'Desacito' Is Officially the No. 1 Most-Viewed YouTube Video ...▶ 2:04
“Despacito” means “slowly” in Spanish.The song, performed by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee, reached 2 billion and 2.5 billion views faster than any video in YouTube’s history. And last weekend, just 203 days after its launch, the video surpassed 3 billion views, making it the most viewed ever
Ender and Fonsi finished the song with just guitar and voice, going
through at least five arrangements before they found the sound they
wanted. Then Fonsi decided “Despacito” needed another collaborative
element, so he called Daddy Yankee, who agreed to add the pasito a pasito
element of the chorus. The song debuted in January and immediately went
to No. 1 in 14 countries, and Universal started to contemplate an
English language version.
