La Carretera (song)

"La Carretera"
"La Carretera"
Single by Prince Royce
from the album Five
Language	Spanish
English title	"The Road"
Released	May 20, 2016
Genre	Bachata
Length	3:58
Label	Sony Latin
Songwriter(s)	Geoffrey Rojas; Daniel Santacruz;
Producer(s)	Dice; Lincoln Castañeda;
Prince Royce singles chronology
Music video
	"La Carretera" on YouTube

"La carretera" (Spanish for "The Road") is a song by American singer Prince Royce. The song was released on May 20, 2016, as the second single from Royce's fifth studio album, Five (2017). It was written by the singer and Daniel Santacruz, and produced by Dice and Lincoln Castañeda.^[1] The music video premiered on May 19, 2016.^[2]

In 2023 following the AI viral song covering a Taylor Swift AI voiced version was published. Becoming viral among the Spanish-speaking fandom from Hispanic America and Spain.^[3] The song also became viral in TikTok despite not being ever sang by the artist.^[4]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Colombia (National-Report)^[5]	8
Panama Tropical (Monitor Latino)^[6]	1
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)^[7]	8
US Latin Airplay (Billboard)^[8]	1
US Tropical Airplay (Billboard)^[9]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2016)	Position
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)^[10]	15

Awards and nominations

Year	Ceremony	Award	Result
2016	Latin Grammy Awards	Best Tropical Song	Nominated
2017	Lo Nuestro Awards^[11]	Tropical Song of the Year	Nominated
	Billboard Latin Music Awards^[12]	Airplay Song of the Year	Nominated
	Billboard Latin Music Awards^[12]	Tropical Song of the Year	Nominated

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Mexico (AMPROFON)^[13]	Platinum+Gold	90,000^‡
United States (RIAA)^[14]	9× Platinum (Latin)	540,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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