‘Encanto’s ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno,’ tops Billboard Hot 100

‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno,’ from Disney’s Encanto, makes a magical move to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, reports Billboard.

The ensemble song — by Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and the Encanto cast — rises from the Hot 100’s runner-up spot and becomes just the second No. 1 ever from a Disney animated film.

The animated Disney musical debuted in late December and tells the story of the magical (and dysfunctional) Madrigal family, who live in a mystical house in the mountains of Colombia. It features colorful visuals and lavish musical numbers from the powerful mind of Lin-Manuel Miranda. And it’s brought us some of 2022’s earliest earworms.

Specifically, the song comes in under just four minutes, features an ensemble cast and is getting more popular by the day.

It reached the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on Monday, five weeks after it debuted at No. 50. It’s performed by an ensemble that includes Encanto cast members Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero and Stephanie Beatriz. And it’s only the second song from a Disney animated film to reach those heights, following Aladdin’s ‘A Whole New World’ in 1993.

This is also the first time a song at the top of the Hot 100 for Miranda, according to Billboard. Miranda, who famously created the Broadway musical ‘Hamilton’ and wrote original songs for Disney’s ‘Moana,’ wrote the story for ‘Encanto’ and composed the music.

Miranda was nominated for a Grammy, Oscar and Golden Globe for ‘How Far I’ll Go’ from ‘Moana.’

In the court of public opinion, ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ has earned him praise too. The song has over 101 million streams on Spotify so far. The ‘Encanto’ soundtrack has over 16 million monthly listeners on the platform.