MULTO BEFORE THE WORLD

It has finally happened. There is a Filipino recording, a Filipino song in Tagalog in the list. Multo by Cup of Joe is at No. 100 in the Billboard Global 200. It is in between Numb by Linkin Park and Counting Stars by OneRepublic. Over at Spotify Global, Multo is at No. 56, in between Gata Only by Floyy Menor and Loco by Neton Vega. And it feels really grand.

- BABY A. GIL

It has now become such a treat. I mean, checking out the hit charts and knowing that dreams do come true. I mean, for real. Here is something that I dreamed of ever since I laid hands on a copy of Billboard Magazine and found the Hot 100 and other charts.

It has finally happened. There is a Filipino recording, a Filipino song in Tagalog in the list. Multo by Cup of Joe is at No. 100 in the Billboard Global 200. It is in between Numb by Linkin Park and Counting Stars by OneRepublic. Over at Spotify Global, Multo is at No. 56, in between Gata Only by Floyy Menor and Loco by Neton Vega. And it feels really grand.

Because I work in the music industry, finding out what music sells is something that I have been doing regularly for many years. At first, it was just Billboard and then the Rolling Stone and occasionally Cashbox. Okay, let us see what tunes are selling this week. While reading those it became my dream to see a Filipino song in the charts.