"Mayores" is a song by American singer Becky G and Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny. Written by Mario Caceres, Servando Primera, Saul Castillo, Bad Bunny, and Patrick Ingunza, it was released on July 14, 2017, by Kemosabe, RCA and Sony Music Latin as the lead single from Gomez's debut studio album Mala Santa.
"Mayores" topped the charts in Spain, Ecuador, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Bolivia, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and El Salvador, while peaking at number 3 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. The music video for the song was released on YouTube on July 13, 2017, and has accumulated over 2.5 billion views on YouTube as of October 2025.
Background Gomez explained that the song originated as a "joke" after having confirmed her relationship with soccer player Sebastian Lletget, who is five years older than her. She started using the hashtag "#6DaysTillMAYORES" on Twitter which eventually started trending. A number became lower with each passing day, until it reached "#MAYORESOutNow".
Chart performance "Mayores" debuted at number 12 on the Hot Latin Songs chart, making it Gomez's highest debut peak position on that chart. The song eventually peaked at number 3 on the charts.
The song also debuted at number 72 on the Spanish PROMUSICAE chart. It rose to number 4 four weeks later, making it her highest-peaking position, surpassing the number 37 peak of "Shower". It later reached number one.
The song eventually charted on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 74. This marked Gomez’s fourth appearance on the chart in over two years, following her top-twenty hit “Shower” (2014), her collaboration with Cher Lloyd, “Oath” (2012), which peaked at number 73, and “Can't Stop Dancin'” (2014), which reached number 88 in early 2015. The song also earned Bad Bunny his first entry on the Hot 100.
Music video The music video, filmed in Los Angeles and San Francisco, was uploaded on Gomez's Vevo account on July 13, 2017. It stars actor Casper Smart, who previously appeared in the music video for Gomez's "Becky from the Block" in 2013, with then-partner Jennifer Lopez. As of October 2025, the video has received over 2.5 billion views on YouTube.
Premise The clip sees Gomez lying on a couch spliced with scenes of her and Bad Bunny working as a waitress and bartender at a bar, with both featuring neon lighting. Casper Smart, playing an older, wealthy man, enters the bar and is attracted to Gomez. He takes her to his house as Bad Bunny raps his verses at the bar. These scenes are also cut with the singers performing on the roof of the Hotel Rosslyn Annex at night. Gomez seduces Smart and handcuffs him to the bed. She plays with his watch before getting off the bed and leaving with a bag full of money. Bad Bunny appears to be waiting for her, and they kiss before getting in the car. The video ends with the duo driving off.
Live performances Due to its growing success, Gomez was invited to sing the song at several radio stations and interviews, performing with both the original instrumentation and an acoustic version. She performed both of these at iHeart Radio Mi Música. She sang the latter version at La Vida Moderna and Sale el Sol, and the former on Operación Triunfo in Spain. Her performance on the latter garnered some attention due to a lyrical change at the producers' request, believing the song was "too sexual". Although Gomez agreed, she later stated it bothered her and said she accepted "out of respect" and because it was "a great opportunity", but believes that it wouldn't be done to a man, listing Ozuna and Enrique Iglesias as examples.
Gomez performed the song with Bad Bunny at the Latin American Music Awards of 2017, which she also hosted; the performance was later uploaded to YouTube and has garnered over 91 million views. The song was included on her setlist as an opening act for Fifth Harmony's 2017 PSA Tour and on her own short concert series in 2018. "Mayores" was the closing number in her performance at Viña del Mar on March 2, 2019, her 21st birthday. Gomez and Bad Bunny performed the song at the latter's X 100pPre Tour on March 8 and April 22. She included "Mayores" in three medleys: the first at the 2019 Latin American Music Awards together with "Sin Pijama" and "Mala Santa", before receiving the Extraordinary Evolution Award from Pitbull. The second time was at the 2019 MTV Europe Music Awards, this time with "24/7", a track from her debut album replacing "Mala Santa". The third time was at the LOS40 Music Awards 2019 with the original medley. All three performances had different arrangements. In the latter performance, Gomez rewrote Bad Bunny's verse from a female perspective, and included a reference to her appearance in Daddy Yankee's "Dura (Remix)", which also featured Bad Bunny and Natti Natasha. Gomez performed the song at Coachella 2023 on April 14 and 21, 2023.
Critical reception
Publication List Rank Billboard Billboard’s 20 Best Latin Songs 6 Billboard’s 100 Best Songs 73 Idolator The Best Latin Pop Songs 4 Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Reggaeton Songs of All Time 78
Accolades +Awards and nominations for "Mayores"OrganizationYearCategoryResult ASCAP Latin Awards 2019 Winning Songs Billboard Music Awards 2018 Top Latin Song BMI Latin Awards 2019 Winning Song Latin American Music Awards 2018 Favorite Urban Song Song of the Year Latin Music Italian Awards 2017 Best Latin Collaboration of The Year Best Latin Female Video of The Year
Track listings
Personnel Jorge Fonseca – production Yasmil Marrufo – engineering, guiro Richard Bravo – engineering, percussion Mambo Kingz – engineering Gaby Music – engineering Mike Fuller – master engineering Credits adapted from Qobuz.
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2017–2018) Peak position Argentina (Monitor Latino) 5 Bolivia (Monitor Latino) 1 Chile (Monitor Latino) 1 Colombia (Monitor Latino) 9 Colombia (National-Report) 8 Costa Rica (Monitor Latino) 9 Dominican Republic (Monitor Latino) 2 Ecuador (Monitor Latino) 1 Ecuador (National-Report) 1 El Salvador (Monitor Latino) 1 Guatemala (Monitor Latino) 2 Honduras (Monitor Latino) 1 Latin America (Monitor Latino) 3 Mexico (Billboard Mexican Airplay) 33 Mexico (Mexico Español Airplay) 11 Netherlands Tip (Single Top 100) 6 Nicaragua (Monitor Latino) 1 Panama (Monitor Latino) 1 Paraguay (Monitor Latino) 1 Peru (Monitor Latino) 1 Slovenia (SloTop50) 14 Spain (PROMUSICAE) 1 Uruguay (Monitor Latino) 5 Venezuela (Monitor Latino) 14 Venezuela (National-Report) 3
Year-end charts Chart (2017) Position Argentina (Monitor Latino) 86 Bolivia (Monitor Latino) 15 Chile (Monitor Latino) 10 Dominican Republic (Monitor Latino) 75 Ecuador (Monitor Latino) 50 El Salvador (Monitor Latino) 2 Guatemala (Monitor Latino) 51 Honduras (Monitor Latino) 1 Nicaragua (Monitor Latino) 1 Peru (Monitor Latino) 19 Spain (PROMUSICAE) 15 Uruguay (Monitor Latino) 52 US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard) 18 Chart (2018) Position Argentina (Monitor Latino) 28 Hungary (Dance Top 40) 88 Romania (Airplay 100) 12 Slovenia (SloTop50) 40 Spain (PROMUSICAE) 59 US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard) 16 US Latin Pop Airplay Songs (Billboard) 24 Chart (2019) Position Hungary (Dance Top 40) 69 Chart (2021) Position Nicaragua Urbano (Monitor Latino) 78
Certifications
Release history + Release dates and formats for "Mayores" Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Various July 14, 2017
See also List of Billboard Hot Latin Songs and Latin Airplay number ones of 2018
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