Wisin & Yandel
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Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican
Puerto Rican people
A Puerto Rican is a person who was born in Puerto Rico.Puerto Ricans born and raised in the continental United States are also sometimes referred to as Puerto Ricans, although they were not born in Puerto Rico...

 reggaeton
Reggaeton
Reggaeton is a form of Puerto Rican and Latin American urban and Caribbean music. After its mainstream exposure in 2004, it spread to North American, European and Asian audiences. Reggaeton originated in Puerto Rico but is also has roots from Reggae en Español from Panama and Puerto Rico and...

 Duo, consisting of Juan Luis Morera Luna (Wisin) and Llandel Veguilla Malavé Salazar (Yandel). They started their career in 1998 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time.

Their biggest hits are "Rakata
Rakata (song)
"Rakata" is the first single performed by Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel. It was released on January 27, 2005 by Machete Music. The song is a single from the Luny Tunes produced compilation Mas Flow 2, and was later included on Wisin & Yandel's fifth studio album Pa'l Mundo. The song was...

", "Llamé Pa' Verte (Bailando Sexy)", "Pam Pam
Pam Pam
"Pam Pam" is a single by Wisin & Yandel from the deluxe edition of their fifth studio album Pa'l Mundo. The song reached big recognition in many Spanish-speaking countries and among Latin community in the United States....

", "Sexy Movimiento
Sexy Movimiento
"Sexy Movimiento" is the first single from Wisin & Yandel's album Wisin vs. Yandel: Los Extraterrestres. In January 2008, the song reached number-one on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart in the United States.-Other:...

", "Pegao
Pegao
"Pegao" From "pegado" is the first single by Wisin & Yandel from the album Los Vaqueros. Listeners interpret the song as expressing a desire to dance extremely close...

", "Síguelo", "Abusadora
Abusadora
"Abusadora" is the second single by Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel from their album La Revolución....

","Zun Zun Rompiendo Caderas
Zun Zun Rompiendo Caderas
"Zun Zun Rompiendo Caderas" is a song performed by reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel. The song is taken from their upcoming compilation album Los Vaqueros: El Regreso as the first promotional single from the album. It was sent to radio stations on December 6, 2010 and released for digital download on...

","Gracias a Tí
Gracias a Tí
"Gracias a Tí" is a song by Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel from their album, La Revolución . The track was released as the third single from the album...

","Tu Olor". Wisin & Yandel have collaborated with internationally known artists such as R. Kelly
R. Kelly
Robert Sylvester Kelly , better known by his stage name R. Kelly, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. A native of Chicago, Kelly began performing during the late 1980s and debuted in 1992 with the group Public Announcement. In 1993, Kelly went solo with the album 12 Play...

 on "Burn It Up
Burn It Up
"Burn It Up" is fourth official single by American R&B singer-songwriter R. Kelly from the album TP.3 Reloaded, released in April 2006, by Jive Records. It features Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel, and was produced by Luny Tunes and Nely "El Arma Secreta" with co-production by R...

", Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton
Paris Whitney Hilton is an American businesswoman, heiress, and socialite. She is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton . Hilton is known for her controversial participation in a sex tape in 2003, and appearance on the television series The Simple Life alongside fellow socialite and childhood...

 on the reggaeton remix to her debut single "Stars Are Blind
Stars Are Blind
-Release history:-Chart performance:"Stars Are Blind" was one of the highest debuting singles in the U.S. in 2006, entering the Billboard Hot 100 at number eighteen due to strong digital sales. It had previously debuted at number two on the U.S...

", Ja Rule
Ja Rule
Jeffrey Atkins , better known by his stage name Ja Rule, is an American rapper, singer, and actor.Born in Hollis, Queens, he began his career in the group Cash Money Click and debuted in 1999 with Venni Vetti Vecci and its single "Holla Holla"...

 on "Rakata
Rakata (song)
"Rakata" is the first single performed by Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel. It was released on January 27, 2005 by Machete Music. The song is a single from the Luny Tunes produced compilation Mas Flow 2, and was later included on Wisin & Yandel's fifth studio album Pa'l Mundo. The song was...

