30 on the Hot 100 after just a month on the chart. “Mi Gente,” a collaboration with Willy Williams, is No. J Balvin's song, “Mi Gente,” a collaboration with Willy Williams, is climbing the charts. radio and the pop charts.įILE - In this April 27, 2017, photo, singer J Balvin performs during the Latin Billboard Awards in Coral Gables, Florida. Balvin's “Mi Gente” - another Spanish song finding success on U.S. The remix spent 14 weeks on top of Spotify's global chart until last week when it was supplanted by J. “Despacito” had reached the Top 40 on the Hot 100, and following the Bieber remix - which includes the pop star singing in Spanish -the song reached No. “Technically, the reason why Justin Bieber discovered the song was because it was so popular already,” said Rocio Guerra, Spotify's head of Latin culture. 1 on Billboard's Latin songs charts, and while some believe Justin Bieber helped make the song a hit when he jumped on its remix, it's quite the opposite. The smooth jam about slowly falling in love has become a pop culture phenomenon since its release in January, selling more than 7.7 million tracks - based on digital sales, audio streaming and video streaming - according to Nielsen Music. “Despacito'' is the first mostly Spanish song to top the Hot 100 since Los del Rio's “Macarena” in 1996. and South America - everyone's just dancing.'' and people in Russia and Australia and U.K. “There's something magical in that melody and in the beat and in the production. it's sort of an accident if you will,” he said. “It wasn't really forced, it wasn't gimmicky.
When I sat down with my guitar to write this song, I just wanted to write a great song that people would automatically connect to, and dance to, and really enjoy, so it was so nice to see how - in a very organic way - the whole world just connected to it,” Fonsi said in an interview from Spain, where he was set to perform the worldwide hit. “The beauty behind (‘Despacito’) is that it was never meant to be a crossover song. The song also has opened the door for other Spanish tracks to get airplay on American radio. Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's song, which has topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 13 weeks and counting, set a record as the most streamed song on Spotify and is the first YouTube video to reach 3 billion views. “Despacito” is easily the song of the summer with the success of the hit stretching beyond Spanish-speaking audiences to make it the year's most recognized song in the U.S.