The Mexican singer and Eslabón Armado won the award for Best Latin Song for the global blockbuster “Ella Baila Sola”
Featherweight took a victory lap around a boxing ring during his performance of “Rubicon” from Genesis at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday.
The Mexican singer was escorted to his unparalleled fight by heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson and supported by a seven-piece band as he performed the song to an enthusiastic crowd.
After his performance, Tyson, who watched the set from the side of the stage, presented the Top Latin Song award to Pluma. “Give up the people’s champion,” declared Tyson.
“Thank you everyone,” he said upon accepting the award. “Thank you, Mr. Tyson, for being here. Thank you to all the fans, thank you for all the love and support. And I’d like to thank the Billboard Awards for having me here. Thank you very much.”
Last week, he performed “Ella Baila Sola” with Eslabón Armado for the first time on television during the Latin Grammys, where the song was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Regional Song.
“I make every song without the specific intention of making it number one or anything like that,” Pluma said recently. Rolling Stone from megahit. “It was simply because I loved that song. I knew it had the potential to go global, but regardless of what ended up happening, I just loved that track. I recorded it because I liked it, not because of what it would become, because I didn’t know.”
After “Ella Baila Sola” received worldwide recognition over the summer when it reached number one on the Spotify global charts, Pluma released his viral “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 55,” which also skyrocketed to number one on the Spotify global charts. platform. Genesisthe first studio LP he released in June reached the top of the Billboard Latin Albums and Regional Mexican Albums charts.
