Luis Fonsi Receives Award In Washington

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Without a doubt, this has been a great year for Luis Fonsi. Now the interpreter and co-author of the famous song "Despacito" will be honored on Thursday night in Washington, where the Hispanic Heritage Foundation will present the "Pioneer" award during the ceremony for its thirtieth annual award, reported the newspaper in Puerto Rico The New Day.

"Luis [Fonsi] has represented the spirit of our community through art for almost 20 years," said José Antonio Tijerino, president of said foundation.

In addition to recognizing the work of the Puerto Rican singer, at this event, dozens of Latino personalities will also be honored as part of Hispanic Heritage Month.

The award ceremony will take place at the Warner Theater in the US capital on October 6, where Fonsi will perform a musical presentation, in which he is expected to perform his hit song. The ceremony will be broadcast on PBS.

While the moment of this tribute arrives, Fonsi continues adding achievements. Last week he was on Jimmy Fallon's show performing "Despacito". This topic continues to break world records. On YouTube, it has already achieved more than 2,993,786,682 views, making it one of the most viewed Latino videos on this platform.

In addition, he continues to lead multiple Billboard charts; Thanks to this, the song has become the first song in Spanish to appear on the US list 21 years after “La Macarena”.

Also the Universal film studios company has given Luis Fonsi three more recognitions for the international success of this musical piece.