Elvis Crespo Returns to Tropical Airplay With Jerry Rivera Collab

Tropical hitmaker Elvis Crespo is back on the Billboard charts as “Nuestra Canción,” with Jerry Rivera, debuts at No. 10 on the Tropical Airplay chart (dated March 22). The new version of his 1998 track marks his return to the ranking’s top 10 after more than five years.

“I’m grateful to God for the opportunity to experience this new life and feel the love of radio” Crespo tells Billboard upon his first top 10 since 2019. “Being back and sharing a song with an artist like Jerry Rivera is an honor that fills me with emotion, due to the respect and admiration I have for him. Without a doubt, this new chapter begins in an incredible way.”

“Nuestra Canción” debuts at No. 10 on Tropical Airplay with 2 million audience impressions registered in the U.S. during the March 7-13 tracking week, according to Luminate. It gives Crepo his first top 10 since 2019 and 34th overall.

For Rivera, the collab brings rewarding results. He achieves his third top 10 so far in 2025. Previously, “Te Buscare” peaked at No. 8 in February. Meanwhile, “Volver a Enamorarnos” matches his previous best at No. 8 high and meets “Nuestra Canción” in this week’s top 10. Overall, the Puerto Rican amasses 35 top 10s spanning four decades of career entries, dating back to his first top 10, “Me Estoy Enloqueciendo Por Ti” in 1994. (No. 2 high).

Crespo first came to prominence with the 1999 hit “Suavemente,” which held strong at the summit on Tropical Airplay for nine consecutive weeks then. That same year, he broke the barriers as one of merengue’s most successful singer-songwriters, placing two other radio top 10s, including the five-week ruler “Tu Sonrisa.”

The New York-born, Puerto Rican-raised vocalist followed suit in 1999, positioning four other songs on the tally. While he spent one week at No. 1 with “El Cuerpo Me Pide” with Victor Manuelle, seven-week champ “Píntame” earned him a first Grammy for best merengue performance that same year.

Among those four ranked Tropical Airplay songs, “Nuestra Canción,” composed by Homero D’ Rodríguez, took him to a No. 17 high in April 1999. The song was the fourth single from Crespo’s debut studio album Suavemente, his first No. 1 on Top Latin Albums, which also gave him his first appearance on the all-genre Billboard 200 in 1999, where it remained for 43 weeks.

The new version of “Nuestra Canción” is composed by Crespo and Francisco “Pulpo” Barbosa. It has already become a new favorite across tropical stations. The song will become available across digital platforms on March 20 as announced by Crespo on TikTok.

While Crespo’s resurgence on Tropical Airplay earns him a 35th top 10 overall, Rivera enters a tie with Prince Royce for the fourth-most top 10s since the tally launched in 1994, both with 35 top 10s. They trail only Victor Manuelle (65 top 10s), Marc Anthony (57) and Gilberto Santa Rosa (37).

Crespo’s new achievement sets as the Puerto Rican prepares for his Poeta Herío Tour, which begins at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico on June 21.