Billboard Global 200: Karol G's 'BbY WOW' Scores Second Week at No. 1 and Reaches Hot 100 Top 10

Karol G has extended the global run of “BbY WOW,” her collaboration with Spanish artists Judeline and rusowsky, as the track spends a second consecutive week at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts dated September 19.

The result gives Karol G her first multiweek No. 1 on Billboard’s two global rankings. She previously topped both charts with “TQG,” featuring Shakira, for one week in March 2023. “BbY WOW” is the first No. 1 on either global chart for Judeline and rusowsky.

The song generated 52.9 million streams worldwide during the September 4–10 tracking period, an increase of 25% from the previous week, according to Luminate. It also sold approximately 1,000 downloads worldwide. Outside the United States, “BbY WOW” totaled 40 million streams, up 30%.

The global success is now translating into another major U.S. milestone.

“BbY WOW” jumps from No. 16 to No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Karol G’s second career Top 10 on the all-genre U.S. chart. Her previous Top 10 was “TQG,” which debuted and peaked at No. 7 in 2023. Judeline and rusowsky each reach the Hot 100 Top 10 for the first time.

The track also spends a fourth week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart. It appears on Karol G’s album No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto, which debuted at No. 1 on Top Latin Albums in August.

A week earlier, “BbY WOW” had climbed from No. 5 to No. 1 on the Global 200 with 42.3 million streams worldwide, meaning its streaming total continued to grow even after reaching the summit.

For the chart week dated September 19, the picture is therefore unusually consistent across territories: No. 1 globally, No. 1 outside the U.S., No. 1 in Hot Latin Songs and now Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Watch Karol G, Judeline and rusowsky’s official “BbY WOW” visualizer below:

Written by Gino Alache – Music Journalist

IMAGE CREDIT: KG