Most streamed track worldwide
Who
Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Justin Bieber
What
4,600,000,000 total number
Where
Not Applicable ()
When

"Despacito" had been streamed more than 4.6 billion times worldwide as of 19 July 2017. Originally performed by Luis Fonsi (b. Luis Alfonso López-Cepero) with Daddy Yankee (b. Ramón Rodríguez; both Puerto Rico), the song's popularity was subsequently boosted by a remix featuring Justin Bieber (Canada), which took it into the record books just 188 days after its release on 12 January 2017.


The record was announced by Universal Music Group on 19 July 2017.

Previous record holder: "Sorry" (2015) by Justin Bieber (4.38 billion streams)

Total streams on Spotify as of 9 September 2017: 817,994,911 (remix feat. Bieber); 654,759,816 (original by Fonsi and Daddy Yankee)

The remix featuring Bieber was released on 17 April 2017.

Translated from Spanish, "Despacito" means "Slowly".