Carin Leon’s “Huitlacoche” Made Google Search Year 2022 – Billboard

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Google’s Year in Search list has been released, spotlighting some of the most searched lyrics, phrases, recipes and more of 2022. Many Latinos in the US were not only looking for lyrics from Bad Bunny and “da where is Rosalia from?”, but they were also curious about “La boda del Huitlacoche” by Carin León.

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“¿Qué es un Huitlacoche?” (what is Huitlacoche) is in the top 10 most searched terms this year, after “¿Qué es monotonía?” in reference to the heartfelt bachata of Shakira and Ozuna.

According to León, “huitlacoche” is a corn mushroom, but there is also a bird called Cuitlacoche, which he attributes to his song. “Basically the story is that two birds get married: the Huitlacoche and the Urraca,” León’s rep tells Billboard.

“La boda del Huitlacoche” is a famous Mexican song first recorded in 1998 by Los Broncos de Reynosa. León launched his playful version together with the Los Honorables group from Hermosillo in December 2020. This year, the song gained virality on social media, earning more than 250,000 video creations on TikTok.

“This song is well known in Culiacan, Sinaloa, and is more like regionalism,” León previously told Live With Billboard Latin. “Hence that not-so-refined live sound. We wanted to give it a more folkloric sound to remind us of our culture.”

In July, the track reached the top 10 of the Regional Mexican Airplay chart, skyrocketing in a 21-9 dash. The song also earned Greatest Gainer honors assisted by a 97% increase in audience impressions, to 4.37 million, and debuted at number 27 on Latin Airplay, becoming Leon’s highest debut among seven entries in classification.

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