Veteran salsa band Sonora Ponceña earns its fourth top 10 on Billboard’s Tropical Albums chart.
Sonora Ponceña’s latest project starts with 1,400 equivalent album units earned in the week ending June 10 in the U.S., according to MRC Data. Most of the album’s opening sum derives from album sales.
“We are very happy to be back on the Tropical Albums chart with this new album," Enrique"Papo" Lucca, the group's bandleader, tellssalseros.was released June 4 via La Buena Fortuna/Sony Music Latin. It earns the band -- co-founded by Lucca's late father, Enrique"Quique" Lucca Carballo, in 1954 -- its fourth top 10 and first in more than 28 years, whenbefore the pandemic, we were able to capitalize on and turn the tough episode into something good.” Lucca adds.
Sonora earned its first Tropical Albums entry in 1985 -- the same year the tally was launched -- with the No. 20-peaking. Since then, the Puerto Rican ensemble has placed seven sets on the survey, including two other top 10s:Sonora is just the third act to debut in the Tropical Albums list’s top 10 in 2021. It follows Tito Rojas“We wanted to put together a production that appealed to our roots and the musical culture defined throughout Ponceña's career,” Lucca says.
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