Singer-rapper Daddy Yankee, whose career exploded with 2004's hit 'Gasolina', will culminate his musical run with 'Legendaddy', his first new studio album in 10 years, along with a world tour.

 
His music launched a genre that altered the sound and business of Latin music and became a global phenomenon. 
Daddy Yankee had hinted at retirement and a last album and tour during an interview at Billboard's Latin Music Week last year but had yet to make an official announcement.

 
"Today, I'm announcing my retirement from music by giving you my best production and my best concert tour," Daddy Yankee said in a statement in a press release issued on March 20.&nbsp;

"I will say goodbye celebrating these 32 years of experience with this new collector`s item, the album 'Legendaddy'. I'm going to give you all the styles that have defined me, in one single album."Daddy Yankee's 'Legendaddy'` is set to be released on May 24 at 8 pm ET. 
 
His La Ultima Vuelta World Tour, a five-month trek, is set to kick off on August 10 in Portland, Oregon and run through December.&nbsp; 
 
Pre-sale tickets will go on sale on March 25, with a general public sale to follow on March 30. 
 
Daddy Yankee has had six No. 1s on the Top Latin Albums chart, starting with 2004's 'Barrio Fino', the first-ever reggaeton album to hit that spot. As of March 2022, he's seen 76 entries on Latin Airplay and 86 on Hot Latin Songs, including the record-shattering 'Despacito' alongside Luis Fonsi.&nbsp; 
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Singer-rapper Daddy Yankee, whose career exploded with 2004's hit 'Gasolina', will culminate his musical run with 'Legendaddy', his first new studio album in 10 years, along with a world tour.

Singer-rapper Daddy Yankee, whose career exploded with 2004's hit 'Gasolina', will culminate his musical run with 'Legendaddy', his first new studio album in 10 years, along with a world tour. His music launched a genre that altered the sound and business of Latin music and became a global phenomenon. Daddy Yankee had hinted at retirement and a last album and tour during an interview at Billboard's Latin Music Week last year but had yet to make an official announcement. "Today, I'm announcing my retirement from music by giving you my best production and my best concert tour," Daddy Yankee said in a statement in a press release issued on March 20. "I will say goodbye celebrating these 32 years of experience with this new collector`s item, the album 'Legendaddy'. I'm going to give you all the styles that have defined me, in one single album."Daddy Yankee's 'Legendaddy'` is set to be released on May 24 at 8 pm ET. His La Ultima Vuelta World Tour, a five-month trek, is set to kick off on August 10 in Portland, Oregon and run through December. Pre-sale tickets will go on sale on March 25, with a general public sale to follow on March 30. Daddy Yankee has had six No. 1s on the Top Latin Albums chart, starting with 2004's 'Barrio Fino', the first-ever reggaeton album to hit that spot. As of March 2022, he's seen 76 entries on Latin Airplay and 86 on Hot Latin Songs, including the record-shattering 'Despacito' alongside Luis Fonsi.

Daddy Yankee announces retirement from music with farewell tour

Latin music star and entrepreneur Daddy Yankee has joined forces with Universal Music Group, a unit of French media conglomerate Vivendi SA, to create music, film and television projects, starting with a new track release on Friday. 
 
The global entertainment partnership is "one of the biggest commitments to an artist in the history of Latin music," the partners said in a statement on Thursday, without disclosing financial details. 
 
Yankee's new song 'Don Don', featuring fellow Puerto Rican rappers Anuel AA and Kendo Kaponi, will be rolled out by digital distributor Ingrooves Music Group, a unit of Universal Music, which is minority-owned by China`s Tencent Holdings Ltd. 
 
Yankee, also a songwriter, actor and producer, will develop visual media projects via Polygram Entertainment. Born Ramon Luis Ayala Rodriguez, Yankee, 44, is best known for the 2004 single "Gasolina," the first reggaeton song nominated for a Latin Grammy Record of the Year award. 
 
He is credited with coining the word reggaeton to describe the new dance music genre in the early 1990s that blends hip-hop, Latin Caribbean music and reggae rhythms with Spanish rapping and singing. 
 
