Rauw Alejandro

In the year 2017 Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi as well as Daddy Yankee released Despacito and it topped the charts for most streamed songs in just the space of six months. The single a mix of reggaeton, pop and rock not only brought renewed attention to reggaeton but it also brought attention to Latin music generally. In Billboard's Top 100 in 2015 had two songs mostly of Spanish languages, while the year in 2016 there were four. In 2017, during the height of Despacito's popularity the track was one of 19 that mainly Spanish made it to the Billboard Top 100. The year 2020 will see the number will increase to 41 songs that fall into this category. In the wake of Justin Bieber released his bilingual remix of Despacito in the year 2017 famous artists started to work with reggaeton artists. Drake and Bad Bunny were part of a team on MIA (2018) and Madonna joined forces with Maluma for Medellin 2019, which was released in 2019. In the year the year 2020, some musicians from reggaeton protested that it was moving toward mainstream. Rauw Alajandro is a part of a new generation of musicians who are determined to shift the direction of. He often used electronic dance, as well as other forms.