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Propuesta Indecente

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"Propuesta Indecente"
SinglebyRomeo Santos
from the albumFormula, Vol. 2
ReleasedJuly 30, 2013
Recorded2013
Genre
Length3:55
LabelSony Latin
Songwriter(s)Romeo Santos
Romeo Santossingles chronology
"Frio Frio"
(2013) 		"Propuesta Indecente"
(2013) 		"Loco"
(2013)
Music video
"Propuesta Indecente"onYouTube

"Propuesta Indecente"(" Indecent Proposal ") is abachatasong by American singerRomeo Santos,released on July 30, 2013 as the lead single from his second studio albumFormula, Vol. 2.It became one of the best-performing songs in Latin music. The song mixes the sound of Dominican bachata and Argentiniantango.

Composition

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Written by Santos himself, "Propuesta Indecente" is a Dominicanbachatasong, with incorporations of Argentiniantango.[2]

Commercial performance

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In January 2017, it was certified double-diamondin the Latin fieldby theRecording Industry Association of Americafor selling over 1.2 million units in the United States.[3]It also became the first song to remain on the USHot Latin Songschart for over 100 weeks.[4]As of 2021,"Propuesta Indecente" is the second best-performing Latin song of all-time on theBillboardHot Latin Songs chart following "Despacito".[5]

Music video

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Its accompanying music video was released on September 9, 2013, which was filmed at theNational Library of Argentinaand Palacio San Miguel.[6]Featuring Mexican entertainerEiza González,it begins in ablack-and-whitescene, with Santos talking to a group of men at a party, eventually making eye contact at González. Throughout the video, surroundings start changing into colors, and both Santos and González begin dancing in the near end of the video and later run outside the palace to a red car, with González spilling a bottle of tequila in front of the palace and lighting the trace on fire before doing so.[1]The video was directed by Joaquín Cambre and produced by Virgin Films.[7]

The music video attained over 100 million views on social platformYouTubein only three months,[8]before attaining over 1 billion views by July 2016,[9]making it the second music video in Spanish and by a Latin artist to do so at the time, behindEnrique Iglesias' "Bailando".[10]It has received over 2 billion views onYouTubeas of September 2023.[11]

Accolades

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Its music video earned theLo Nuestro Award for Video of the Yearat the26th Lo Nuestro Awards,[12][13]with the song itself eventually receiving theLo Nuestro Award for Tropical Song of the Yearthefollowing year.[14]

Chart performance

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[33] Gold 30,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[34] Platinum 50,000‡
Mexico (AMPROFON)[35] 2× Diamond+2× Platinum+Gold 750,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[36] 3× Platinum 120,000‡
United States (RIAA)[37] 65× Platinum (Latin) 3,900,000‡
Streaming
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[38] Platinum 8,000,000†

‡Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
†Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

