Anitta's album Equilibrivm II has topped Billboard's New Music Latin poll, taking more than 71% of the reader vote, according to Billboard. The poll, which opened on July 24, asked readers to pick their favourite new Latin release of the week from a shortlist of fresh tracks and albums.

The Brazilian pop star's win was decisive. Her 71%-plus share dwarfed the competition, which included Ryan Castro's "Que Te Vaya Bien," a collaboration between Natanael Cano and Gabito Ballesteros titled "Pa La Maña," and "Mi BB" by Lunay and Omar Courtz. Billboard only publishes New Music Latin poll results when a poll generates more than 1,000 votes, meaning Equilibrivm II cleared that threshold comfortably on its way to the top spot.

Equilibrivm II is the follow-up to Equilibrivm, a 15-track album released in April. The newer release is mainly in Portuguese, with some songs in English and Spanish — a mix that reflects Anitta's cross-market push across Latin America, the English-speaking world and her native Brazil. Anitta, born Larissa de Macedo Machado in Rio de Janeiro, has spent over a decade building a career that spans funk carioca, reggaetón and pop, with collaborations ranging from Cardi B to J Balvin.

For fans, the poll result is a reader-voted signal rather than a sales metric. Billboard's New Music Latin poll is a weekly feature that lets the publication's audience weigh in on new releases, separate from the magazine's chart systems — the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200, which track consumption and sales. A poll win does not appear on those charts, but it does give an artist a visible moment of audience momentum in a crowded release week.

The Latin music release schedule has been busy through July, with established names and rising acts dropping new material in close succession. Anitta's ability to pull a majority of reader votes against that field points to an engaged fanbase willing to mobilise around a poll — a different measure of popularity from streaming numbers or certification thresholds, the sales benchmarks awarded by bodies like the RIAA in the US and the BPI in the UK.

What makes the result worth noting is the margin. A field of four releases splitting the vote can often produce a tight race; Anitta took more than seven in every ten votes cast. Whether that reader enthusiasm translates into chart performance is a separate question, and one the numbers will answer in the coming weeks.