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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andrea Bossi is a New York-based contributing reporter covering music. This article is more than 4 years old. Luis Fonsi and Daddy ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Veronica Villafañe is an expert in the Hispanic media industry. “Despacito” is hanging on to the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 ...

Since January, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito” has garnered accolades left and right. It currently owns the pole position on the Billboard Hot 100 for a twelfth consecutive week and recently ...

The video for Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's hit song has become YouTube's most viewed clip of all time. By The Associated Press Surprised the video for “Despacito” — YouTube’s most viewed clip of all ...

"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, ...

Olympic figure skaters Shiyue Wang and Xinyu Liu of China and Yura Min and Alexander Gamelin of South Korea danced to Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's Grammy-nominated hit "Despacito" in back-to-back ...