Luis Fonsi's 'Despacito' becomes first video to reach 6B views

Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Luis Fonsi's music video for "Despacito," featuring Daddy Yankee, has become the first video ever to reach six billion views on YouTube.

Fonsi celebrated reaching the milestone on Instagram by thanking everyone involved with the hit song including Daddy Yankee.

YouTube said that the music video reached six billion views on Sunday after earning 1.9 billion more views than any other video. On average it receives 2.8 million views a day.

"Despacito" was released in January 2017. The music video first made history in August 2017 when it reached three billion views.

Fonsi made headlines in January when he sang "Despacito" with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show using random lyrics.