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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. 2017 single by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee "Despacito" Single by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee from the album Vida Language Spanish Released January 13, 2017 Recorded 2016 Studio Noisematch (Miami, US) Genre Reggaeton Latin pop Length 3: 47 Label Universal Latin Songwriter(s ...
Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero (born April 15, 1978), known by his stage name Luis Fonsi (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlwis ˈfonsi]), is a Puerto Rican singer.He is known for his soulful and dance oriented songs, most notably 2017's "Despacito".
Keep in mind it took Bieber for the United States to really take note of “Despacito,” even as the rest of the world devoured the song in its original Spanish-only version.
Vida is Fonsi's first album in five years, [2] and features the singles "Despacito" (both the original version and remix), "Échame la Culpa", "Calypso" (both the original version and remix), "Imposible" and "Sola". [3] Commercially the album sold over one million copies in the United States, topping the Billboard Top Latin Albums.
The English language remix that James worked on was intended to expand the appeal of the original song which had already been a success. Justin Bieber was brought on to sing on the remix. [7] "Despacito" was released in April 2017 and received international attention, topping charts in 47 countries.
In June 2017, following the number one peak of "Despacito" in the Hot 100, Philip Bump of The Washington Post related the increasing success of Spanish-language songs in the United States since 2004 with the growth of its Spanish-speaking population, highlighting an improvement from 4.9% in 1980 to 11.5% in 2015. [11]
Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications US Lat [2]US Pop [3]POL [11]SPA [4]SWI [12]Éxitos 98:06: Released: November 21, 2006; Label: Universal Music Latino
Jon Caramanica of The New York Times called the song "a jaunty, celebratory number", and felt Lovato singing in clipped Spanish is "only marginally less comfortable than the bumpy-edged English-language semi-soul she employs elsewhere on the song". [18] Deepa Lakshmin of MTV News wrote that it is "equally infectious" as "Despacito". [19]