REGGAETON SINGERS: SINGERS

DADDY YANKEE

Raymond Luis Ayala Rodriguez . He was born on Febrauary 3, 1977 in San Juan Puerto Rico

It is a singer, actor , film producer, Puerto Rican businessman and radio broadcaster

Sectors critics consider it the King of reggaeton and one of the most representative and influential genre

Daddy Yankee was recognized by prestious American magazine time as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2006

Raymond became interested in music at the age of 11 and started singing themes inspired by the genera dancehall and hip hop

In the curse of his career he has experimented with rhythms as rap,merengue, pop and dance but its most success at international level ha come when he has composed and interpreted famous songs of reggaeton partner

This aartist has been ale to build hid musical career combining each of his works reflect the social reality of their country with the most sensuous rhythms with that mixture to possible fact that many young latinos will identify with his songs

Other names givento this singer :

Yankee men
El carabina
winchesta yankee
winchesta ¡30-30
The cangri
The king of reggaeton
The chief
The big boss
The maximun leader
The best of all time

THEIR ALBUMS ARE:

2004-2006 BARRIO FINO AND "GASOLINA"

was produced by Luny Tunes and DJ Nelson among others and released in July 2004 by El Cartel Records and VI Music. It was the most highly anticipated album in the reggaeton community. Ayala had enjoyed Salsa music since he was young, and this led him to include music of genres besides reggaeton in the album. The most prominent of these cross-genre singles was "Melao", in which he performed with Andy Montañez

The album was described as his most complete, and with it he intended to introduce combinations of reggaeton and other genres to the English-speaking market. Barrio Fino was followed up by an international tour with performances in numerous countries including the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Honduras, Spain, Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela, and the United States. The album has sold over 500,000 copies in the United States alone and has sold well throughout Latin America and worldwide. He also preformed in Rio Grande City, Texas before hitting the big stage in 2004.

2007-2010 EL CARTEL: THE BIG BOSS ,TALENTO DEL BARRIO AND MUNDIAL

The Big Boss was released by Interscope on June 5, 2007. Ayala stated that the album marked a return to his hip-hop roots as opposed to being considered a strictly reggaeton album.The album was produced in 2006, and included the participation of will.i.am, Scott Storch, Tainy Tunes, Neli, and personnel from Ayala's label. Singles were produced with Héctor Delgado, Fergie, Nicole Scherzinger and Akon.The first single from the album was titled "Impacto", and was released prior to the completion of the album. The album was promoted by a tour throughout the United States, which continued throughout Latin America. He performed in Mexico, first in Monterrey, where 10,000 attended the concert, and later at San Luis Potosí coliseum, where the concert sold out, leaving hundreds of fans outside the building. Ayala performed in Chile as well, and established a record for attendance in Ecuador. He also performed in Bolivia, setting another record when 50,000 fans attended his Santa Cruz de la Sierra concert

The single, "Grito Mundial", was released on October 8, 2009, in order to promote his ninth album, Mundial. The song was going to be the official theme for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, but Ayala rejected the FIFA offer, which gave them 100% of the rights. Despite releasing "El Ritmo No Perdona (Prende)" more than a month before, that single was not considered the first official promotional single. The second single, "Descontrol", was released on January 12, 2010, and topped the Billboard Latin Rhythm Airplay. The music video was filmed in New York and was released on May 17, 2010. "La Despedida" was the third single, released on August 4, 2010. The song reached #4 in both Billboard Top Latin Songs and Latin Pop Songs. Other songs, like "Bailando Fue" (featuring Jowell & Randy) and "Échale Pique" (featuring Yomo) were not included in Mundial.

2012-2013 PRESTIGE

Daddy Yankee's 6th studio album, Prestige was released on September 11, 2012. It was scheduled to be released on November or December 2011, but a hurricane damaged El Cartel Records and half of the album was lost. The lost tracks had to be reworked and was finally released nine months later. The first single, "Ven Conmigo," featuringbachata singer Prince Royce, was released on April 12, 2011 and peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Latin Charts. The second single, "Lovumba," was released on October 4, 2011 and was a number one hit on the Billboard Latin Charts and the Latin Songs chart. It was also nominated for Best Urban Song at the 2012 Latin Grammy Awards.^] The third single, "Pasarela," was released on June 20, 2012

The year 2012 had one of the most importants genre events of the year: the reconciliation between Daddy Yankee and Wisin & Yandel, after some years of rivalry. After 6 years of his last collaboration, Daddy Yankee appeared on the duo's remix song "Hipnotízame", with possitive acclaim of fans. Two months later, on February 16, 2013, Wisin & Yandel collaborated in the remix of "Limbo". Later in 2013, the three artists performed songs like "Hipnotízame", "Mayor Que Yo" and "Noche De Entierro" in two concerts (one in Puerto Rico and another in Colombia).

In 2013, Daddy Yankee performed on his Prestige World Tour, touring several countries in Europe including, Spain, Germany, France and Italy. He has also toured in Colombia, Peru, Chile in to sold out audiences. In 2013 he released music videos of "El Amante" featuring J Alvarez, "Summertime" and "Noche de los Dos" featuring Natalia Jimenez, with millions of views on YouTube.

2013-2015 KING DADDY

On October 29, 2013, Daddy Yankee released a mixtape entitled "King Daddy", produced by Los De La Nazza (Musicologo & Menes), as part the Imperio Nazza Mixtapes series and was released as a digital-format only. The mixtape was made because of the high demand from the fans and is a return to his original reggaeton roots. It includes 11 tracks with collaborations from J Alvarez, Arcángel, Yandel,Farruko, and Divino. According to Ayala, "King Daddy" was recorded in two and a half weeks, because there was "a lot of inspiration". The song "La Rompe Carros" has garnered popularity among the public, but his hit single was "La Nueva y La Ex" which has been widely received all over South America, Europe, and North America. During a press conference earlier this year, Daddy Yankee announced the physical release of King Daddy scheduled for later this year with 3 or 4 bonus tracks for a total of 14 or 15 songs included

From May 13 to June 22, 2014, Ayala performed on his King Daddy Tour, touring several cities in Europe, including Köln, Calabria,Nantes, Lyon, Toulouse, Paris, Bordeaux, Napoli, München, Rome, Cologne, Zürich, Milan, Brussels, Malaga, Valencia and Madrid. He has also toured in South and North American cities, like Quito, Guayaquil, Lima, Valledupar, Washington D.C. and Houston. In Spain, his concerts were on the 4º position in the box-office ranking, being the first Latin artist on the top 5 on this country, underneath Iron Maidenand The Rolling Stones, and over artists like Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus and Michael Bublé

PERSONAL LIFE

He has 2 brothers Normal Ayala and Melvin Ayala called his mother Rosa de Los Rodriguez and his father Ramon Ayala

When he was 17 years old Gonzales Mireddys the couple has 3 children Yamilet Ayala Gonzales , Jeremy Ayala Gonzales and Jesaeelys Ayala Gonzales

During his career he has avoided issues about his private life interviewing course that prefers to stay quietly considered that his family is a treasure . However in 2006 madee an exception when he spoke about his relationship whit his wife and children in an interview wih Mariaa Celeste Arraras in Al rojo vivo thus same describe as very close communication with their children and when can speaks to them about the danger of drugs

Thei firs daughter was born when i was 17 years old and wrote that it was unclear initially having a child

The stage name of Raymond Ayala has the following meaning : DADDY that term is used as daddy or father YANKEE because in Puerto Rico , this term is used to denote something large and strong being the big Daddy of her state name meaning is nicknamed as The Big Boss

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