Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi, co-author of one of the century’s most iconic songs, shares how he created it and discusses its impact on Latin music. Eric Michael Roy @ericmichaelroy; Hair: ...

Luis Fonsi hit song "Despacito," featuring Daddy Yankee has set a new YouTube record, becoming the first video on the digital platform to reach 6 billion views. You could say that the song continues ...

Twenty years into his career, the Puerto Rican singer's crossover hit with Justin Bieber has found resonance across borders and earned him a rare distinction among Latin artists. The world is taking ...

When a friend of Luis Fonsi's passed him a film script, the global pop star agreed to look at it as a courtesy. “I wasn’t looking (to act). I wasn’t auditioning. It wasn’t something that was next on ...

Fonsi had the most watched YouTube video ever this year. — -- What does it feel like to have YouTube’s most watched video ever? Just ask Luis Fonsi, the singer who’s behind the year’s breakout ...

Luis Fonsi doesn't blame Justin Bieber for failing to learn the words to "Despacito." The singer-songwriter came to Bieber’s defense after the pop star was recorded butchering the lyrics to the ...

Movements are never the product of a single action. And yet many of the recent developments in Latin music are labeled pre- or post-“Despacito.” In the summer of 2017, this juggernaut of a song ...

In January, Victor Martinez, president of Hispanic Broadcasting Radio and programmer for multiple Latin pop stations in the Northeast, opened an email announcing that the Puerto Rican singer Luis ...

It's been five years since the groundbreaking song hit No. 1 on the Hot 100, where it remained for 16 straight weeks. By Leila Cobo Chief Content Officer Latin/Español, Billboard Five years ago this ...

"Despacito" may be the most-streamed song in the world, but at least one country is not a fan: Malaysia. The Muslim-majority country has pulled the Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber track off ...

Luis Fonsi is apparently open to new versions of his 2017 hit single “Despacito.” The Puerto Rican singer appeared on The Tonight Show to discuss his hometown and his new album Vida, and took the ...

The creators say the smash hit song was created in a few hours. — -- “Despacito,” the inescapable song of the summer, dominated the charts and infected our brains with its undeniably catchy ...