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The most watched music video of all time, Despacito, is now heading down the home stretch as it closes in on what will be a stunning 6-billion YouTube views.
At the time of writing, the Luis Fonsi hit had accumulated 5,938,892,557 YouTube views.
Fonsi teamed up with Puerto Rican rapper and compatriot Daddy Yankee for the release of this much-celebrated single in January of 2017.
Two years later it still captures the imagination of audiences around the world. It is an undeniably catchy tune and its video – which still dominates the discourse – is authentic and charming.
In all honesty it has also turned into somewhat of an obsession for some.
Directed by Carlos Pérez, the video features former Miss Universe Zuleyka Rivera. She takes viewers on a journey through the streets of La Perla, Puerto Rico. Critically, as the song would suggest, everything happens slowly – allowing fans to soak it all in.
The video first captured everybody’s imagination when it broke the one billion barrier in just 97 days. It then broke the two billion barrier in 154 days. It then became the first video to crash through the three billion, four billion and five billion barriers.
