Despacito becomes the most watched video on YouTube with 6 billion views

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"Despacito" beats "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran, earns 25.7 million views / day

The video featuring Fonzi and the popular Hispanic singer Daddy Yankee surpbaded other titles of hit songs such as Ed Sheeran Shape of You (4.9 billion views) and Wiz Khalifa See You Again who presents Charlie Puth (4.02 billion views) .

Before reaching the 6 billion mark, the video was already receiving 2.8 million views a day.

And now he sees 25.7 million views a day.

Record Holder

In 2018, Guinness World Records awarded seven titles to Fonzi

In addition, Despacito is the record king.

In 2018, Guinness World Records rewarded Fonzi with seven titles for his song.

Awards were: most-watched online videos, most-watched online videos, most-watched YouTube videos (duet), the most-watched title in the world, the first YouTube video to receive 5 billion views, almost all weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart and Longest duration on the billboards.

Popularity

"Gangnam Style" was the first video to cross the billion mark

Notably, Korean singer PSY Gangnam Style was the first video to cross the bar of the billion views on YouTube.

At the same time, it seems that Fonzi's performance at the Libre Libre concert last week may have helped to strengthen the point of view of the song.

To celebrate this feat, Fonzi shared his happiness with Instagram and wrote: "I never tire of thanking the team that made this possible."

Problems

& # 39; Despacito & # 39; has also been the subject of minor controversy over the years

Since 2017, the song has also been the subject of minor controversy.

Last year, the song was removed from YouTube by a group of hackers shortly after the video broke the five billion mark.

The hackers, Prosox and Kuroi & # 39; sh, had only hacked the video of the Vevo channel.

However, YouTube eventually managed to restore the video.

In July 2017, the song was banned in Malaysia for its "bady lyrics".