Rauw Alejandro

Despacito is a song from 2017 made by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi. It became the top popular streamed song worldwide within just the space of six months. In 2017, the single Despacito, a mixture of pop music with reggaeton, not only brought new interest to reggaeton but also brought more attention to Latin music. The Billboard Top 100 had four songs mostly in Spanish as of 2016, in contrast to just two songs in 2015. In 2017, during the peak of the popularity of Despacito the track was one of 19 that mainly Spanish have made it into the Top 100. The year 2020 will see there will be 41 hits in this category. After Justin Bieber's remix in two languages of Despacito (2017) well-known artists began to collaborate with reggaeton performers including Drake along with Bad Bunny on MIA (2018) as well as Madonna together with Maluma on Medellin (2019). In the year 2020, a few reggaeton artists felt dissatisfied with the direction the genre was shifting towards the more mainstream. Rauw Alajandro is a part of a new generation of musicians who are determined to shift the course. The genre often included elements of electronic dance music as well as other genres.