Rauw Alejandro

In 2017, Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee released Despacito and it was the top-streamed track in just the space of six months. Mixing reggaeton and pop music was released in the year 2017 by the Puerto Rican musician Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and. It became the most-streamed at that time within 6 months. Billboard's Top 100 in 2015 had two tracks that were mostly in the Spanish and 2016 saw four. In the height of Despacito's chart-topping success in 2017 19 songs mostly in Spanish reached into the Top 100. It climbed to 41 by 2020. Justin Bieber re-mixed Despacito with an English version in the year 2017. In the year following, the most well-known artists began collaborating with reggaeton artists. Drake teamed with Bad Bunny for the production of MIA (2018) and Madonna collaborated on Medellin with Maluma (2019). In 2020, a few Reggaeton performers were expressing displeasure about the trend of the genre toward the mainstream. Yet, a young generation like Rauw Alejandro was determined to keep the trend going. The group incorporated elements from different styles and electronic music.