Here Are the Top 10 Hits on Billboard’s Top Hot Latin Songs of the 21st Century Chart

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito,” featuring Justin Bieber, dominates as the No. 1 song on Billboard’s Top Hot Latin Songs of the 21st Century chart. The recap is based on performance on the Hot Latin Songs chart from January 2000 through December 2024.

Imagine a world without “Despacito,” the global phenomenon that shattered the boundaries of the Latin market. Co-written by Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Erica Ender, Bieber, Poo Bear and Marty James, the track became a cultural juggernaut. Brought to life by producers Mauricio Rengifo and Andrés Torres, it gained even more momentum with Bieber’s remix contribution. Together, this powerhouse collaboration ruled the Hot Latin Songs chart for an unprecedented 56 weeks in 2017-18.

“When I look back, what really hits me is the fact that it opened a huge door for the non-Latin world to vibrate to Latin music,” Fonsi told Billboard in 2019. The track, which also crossed to the top of the Pop Airplay chart and dominated the Billboard Hot 100 for 16 weeks, “spearheaded a global Latin movement,” Fonsi added at the time. “I don’t mean to take credit and to say it was all me or the song; it was the sum of many songs and many artists. But this song definitely kicked the door open.”

Reflecting the biggest names in Latin from Y2K to today, check out the top 10 titles on Billboard’s Top Hot Latin Songs of the 21st Century chart below and the entire 100-position ranking in Billboard’s Greatest of All Time charts menu.

Following the Tuesday (Oct. 7) reveal of Billboard’s Top Latin Artists of the 21st Century chart and the Wednesday (Oct. 8) unveiling of Billboard’s Top Latin Albums of the 21st Century chart, check back Friday (Oct. 10) for Billboard’s rundown of The Top Producers of the 21st Century on the Hot Latin Songs Chart, with all coverage of Billboard’s 21st Century Charts here.

Billboard’s Top Latin Artists, Top Latin Albums and Top Hot Latin Songs of the 21st Century recaps reflect performance on weekly charts dated Jan. 1, 2000, through Dec. 28, 2024. The Top Latin Artists category ranks the best-performing acts in that span based on activity on Top Latin Albums and Hot Latin Songs. (Titles released prior to mid-1999 are excluded, although such entries that appeared on Top Latin Albums or Hot Latin Songs in that span contribute to the calculation of the Top Latin Artists chart.) The Top Producers of the 21st Century on the Hot Latin Songs Chart reflects producers with the most No. 1s on weekly Hot Latin Songs charts dated Jan. 1, 2000, through Dec. 28, 2024, with ties broken by most top 10s and most overall chart entries.