Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito” Video Hits 8 Billion Views on YouTube

Posted on November 8, 2022 by Tom Castaneda

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee continue extending their reign…

The 44-year-old Puerto Rican singer and 45-year-old Puerto Rican reggaeton star’s music video for global sensation “Despacito” has logged 8 billion views on YouTube.

In the process Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s video 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 the 2017 smash hit is Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You,” which has raked in 5.8 billion views.

“Who would of thought that a melody over my guitar that morning in my house would be listened to in so many places, by so many people,” Fonsi wrote on social media celebrating the song’s new milestone. “It’s been almost six years and I still can’t believe it. The words THANK YOU don’t cover it. 8 billion views, sounds so nice.”

Fonsi continued thanking those who made it all possible, including Daddy Yankee, Justin Bieber who jumped on the remix, his co-writer Erika Ender, producers Andrés Torres and Mauricio Rengifo and video director Carlos Pérez, to name a few, and his island of Puerto Rico, where they filmed the video, featuring former Miss Universe Zuleyka Rivera.

“Despacito,” released via Universal Music Latino in January 2017, is the gift that keeps on giving. Four months after the music video made its debut on YouTube, it hit the 1 billion mark back when it got a boost from a bilingual remix that featured Bieber.

Five years ago in May, the remix with Bieber reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and made global history. Furthermore, “Despacito” topped the Hot Latin Songs chart for a record 56 (non-consecutive) weeks, spending the most weeks at No. 1 for any title since the chart’s inception in 1986.

Camila Cabello Earns Second No. 1 on Australian Singles Chart with Shawn Mendes Collab “Señorita”

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Tom Castaneda

Camila Cabellois the top Señorita on the charts in Australia…

The 22-year-old Cuban and Mexican singer’s collaboration with Shawn Mendes, “Señorita,” has unseated Lil Nas X’s monster hit “Old Town Road” as the No. 1 song in Australia.

“Señorita” rises to the top of the ARIA Singles Chart after four consecutive weeks at No. 2, giving Cabello her second singles chart-topper following her smash “Havana,” which ruled the survey for three weeks in late 2017. Mendes, meanwhile, has earned his first leader Down Under.

With “Señorita” claiming top spot, Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” (Columbia/Sony) dips 1-2, ending its chart-topping run at 13 weeks, good enough for equal second best of all time alongside Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito” and Coolio’s“Gangsta’s Paradise”. Only Sheeran’s “Shape Of You” has enjoyed a longer streak at the summit, at 15 weeks.

Cardi B & Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You” Spends 40th Week in the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Tom Castaneda

Cardi Bis leaving her mark on the Billboard Hot 100chart…

The 26-year-old half-Dominican American rap sensation’s collaboration with Maroon 5, “Girls Like You,” spends its 40th week in the Top 20, dipping from No. 17 to No. 19, on the chart dated March 16.

The former seven-week Hot 100No. 1 spends becomes just the sixth single in the chart’s 60-year historyto have logged at least 40 weeks in the region.

Here’s a recap:

Most Weeks in Hot 100’s Top 20
46, “You Were Meant for Me”/”Foolish Games,” Jewel, No. 2 peak, April 19, 1997
42, “Shape of You,” Ed Sheeran, No. 1 (12 weeks), Jan. 28, 2017
42, “Uptown Funk!,” Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, No. 1 (14 weeks), Jan. 17, 2015
40, “Girls Like You,” Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, No. 1 (seven weeks), Sept. 29, 2018
40, “Perfect,” Ed Sheeran duet with Beyoncé, No. 1 (six weeks), Dec. 23, 2017
40, “Party Rock Anthem,” LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, No. 1 (six weeks), July 16, 2011

“Girls Like You” previously spent 33 weeks in the Hot 100’s top 10, tying Ed Sheeran‘s “Shape of You” for the most all-time.

Cardi B & Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You” Ties Longevity Record on Billboard Hot 100

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Tom Castaneda

Cardi Bis holding the Top 10 fort on the music charts…

The 26-year-old half-Dominican American rap sensation’s collaboration with Maroon 5, “Girls Like You,” ties a longevity record on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Feb. 16).

The former seven-week No. 1 single holds at No. 10, logging a 33rd week in the top 10.

The song matches Ed Sheeran‘s “Shape of You” for the longest top 10 run in the chart’s 60-year history. Sheeran’s smash led the list for 12 weeks in 2017.

