Adiós Amor

"Adiós Amor" (transl. 'Goodbye my Love') is a song written by Salvador Garza and is the debut single by Mexican singer Christian Nodal.[1]

"Adiós Amor"
Single by Christian Nodal
from the album Me Dejé Llevar
Released	January 13, 2017
Genre	Mariachi bolero
Length	3:22
Label	Universal Latin Fonovisa
Songwriter(s)	Salvador Garza
Christian Nodal singles chronology
"Adiós Amor" (2017) "Probablemente" (2017)

"Adiós Amor" reached number one on the Top 20 General Mexican Songs Chart and number two on the Billboard Top Latin Songs chart in the United States. It also won Regional Mexican Song of the Year at the 2018 Billboard Latin Music Awards.[2]

Promotion

To promote the release of the song, Mexican singer Julión Álvarez invited Nodal to sing on stage at a sold-out concert in Guadalajara, Mexico in December 2016.[3]

Composition

"Adiós amor" was originally composed by Salvador Garza, and it was first recorded and released as a banda ballad by Los Dareyes de la Sierra in 2008.[4]

Nodal recorded the song with mariachi made his version a bolero.

Chart performance

In the United States, the single entered Billboard's Hot Latin Songs and peaked at number four, while the song peaked at number one on Billboard's Regional Mexican Songs in 2017.[5] The song became the first regional Mexican song to garner a top five spot of the Hot Latin Songs since 2016.[5] In Mexico, the song peaked at number one on the Mexico Top 20 General Monitor Latino chart.

Other cover versions

In May 2018, Bolivian group Orquesta Internacional Guachambe released a tropical version of the song. Their version had airplay success in their native country.[6]

In May 2018, Chilean group Noche de Brujas released a cumbia version cover the song.[7]

In September 2018, Peruvian singer Daniela Darcourt released a salsa version cover the song. Her cover reached the number 4 position in Perú.[8]

In October 2018, American duo Ha*Ash recorded a cover version for her Spotify Singles.[9]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2017–18) Peak position El Salvador (Monitor Latino)[10] 7 Guatemala (Monitor Latino)[11] 7 Mexico Top 20 General (Monitor Latino)[12] 1 scope="row" US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[13] 5 US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[14] 4 US Latin Airplay (Billboard)[15] 5 US Regional Mexican Airplay (Billboard)[16] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2017) Position El Salvador (Monitor Latino)[17] 15 Guatemala (Monitor Latino)[18] 19 Mexico Top 20 General (Monitor Latino)[19] 2 Nicaragua (Monitor Latino)[20] 39 US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[21] 9 Chart (2018) Position El Salvador (Monitor Latino)[22] 13 Guatemala (Monitor Latino)[23] 28 Chart (2019) Position Columbia (Monitor Latino)[24] 65 El Salvador (Monitor Latino)[25] 92

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[26]	21× Platinum (Latin)	1,260,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Worldwide	January 13, 2017	Digital download	Universal Latin Fonovisa

See also

• List of number-one songs of 2017 (Mexico)
• List of best-selling Latin singles in the United States

References

1. "Christian Nodal Creador de un Nuevo Movimiento Llamado Mariacheno". Universal Music Mexico Magazine (in Spanish). Universal Music Latin Entertainment. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
2. Roiz, Jessica (July 31, 2018). "There's a Christian Nodal Song for Every Stage of a Relationship". Billboard. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
3. Salinas, Aidée (December 21, 2016). "Julión Álvarez 'apadrina' a Christian Nodal, una joven promesa del regional mexicano". Univision (in Spanish). Univision Communications. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
4. "Los Dareyes de la Sierra Con Banda". Allmusic. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
5. Mendoza, Amaya (February 16, 2017). "Christian Nodal Vaults Into Top 5 on Hot Latin Songs Chart". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
6. "Charts Bolivia in Year end 2019- monitorLATINO". Top Digital monitorLATINO. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
7. "Noche de Brujas se lanza al mercado internacional con "Adiós, Amor"". La Cuarta. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
8. "Title - monitorLATINO". Charts.monitorlatino.com. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
9. Spotify Singles by Ha*Ash, retrieved 2019-10-24
10. "Top 20 General El Salvador: 1/22/2018". Monitor Latino (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
11. "Top 20 General Guatemala: 10/30/2017". Monitor Latino (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
12. "Los artistas #1 de América Latina". Monitor Latino (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
13. "Christian Nodal Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
14. "Christian Nodal Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
15. "Christian Nodal Chart History (Latin Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
16. "Christian Nodal Chart History (Regional Mexican Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
17. "Top 20 El Salvador – Year-End". Monitor Latino. December 4, 2017. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
18. "Top 20 Guatemala – Year-End". Monitor Latino. December 4, 2017. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
19. "Top 20 General". Monitor Latino (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
20. "Top 20 Nicaragua". Monitor Latino (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
21. https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/hot-latin-songs
22. "Top 20 El Salvador – Year-End". Monitor Latino. December 4, 2018. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
23. "Top 20 Guatemala – Year-End". Monitor Latino. December 4, 2018. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
24. "Top 20 Columbia – Year-End". Monitor Latino. December 4, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
25. "Top 20 El Salvador – Year-End". Monitor Latino. December 4, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
26. "American single certifications – Christian Nodal – Adios Amor". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click Type, then select Latin, then click SEARCH.