Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi's Spanish-language hit "Despacito", whose English title is "Slowly", has had nearly two billion views more on YouTube than its nearest challenger, "Shape of You", by the British singer Ed Sheeran. AFP/File/Raul ARBOLEDA
The video, first released in January 2017 by Fonsi and Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee, already holds the record for the fastest two billion, three billion and four billion views (272 days).
Fonsi’s Spanish-language hit, whose English title is “Slowly”, has had nearly two billion views more than its nearest challenger, “Shape of You”, by the British singer Ed Sheeran.
The South Korean singer Psy was the first to cross the two-billion-views barrier on the platform with his “Gangnam Style” in 2012, which also set off a dance craze.
Psy is now fifth in the YouTube charts with 3.3 billion views.
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