Here’s an updated look at the songs that have spent the most time in the Hot 100’s top 10, dating to the chart’s August 4, 1958, inception:

Most weeks in Hot 100’s top 10
33, “Girls Like You,” Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B, 2018-19
33, “Shape of You,” Ed Sheeran, 2017
32, “Closer,” The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey, 2016-17
32, “How Do I Live,” LeAnn Rimes, 1997-98
31, “Uptown Funk!,” Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars, 2014-15
30, “Smooth,” Santana feat. Rob Thomas, 1999-2000

The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming, radio airplay and digital sales data and, along with all charts, will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Feb. 12).

“Girls” charges 22-6 on the Digital Song Sales chart, up 123 percent to 19,000 downloads sold in the week ending February 7, according to Nielsen Music. It also pushes 24-21 on Streaming Songs with a 13 percent boost to 20.5 million U.S. streams in the same tracking week. It keeps at No. 6 on Radio Songs (77.8 million audience impressions, down 2 percent, in the week ending Feb. 10), which it led for 16 weeks.

Maroon 5 had previously spent a high of 21 weeks in the top 10 with three hits: “Sugar” (2015), “One More Night” (2012-13) and “Moves Like Jagger,” featuring Christina Aguilera (2011).

Cardi B’s “Girls Like You” Collab with Maroon 5 Notches 3rd Week at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Tom Castaneda

Cardi B is still a Girl(s)on top…

Maroon 5‘s “Girls Like You,” featuring the 25-year-old half-Dominican American rap sensation, logs its third week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated October 13.

“Girls Like You” tops the Radio Songs chart for an 11th week, with 125.9 million in audience, down 2 percent, in the week ending October 7, according to Nielsen Music.

The track ties The Chainsmokers‘ “Closer,” featuring Halsey, in 2016, as the longest-leading Radio Songs No. 1 by a duo or group this century; it boasts the longest reign by a duo or group since TLC‘s “No Scrubs” led for 13 weeks in 1999.

“Girls Like You” has logged the longest run atop the chart by any act since Ed Sheeran‘s “Shape of You,” which spent 12 weeks at No. 1 in 2017 (and which interpolates “Scrubs“). (Goo Goo Dolls‘ “Iris” holds the longevity record atop Radio Songs among all acts, with 18 weeks at No. 1 in 1998.)

Fonsi’s “Despacito” Remix, Featuring Justin Bieber, Debuts Big on YouTube

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Tom Castaneda

Luis Fonsi’s massive hit “Despacito” just got bigger…

Following the release this week of a remix of the 39-year-old Puerto Rican singer’s single featuring Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber, singing in Spanish, “Despacito” is officially the biggest music debut of 2017 on YouTube, according to the video-sharing site.

In a mere 24 hours, the new version of the reggaetón chart-topper had already garnered approximately 20 million views worldwide on YouTube.

With more than 980 million views, the original version of Fonsi’s “Despacito,” featuring Daddy Yankee, continues to rule YouTube’s Global Music Top 100 chart, followed by Ed Sheeran‘s “Shape of You.”

On Billboard‘s Hot Latin Songs chart, “Despacito” is currently No. 1 and has been for 11 straight weeks, and it peaked at No. 44 on the Billboard Hot 100 (it now sits at No. 48).

In a previous interview, Fonsi said the feel-good track “celebrates our Latin culture and who we are; movement, dancing and rhythm are engraved in my bones.”

He added: “The genre I listen to the most is salsa, so people look at me and see this guy who’s done mostly romantic ballads, but there’s always been this other side. It captures the best of both worlds, and I think that’s helped the success of the song.”

Fonsi will perform at the 2017 Billboard Latin Music Awards on April 27 at The Watsco Center in Miami.

Zion y Lennox Add Latin Flavor to Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You”

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Tom Castaneda

Zion y Lennox are getting in Shape… with a Latin twist.

The Puerto Rican reggaetón duo has added some sabor to Ed Sheeran’s chart-topping track “Shape of You.”

The remiz, which was released over the weekend, has managed to make Sheeran’s already-catchy tune even more irresistible.

The collaboration was made possible thanks to the duo’s music label Warner Music, which is also Sheeran’s label.

“We were thrilled to work on this amazing track because everything about it is beautiful. The rhythm, which is very Carribean, everything. It’s very representative of what he can do with music. We saw him last year and he had a country song, you’d never imagine it’s Ed Sheeran. For us it was great news to be able to make this happen,” Zion y Lennox previously told Billboard adding that they recorded the remix in a hotel room in Guatemala. “The result is epic.”

On the charts, Sheeran’s “Shape” tops the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated April 1) for an eighth week. Zion y Lennox’s Latin remix joins other remixes by Major Lazer and Wale.

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