No surprises here! “Despacito” has been named the biggest song in the U.S. of 2017 by Nielsen in the company’s annual year-end report, and it was way ahead of the next-highest title. The Latin smash, ...

The great songwriter Leonard Cohen once said: “If I knew where the good songs came from, I’d go there more often.” Sometimes, it really is as simple as that—for as much time as you spend sharpening ...

Luis Fonsi’s global hit “Despacito” has broken a new digital record. The official video of the catchy Spanish-language track, featuring Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee, on Wednesday surpassed 5 ...

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When Latin Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Luis Fonsi released his first album back in 1998, he didn’t have the free marketing tool that is social media readily available at his fingertips. He ...

When Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, and Erika Ender wrote "Despacito," they knew it'd be "special," but they had no idea how they'd make history. On January 12, 2017, Universal Music Latin released the ...

In early 2017, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee inadvertently kicked off a global Latin pop renaissance with their reggaetón lento, “Despacito.” The song gave a second wind to the Puerto Rican artists, ...

"Despacito" by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber was 2017’s most inescapable song. It spent a record-breaking 16 weeks at number one on the Billboard charts and is the most-streamed ...

Long before he was the man who wrote “Despacito” — one of the world’s most ubiquitous and all-time greatest hits — he was Luis Fonsi, the Spanish-language heartthrob with millennial pop charisma. He ...