Netflix revealed some viewing figures for Selena: The Series, which ranked in the Top 10 in 23 countries including the US, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and Peru and spent 26 consecutive days in the Top 10 in Mexico.
As it has been doing with some of its most successful series, Netflix revealed some viewership results for Selena: The series, its original series based on the life of Selena Quintanilla and produced by Campanario Entertainment.
Released on December 4, in its first four weeks the series accumulated viewers in 25 million homes around the world.
In addition, it ranked in the Top 10 in 23 countries including the US, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and Peru and spent 26 consecutive days in the Top 10 in Mexico.
As they highlighted, half of the fans were from the United States, where the series stayed its entire first week at number 1 in the Top 10.
The figures were revealed along with the confirmation that the second part of the series will arrive worldwide on May 14.
Produced by Campanario Entertainment, Selena: The series featured six one-hour episodes.
Christian Serratos (The Walking Dead, Twilight) plays the artist in fiction, accompanied by Gabriel Chavarría as A.B. Quinanilla, Ricardo Chavira in the role of Abraham Quintanilla, Noemí González in the role of Suzette Quintanilla, Seidy López as Marcela Quintanilla and Madison Taylor Báez in the role of a young Selena.
Jaime Dávila, Rico Martínez, Suzette Quintanilla, Simran A. Singh, and Moisés Zamora are the executive producers of Selena: The Series.
A PHENOMENON BEYOND NETFLIX
Along with its viewing figures, Netflix highlighted the effect of the series on other platforms, such as Spotify or Tik Tok.
On Spotify, the star’s music views soared 260% during the launch of Selena: The Series. Selena’s listeners also increased by 90% during the same period, reaching 5 million monthly listeners.
The day before the series premiere, fans also broke the record for the most videos of people lip syncing the same song (Como la flor, by Selena y los Dinos) uploaded to TikTok in one hour as part of the challenge. #TodosComoLaFlor.
At Google, global search interest for Selena increased 1600% around the series’ launch. In 2020, Selena was the third most searched woman on Google in Latin or Spanish music worldwide.
