Today's No. 1 is Becky G's "Shower," and Don Miguelo and Omar Courtz are right behind among the top spots. Up to there, the reggaeton chart looks like a shelf of new releases. But keep scrolling: at No. 7 sits Bad Bunny's "Yo Perreo Sola," followed by Anuel AA's "China," then Bad Bunny's "MIA" and "Callaita," his "La Romana," and Natti Natasha's "Criminal" closing out the top 15.

It's a genre chart built from Apple Music and Deezer streaming data: it counts everything fans are playing under the reggaeton label, whether it's a month old or ten years old. It doesn't measure who had the best release this week. It measures which songs people never stop putting on at the party.

Bad Bunny, four times over

Four of the 15 spots belong to Bad Bunny, and none of them is new. These are songs his fans know by heart, still holding up a quarter of the chart. New music gets in too: Iranian-Dutch artist Sevdaliza lands two tracks, "Alibi" with Brazil's Pabllo Vittar and France's Yseult at No. 4, and "Ride Or Die, Pt. 2" with Villano Antillano and Tokischa at No. 11. Catalog and fresh collaborations, sharing the same list without crowding each other out.

"Gasolina" is still burning

On the broader Latin chart, "Gasolina" sits at No. 9 and "Con Calma" at No. 15. "Gasolina" came out on Barrio Fino, the 2004 album that sold more than eight million copies and that, according to its Wikipedia entry, is considered the greatest album in reggaeton history. "Con Calma" was released on January 24, 2019. Twenty-two years on, the song that opened the door for the genre around the world is still in the top 10. Daddy Yankee, inducted into Billboard's Hall of Fame and known to fans as the King of Reggaeton, is still playing every single day.

This audience doesn't search, it returns

On this chart, the catalog doesn't retire: it adds to whatever's new. "Yo Perreo Sola" isn't competing to be this week's headline; it's competing to be the song that goes on once the party is really going, and on that measure it beats half a chart of new releases. That's what a genre chart shows: how much a listener's memory carries.

A genre that keeps opening up

And the label keeps growing. Black Eyed Peas' "MAMACITA" is at No. 5, and Sevdaliza's two tracks share the list with Bad Bunny, Anuel AA and Omar Courtz. Reggaeton today covers names that a decade ago nobody would have put in the same sentence as Don Omar or Daddy Yankee. The genre isn't just keeping its classics: it keeps adding people to the party.