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X 100pre

X 100pre (an abbreviation of "Por siempre" in Spanish, meaning "Forever"[A] and stylized in all caps) is the debut studio album by Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny. It was released on December 24, 2018 on Christmas Eve, by Rimas Entertainment.[1] It features guest appearances from Diplo, El Alfa and Drake. It was ranked number 41 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Debuts Albums of All Time and number 447 on the list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[2][3]

X 100pre

December 24, 2018

53:57

Spanish

Rimas

  • Tainy
  • Bad Bunny
  • Diplo
  • DJ Luian
  • Ezequiel Rivera
  • Henry de la Prida
  • La Paciencia
  • Mambo Kingz

Background[edit]

Bad Bunny embarked on his La Nueva Religión Tour Part I and Part II in 2018, which concluded in September. The tour grossed more than $16 million worldwide.[4]


After releasing various singles during 2018, on December 23 he announced via social media that his debut album would be released at midnight on Christmas Eve.[5]


Following the release of the album, Bad Bunny revealed in an Instagram live video that he was not working under his first label Hear this Music and his previous manager DJ Luian because he was not able to release albums under his previous management.[6]


The album cover design was created by Sergio Vazquez and "inadvertently" gave Bad Bunny the idea for using the "third eye" in many of his future shows.[7]

Composition[edit]

X 100pre is primarily a Latin trap and reggaeton album, which also incorporates elements of pop, rock, hip-hop, R&B, bachata, dembow, ballad, acoustic, electronic, house, reggae, dancehall, Andean, tropical, synth-pop, pop-punk, chillwave, and synthwave.[14]

Commercial performance[edit]

X 100pre debuted at number 29 on the US Billboard 200, including number 1 on both the Top Latin Albums and Latin Rhythm Albums charts with 30,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.[21] In its second week the album peaked at number 11 on Billboard 200 with 36,000 album-equivalent units.[22]

"Ni Bien Ni Mal" and "Mía" are stylized in

all caps

"Caro" features uncredited background vocals by [30]

Ricky Martin

"¿Quién Tú Eres?" contains portions and excerpts from Narcos instrumental, written by Ric & Thadeus

[31]

All tracks were written by Benito Martínez, except where noted. Credits adapted from Universal Music Publishing Group's catalog.[29]


Notes

– mixing (track 15)

Noah "40" Shebib

Noel "Gadget" Campbell – mixing (track 15)

Greg Moffett – mixing assistance (track 15)

Chris Athens – mastering (track 15)

David "D.C." Castro – engineering (track 15)

Lindsay Warner – engineering (track 15)

Les "Bates" Bateman – engineering (track 15)

Credits adapted from Tidal.[32]

2018 in Latin music

List of number-one Billboard Latin Albums from the 2010s

List of number-one Billboard Latin Albums from the 2020s