Mariah Deborah’s “Na Para Bang” Becomes the First Female OPM Song on Billboard’s Global Excl. U.S. Chart
“Na Para Bang” by Mariah Deborah entered the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart at No. 106 on the chart dated October 24, 2026. No song by a female OPM artist had made the ranking before.
The chart launched in 2020. It ranks songs by streaming and digital sales across more than 200 territories, excluding the United States, using data compiled by Luminate.
Other OPM songs got there first
Earlier entries include Cup of Joe’s “Multo” debuted at No. 74 in 2025. Juan Karlos’ “ERE” entered at No. 138 in 2023. Earl Agustin’s “Tibok” came in at No. 144 in 2025.
It started with a meme and a crush
Deborah wrote “Na Para Bang” in 2025, when everyone around her was saying the phrase. She said it sounds almost like percussion when you say it out loud. Around the same time, she had started liking a friend. She released the song on February 13, 2026.
Home came first
The song debuted at No. 56 on the Billboard Philippines Hot 100 dated September 26. A week later it was No. 2. It then reached No. 1 and held the spot for a second week on the chart dated October 17. It also leads the Top Philippine Songs chart.
On Spotify, it peaked at No. 65 on the Global chart and hit No. 1 on Spotify Philippines. It reached No. 2 in the United Arab Emirates and No. 102 in Singapore. In early October, it became the first song by a female OPM artist to debut on Spotify’s Global Daily Chart, entering at No. 140 with more than 1.1 million streams on its first day.
Deborah has also passed Janine Berdin as the female OPM artist with the most monthly listeners on Spotify.
She learned to produce it herself
Deborah is 24 and from Pangasinan. She is independent and has no major label behind her. Her parents are both singers who met through an orchestra, and she grew up singing at family events. Taylor Swift writing her own songs pushed her to write hers.
She started producing during the pandemic. She was heartbroken and wanted her music out, and she didn’t see why she should wait for someone else to produce it. So she learned how. She produced her debut album, “i wanna eat your intestines,” herself, with one track co-produced by her friend Enzo Caday.
The crowd made it real
Deborah lives in the province, so the response to her TikTok videos had mostly felt like numbers on a screen. On September 29 she played the Wish Bus for the first time and saw the crowd in person. She said “totoo pala siya,” which roughly translates to “it’s real after all.”
She performed “Na Para Bang” that day, along with her other originals “Bahagya” and “Hibang.”
