What's working in Reggaeton
This page turns into a live chart of real reggaeton songs, ranked by Songbrain's virality score.
No reggaeton songs on the public leaderboard yet — the chart opens at 10.
Counted: real uploads whose artists put them on the public leaderboard. Last update Oct 19, 2026.
Reggaeton basics
General genre knowledge — not from the chart above.
4 things that make a reggaeton track work
- 1Lock the dembow — tempo, swing and bass have to sit together.
- 2Write a vocal hook with a real Latin flow, not Spanish lyrics over generic pop.
- 3The bass has to hit on phone speakers.
- 4Build a chorus moment made for the dance floor.
Reggaeton questions
What is dembow?
Both the core reggaeton drum pattern and a faster Dominican genre named after it. Dominican dembow is more percussive and higher-tempo.
What is the difference between reggaeton and Latin trap?
Reggaeton sits on the dembow rhythm. Latin trap uses trap drums and 808s with Spanish vocals.
Where do the numbers on this page come from?
From Songbrain's public leaderboard: songs that artists uploaded for analysis and chose to show publicly. Reference tracks from commercial releases are not counted. Each song gets a 0–100 virality score from its audio. The page refreshes weekly, and a genre's chart opens once it has 10 songs.