Luis Fonsi's Super Hit "Despacito" Set A New Record On Youtube With 6 Billion Views

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s mega-hit Despacito set a new record on Youtube last Tuesday. According to the biggest streaming platform, the phenomenal music video has become the most watched video ever in Youtube’s history, reaching over 6 billion views by Tuesday.

Releasing in January 2017, the Spanish-language video went viral and became a phenomenal all over the world. The ear-catching song is also the first one to hit the two billion, three million then four million views in the shortest time (within only 272 days for four billion views).

It Leaves Shape Of You Behind With A Two-Billion-View Gap

With 6 million views and counting, the video is outstripping the runner-up Ed Sheeran’s Shape Of You. The British singer’s hit, which ranks second on the view count chart, has just reached 4 billion views at the moment.

A South Korean hit Gangnam Style from Psy was the first one to set the 2 billion views record in 2012. The song has gone viral with addictive rhyme and crazy dance moves. Psy’s hit, however, is standing at the fifth position in the chart with 3.3 billion views.

However, Despacito is not the only billion-view video of Luis Fonsi. Last year, the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter also released another music video of Échame La Culpa which has reached 1.7 billion views so far.

The Video Disappeared With Five Billion Views Last Year

In facts, the international song with billion views used to be removed from Youtube last year by hackers. The suspected hacker called Prosox and Kurdish attacked Vevo’s channel, and much favourite music video including Despacito disappeared from the website.

Fortunately, the Google-owned platform was able to restore these deleted videos of which fans can relieve. If you want to listen to this biggest-hit-ever again, check it out below to add up more views: