Luis Fonsi was born on April 15, 1978, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. As a child, he loved music and joined the San Juan Children’s Choir. His family moved to Florida when he was young, where he continued ...
In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: ...
Latin Grammy award-winning musician Luis Fonsi would be the first to admit that he’s a hopeless romantic. It’s fairly obvious, of course, when you skim through his song catalog over his nearly 30-year ...
If you’ve been around since at least 2017, chances are you’ve heard “Despacito,” the smash bilingual single with Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee that topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 16 straight ...
Sometimes, it really is as simple as that—for as much time as you spend sharpening your skills, a great song idea can be a rather elusive thing to pin down, and it just might pop into your head ...
After a four-year gap, Germany's biggest pop star is back with a single featuring Luis Fonsi of "Despacito" fame. Is Fischer eyeing the international market? They both have their sights set on Mars.
Movements are never the product of a single action. And yet many of the recent developments in Latin music are labeled pre- or post-“Despacito.” In the summer of 2017, this juggernaut of a song ...
Apart from its nearly unprecedented success, the most remarkable thing about Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s 2017 global smash hit “Despacito” may be how quickly it came together. Today (Tuesday, March ...
Joe Biden played – and did a little dance to – Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber's song ‘Despacito’ to try and rally support from Latino voters – but we're not sure he knew what the lyrics ...
“Despacito”—Luis Fonsi’s chart-topping, record-setting reggaeton hit from 2017—first came together over the course of a single afternoon. “We wrote the song out of a guitar,” says Ender of the ...