### [2020-10-10](/feed/2020/10/10/index.md)

##### Despacito
#  Luis Fonsi's Despacito music video becomes the first video on YouTube to surpass seven billion (7,000,000,000) views. 




### Sources:

1. [Archive](http://web.archive.org/web/20201010175649if_/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJQP7kiw5Fk)

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