Reggaeton stars Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, who have topped the charts all over the world including nine weeks in the UK, push their guest vocalist Justin Bieber into second placeLuis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s reggaeton hit Despacito has become the most streamed song of all time, with 4.6bn streams globally across all major platforms. The announcement from Universal Music Latin Entertainment means that Sorry by Justin Bieber is now pushed into second place on 4.38bn, though Bieber shares in Despacito’s success with his guest vocal on the track, which helped it cross over from Latin hit to worldwide smash. It was recently credited with a rise in tourism to Puerto Rico, which gets a namecheck in the song. Thanks to streaming services such as Spotify publishing global charts, hits from the world of Latin pop now have more visibility in countries they previously might have ignored them. Other Latin pop songs currently in Spotify’s global chart include J Balvin’s Mi Gente at number seven – which crept into the UK chart at 100 this week – Maluma’s Felices Los 4 at number 22, and Danny Ocean’s Me Rehúso at number 30.

Source: The Guardian July 19, 2017 08:03 UTC