Rauw Alejandro
Despacito from Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi The song, as well as Daddy Yankee became the song that was streamed the most in less than six months. This mix of reggaeton and pop music did not just draw an interest to this genre but it also brought attention to Latin music generally. The Billboard Top 100 featured two songs which were Spanish mostly, and four songs in the year 2016. During the height of Despacito's popularity, however 19 mostly Spanish songs made it into the top 100, and in 2020 there were 41 of them. Following Justin Bieber's bilingual remix to Despacito (2017) famous artists began to collaborate with reggaeton performers including Drake with Bad Bunny on MIA (2018) and Madonna and Maluma for Medellin (2019). From the beginning of the year 2020, some musicians from reggaeton protested that the genre was heading towards the more mainstream. Rauw Alajandro is a part of a new generation looking to alter the trajectory of. The group incorporated elements from different genres and electronic music.





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