe Music Awards	Best Video	Nominated	[10]
		Best Collaboration	Won
	MTV Millennial Awards	Music-ship of the Year	Nominated	[11]
	MTV Video Music Awards	Best Latin	Won	[12]
		Best Choreography	Won
		Song of Summer	Nominated
	Premios Juventud	Sick Dance Routine (Best Choreography)	Nominated	[13]
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Latin Song	Nominated	[14]
	Urban Music Awards	Song of the Year	Nominated	[15]
		Best Collaboration	Nominated
2020	Premios Odeón	Best Music Video	Won	[16]
		Song of the Year	Nominated
	iHeartRadio Music Awards	Best Music Video	Pending	[17]
	Heat Latin Music Awards	Best Collaboration	Pending	[18]

Commercial performance

Within 24 hours on streaming platforms, the song received 201,000 Spotify streams in Spain, beating Aitana's "Teléfono" as the most-streamed female song in a single day in Spotify Spain.[19] After a week, the song had been streamed over 15 million times of which 4.71M came from Spain. This set the record for the most streamed song in Spain in only a week.[20] Its music video received over 22 million views in that time.[21] The song debuted number one in Spain, being Rosalía's second number one there after "Di mi nombre". "Con altura" topped the Argentina Hot 100 chart in July 2019.[22]

Music video

Rosalía shared a preview of the music video on 27 March 2019. The video itself premiered on 28 March 2019 on the singer's YouTube channel.[23] The video features the Spanish singers, "Las Ocho Rosas" (who are Rosalía's backup dancers) and J Balvin inside a plane while dancing to the song and piloting the plane.[24] The music video was directed by Director X, being the first time they collaborate.

In the third week of June 2019, the video became the most-viewed in a single week, with more than 19 million views in 7 days.[25] A week later, the music video had been viewed more than 500 million times.[26] Since July 9, it is the most-viewed music video by a female artist of 2019.[27] That record was previously held by Ariana Grande's "7 Rings". As of July 2020, the song's music video has over 1.5 billion views on YouTube.[28]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2019) Peak position Argentina (Argentina Hot 100)[22] 1 Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[29] 17 Bolivia (Monitor Latino)[30] 14 Chile (Monitor Latino)[31] 2 Colombia (Monitor Latino)[32] 2 Colombia (National-Report)[33] 1 Costa Rica (Monitor Latino)[34] 2 Dominican Republic (Monitor Latino)[35] 1 Ecuador (National-Report)[36] 31 El Salvador (Monitor Latino)[37] 2 France (SNEP)[38] 76 Guatemala (Monitor Latino)[39] 13 Greece International Digital (IFPI Greece)[40] 64 Honduras (Monitor Latino)[41] 17 Mexico Airplay (Billboard)[42] 1 Mexico Streaming (AMPROFON)[43] 7 Nicaragua (Monitor Latino)[44] 17 Panama (Monitor Latino)[45] 7 Paraguay (Monitor Latino)[46] 17 Peru (Monitor Latino)[47] 4 Portugal (AFP)[48] 55 Puerto Rico (Monitor Latino)[49] 15 Romania (Airplay 100)[50] 36 Spain (PROMUSICAE)[51] 1 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[52] 98 Uruguay (Monitor Latino)[53] 5 US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[54] 18 US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[55] 12 Venezuela (Monitor Latino)[56] 6 Venezuela (National-Report)[57] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position Argentina (Monitor Latino)[58] 14 Bolivia (Monitor Latino)[59] 58 Chile (Monitor Latino)[60] 60 Colombia (Monitor Latino)[61] 6 Costa Rica (Monitor Latino)[62] 25 Dominican Republic (Monitor Latino)[63] 37 Ecuador (Monitor Latino)[64] 7 El Salvador (Monitor Latino)[65] 9 Guatemala (Monitor Latino)[66] 41 Honduras (Monitor Latino)[67] 41 Mexico (Monitor Latino)[68] 60 Nicaragua (Monitor Latino)[69] 64 Panama (Monitor Latino)[70] 31 Paraguay (Monitor Latino)[71] 30 Peru (Monitor Latino)[72] 12 Portugal (AFP)[73] 110 Puerto Rico (Monitor Latino)[74] 27 Romania (Airplay 100)[75] 76 Uruguay (Monitor Latino)[76] 10 Venezuela (Monitor Latino)[77] 17

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[78]	Gold	25,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)[79]	Platinum+Diamond+Gold	390,000^*
Portugal (AFP)[80]	Gold	10,000^^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[81]	5× Platinum	200,000
United States (RIAA)[82]	Gold	500,000
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
Various	28 March 2019	Digital download streaming	Sony
Spain	31 March 2019	Contemporary hit radio

See also

• List of Billboard Argentina Hot 100 number-one singles of 2019
• List of number-one singles of 2019 (Spain)

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