Four months after its buzzy debut, “Ojos Tristes,” the moody collaboration between Selena Gomez, her producer fiancé Benny Blanco, and indie darlings The Marías, has officially climbed to No. 1 on Billboard’s Latin Pop Airplay chart. The track, which first premiered at the top of Billboard’s Hot Latin Pop Songs chart in April, is now the most-played song on Latin pop stations across the U.S.
According to Billboard, the single surged to 8.3 million audience impressions between Aug. 8–14, a 21% jump from the week before. That steady momentum helped “Ojos Tristes” complete a 17-week climb to No. 1 on airplay—a slow but steady rise that mirrors the recent trajectory of Farruko’s “Cables Cruzados” and ties the longest ascent to the top in nearly two years.
For Gomez, the milestone marks her third career No. 1 on the Latin Pop Airplay chart, following her global smash “Taki Taki” in 2018 and her 2021 hit “Baila Conmigo” with Rauw Alejandro. But for Blanco and The Marías, “Ojos Tristes” represents a breakthrough: it’s their first time ruling the chart. The song also serves as the latest standout from Gomez and Blanco’s joint project, ‘I Said I Love You First,’ which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 earlier this year.
“Ojos Tristes” isn’t just dominating Latin pop radio—it’s also climbing higher on broader charts. On Latin Airplay, which measures all genres across Spanish-language stations, the song just broke into the top three. And on the Hot Latin Pop Songs chart, where it first claimed the crown, the track is enjoying its 13th week at No. 1.
For Gomez, who has long toggled between English- and Spanish-language releases, the success of “Ojos Tristes” reinforces her unique place in the Latin music landscape—bridging pop stardom with Latin genres that continue to surge globally.
