Bola Rebola Explained

Bola Rebola
Cover:BolaRebola.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Tropkillaz, J Balvin, and Anitta featuring MC Zaac
Released:[1]

"Bola Rebola" is a song by Brazilian production duo Tropkillaz, Colombian singer J Balvin, and Brazilian singer-songwriter Anitta featuring fellow Brazilian musician MC Zaac. Written alongside Hailey Leane Collier and Jazelle Paris Rodriguez, it was released as a single on 22 February 2019, through Universal Music.[1] Featuring lines in Portuguese, English, and Spanish, the song has been classified by O Globo as a crossover of funk carioca with multiple genres.

Background and release

In December 2017, Anitta released "Vai Malandra", a funk carioca collaboration with Maejor, Tropkillaz, MC Zaac and DJ Yuri Matrtins as the conclusion of her Check Mate project.[2] [3] [4] The song instantly became a hit, receiving over one million plays on Spotify on its first day of release and breaking the record for the most streams received in a day in Brazil – held previously by Taylor Swift's "Look What You Made Me Do".[5] [6] On its second day of release, the song was played more than two million times, surpassing once again the record for the most streamed song in a day in Brazil. Due to the amount of streams received on its first days of release, the song even debuted on the Global Top 50 chart in Spotify and became the first song in Portuguese to hit the top 20 on that chart on December 20, 2017.[7]

In 2019, Tropkillaz announced a new collaboration with Anitta and MC Zaac titled "Bola Rebola", which also was announced to feature Colombian recording artist J Balvin. According to Tropkillaz, Anitta contacted Balvin and asked him if he would join the song, to which he accepted. The produced duo intended to release the song in time for the Carnival of 2019 so it could become "the carnival anthem". The song instantly became a hit and was the most streamed song on Spotify in Brazil for over 30 days.[8]

Track listing

Digital download[1]

  1. "Bola Rebola" – 3:13

Credits and personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Bolivia (Monitor Latino)[9] 16
Brazil Streaming (Pro-Música)[10] 1
Colombia (National-Report)[11] 92
Honduras (Monitor Latino)[12] 12
Nicaragua (Monitor Latino)[13] 1
Portugal Digital Songs (Billboard)[14] 3
US Latin Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[15] 12
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[16] 46
Venezuela (National-Report)[17] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (2019)Position
Nicaragua (Monitor Latino)[18] 34
Portugal (AFP)[19] 44

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bola Rebola (feat. Mc Zaac) - Single. iTunes. April 1, 2019. April 1, 2019.
  2. Web site: Vai malandra - Single by Anitta, Mc Zaac & Maejor. iTunes. December 18, 2017. December 19, 2017.
  3. Web site: ANITTA LANÇA "VAI MALANDRA", GOLPE FINAL DO PROJETO #CHECKMATE. Billboard Brazil. December 19, 2017. December 19, 2017. pt-BR. https://web.archive.org/web/20190228065747/https://billboard.uol.com.br/noticias/anitta-lanca-vai-malandra-golpe-final-do-projeto-checkmate/. February 28, 2019. dead.
  4. Web site: Análise: Anitta trava o adversário com o 'xeque-mate' de 'Vai Malandra'. Estadão. December 19, 2017. December 20, 2017.
  5. Web site: Anitta bate recordes no Spotify Brasil com o funk 'Vai Malandra'. Veja. December 20, 2017. December 20, 2017.
  6. Web site: Anitta é a primeira brasileira a emplacar duas músicas no TOP 50 do Spotify . Gaucho ZH. December 19, 2017. December 20, 2017.
  7. Web site: 'Vai malandra', de Anitta, é 1ª música em português entre mais ouvidas do mundo no Spotify. G1. December 20, 2017. December 20, 2017.
  8. Web site: "Bola, Rebola" completa 30 dias na liderança do Spotify. Popline. Portuguese. March 24, 2019. April 1, 2019.
  9. Web site: Top 20 Bolivia –Del 25 de Febrero al 3 de Marzo, 2019. Monitor Latino. March 6, 2019. March 6, 2019. Spanish.
  10. Web site: Streaming Chart. Portuguese. Pro-Música Brasil. 5 April 2019.
  11. Web site: Top 100 Colombia – Semana 9 del 2019 – Del 22/02/2019 al 28/02/2019. National-Report. March 1, 2019. Spanish. https://web.archive.org/web/20190301150416/http://www.national-report.com/top-colombia/. March 1, 2019.
  12. Web site: Top 20 Honduras –Del 22 al 28 de Abril, 2019. Monitor Latino. April 29, 2019. April 29, 2019. Spanish.
  13. Web site: Top 20 Nicaragua –Del 1 al 7 de Abril, 2019. Monitor Latino. April 1, 2019. April 22, 2019. Spanish.
  14. Chart Search: Portugal Digital Songs. Billboard. August 9, 2018.
  15. Anitta Chart History (Latin Digital Song Sales). Billboard. October 2, 2018.
  16. Anitta Chart History (Latin Hot Songs). Billboard. August 13, 2019.
  17. Web site: Top 100 Venezuela – Semana 12 del 2019 – Del 15/03/2019 al 21/03/2019. National-Report. March 22, 2019. March 22, 2019. Spanish.
  18. Web site: Chart Anual Monitor Latino 2019 – Nicaragua General. Monitor Latino. Spanish. 29 December 2019.
  19. Web site: Top AFP - Audiogest - Top 3000 Singles + EPs Digitais. Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Portuguese. July 9, 2020.