5x LATIN GRAMMY® WINNER LUIS FONSI HAS BEEN NOMINATED TO THE 60TH GRAMMY AWARDS IN THE CATEGORIES:
"RECORD OF THE YEAR" - LUIS FONSI & DADDY YANKEE "DESPACITO" FEAT JUSTIN BIEBER
"SONG OF THE YEAR" - LUIS FONSI & DADDY YANKEE "DESPACITO" FEAT JUSTIN BIEBER
"BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE" - LUIS FONSI & DADDY YANKEE "DESPACITO" FEAT JUSTIN BIEBER
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN HISTORY (FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS) THAT A SONG IN SPANISH IS NOMINATED IN THESE CATEGORIES
ADDING TO A LONG LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS, LUIS FONSI BREAKS BARRIERS AGAIN WITH A STELLAR DEBUT OF HIS NEW SINGLE
"ÉCHAME LA CULPA" WITH DEMI LOVATO
THE INFECTIOUS SINGLE DEBUTED AT # 1 IN iTUNES IN OVER 30 COUNTRIES, # 1 ON SPOTIFY IN FIVE COUNTRIES AND IT BECOMES A GLOBAL SUCCESS IN JUST A FEW DAYS OF ITS RELEASE
#1 BILLBOARD's LATIN DIGITAL SONG SALES
#1 YOUTUBE's GLOBAL CHART
#2 SPOTIFY's VIRAL 50
# 3 BILLBOARD's HOT LATIN SONGS
# 9 SPOTIFY's GLOBAL TOP 50
#21 SHAZAM's GLOBAL CHART
#47 BILLBOARD's HOT 100
THE VIDEO FOR "ÉCHAME LA CULPA" REACHES 100 MILLION VIEWS IN EIGHT DAYS AND BREAKS VEVO'S LATIN RECORD AS MOST VIEWED IN 24 HOURS
MIAMI, FL. (November 28, 2017). - International artist and 5x Latin GRAMMY® winner Luis Fonsi, rewrites history once again when becoming a three-time GRAMMY® nominee today in the categories "Record of the Year," "Song of the Year" and "Best Pop Duo/Group Performance" for his history-making single "Despacito" alongside Daddy Yankee ft Justin Bieber. This is the second time (first time in 30 years) that a song in Spanish is nominated in these categories. The 60th GRAMMY Awards will take place at New York City's Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018. The telecast will be broadcast live on CBS at 7:30-11 p.m. ET.
And the good news does not stop here, his new single "ÉCHAME LA CULPA" featuring GRAMMY® nominee and global superstarDemi Lovato it's a global hit only a week after its premiere.
"ÉCHAME LA CULPA," written by Luis Fonsi, Andres Torres, Mauricio Rengifo and Alejandro Rengifo (Cali and El Dandee), and produced by Andrés Torres and Mauricio Rengifo, debuted at # 1in iTunes in over 30 countries including U.S., Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Finland, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Brazil, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Sri Lanka, Belice, Qatar, South Africa and Uganda, among others.
The single also debuted at # 1 on Billboard's Latin Digital Songs and YouTube's Global chart, # 2 on Spotify's "Viral 50" chart, #3 on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs, Top 5 in five countries, # 9 on Spotify's Global "Top 50", #21 on Shazam's Global chart and #47 on Billboard's Hot 100.
The vibrant and sensual video directed by Carlos Perez, Creative director of Elastic People, became the most viewed video in the first 24 hours reaching more than 17.1 million views. In eight days, it had already reached 100 million views, become one of five videos in history to achieve this. The video currently registers 119 million views.
ÉCHAME LA CULPA (SINGLE AND VIDEO) ALREADY AVAILABLE IN ALL DIGITAL PLATFORMS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT LUIS FONSI:
Website: www.luisfonsi.com
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