Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andrea Bossi is a New York-based contributing reporter covering music. This article is more than 5 years old. Luis Fonsi and Daddy ...
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee released "Despacito" in January and then remixed it in April featuring Justin Bieber. Credit: John Parra/Telemundo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Image "Despacito" isn't just ...
"Despacito" is a lot of things: it's the song you can't get stuck out of your head, the one playing from every car or set of headphones, and thanks to it's new global streaming record of 4.6 billion ...
With a 15th week at No. 1, Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee's smash, featuring Justin Bieber, moves to within a week of tying the record for the most time spent on top. By Gary Trust Luis Fonsi and Daddy ...
The last time a song sung primarily in Spanish hit No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts was in 1996, with Los Del Rio’s “Macarena.” Now, that dance-craze-causer has a successor in Luis Fonsi and Daddy ...
“Despacito” means “slowly” in Spanish—yet its rise has been anything but. The song, performed by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee, reached the milestones of 2 billion and 2.5 billion views faster ...
"Despacito," by Puerto Rican artists Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, dominated the summer of 2017. We've heard it in bodegas, at the beach, in the park, at professional baseball games, on TV talk shows, ...
How did Despacito become the song of the summer? Slowly. Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's original version of the track debuted in January, becoming a global hit that beckoned a remix with Justin Bieber ...
The last time a non-English-language composition won the Grammy for song of the year, Dwight D. Eisenhower was President. The song was “Volare,” a jaunty Italian crooner from singer Domenico Modugno ...
"Despacito," the Spanish-language summer smash by Puerto Rican stars Luis Fonsi and "king of reggaetón" Daddy Yankee, is now the most-streamed song in history. On Wednesday, Universal Music, which ...
Luis Fonsi, the singer behind the wildly popular song “Despacito,” often applauds others who cover his big hit. But not this time. On Monday, Fonsi condemned Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for ...
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