NEW YORK - Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi's "Despacito," whose reggaeton beat has swept the globe, on Wednesday was named the most streamed song of all time.

The song's label, Universal Music Latin Entertainment, said "Despacito" in its original and remixed versions had reached 4.6 billion streams across platforms including YouTube and Spotify.

"Despacito" - a racy track that features Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee - went viral soon after its release in January and found an even wider audience in April when pop celebrity Justin Bieber appeared in a remix.

"Despacito" dethroned another track with Bieber, the Canadian's 2015 song "Sorry," which has 4.38 billion plays, according to Universal.

"Despacito" - which means "slowly" in Spanish - has spent 10 weeks at number one on the US singles chart, the first Spanish-language song to reach the top spot since "Macarena" in 1996. - AFP