Rauw Alejandro

Despacito was released by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi in 2017, and quickly became the number one streamed track in just 6 months. It was a mixture of pop music and reggaeton not only brought renewed interest to reggaeton, but also brought attention to Latin music in general. In Billboard's Top 100 in 2015 had two songs that were mostly Spanish language, while in 2016 there were four. In 2017, at the height of popularity for Despacito 19, 19 songs mostly in Spanish have made it into the Top 100. The year 2020 will see it will have 41 tracks in this category. Justin Bieber re-mixed Despacito with a Spanish version in 2017. In the year following, the most well-known artists began collaborating with reggaeton acts. Drake teamed with Bad Bunny to produce MIA (2018) and Madonna worked on Medellin together with Maluma (2019). As early as 2020, some reggaeton musicians protested that the genre was shifting towards the mainstream. Rauw Alajandro is a part of a new generation of musicians who are determined to shift the direction of. Rauw Alejandro incorporated elements of other types of music and electronic.