 (Remix)", Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz
Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and arranger, whose "retro" style incorporates elements of rock, soul, R&B, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk and ballads...

 on "Breathe" (a promotional song for Absolut Vodka
Absolut Vodka
Absolut Vodka is a brand of vodka, produced near Åhus, Skåne, in southern Sweden. Since July 2008 the company has been owned by the French firm Pernod Ricard who bought V&S Group from the Swedish government....

), Mexican Pop group RBD
RBD
RBD was a two-time Latin-Grammy nominated Mexican pop group that gained popularity from Televisa's teen drama series Rebelde. RBD sold over 17 million digital downloads and over 20 million albums worldwide in four years since their formation, according to EMI...

 on "Lento (Yandel)", compatriots La Secta AllStar
La Secta AllStar
La Secta AllStar is a prominent rock en Español band from Puerto Rico. The band members are Mark Kilpatrick , Gustavo Laureano , John Lengel , and Mikey Genao .-Band history:...

 on "Llora Mi Corazón", Fat Joe
Fat Joe
Joseph Antonio Cartagena , better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper, CEO of Terror Squad Entertainment, and member of musical groups D.I.T.C. and Terror Squad....

 on "Jangueo", Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...

 on "Sexy Movimiento
Sexy Movimiento
"Sexy Movimiento" is the first single from Wisin & Yandel's album Wisin vs. Yandel: Los Extraterrestres. In January 2008, the song reached number-one on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart in the United States.-Other:...

 (Remix)", 50 Cent
50 Cent
Curtis James Jackson III , better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, investor, record producer, and actor. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin and The Massacre . Get Rich or Die Tryin has been certified eight times platinum by...

 on "Mujeres In The Club
Mujeres in the Club
-External links:...

" and "Así Soy" along with G-Unit
G-Unit
G-Unit is an American hip hop group originating from New York City formed by 50 Cents. G-Unit emerged on the New York scene by independently releasing several mix tapes...

, Akon
Akon
Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam, better known as simply Akon , is a Senegalese American R&B recording artist and songwriter.According to Forbes, Akon grossed $21 million in 2010, $20 million in 2009 and $12 million in 2008. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up", the first...

 on "All Up 2 You
All Up 2 You
"All Up 2 You" is the second single by Aventura from their album The Last. The song features Akon and Wisin & Yandel. On April 23, they performed the song at the 2009 Latin Billboard Music Awards. Aventura member Romeo uses the auto-tune effect in his vocals. A merengue remix was made for the song...

" along with Aventura, Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer, a son of singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa...

 on "No Me Digas Que No
No Me Digas Que No
"No Me Digas Que No" is a song performed by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias taken from his first bilingual studio album, Euphoria. It was produced by Carlos Paucar and Reggaeton producers Nesty "La Mente Maestra" and Victor "El Nasi". It featured Reggaeton Duó Wisin & Yandel. It was released...

" and "Gracias a Tí
Gracias a Tí
"Gracias a Tí" is a song by Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel from their album, La Revolución . The track was released as the third single from the album...

", Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan
Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...

 on "No Llores (Remix)
No Llores
"No Llores" was the first single released by Gloria Estefan for her eleventh studio album 90 Millas. The single was released to U.S. radio-stations on June 18, 2007. The song features prominent Latin music performers such as guitarists Carlos Santana and Jose Feliciano, Sheila E...

", T-Pain
T-Pain
Faheem Rasheed Najm , better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor, currently signed to Young Money Entertainment. His debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, was released in 2005. In 2007, T-Pain released his second studio album Epiphany,...

 on "Imaginate", "Te Siento
Te Siento
"Te Siento" is a song performed by reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel. The song is taken from Wisin & Yandel's re-release studio album Evolution. It was released as the third single on January 15, 2010...

