Ritchie Valens' version of "La Bamba" became the first Latin song to enter the Hot 100 after its debut in 1959,[6][7][8] "Guantanamera" by the Sandpipers became the first one to reach the top 10 in 1966.
In June 2017, following the number one peak of "Despacito" in the Hot 100, Philip Bump of The Washington Post related the increasing success of Spanish-language songs in the United States since 2004 with the growth of its Spanish-speaking population, highlighting an improvement from 4.9% in 1980 to 11.5% in 2015.
[11] In January 2018, Leila Cobo of Billboard related the success of "Despacito" and the increase of music consumption via streaming to the rise of predominantly Spanish-language songs charting on the Hot 100.
Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny is the act with the most Latin top 10 entries on the chart, with 14.
[195][196][197] As of 2018, only two primarily Spanish-language songs have appeared on the top 100: "Macarena" (Bayside Boys Mix) by Los del Río, which peaked at number five on the ranking's first edition in 2008, and "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber.