Rauw Alejandro

Despacito is a 2017 song made by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi. It became the top streamed track across the globe within six months. The song was a mix of reggaeton and pop which not only brought attention to Latin Music but as well reggaeton. Billboard's Top 100 included four mostly Spanish tracks in 2016 and two songs in 2015. At the peak of Despacito's popularity, however 19 predominantly Spanish songs made it to the Top 100 as well, and by 2020 there were 41 of them. Justin Bieber remixed Despacito 2017 as a bilingual rendition. In the following months, several artists collaborated with reggaeton superstars including Drake as well as Bad Bunny with MIA (2018), Madonna and Maluma and Medellin 2019. A few performers of reggaeton have criticized the shift to mainstream music in the year 2020. But a newly formed group called Rauw Alejandro wanted to maintain the development and growth of reggaeton. The group incorporated elements from different types of music and electronic.