In an exclusive excerpt below, Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Justin Bieber manager Scooter Braun and others involved in the creation of the global hit — both its original version and the Bieber-featuring remix ...
Five years ago this Friday (May 27), “Despacito” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and made global history. The instant-classic single (Universal Music Latino), already a runaway smash in its ...
With 8 billion views, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee‘s “Despacito” extends its reign as the most-viewed music video on YouTube — by a long shot. The closest competitor to the nearly five-minute clip for ...
I didn’t expect that, amidst chants of “build the wall,” the song of the summer would be predominantly Spanish — only the third Spanish-language song to reach number one on the Hot 100. At the time of ...
Luis Fonsi hit song "Despacito," featuring Daddy Yankee has set a new YouTube record, becoming the first video on the digital platform to reach 6 billion views. You could say that the song continues ...
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee are killing the music game at the moment. The Puerto Rican duo currently have the number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with their hit single, "Despacito," ...
Sunday's performance of "Despacito" at the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards is going to be a "historic" one. ET caught up with Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee as they rehearsed at Madison Square Garden in New ...
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee walked away with zero wins at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, but the Puerto Rican artists are responding with a positive message. Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee nabbed big ...
Movements are never the product of a single action. And yet many of the recent developments in Latin music are labeled pre- or post-“Despacito.” In the summer of 2017, this juggernaut of a song ...
Movements are never the product of a single action. And yet many of the recent developments in Latin music are labeled pre- or post-“Despacito.” In the summer of 2017, this juggernaut of a song ...
Apart from its nearly unprecedented success, the most remarkable thing about Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s 2017 global smash hit “Despacito” may be how quickly it came together. Today (Tuesday, March ...