" and in a remix for "Reverse Cowgirl
Reverse Cowgirl (song)
"Reverse Cowgirl" is a song recorded by American R&B artist T-Pain. It was released as the second promotional single for his fourth studio album, RevolveR. Originally featuring a verse from Young Jeezy, this was later cut and replaced with a bridge sung by T-Pain.-Music video:The music video was...

".

Biography

Yandel was born on January 14, 1977 & Wisin was born on December 19, 1978.Wisin married his wife,Yomaira, on July 26, 2008, in a ceremony that took place in a restaurant of Cayey, Puerto Rico. The couple have a daughter and a son, Yelena and Dylan. Yandel, who was the ceremony's best man, is also the godfather of Wisin's daughter. Yandel is from San Cristobal and Wisin is from Sector Mogote in Cayey, Puerto Rico.

Artistic careers

On November 7, 2007 the duo published Wisin vs. Yandel: Los Extraterrestres
Wisin vs. Yandel: Los Extraterrestres
Wisin vs. Yandel: Los Extraterrestres is the sixth studio album by Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel, released on November 6, 2007 by Machete Music. On November 13, 2008, the album received the Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Music Album...

. The album was received positively by the Puerto Rican media, with mainstream newspaper Primera Hora awarding it a score of 4 out of 5. The publication focused their review on the fusion of styles found in the album, claiming that the production continued the "musical evolution" found in its predecessors. Following the release of Los Extraterrestres the duo commenced an international promotional tour. After organizing concerts throughout Latin America and Europe, Wisin & Yandel noted that they would like to expand their markets to Africa and Australia. Wisin & Yandel participated in the closing ceremonies of the 2008 Viña del Mar Festival. The tickets for the event sold out, which the duo described as an "real honor". On June 2, 2008, Wisin and Yandel began a tour to promote Wisin vs. Yandel: Los Extraterrestres, Otra Dimensión, visiting several radio stations in Puerto Rico. The duo made a guest appearance in an album titled "Caribbean Connection" released on June 24, 2008. The production included participation by other Latin American artists including Daddy Yankee
Daddy Yankee
Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez , known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican Reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball,...

, Don Omar
Don Omar
Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey Don Omar, also known as El Rey (born William Omar Landrón Rivera; February 10, 1978, is a Puerto Rican Reggaetón singer and actor.-Early life:...

 and Hector "El Father" along Jamaican musicians including Inner Circle, Bounty Killer
Bounty Killer
Bounty Killer is a Grammy nominated Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay. He is the founder of a dancehall collective known as The Alliance.-Early life and career:...

, Elephant Man and Wayne Wonder
Wayne Wonder
Wayne Wonder is a Jamaican reggae fusion artist...

. Wisin & Yandel took part in the 2008 edition of New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

's Puerto Rican Day Parade
Puerto Rican Day Parade
The Puerto Rican Day Parade takes place annually along Fifth Avenue in New York City, on the second Sunday in June, in honor of the nearly 4 million inhabitants of Puerto Rico and all people of Puerto Rican birth or heritage residing in the mainland U.S...

, organized on June 8, 2008. In the event they received a warm reception. After arriving from New York the duo traveled to Puerto Rico, wherе they filmed a commercial as part of a campaign against drunken driving. On June 12, 2008, they would travel to Los Angeles, where they would attend the BMI Latin Awards, in which they received a nomination for "Writer of the Year". Wisin & Yandel won four awards in the Premios Juventud 2008 ceremony. On July 19, 2008, the duo made a presentation before a sold-out crowd in Venezuela. The duet were selected to perform in "KQ Live Concert" on September 27, 2008, organized by KQ 105 FM, the event included several renowned artists from Puerto Rico and other Latin American locations. On August 12, 2008, the duo received a recognition by Cayey's mayor,Rolando Ortiz Velázquez. In the activity, they were named "Ambassadors from Cayey to the world", in a patronal celebration that was dedicated to the duo. On April 24, 2009, Wisin & Yandel received the Latin Rhythm Album Of The Year, Duo Or Group Latin Billboard Music Award
2009 Latin Billboard Music Awards
The 2009 Billboard Latin Music Awards was held on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at the BankUnited Center at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. It is produced and broadcast lived on Telemundo network...

