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Rosal\u00eda\u2019s new offering, ‘LUX’, has become the most-streamed album in a day on Spotify<\/strong><\/a> by a Spanish-speaking female artist.<\/p>\n Her fourth record was released on Friday and amassed 42.1 million first-day streams, more than doubling the debut numbers for her critically-acclaimed 2022 album ‘Motomami’ – one of Euronews Culture\u2019s Best European Albums of the 21st Century<\/strong><\/a> – which opened with 16million.<\/p>\n Up until the release of ‘LUX<\/strong><\/a>‘<\/strong>, the record was held by Karol G, whose 2023 album ‘Ma\u00f1ana Ser\u00e1 Bonito’ racked up 35.7million streams on its opening day.<\/p>\n ‘LUX’ is already one of our favourite albums of the year, and impresses due to Rosal\u00eda\u2019s unbridled ambition. The Spanish artist breaks from her previous fusion of traditional flamenco stylings with modern-day pop and hip-hop heard on her 2017 debut ‘Los \u00c1ngeles’, 2018\u2019s ‘El mal querer’, as well as the reggaeton-fuelled sounds of ‘Motomami’ – to the extent that encompassing the mood at the heart of ‘LUX’ is a tough ask.<\/p>\n Arranged in four movements and impressively sung in up to 13 different languages (each language’s lyrics corresponding to the life of a different female saint), it is an avant-garde and operatic opus, in which she is backed by the London Symphonic Orchestra and the likes of Bj\u00f6rk<\/strong><\/a>, Yves Tumor<\/strong><\/a> and even Daft Punk<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Charlotte Gainsbourg as composers.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a euphoric collection of tracks that may not be as immediately accessible as the ones on ‘Motomami’ but the album rewards repeat listens from those who appreciate risk-taking when it comes to artists breaking the definitions of pop music.<\/p>\n