Faldita

"Faldita"
Single by Leslie Shaw and Mau y Ricky
from the album Yo Soy Leslie Shaw
English title"Short Skirt"
Released7 March 2019 (2019-03-07)
GenreReggaeton, Pop
Length3:12
LabelSony Music
Songwriter(s)
  • Leslie Shaw
  • Andres Castro
Leslie Shaw singles chronology
"Ni Me Miras (Remix)"
(2018) 		"Faldita"
(2019) 		"Solterita De Oro"
(2019)
Mau y Ricky singles chronology
"Aventura"
(2018) 		"Faldita"
(2018) 		"Anda Pal Carajo (APC)"
(2019)
Music video
"Faldita" on YouTube

"Faldita" (English: "Short Skirt") is a song by Peruvian singer Leslie Shaw with Venezuelan duo Mau y Ricky. It was released by Sony Music and was Shaw's first international release and as the lead single of her 2020 EP.[1] In early 2020, the song was voted as the Best Latina collaboration with Mau y Ricky on a Billboard Magazine survey with over 50 percent of the votes.[2] It samples CPR by CupcakKe.

Live Performances

Leslie Shaw and Mau y Ricky performed the song at the Calle Ocho Music Festival in Miami on March 10, 2019.[3] Leslie Shaw also performed the song on several television shows including Despierta America.[4]

Commercial performance

The song performed well being certified gold in Perú and a month later it went platinum in the country where it also quickly became trending topic on Spotify.[5] The platinum certification was given to Shaw while she was opening for Maluma during his concert in Perú.[5]

The song reached number 2 in Perú becoming Shaw's highest chart single in the country after a while and was eventually certified quadruple platinum there.[6] The song also entered charts in Ecuador and Colombia becoming her first song to enter charts outside her native Perú and her most charted song until the release of Estoy Soltera in 2020.[7]

Music video

The music video for the song was released on March 7, 2019 on Leslie Shaw's Vevo channel. The video was filmed in Havana, Cuba and features Shaw dancing around town wearing different skirts.[1] The video reached 50 million views in 6 months of its release.[8]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2019) Peak
position
Colombia Pop (Monitor Latino)[9] 16
Colombia (National-Report)[10] 31
Ecuador (National-Report)[11] 78
Perú (Monitor Latino)[12] 2
Perú Pop (Monitor Latino)[13] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2019) Position
Colombia Pop (Monitor Latino)[14] 46
Perú (Monitor Latino)[15] 8
Perú Pop (Monitor Latino)[16] 2
Chart (2020) Position
Perú Pop (Monitor Latino)[17] 90

Certifications and sales

Region Certification
Perú[6] 4× Platinum

Awards and nominations

The song won Best Pop/Urban Song at the Premios Fama in 2019.[18] It was also nominated for Hit of the Year at the Premios Luces in 2019.[19]

Year Awards Ceremony Category Result
2019 Premios Fama Best Pop/Urban Song Won
Premios Luces Hit of the Year Nominated

References

  1. ^ a b Leslie Shaw lanza su primer sencillo internacional Faldita. Sony Music. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  2. ^ Which Latina Artist Has the Best Mau & Ricky Collab?
  3. ^ "Miami Calle Ocho Music Festival". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  4. ^ Leslie Shaw saca nueva canción junto a 'Mau y Ricky' y ya es número 1 en YouTube Consultado el 25 de noviembre de 2019
  5. ^ a b Leslie Shaw recibió Disco de Platino por ‘Faldita’ durante concierto en Lima
  6. ^ a b "Leslie Shaw alcanzó cuádruple Disco de Platino con 'Faldita'" (in Spanish). Moda Perú. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  7. ^ "Hot Song monitorLATINO". Archived from the original on 2020-07-01. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  8. ^ Video de “Faldita” superó las 50 millones de visitas y Leslie Shaw celebra: “Los he visto cantarla y bailarla”
  9. ^ "Title - monitorLATINO". Charts.monitorlatino.com. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  10. ^ "Top 100 Colombia – Semana 19 del 2019 – Del 03/05/2019 al 09/05/2019" (in Spanish). National-Report. Archived from the original on May 10, 2019. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  11. ^ "Top 100 Ecuador – Semana 21 del 2019 – Del 17/05/2019 al 23/05/2019" (in Spanish). National-Report. Archived from the original on May 26, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  12. ^ "Title - monitorLATINO". Charts.monitorlatino.com. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  13. ^ "Title - monitorLATINO". Charts.monitorlatino.com. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  14. ^ "Charts Colombia Year end 2019 monitorLATINO". Top Digital monitorLATINO. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  15. ^ "Charts Peru Year end 2019 monitorLATINO". Top Digital monitorLATINO. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  16. ^ "Charts Perú Year end 2019 monitorLATINO". Top Digital monitorLATINO. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  17. ^ "Charts Peru Year end 2020 monitorLATINO". Top Digital monitorLATINO. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  18. ^ Premios Fama: lista completa de ganadores de lo mejor del 2019 en tv, teatro, cine y más
  19. ^ Premios Luces 2019: revisa la lista de nominados y vota aquí por tus favoritos