 for Los Extraterresres. Besides this recognition, the duo also received nominations for Ahora Es
Ahora Es
"Ahora Es" is the third single by reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel from their sixth studio album Wisin vs. Yandel: Los Extraterrestres, released in March 2008, by Machete Music. The melody resembles the song "Ay Cosita Linda" by Pacho Galan.-Chart positions:...

and Síguelo in the Tropical Airplay Song Of The Year, Duo Or Group and Latin Rhythm Airplay Song Of The Year, Duo Or Group categories. On October 15, 2009, Wisin & Yandel won the Premio MTV Latinoamérica for "Artist of the Year" and "Video of the Year".

Artistic appearances

Wisin & Yandel have collaborated with many artists in the American music industry in genres such as hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

, pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

, latin pop
Latin pop
Latin pop generally refers to pop music that has what may be perceived a Latin American influence...

, R&B
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...

, and rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 with artists such as Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin
Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...

, Aventura, David Bisbal
David Bisbal
David Bisbal Ferré is a Grammy-winning Spanish pop singer. He gained his initial fame as a runner up on the interactive reality television show Operación Triunfo produced by TJ Hall....

, Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan
Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...

, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is an American Hip-Hop/R'n'B band from Cleveland, Ohio formed in 1991. It originally consisted of rappers Layzie Bone, Flesh-n-Bone, Bizzy Bone, Krayzie Bone, and Wish Bone. Rapper Eazy-E of the group N.W.A signed Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to Ruthless Records in 1994, when Bone...

, Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...

, Fat Joe
Fat Joe
Joseph Antonio Cartagena , better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper, CEO of Terror Squad Entertainment, and member of musical groups D.I.T.C. and Terror Squad....

, R. Kelly
R. Kelly
Robert Sylvester Kelly , better known by his stage name R. Kelly, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. A native of Chicago, Kelly began performing during the late 1980s and debuted in 1992 with the group Public Announcement. In 1993, Kelly went solo with the album 12 Play...

, Eve
Eve (rapper)
Eve Jihan Jeffers , is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer and actress. Her first three albums have reached a total of over 8 million albums sold worldwide. She has also achieved success in fashion as she started a clothing line titled "Fetish." She won a Grammy Award in 2002 for the...

, G-Unit
G-Unit
G-Unit is an American hip hop group originating from New York City formed by 50 Cents. G-Unit emerged on the New York scene by independently releasing several mix tapes...

, Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer, a son of singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa...

, T-Pain
T-Pain
Faheem Rasheed Najm , better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor, currently signed to Young Money Entertainment. His debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, was released in 2005. In 2007, T-Pain released his second studio album Epiphany,...

, Akon
Akon
Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam, better known as simply Akon , is a Senegalese American R&B recording artist and songwriter.According to Forbes, Akon grossed $21 million in 2010, $20 million in 2009 and $12 million in 2008. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up", the first...

, 50 Cent
50 Cent
Curtis James Jackson III , better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, investor, record producer, and actor. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin and The Massacre . Get Rich or Die Tryin has been certified eight times platinum by...

, Ivy Queen
Ivy Queen
Ivy Queen is a Puerto Rican Latin Grammy nominated reggaeton composer and singer. She is most commonly known as "La Reina del Reggaeton" . She is also known as the Queen of Rivalries.-Early years:...

,and Sean Kingston
Sean Kingston
Sean Kingston is a Jamaican-American singer. He pursued a music career and debuted in 2007 with the album Sean Kingston.-Early life:...

