Continental tour by Daddy Yankee | |
Location | North America • South America |
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Associated albums | |
Start date | October 23, 2004 |
End date | June 19, 2006 |
Legs | 3 |
No. of shows | 44 in total |
Daddy Yankee concert chronology |
The Barrio Fino World Tour was a concert tour by reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee to promote his third studio album, Barrio Fino (2004). This was his first large tour and his first arena tour in the United States becoming the first reggaeton act to do so. [1] The tour visited Latin America and United States and consisted of three legs. In December 2005, Yankee released Barrio Fino en Directo with featured videos and songs recorded live on this tour. Also, contained a DVD with footage of the tour in Colombia, Puerto Rico, Ecuador and Dominican Republic. [2]
Barrio Fino became the first reggaeton album to hit platinum in the United States and selling over 1.5 million copies worldwide in its first year of release, [3] along with the hit single "Gasolina", which is credited with introducing reggaeton to the mainstream. [4] To promote the album, Daddy Yankee in a series of promotional presentations [5] and embark in his first extensive world tour, including his first arena tour in the United States and the first reggaeton artist to do so. [3]
The tour was the first arena tour by a reggaeton act in the United States. Because of this, high expectations were created around the beginning of the tour. Augustin Gurza from Los Angeles Times wrote and article titled "Yankee is coming, and coming strong; Daddy Yankee's solo U.S. tour could help solidify commercial appeal of reggaeton". On the article he stated. "If Yankee succeeds as a solo headline attraction, he will establish the commercial appeal of the genre. Observers say Yankee's success could open doors for other artists and encourage continued collaborations with mainstream English-language hip-hop stars, a linkage seen as crucial to reggaeton's future". [6]
The tour was, predictably, a massive success across Latin America and Spain. On December 13, 2004, Daddy Yankee Become the first music artist ever to have a concert in the Coliseo de Puerto Rico. [7] The October 16, 2005 concert in Santo Domingo was a part of the Festival Presidente de la Música Latina (2005), with record attendance, and was televised live. [8] Footage from both shows were used for his later live video/DVD release, Barrio Fino en Directo . [9]
During the United States leg, the tour was renamed to the ¿Who's your Daddy? Tour. It officially kicked-off on August 27, 2005. Ticket prices were between $45 and $100. [10] The February 17, 2006 concert in Miami, Florida was, at the time, the first and only televised reggaetón concert in the United States, and the only one on pay-per-view. [11] [12] Following the success of the first portion of the tour, more dates in Latin America were added. [13]
The February 26, 2006 concert in Valparaíso, Chile was part of the Viña del Mar International Song Festival, and gave Daddy Yankee the distinction of being the first reggaetón artist to appear on the festival's stage. Daddy Yankee's performance at Viña was broadcast live, and has been widely recognized as one of the best urbano performances in the history of the festival. [14] [15] He later returned to Viña for the 2009 and 2013 festivals, as headliner, as well. [16] The concert in Tegucigalpa, Honduras had an attendance of 25,000 fans, according to the local media. [17] Furthermore, around 90,000 fans attended Daddy Yankee's performance at the Evento 40 2006 Festival in Ciudad de México; his concert at the Estadio Azteca, in Zapopan, saw 13,000. According to some media, 18,000 fans attended the Costa Rican concert at Saprissa Stadium. His show in Santiago de Chile was sold out with 13,000 ticket sold. In Nicaragua, the show was attended by more than 20,000 fans. [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]
This set list is from the 10 June 2006 show at Estadio San Marcos in Lima. [23] It is not intended to represent every show.
City | Country | Attendance | Box office |
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San Juan | Puerto Rico | 6,340 / 8,580 (74%) | $367,322 [34] |
New York City | United States | 9,062 / 14,584 (62%) | $578,575 [35] |
13,820 / 14,955 (92%) | $1,023,810 [36] | ||
The Woodlands | 15,731 / 15,731 (100%) | $500,980 [37] | |
Los Angeles | 7,539 / 9,582 (79%) | $585,022 [38] | |
Fairax | 7,375 / 9,193 (80%) | $511,235 [39] | |
Miami | 8,138 / 11,464 (71%) | $483,902 [40] | |
Orlando | 7,922 / 10,749 (74%) | $493,230 [41] | |
Inglewood | 6,988 / 12,166 (57%) | $589,714 [42] | |
Totals | 82,915 / 106,954 (78%) | $5,133,790 |
Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez, known professionally as Daddy Yankee, is a Puerto Rican former rapper who rose to worldwide prominence in 2004 with the song "Gasolina". Dubbed the "King of Reggaeton", he is often cited as an influence by other Hispanic urban performers. He retired on December 3, 2023, after completing his final stage performance on his "La Meta" tour in Puerto Rico.