'Despacito',&nbsp;Yankee's collaboration with Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi in 2017, scooped multiple Latin Grammys and Billboard awards that year. 
 
Yankee has sold over 17 million albums, with hit singles such as 2018's 'Dura', 2019's 'Con Calma',&nbsp;'Gasolina', 'Rompe',&nbsp;'Limbo'&nbsp;and 'Que Tire Pa`Lante'.&nbsp;He has won over 100 industry awards.

Latin music star and entrepreneur Daddy Yankee has joined forces with Universal Music Group, a unit of French media conglomerate Vivendi SA, to create music, film and television projects, starting with a new track release on Friday.

Latin music star and entrepreneur Daddy Yankee has joined forces with Universal Music Group, a unit of French media conglomerate Vivendi SA, to create music, film and television projects, starting with a new track release on Friday. The global entertainment partnership is "one of the biggest commitments to an artist in the history of Latin music," the partners said in a statement on Thursday, without disclosing financial details. Yankee's new song 'Don Don', featuring fellow Puerto Rican rappers Anuel AA and Kendo Kaponi, will be rolled out by digital distributor Ingrooves Music Group, a unit of Universal Music, which is minority-owned by China`s Tencent Holdings Ltd. Yankee, also a songwriter, actor and producer, will develop visual media projects via Polygram Entertainment. Born Ramon Luis Ayala Rodriguez, Yankee, 44, is best known for the 2004 single "Gasolina," the first reggaeton song nominated for a Latin Grammy Record of the Year award. He is credited with coining the word reggaeton to describe the new dance music genre in the early 1990s that blends hip-hop, Latin Caribbean music and reggae rhythms with Spanish rapping and singing. 'Despacito', Yankee's collaboration with Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi in 2017, scooped multiple Latin Grammys and Billboard awards that year. Yankee has sold over 17 million albums, with hit singles such as 2018's 'Dura', 2019's 'Con Calma', 'Gasolina', 'Rompe', 'Limbo' and 'Que Tire Pa`Lante'. He has won over 100 industry awards.

Daddy Yankee and Universal Music Group teamed up for global partnership

Latin music star and entrepreneur Daddy Yankee has joined forces with Universal Music Group, a unit of French media conglomerate Vivendi SA, to create music, film and television projects, starting with a new track release on Friday.

The global entertainment partnership is “one of the biggest commitments to an artist in the history of Latin music,” the partners said in a statement on Thursday, without disclosing financial details.

Yankee’s new song “Don Don,” featuring fellow Puerto Rican rappers Anuel AA and Kendo Kaponi, will be rolled out by digital distributor Ingrooves Music Group, a unit of Universal Music, which is minority-owned by China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd. 
 
Yankee, also a songwriter, actor and producer, will develop visual media projects via Polygram Entertainment. 
Born Ramon Luis Ayala Rodriguez, Yankee, 44, is best known for the 2004 single “Gasolina,” the first reggaeton song nominated for a Latin Grammy Record of the Year award.

He is credited with coining the word reggaeton to describe the new dance music genre in the early 1990s that blends hip-hop, Latin Caribbean music and reggae rhythms with Spanish rapping and singing. 
 
“Despacito,” Yankee’s collaboration with Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi in 2017, scooped multiple Latin Grammys and Billboard awards that year.

Yankee has sold over 17 million albums, with hit singles such as 2018’s “Dura,” 2019’s “Con Calma,” “Gasolina,” “Rompe,” “Limbo” and “Que Tire Pa’Lante.” He has won over 100 industry awards.

