Despacito "the most watched YouTube video of all time, hackers deleted. Drake artists as Shakira, among those affected by the attack

MENU Login Welcome to News.ro! To access all published by editorial staff News.ro, write us at [email protected]. HomeEntertainment "Despacito" the most watched YouTube video of all time, hackers deleted. Artists like Shakira and Drake, among those affected by the attack "Despacito" the most watched YouTube video of all time, hackers deleted. Artists like Shakira and Drake, among those affected by the attack LOS ANGELES | Written by Patricia Marinescu | Tuesday, 2:04 p.m. "Despacito" the most watched YouTube video of all time, hackers deleted. Artists like Shakira and Drake, among those affected by the attack "Despacito" the most watched YouTube video of all time, was deleted by hackers, and victims of cyber attack were, among others, Shakira and Drake, according to The Independent . Official video of the song "Despacito", by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, established on April 4, a YouTube record, having exceeded 5 billion views. He thus became the first video platform which ever reached this threshold. After four days, the video disappeared from the platform. In addition, several artists were affected by hacker attack. Among them, Shakira, Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift and Drake. Originals were published by Vevo. The hackers, calling themselves Prosox and Kuroi'sh, wrote under video "Free Palestine" (Palestine free n.r.). According to the BBC, a Twitter account which apparently belongs to one of the hackers was published the message: "It's just fun. I used the script "youtube-video-title-change" and wrote "hacked". Do not judge me, I love YouTube ". "Despacito" was released in January 2017 and set several records. It set a record and platform Vevo, the most viewed video within 24 hours of a song sung in Spanish, with 5.4 million hits. Then he was appointed the video that reached fastest turnover of 200 million views, 2 billion and 3 billion views. The song has been downloaded 4.6 billion times within six months, according to data from Nielsen Music, quoted by Billboard. The single spent 16 weeks in first place in Billboard 100, equaling the record set by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men with "One Sweet Day", 1995-1996. In November 2017, the song "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi won trophies all categories it was nominated in the 18th edition of the Latin Grammy Awards. "Despacito" was named "Record of the Year", "Song of the Year", "Best Urban Fusion / Performance" (the remix that was Justin Bieber collaborator) and "Best Short Form Music Video".