Bola Rebola

"Bola Rebola" is a song by Brazilian production duo Tropkillaz, Colombian singer J Balvin, and Brazilian singer-songwriter Anitta featuring fellow Brazilian musician MC Zaac. Written alongside Hailey Leane Collier and Jazelle Paris Rodriguez, it was released as a single on 22 February 2019, through Universal Music.^[1] Featuring lines in Portuguese, English, and Spanish, the song has been classified by O Globo as a crossover of funk carioca with multiple genres.^[2]

"Bola Rebola"
Single by Tropkillaz, J Balvin, and Anitta featuring MC Zaac
Language	Portuguese English Spanish
Released	22 February 2019 (2019-02-22)^[1]
Genre	Funk carioca^[2] trap^[2] pop^[2] hip hop^[2]
Length	3:13
Label	Universal Music
Songwriter(s)	André Laudz José de Godoy Isaac Daniel Junior José Balvin Larissa Machado Hailey Leane Collier Jazelle Paris Rodriguez
Producer(s)	Tropkillaz
J Balvin singles chronology
"Tudo Bom" (2019) "Bola Rebola" (2019) "I Can't Get Enough" (2019)
Anitta singles chronology
"Terremoto" (2019) "Bola Rebola" (2019) "Favela Chegou" (2019)

Background and release

"[The song is] really representative of Brazilian/baile funk music and shows our culture can crossover with different genres"

Tropkillaz talking about the song to Complex Magazine.^[3]

In December 2017, Anitta released "Vai Malandra", a funk carioca collaboration with Maejor, Tropkillaz, MC Zaac and DJ Yuri Matrtins as the conclusion of her Check Mate project.^[4][5][6] The song instantly became a hit, receiving over one million plays on Spotify on its first day of release and breaking the record for the most streams received in a day in Brazil – held previously by Taylor Swift's "Look What You Made Me Do".^[7][8] On its second day of release, the song was played more than two million times, surpassing once again the record for the most streamed song in a day in Brazil. Due to the amount of streams received on its first days of release, the song even debuted on the Global Top 50 chart in Spotify and became the first song in Portuguese to hit the top 20 on that chart on December 20, 2017.^[9]

In 2019, Tropkillaz announced a new collaboration with Anitta and MC Zaac titled "Bola Rebola", which also was announced to feature Colombian recording artist J Balvin. According to Tropkillaz, Anitta contacted Balvin and asked him if he would join the song, to which he accepted.^[3] The produced duo intended to release the song in time for the Carnival of 2019 so it could become "the carnival anthem".^[3] The song instantly became a hit and was the most streamed song on Spotify in Brazil for over 30 days.^[10]

Track listing

Digital download^[1]

1. "Bola Rebola" – 3:13

Credits and personnel

• Vocals – J Balvin, Anitta, MC Zaac
• Songwriting – Tropkillaz, Anitta, J Balvin, Isaac Daniel Junior (MC Zaac), Hailey Leane Collier, and Jazelle Paris Rodriguez
• Production – Tropkillaz

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2019) Peak position Bolivia (Monitor Latino)^[11] 16 Brazil Streaming (Pro-Música)^[12] 1 Colombia (National-Report)^[13] 92 Honduras (Monitor Latino)^[14] 12 Nicaragua (Monitor Latino)^[15] 1 Portugal (AFP)^[16] 12 Portugal Digital Songs (Billboard)^[17] 3 US Latin Digital Song Sales (Billboard)^[18] 12 US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)^[19] 46 Venezuela (National-Report)^[20] 4

Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position Nicaragua (Monitor Latino)^[21] 34 Portugal (AFP)^[22] 44

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Portugal (AFP)^[23]	2× Platinum	20,000^‡
United States (RIAA)^[24]	Platinum (Latin)	60,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Bola Rebola (feat. Mc Zaac) - Single". iTunes. April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
2. "Anitta e Tropkillaz lançam "Bola, rebola" com tapa-mamilo de crochê e letra trilingue". O Globo. February 22, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
3. Mahadevan, Tara (February 22, 2019). "Premiere: Tropkillaz Connect With J Balvin, Anitta, and MC Zaac in "Bola Rebola" Video". Complex. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
4. "Vai malandra - Single by Anitta, Mc Zaac & Maejor". iTunes. December 18, 2017. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
5. (in Brazilian Portuguese). Billboard Brazil. December 19, 2017. Archived from the original on February 28, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
6. "Análise: Anitta trava o adversário com o 'xeque-mate' de 'Vai Malandra'". Estadão. December 19, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
7. "Anitta bate recordes no Spotify Brasil com o funk 'Vai Malandra'". Veja. December 20, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
8. "Anitta é a primeira brasileira a emplacar duas músicas no TOP 50 do Spotify". Gaucho ZH. December 19, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
9. "'Vai malandra', de Anitta, é 1ª música em português entre mais ouvidas do mundo no Spotify". G1. December 20, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
10. ""Bola, Rebola" completa 30 dias na liderança do Spotify". Popline (in Portuguese). March 24, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
11. "Top 20 Bolivia –Del 25 de Febrero al 3 de Marzo, 2019" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. March 6, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
12. "Streaming Chart" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
13. (in Spanish). National-Report. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
14. "Top 20 Honduras –Del 22 al 28 de Abril, 2019" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. April 29, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
15. "Top 20 Nicaragua –Del 1 al 7 de Abril, 2019" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. April 1, 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
16. "Tropkillaz, J Balvin & Anitta feat. Mc Zaac – Bola Rebola". AFP Top 100 Singles. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
17. "Chart Search: Portugal Digital Songs". Billboard. Retrieved August 9, 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}
18. "Anitta Chart History (Latin Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
19. "Anitta Chart History (Latin Hot Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
20. "Top 100 Venezuela – Semana 12 del 2019 – Del 15/03/2019 al 21/03/2019" (in Spanish). National-Report. March 22, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
21. "Chart Anual Monitor Latino 2019 – Nicaragua General" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
22. "Top AFP - Audiogest - Top 3000 Singles + EPs Digitais" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
23. "Portuguese single certifications – Tropkillaz, J Balvin, Anitta – Bola Rebola Ft. MC Zaac" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
24. "American album certifications – Tropkillaz, J Balvin, Anitta – Bola Rebola Ft. MC Zaac". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 26 February 2019.