Since its release in January, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito” has racked up a total of 4.6 billion streams, making it the most-streamed song of all time. The record includes streams from the “Despacito” remix featuring Justin Bieber, which was released in April. The global streaming numbers come from “all major platforms,” including Spotify and YouTube, The Guardian reports. The track surpasses Justin Bieber’s 2015 track “Sorry,” which held the previous all-time streaming record with 4.38 billion plays. “Despacito” accumulated most of its streams on YouTube, where the original video has more than 2.6 billion streams, and the official remix stream on Fonsi’s channel has more than 400 million streams. On Spotify, the tracks have a combined total of around 1 billion streams, according to Business Insider.
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