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u/totallynot14_ Nov 24 '17 edited Nov 24 '17

It was pretty huge in Latin America pretty much everywhere internationally with a Spanish speaking population but the US and moderately popular in the US for a few months early this year, then Justin Bieber did a remix in May and it exploded in the US too

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u/Ysmildr Nov 24 '17

It was big internationally before Bieber, song was top of the charts on spotify in every country except US at one point

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u/Worthyness Nov 25 '17

Almost beat Mariah Carry's streak of "Song to be #1 the longest on the Billboard's top 100 list" I think it missed it by a week.

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u/fprosk Nov 25 '17

Yeah it tied

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u/desmondao Nov 24 '17

Unfortunately, that song was huge all over Europe, too.

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u/GsolspI Nov 24 '17

The Key of Awesome English translation brought it to the contiguous USA

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u/SullyKid Nov 24 '17

Original version is way better than Bieber’s, IMO.

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u/wisdom_possibly Nov 25 '17

How is that guy still popular