.

Los Lideres Clothing Line

In November of 2011, Wisin & Yandel launched the "Los Lideres" clothing line in association with Marc Ecko
Marc Ecko
Marc Eckō is an American fashion designer, entrepreneur, investor, artist, and philanthropist. He is the founder and Chief Creative Officer of Marc Eckō Enterprises, a billion-dollar global fashion and lifestyle company...

, founder and Chief Creative Officer of Marc Eckō Enterprises.. The collection is inspired by Wisin & Yandel's personal style and high-energy performances. The collection includes a selection of denim
Denim
Denim is a rugged cotton twill textile, in which the weft passes under two or more warp threads. This produces the familiar diagonal ribbing identifiable on the reverse of the fabric, which distinguishes denim from cotton duck. Denim has been in American usage since the late 18th century...

 jeans, vests, military
Military
A military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. The military may have additional functions of use to its greater society, such as advancing a political agenda e.g...

 inspired jackets, t-shirts, headphones
Headphones
Headphones are a pair of small loudspeakers, or less commonly a single speaker, held close to a user's ears and connected to a signal source such as an audio amplifier, radio, CD player or portable Media Player. They are also known as stereophones, headsets or, colloquially, cans. The in-ear...

 and jewelry.

Discography

Studio albums
  • 2000: Los Reyes del Nuevo Milenio
    Los Reyes del Nuevo Milenio
    Los Reyes del Nuevo Milenio is Wisin & Yandel's first album. It peaked at #35 on the Top Latin Albums chart.-Track listing:# "No Fue Golpe de Suerte" 2:58# "Gerla" 3:08# "Todas Quieren Ser Las Más Bellas" 3:22# "Pena" 3:41...

  • 2001: De Nuevos a Viejos
    De Nuevos a Viejos
    De Nuevos A Viejos is the second studio album by Wisin & Yandel. It peaked at number 12 on the Latin Pop chart and number 26 on the Top Latin Albums chart.-Track listing:# "Intro"# "Me Quieren Ver Mal"# "La Sata"# "Se Desvelan"# "Pégate"# "La Calle"...

  • 2002: De Otra Manera
    De Otra Manera
    De Otra Manera is the third studio album by Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel, released in 2002, by then independent label Lideres Entertainment Group.-Track listing:# La Trova — 2:33# Algo Pasó — 2:19...

  • 2003: Mi Vida... My Life
    Mi Vida... My Life
    Mi Vida... My Life is the fourth studio album by Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel, released on October 21, 2003, by Lideres Entertainment Group...

  • 2005: Pa'l Mundo
    Pa'l Mundo
    Pa'l Mundo is the fifth studio album by Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel, released on November 8, 2005 by Machete Music. It is notable for being their first commercially successful album. It has sold over 3,000,000 albums worldwide...

  • 2006: Los Vaqueros
    Los Vaqueros
    Los Vaqueros is a collaboration album by Wisin & Yandel featuring the artists from their record label WY Records.-Album details:...

  • 2007: Los Extraterrestres
    Los Extraterrestres
    Los Extraterrestres may refer to:*Los Extraterrestres, a 1983 Argentine film*Wisin vs. Yandel: Los Extraterrestres, a 2007 album by reggaeton duo, Wisin & Yandel...

  • 2009: La Revolucion
    La Revolución
    La Revolución is the seventh studio album, and ninth overall, album by Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel. It was released on May 26, 2009 by Machete Music and WY Records. The album features collaborations with rapper 50 Cent, Ivy Queen, Yaviah, Ednita Nazario and Yomo...

  • 2011: Los Vaqueros: El Regreso
  • 2011: Tainy
    Tainy
    Marco Masís, artistically known as Tainy, is a reggaeton producer. At 20 years old, he is one of the youngest and most successful producers in the reggaeton genre today. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he entered the world of reggaeton with his work on Mas Flow 2.-Musical career:After...

    vs. Nesty

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