This Singer Could Retire Off His 7 Billion YouTube Views Alone
Starting in 2008, Luis Fonsi became a record-breaker, selling Eleven million 'Despacito' records world wide. Adding to that, the video was amongst the most-watched YouTube clips of all time. Just off the good fortune of the track alone, the 43-year old can name it a career.
Despite all the success of the song, Fonsi admits it caught everyone off-guard, particularly the affect it could have on Spanish tune, "It’s exciting! It wasn’t planned this way. I was born in Puerto Rico but was raised in Orlando and now [live] in Miami. So I’ve had success in the U.S., but toward a Latin audience. Now it’s a new door that opens. It’s refreshing."
Of course, the tune would experience additional luck once Justin Bieber entered the chat... he gave the music a wholly new life, as soon as once more exploding on the web.
We'll speak about the impact the song had total, along side how much Fonsi used to be ready to pocket due to views alone. It is clear, he doesn't must work a unmarried day because of the earnings of the song, that are ongoing at this level.
The Song Was Not Forced
According to Fonsi and his interview with Forbes, the song itself was not forced and made with absolute ease. This is what makes its luck that much more particular, "Obviously when Justin did that remix, he sings a bit in English...but it’s really a Spanish song,” he said. “It was just that everything lined up correctly and I think that was the true success of the song, the fact that it wasn’t forced.”
In addition, the song also opened the door to bilingual collaborations once Justin Bieber entered the picture, "I think ‘Despacito’ was a huge a part of it, but before ‘Despacito’ there have been amazing collaborations and artists doing you recognize, bilingual songs and taking part with extra American artists.”
Luis is easily mindful that social media was once the essential issue within the tune changing into a good fortune, and that comes with the remake along Justin Bieber, because it gave the tune existence to an entirely different market altogether. "Latin music has already been here and it's not like we are re-discovering the wheel, but I think that music is in constant evolution and I do think that streaming has a lot to do with it,” said Fonsi. “There's a really interesting movement within our own culture that's bleeding over, for lack of a better term, into different languages and cultures and countries. Streaming has helped us share our happiness.”
In this day and age, anyone can run their own business thanks to social media alone. YouTubers are making careers off the platform, documenting their lives. Most dream of a video hitting the billion mark and that's the exact honor Fonsi will forever own.
Almost $40 Million Off Downloads Alone
At the moment, the darn 'Baby Shark Dance' is holding firm at number one, while Fonsi and 'Despacito' continue to hold down the number two spot. At the moment, the song has 7.3 billion views, along with 44 million likes.
Fans are still dropping comments in 2021, "2017: People got here to listen tune. 2021: People come to test views." Guilty...
"The fact that this video’s views almost feels like everyone on earth has watched this."
Let's take a look at the monetary gain made from the song. The two biggest streams of revenue are from YouTube and Spotify. According to Dissidences, the payout off YouTube alone is estimated to be $29.2 million. When adding the revenue made from Spotify to the equation, the earnings total a near $40 million.
The site also reports that in 2017, the song was bringing in five digits on a daily basis, "On a day-to-day basis, Despacito had about 24,881,587 streams. And the common earning for those views amount to about $76,650."
It is still hard to believe that it doesn't stand alone at the top, as 'Baby Shark Dance' has over one billion extra views.
Through all the song's success, Fonsi finds it most gratifying that it reached those views while in Spanish, "It’s wonderful, especially given the times that we’re dwelling in. It looks like we’re in a divided international with politics, [but] whilst you listen “Despacito” and you see any person who doesn’t discuss Spanish trying to get the words proper…it shows the power of music. We’re coming together."
It'll be interesting to see the numbers on the song a few more years down the road. Who knows, maybe it'll hit 10 billion one day.
Sources: YouTube, Forbes, EW & Dissidences
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