Rauw Alejandro

Despacito is a hit song from Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi along with Daddy Yankee was released in the year 2017. It was the top one streamed music at that moment within just six months. In 2017, the song Despacito, which combines reggaeton with pop music was not only a way to bring new attention to reggaeton music but also brought more attention to Latin music. In 2015, there were two mostly songs with Spanish lyrics on the Billboard Top 100 and in 2016 there were four. At the peak of the popularity of Despacito, 19 tracks mainly in Spanish have made it into the Billboard Top 100. The year 2020 will see the number will increase to 41 tracks in this category. Justin Bieber remixed Despacito 2017 in a bilingual version. Soon, other artists collaborated with reggaeton superstars such as Drake and Bad Bunny with MIA (2018), Madonna and Maluma and Medellin 2019 In the year 2020, a handful of reggaeton artists were expressing displeasure at their genre's shift towards the mainstream but a new generation of performers, including Rauw Alejandro, sought to continue the evolution of reggaeton. He incorporated electronic dance styles and others into his music.