See also

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References

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  1. ^abCantor-Navas, Judy."Romeo Santos' 'Propuesta Indecente' Video Heats Up: Watch".Billboard.Retrieved11 December2022.
  2. ^"Romeo Santos mezcla bachata y tango en primer sencillo de nuevo disco".ABC Color(in Spanish). July 30, 2013.RetrievedMay 21,2024.
  3. ^"Romeo Santos es multidiamante por" Propuesta indecente "".Hoy Digital(in Spanish). January 28, 2017.RetrievedMay 21,2024.
  4. ^Flores, Griselda (July 22, 2016)."Romeo Santos Shares the Making of 'Propuesta Indecente': Watch".Billboard.RetrievedMay 22,2024.
  5. ^"Greatest Of All Time Hot Latin Songs Chart".Billboard.2021. Archived fromthe originalon September 23, 2021.RetrievedSeptember 23,2021.
  6. ^G. Valdez, Maria (September 10, 2013)."Romeo Santos 'Propuesta Indecente' Video Debuts: Watch The King Of Bachata Turn Up The Heat With His Indecent Proposal [VIDEO]".The Latin Times.RetrievedMay 21,2024.
  7. ^jrotulo (September 10, 2013)."Romeo Santos estrena el video de" Propuesta indecente ", protagonizado por Eiza González".People en Español(in Spanish).RetrievedMay 21,2024.
  8. ^"Romeo Santos logra cien millones de visitas a su vídeo".El Heraldo(in Spanish). December 10, 2013.RetrievedMay 21,2024.
  9. ^"Imparable: un billón de personas vio el video" Propuesta indecente "de Romeo Santos".TN(in Spanish). July 18, 2016.RetrievedMay 21,2024.
  10. ^Flores, Griselda (July 14, 2016)."Romeo Santos' 'Propuesta Indecente' Video Hits 1 Billion YouTube Views".Billboard.RetrievedMay 22,2024.
  11. ^"Romeo Santos - Propuesta Indecente (Official Video)".YouTube.RetrievedApril 4,2020.
  12. ^Lopez, Michael (August 13, 2013)."Romeo Santos, Eiza Gonzalez Work On 'Propuesta Indecente' Music Video".The Huffington Post.AOL.RetrievedOctober 14,2013.
  13. ^"Premio Lo Nuestro 2014: Lista completa de ganadores".People en Español.Time Inc.February 20, 2014.RetrievedJanuary 14,2015.
  14. ^"Entérate: Lista de Ganadores Premios Lo Nuestro 2015".El Universal(in Spanish). Compañía Periodística Nacional. February 20, 2015.RetrievedFebruary 23,2015.
  15. ^"National Report - Top Nacional"(in Spanish). National Report. 2014-05-05. Archived fromthe originalon 2013-12-23.
  16. ^"Romeo Santos - Chart history".Billboard.RetrievedJanuary 22,2014.
  17. ^"Top 20 Ingles: Del 23 al 29 de Septiembre del 2013".Monitor Latino(in Spanish). RadioNotas. 2013-09-29. Archived fromthe originalon 2013-10-15.Retrieved2013-10-14.
  18. ^"Romeo Santos – Propuesta Indecente "Canciones Top 50.Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  19. ^"Romeo Santos Chart History (Hot 100)".Billboard.Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  20. ^"Romeo Santos Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)".Billboard.Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  21. ^"Romeo Santos Chart History (Latin Airplay)".Billboard.Retrieved September 16, 2020.
  22. ^"Romeo Santos Chart History (Latin Pop Songs)".Billboard.Retrieved May 22, 2024.
  23. ^"Romeo Santos Chart History (Tropical Airplay)".Billboard.Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  24. ^"Record Report - Top 100".Record Report(in Spanish). R.R. Digital C.A. 2014-03-13. Archived fromthe originalon 2024-05-26.Retrieved2013-11-14.
  25. ^"Hot Latin Songs – Year-End 2013".Billboard.RetrievedFebruary 29,2020.
  26. ^"Top 100 Songs Annual 2014"(in Spanish).Productores de Música de España.RetrievedMay 9,2022.
  27. ^"Hot Latin Songs - Year End 2014".Billboard.com.Retrieved2014-12-10.
  28. ^"Top 100 Songs Annual 2015"(in Spanish).Productores de Música de España.RetrievedMay 9,2022.
  29. ^"Hot Latin Songs – Year-End 2015".Billboard.RetrievedMay 3,2020.
  30. ^"Hot Latin Songs – Year-End 2016".Billboard.RetrievedMay 3,2020.
  31. ^"Decade-End Charts: Hot Latin Songs".Billboard.RetrievedFebruary 29,2020.
  32. ^Navas-Cantor, Judy (4 October 2018)."The 20 Top Tropical Songs of All Time: Don Omar, Romeo Santos, Daddy Yankee & More".Billboard.Prometheus Global Media.Retrieved4 October2018.
  33. ^"Brazilian single certifications – Romeo Santos – Propuesta Indecente"(in Portuguese).Pro-Música Brasil.RetrievedSeptember 21,2022.
  34. ^"Italian single certifications – Romeo Santos – Propuesta Indecente"(in Italian).Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana.RetrievedSeptember 22,2022.Select "2017" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Propuesta Indecente" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".
  35. ^"Certificaciones"(in Spanish).Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas.RetrievedJune 1,2024.TypeRomeo Santosin the box under theARTISTAcolumn heading andPropuesta Indecentein the box under theTÍTULOcolumn heading.
  36. ^"Spanish single certifications – Romeo Santos – Propuesta Indecente".El portal de Música.Productores de Música de España.RetrievedOctober 6,2022.
  37. ^"American single certifications – Romeo Santos – Propuesta Indecente".Recording Industry Association of America.RetrievedJanuary 18,2024.
  38. ^"Top 100 Streaming - Semana 26: Del 23.06.2014 Al 29.06.2014"(in Spanish).PROMUSICAE.RetrievedJuly 7,2014.
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