{"id":732,"date":"2017-08-04T16:35:45","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T23:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=732"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:49:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:49:30","slug":"luis-fonsi-daddy-yankees-despacito-first-video-to-hit-3-billion-views-on-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=732","title":{"rendered":"Luis Fonsi &#038; Daddy Yankee&#8217;s &#8216;Despacito&#8217; First Video to Hit 3 Billion Views on YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<script>\r\nif( document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ) ) document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ).insertAdjacentHTML( \"beforebegin\", \"<link rel='stylesheet' href='https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/wp-content\/themes\/themify-music\/themify\/themify-builder\/css\/themify-builder-style.css' type='text\/css' \/>\" );\r\n<\/script>\r\n\t\t\t<p>After setting a record for most-viewed video in YouTube history on Friday (Aug. 3),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/308529\/luis-fonsi\/chart\">Luis Fonsi<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/300083\/daddy-yankee\/chart\">Daddy Yankee<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;Despacito&#8221; tackled yet another record that same day: becoming the first YouTube video to reach 3 billion views.<\/p>\n<p>The video, shot in Spanish and without\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/305459\/justin-bieber\/chart\">Justin Bieber<\/a>&#8216;s additional verses, was first posted on Jan. 12 of this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What an honor.. most viewed video in history and first video to reach 3 billion views&#8230; y EN ESPA\u00d1OL!!&#8221; Fonsi\u00a0captioned a celebratory video on Instagram. &#8220;Thank you to everybody involved\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/daddyyankee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@daddyyankee<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zuleykarivera\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@zuleykarivera<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/elasticpeople\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@elasticpeople<\/a>\u00a0Thank you, the fans for celebrating this song with us y gracias Puerto Rico por ser el escenario m\u00e1s hermoso del mundo. 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