Rauw Alejandro

In 2017, Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee released Despacito and it was the top-streamed track during the course of 6 months. In 2017, the song Despacito, a mixture of reggaeton with pop music has not just brought fresh focus to reggaeton, but also increased interest in Latin music. Billboard's Top 100 included four mostly Spanish songs from 2016 as opposed to two in 2015. In 2017, at the height of Despacito's popularity the track was one of 19 that mainly Spanish have made it into the Billboard Top 100. By 2020 it will have 41 hits in this category. Justin Bieber re-mixed Despacito with a Spanish version in 2017 shortly after which the most well-known artists began collaborating with reggaeton acts. Drake teamed with Bad Bunny to create MIA (2018), while Madonna was a part of Medellin with Maluma (2019). In the year 2020, a handful of reggaeton stars were complaining about its inclination towards mainstream. However, a younger generation, led by Rauw Alejandro, sought to keep reggaeton evolving. He often used electronic dance and other forms.