Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's "Despacito," featuring Justin Bieber, crowns the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated 5/27), rising 3-1. Among highlights for the new leader, it's the first mostly ...

Latin star Luis Fonsi has been dominating radio airwaves across the globe with his reggaeton-influenced — and Justin Bieber-featuring! — smash single, “Despacito.” On a break from working on his ninth ...

I didn’t expect that, amidst chants of “build the wall,” the song of the summer would be predominantly Spanish — only the third Spanish-language song to reach number one on the Hot 100. At the time of ...

For nearly a dozen weeks now, the most popular song in America has remained the same. With no small credit owed to Justin Bieber, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s predominantly Spanish language hit ...

NEW YORK (AP) — "Despacito" is easily the song of the summer with the success of the hit stretching beyond Spanish-speaking audiences to make it the year's most recognized song in the U.S. and ...

Latin music has grown into a global cultural and economic force. Latin Recording Academy CEO Manuel Abud reflects on the ...

In January, Victor Martinez, president of Hispanic Broadcasting Radio and programmer for multiple Latin pop stations in the Northeast, opened an email announcing that the Puerto Rican singer Luis ...

The United States has seen a sustained rise in Latin‑language music, a trend that accelerated with the 2017 hit “Despacito” ...

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I didn’t expect that, amidst chants of “build the wall,” the song of the summer would be predominantly Spanish — only the third Spanish-language song to reach number one on the Hot 100. At the time of ...