It’s been less than a year and a half since Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee uploaded the official video that accompanies their soon-to-be smash “Despacito” on YouTube, but already, it has risen higher and ...

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If you’ve been around since at least 2017, chances are you’ve heard “Despacito,” the smash bilingual single with Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee that topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 16 straight ...

I didn’t expect that, amidst chants of “build the wall,” the song of the summer would be predominantly Spanish — only the third Spanish-language song to reach number one on the Hot 100. At the time of ...

"Despacito" trampled all others in number of views, but a Thai man singing in an oyster costume was YouTube's most viral clip. Joan E. Solsman Former Senior Reporter Joan E. Solsman was CNET's senior ...