THE MOST VIEWED VIDEO ON YOUTUBE NOW IS ‘DESPACITO’
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s hit previously became the most streamed song ever last month
‘Despacito’ has broken the record for most viewed YouTube video of all time.
The hit track by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee was originally released in January 2017, but was later re-released in April with vocals from Justin Beiber.
The video for the original version of the song has reached over three billion hits on YouTube, taking it past the clip that held the previous record – Charlie Puth and Wiz Khalifa’s The Fate Of The Furious-soundtracking ‘See You Again’. The pair held the record for just two weeks, as The Guardian reports.
“Thank you YouTube for ‘Despacito”s success,” Daddy Yankee said in a video posted to Billboard’s Instagram page. “I recognise the influence that the platform has. The music industry has changed. The rules of music have changed. And YouTube has a big responsibility, and I recognise it. Breaking the record is overwhelming, and I’m happy to keep [inspiring] others to do the same.”
Courtesy: nme.com