This Week's Mighty Song Writer: "Despacito" Co-Writer Erika Ender

New York, NY (Top40 Charts) This week's episode of Mighty SONG Writers comes from , who co-wrote the massive hit "Despacito" and was the youngest person ever to be inducted into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame. Ender talks about the first song she wrote at nine years old, her love of Diane Warren, and books that have inspired her writing before performing one of her new songs. "Writing is a business of emotions, and whenever you connect to a message that people need to express or need to hear, it is so powerful," she says.

Previous performers in the Mighty SONG Writers series include Amanda Shires withJason Isbell, Marcus Roberts, Jewel, Phil Augusta Jackson, Devon Gilfillian, Valerie June, and Rhett Miller. Catch up on the full series here: https://lithub.com/story-type/mighty-song-writers/

Mighty SONG Writers aims to raise money to support Philadelphia-based non-profit Mighty Writers, which teaches reading and writing to thousands of low-income and marginalized students every year and is seeing more need than ever during the pandemic.

Erika Ender has broken innumerable records throughout her 28-year decorated career. She has written or co-written more than 40 chart-topping singles, and more than 200 albums have been released with her songs on them. She is the only Latina ever to be nominated to a major category at the GRAMMYs and the only one to earn a #1 song on Billboard's Hot 100. She has won multiple Latin GRAMMY awards, and she is the youngest person ever to be inducted into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame. Her songs have been recorded by Justin Bieber, Akon, Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Marc Anthony, Chayanne, Gloria Trevi, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Prince Royce, and Ha-Ash among others.