Rauw Alejandro

In 2017, Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee released Despacito and it became the most-streamed song during the course of six months. Mixing reggaeton and pop music was released in the year 2017 by the Puerto Rican musician Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and. The song was the top-streamed song at the period within a span of six months. The Billboard Top 100 included four mostly Spanish tracks in 2016 compared with two for 2015. In 2017, during the height of popularity for Despacito 19, 19 songs mostly in Spanish made it to the Billboard Top 100. In 2020, the number will increase to 41 tracks within this genre. In the wake of Justin Bieber's dual remix of Despacito (2017) famous musicians soon started collaborating with reggaeton musicians, such as Drake along with Bad Bunny on MIA (2018) and Madonna with Maluma in Medellin (2019). In 2020, a few Reggaeton artists were complaining about the direction of the genre toward the mainstream. But a newer generation such as Rauw Alejandro was determined to maintain the development. He incorporated electronic dance styles and other genres into his songs.