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Latin music star and entrepreneur Daddy Yankee has joined forces with Universal Music Group, a unit of French media conglomerate Vivendi SA, to create music, film and television projects, starting with a new track release on Friday. The global entertainment partnership is “one of the biggest commitments to an artist in the history of Latin music,” the partners said in a statement on Thursday, without disclosing financial details. Yankee’s new song “Don Don,” featuring fellow Puerto Rican rappers Anuel AA and Kendo Kaponi, will be rolled out by digital distributor Ingrooves Music Group, a unit of Universal Music, which is minority-owned by China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd. Yankee, also a songwriter, actor and producer, will develop visual media projects via Polygram Entertainment. Born Ramon Luis Ayala Rodriguez, Yankee, 44, is best known for the 2004 single “Gasolina,” the first reggaeton song nominated for a Latin Grammy Record of the Year award. He is credited with coining the word reggaeton to describe the new dance music genre in the early 1990s that blends hip-hop, Latin Caribbean music and reggae rhythms with Spanish rapping and singing. “Despacito,” Yankee’s collaboration with Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi in 2017, scooped multiple Latin Grammys and Billboard awards that year. Yankee has sold over 17 million albums, with hit singles such as 2018’s “Dura,” 2019’s “Con Calma,” “Gasolina,” “Rompe,” “Limbo” and “Que Tire Pa’Lante.” He has won over 100 industry awards. Who to watch out for this Emmys 2020: Our picks of noteworthy nominees Toronto Film Festival 2020: 9 movies to watch at this year's festival

Daddy Yankee signs deal with Universal Music Group to create music, film and TV projects

As more and more lists keep coming out declaring winners in every category, there is one that you must read if you call yourself a music lover. Video-sharing platform YouTube just released its Music Videos of the Decade list and we have no surprises here as Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s party song ‘Despacito’ topped the list.

YouTube released its list of the top music videos of every decade from the 1980s until now.&nbsp;

‘Despacito’ topped the list as it was well evident from the fact that it is the most-viewed video in YouTube history. It thus topped the 2010s with more than 6.5 billion views.&nbsp;

As for artists, Ed Sheeran became the only artist with multiple entries on the decade list with ‘Shape of You’ that released in 2017, ‘Thinking Out Loud’ that released in 2014, both coming at numbers 2 and 10 respectively.

The rest of the list includes songs from Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Pluth (See You Again), Mark Rons and Bruno Mars (Uptown Funk), Psy (Gangnam Style), Justin Bieber (Sorry), Maroon 5 (Sugar), Katy Perry (Roar) and One Republic (Counting Stars).

Going to the other decades, the band that dominated in both 80s and 90s was Gun N’ Roses with ‘Sweet Child of Mine’ and ‘November Rain’. The songs garnered more than 1 billion views each.&nbsp;

As for the decade before this, the 2000s recorded most-watched video as Crazy Frog's cover of the electronic instrumental hit ‘Axel F’ by Harold Faltermeyer. It beat both Linkin Park's ‘Numb’ and Lady Gaga's iconic ‘Bad Romance’.&nbsp;

As more and more lists keep coming out declaring winners in every category, there is one that you must read if you call yourself a music lover. Video-sharing platform YouTube just released its Music Videos of the Decade list and we have no surprises here as Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s party song ‘Despacito’ topped the list.

As more and more lists keep coming out declaring winners in every category, there is one that you must read if you call yourself a music lover. Video-sharing platform YouTube just released its Music Videos of the Decade list and we have no surprises here as Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s party song ‘Despacito’ topped the list. YouTube released its list of the top music videos of every decade from the 1980s until now. ‘Despacito’ topped the list as it was well evident from the fact that it is the most-viewed video in YouTube history. It thus topped the 2010s with more than 6.5 billion views. As for artists, Ed Sheeran became the only artist with multiple entries on the decade list with ‘Shape of You’ that released in 2017, ‘Thinking Out Loud’ that released in 2014, both coming at numbers 2 and 10 respectively. The rest of the list includes songs from Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Pluth (See You Again), Mark Rons and Bruno Mars (Uptown Funk), Psy (Gangnam Style), Justin Bieber (Sorry), Maroon 5 (Sugar), Katy Perry (Roar) and One Republic (Counting Stars). Going to the other decades, the band that dominated in both 80s and 90s was Gun N’ Roses with ‘Sweet Child of Mine’ and ‘November Rain’. The songs garnered more than 1 billion views each. As for the decade before this, the 2000s recorded most-watched video as Crazy Frog's cover of the electronic instrumental hit ‘Axel F’ by Harold Faltermeyer. It beat both Linkin Park's ‘Numb’ and Lady Gaga's iconic ‘Bad Romance’.

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's party song 'Despacito' tops YouTube's Music Videos of the Decade

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Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's party song 'Despacito' tops YouTube's Music Videos of the Decade