Rauw Alejandro

Despacito was first released by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi in 2017 and became the top-streamed track within 6 months. The mix of reggaeton with pop music has not only brought attention back to this genre but it also brought attention to Latin music generally. In Billboard's Top 100 in 2015 had two songs that were mostly Spanish and the year 2016 featured four. In 2017, at the peak of the popularity of Despacito 19, 19 songs mostly in Spanish have made it into the Billboard Top 100. In 2020, it will have 41 songs in this category. In the wake of Justin Bieber's dual remix of Despacito (2017) popular musicians soon started collaborating with reggaeton performers including Drake with Bad Bunny on MIA (2018) and Madonna together with Maluma in Medellin (2019). From the beginning of 2020, a few reggaeton artists were unhappy with the way it was moving toward popular. Rauw Alajandro is a participant in a fresh generation looking to alter the direction of. He used elements from other styles and electronic music.