Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero (born: April 15, 1978), better known by his stage name Luis Fonsi, is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, and actor. He is most known for his worldwide hit song 'Despacito'. Because of this song and music video, Luis Fonsi became one the fastest growing YouTube channels of all time and is currently the 81st most subscribed and 63rd most viewed YouTube channel of all time.
Despacito[]
On January 12, 2017, VEVO released and uploaded Luis Fonsi's song and music video for 'Despacito' featuring rapper and singer Daddy Yankee. The official music video is now the most liked and held the status of the most viewed YouTube video for 3 years, with over 41 million likes and over 7 billion views, until it was beaten by Pinkfong's Baby Shark. Canadian singer Justin Bieber was featured in an English remix, which only boosted the song's success, making it one of the most popular songs in the world.
Due to the song and music video, Luis Fonsi's career success has skyrocketed.
Hacking[]
On April 10, 2018, a hacker got onto Luis Fonsi's VEVO channel and deleted 'Despacito'. The next day, YouTube permanently restored the video. It is the 8th "most viewed YouTube video" to be deleted and the first to be deleted temporarily.
Discography[]
- Comenzaré (1998)
- Eterno (2000)
- Amor Secreto (2002)
- Fight the Feeling (2002)
- Abrazar la vida (2003)
- Paso a Paso (2005)
- Palabras del Silencio (2008)
- Tierra Firme (2011)
- 8 (2014)
- Vida (2019)
- Ley de Gravedad (2022)
Tours[]
- Comenzaré Tour (1998–99)
- Eterno Tour (2000–01)
- Amor Secreto Tour (2002)
- Abrazar La Vida Tour (2003–04)
- Paso a Paso Tour (2005–06)
- Palabras del Silencio Tour (2009–10)
- Tierra Firme Tour (2011–13)
- Somos Uno Tour (2014–15)
- Love + Dance World Tour (2017–18)
- Vida World Tour (2019)
- Noche Perfecta (2022)
Television[]
- Amantes de Luna Llena (2000); Special appearance
- Taina (2001); Special appearance
- Corazones al límite (2004); Roy
- Llena de amor (2010); Special appearance
- The Voice Chile (2015–16); Coach
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2017, 2019); guest performer
- El hormiguero (2017, 2018, 2018 (La Voz), 2019, 2020, 2021, 2021 (La Voz), 2022, 2022 (La Voz); Guest Performer[1]
- Lip Sync Battle (2018); Episode: "Luis Fonsi vs. Joan Smalls"
- Drop the Mic (2018); Episode: "Seth Rogen vs. Joseph Gordon-Levitt / Terry Crews vs. Luis Fonsi"
- La Voz (2019-); Coach (with Wisin, Alejandra Guzmán, Carlos Vives)[2]
- Songland (2020)
- The Voice (2021) with Kelly Clarkson's team
- 23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards (2022); Host (with Anitta, Laura Pausini, Thalía)
Trivia[]
- Jean Rodríguez is Luis Fonsi's brother.
- He has 2 children.
Channel milestones[]
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
Subscriber milestones[]
- 1 million subscribers: September 27, 2016
- 2 million subscribers: February 20, 2017
- 3 million subscribers: March 31, 2017
- 4 million subscribers: April 20, 2017
- 5 million subscribers: May 8, 2017
- 6 million subscribers: May 27, 2017
- 7 million subscribers: June 13, 2017
- 8 million subscribers: June 30, 2017
- 9 million subscribers: July 13, 2017
- 10 million subscribers: July 25, 2017
- 11 million subscribers: August 8, 2017
- 12 million subscribers: August 25, 2017
- 13 million subscribers: September 17, 2017
- 14 million subscribers: October 23, 2017
- 15 million subscribers: November 22, 2017
- 16 million subscribers: December 18, 2017
- 17 million subscribers: January 17, 2018
- 18 million subscribers: February 24, 2018
- 19 million subscribers: April 13, 2018
- 20 million subscribers: May 28, 2018
- 21 million subscribers: July 22, 2018
- 22 million subscribers: September 25, 2018
- 23 million subscribers: December 3,2018
- 24 million subscribers: February 11, 2019
- 25 million subscribers: April 23, 2019
- 26 million subscribers: August 6, 2019
- 27 million subscribers: March 2, 2020
- 28 million subscribers: August 26, 2020
- 29 million subscribers: February 16, 2021
- 30 million subscribers: September 17, 2021
- 31 million subscribers: August 19, 2022
Video view milestones[]
- 1 billion views: January 31, 2017
- 2 billion views: April 22, 2017
- 3 billion views: June 5, 2017
- 4 billion views: July 17, 2017
- 5 billion views: August 27, 2017
- 6 billion views: November 14, 2017
- 7 billion views: January 13, 2018
- 8 billion views: April 5, 2018
- 9 billion views: August 14, 2018
- 10 billion views: January 13, 2019
- 11 billion views: June 18 2019
- 12 billion views: May 19, 2020
- 13 billion views: February 28, 2021
- 14 billion views: January 28, 2022
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