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The video for Luis Fonsi’s "Despacito," the 2017 mega-hit featuring Justin Bieber and Daddy Yankee, is more than a just a chart juggernaut—it's also a bona fide history-maker and record-breaker.

"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, ...

The last time Billboard’s Hot 100 had a new No. 1 song, the United States was still in the Paris climate accord. The Senate hadn’t even started Obamacare repeal, let alone botched it. North Korea hadn ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber chart-topper "Despacito" just notched yet another coveted title: the track's ...

“Despacito” means “slowly” in Spanish—yet its rise has been anything but. The song, performed by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee, reached the milestones of 2 billion and 2.5 billion views faster ...

"Despacito," the hit song by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, has officially become the most streamed song in music history just six months after its release — nothing despacito (slow) about that record.

Bert and Ernie, along with some help from their friend, sing in both English and Spanish in an ode to Ernie's lifelong bestie, rubber ducky. "El Patito," which is the Spanish translation for rubber ...

The team behind Latin sensation “Despacito” should savor every moment of its unprecedented success slowly. On Monday, the Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee track featuring Justin Bieber entered its 16th ...

"Despacito" has already topped the charts for months, but one of the song's co-writers, Erika Ender, is betting that it still has plenty of room left to soar in at least one giant market: her native… ...

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito” is now the most-viewed YouTube video of all time. It has more than 2,997,026,945 views, and, as Vulture points out, it’s only been out since January. That ...

It was a cultural moment in a year of swift changes. Much like the #MeToo movement brought attention to the sexual harassment of women, “Despacito” and later “Mi Gente” brought into clear view Latino ...