ÉXODO
Éxodo (transl. Exodus) is the fourth studio album by Mexican singer Peso Pluma. It was released on 20 June 2024, through Double P Records. Serving as a follow-up of his third studio album, Génesis (2023), he began recording the album at major cities in the United States and Mexico, including Prajin Parlay Studioz in Anaheim, California and Lab Studios in Coconut Grove, Miami, with several sessions lasting from 2023 to mid-2024. The album was mostly produced alongside Ernesto Fernández and Jesus Iván Leal Reyes "Parka", with further contributions from Andrew Watt, Charlie Handsome, Chris Jedi, Cirkut, Dímelo Flow, DJ Durel, Édgar Barrera and Gaby Music, among others.
Recorded in different stages and phases of Peso Pluma's life and career, Éxodo is a double album split into two discs; the first disc contains regional Mexican tracks and corridos tumbados songs, while its second disc explores more urban genres such as hip-hop, Latin trap, reggaeton and electronic dance music. The album's guest appearances include frequent collaborators such as Junior H, Eslabón Armado, Tito Double P, Luis R. Conriquez, Óscar Maydon, Natanael Cano, Gabito Ballesteros, Arcángel and Ryan Castro, while it also features new collaborators including Netón Vega, Chino Pacas, Iván Cornejo, Rich the Kid, Cardi B, Quavo, Anitta, Kenia Os and DJ Snake. Thematically, Éxodo contains lyrics which revolve around subjects such as luxury, organized crime, stardom and religion. He had also referred to the album as his "dark side", marking a new era for him, while biblically, it follows his third album, Génesis, creating a reference to the Book of Exodus following its predecessor Book of Genesis.
Upon release, Éxodo received mostly favorable reviews from music critics, who praised the album's production and Peso Pluma's versatility within it, while other publications criticized its lack of consistency and the inclusion of its second disc. On Spotify, the album garnered 29.8 million global streams within all of its tracks in its first 24 hours, becoming the highest debut for an album by a Mexican artist. After a four-hour tracking period for Billboard charts, it debuted at No. 41 and No. 19 on the US Top Latin Albums and Regional Mexican Albums charts, respectively, with 3,000 album-equivalent units. After the next full tracking week, it reached a peak position of No. 1 on both charts, additionally debuting at No. 5 on the US Billboard 200 with 64,000 additional album-equivalent units, becoming his second top-five album on the chart. It was later certified undecuple-platinum in the Latin field by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Peso Pluma embarked his North American second headlining tour, the Éxodo Tour, the first arena tour of his career, in July 2024, to support the album. In addition, he released eleven singles from the album beginning December 2023, including "Bellakeo", "Rompe la Dompe", "La People II", "Peso Completo", "Teka", "La Durango", "Gimme a Second", "Vino Tinto", "Tommy & Pamela", "La Patrulla" and "Hollywood". The album was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Música Mexicana Album (including Tejano) at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, becoming Peso Pluma's second nomination in the awards overall while being the best in Mexico.