Luny Tunes is an American reggaeton production duo consisting of Francisco Saldaña (Luny) and Víctor Cabrera (Tunes) who have been known for creating unique musical rhythms for some of the most popular reggaeton artists since the early 2000s.
Barrio Fino is the third studio album by Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee, released on July 13, 2004, in the United States by VI Music and El Cartel Records and internationally by Machete Music and Polydor Records. Released two years after his previous studio album, El Cangri.com (2002), the album was recorded in Puerto Rico between 2003 and 2004. It explores themes ranging from dance, sex, romance, introspection, and protest against political corruption and violence against women. Barrio Fino was instrumental in popularizing reggaeton in the mainstream market, enhancing Daddy Yankee's career, as well as cementing his status as one of the most successful Latin artists of the 2000s. The album is reported to have sold over 8 million copies in the world.
Barrio Fino en Directo is the second live album by Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee, released on December 13, 2005, by El Cartel Records and distributed by Interescope Records. The album is a live collection of songs from Daddy Yankee's previous album Barrio Fino recorded during his tour Barrio Fino World Tour at several locations including the United States, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. It was the first Daddy Yankee album to had a Parental Advisory sticker and first and only album to include a skit. It also includes a DVD featuring interviews, concerts and the making of the music videos. A re-release of the album, Tormenta Tropical, Vol. 1, was released on July 4, 2006. It includes all of the new recorded songs, and two of the live tracks from the album. The album differs from Barrio Fino en Directo because it does not include a DVD.
El Cartel: The Big Boss is the fourth studio album and eighth overall by Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee. It was released on June 5, 2007, by El Cartel Records through Interscope Records and It is the third installment following El Cartel (1997) and El Cartel II (2001). It explores lyrics and themes ranging from immigration, tabloid rumors, romance, dance and protest against political corruption. The album production persecutes an aggressive sound and was focus on hardcore reggaeton and Latin urban mixed with elements of tropical rhythms, R&B and straight-up hip-hop on a few tracks. The album's theme was to solidified the artist status at the top of Latin music industry and rivals. It features guest appearances Akon, Fergie, Will.i.am, Nicole Scherzinger, Héctor el Father and contains the contributions of producers such as Scott Storch, Luny Tunes, Tainy, and Mr. Collipark.
Los Homerun-es is a compilation album and fifth overall of Reggaeton recording artist Daddy Yankee. It came before Yankee's mainstream debut, Barrio Fino. This album releases Daddy Yankee's hits from the 1990s to 2003. This album was released on an independent record label on February 28, 2003. Following the success of Barrio Fino, the album was re-released on 2005. Even though it was an independent album, it featured other huge reggaeton artists, like Nicky Jam, Don Omar, Julio Voltio. Some songs were released with DJ Playero.
VI Music is a Puerto Rican record label specializing in the reggaeton genre, founded by reggaeton producers Mario VI, Álex Gárgolas and Juan Vidal. The record label came to prominence after securing a joint venture with Universal Music Latino and Machete Music. Their albums include gold and platinum productions such as "The Last Don" and "King of Kings" by Don Omar, Barrio Fino by Daddy Yankee, "A la Reconquista" and "La Historia Live" by Héctor & Tito, "Los MVP" by Angel & Khriz and "Sin Límite" by Magnate & Valentino among many others. During the height of their popularity, VI Music had some of the most successful reggaeton acts signed to their label. The company has not released an album since 2009 after most of their artists left or had their contracts sold to Universal Music Latino, most notably Don Omar. Álex Gárgolas left the company and went on to discover and manage Farruko during his first international successes. Mario VI currently hosts his own radio show "La Jungla" in Puerto Rico alongside legendary radio personality El Coyote.
Wisin vs. Yandel: Los Extraterrestres is the fifth 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 and Lo Nuestro Award for Urban Album of the Year. Also, the album won Grammy Award for Best Latin Urban Album on 2009.
Monserrate and DJ Urba are reggaeton producers from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, respectively. They have been on the business for some years, but they really got a start when Daddy Yankee hired them to produce his Barrio Fino Album. Then they followed up with the Barrio Fino en Directo Album. They are aligned with Luny Tunes's Mas Flow Inc and Daddy Yankee's El Cartel Records.
Paul Frederick Irizarry Suau,, known professionally as Echo, is a Puerto Rican record producer and songwriter.
"Llamado de Emergencia" is the second single by Puerto Rican reggaeton artist Daddy Yankee from the soundtrack to the motion picture Talento de Barrio, released on September 23, 2008, by El Cartel Records. It is the third released promo single and second official single.
The discography of Puerto Rican rapper, singer-songwriter and producer Daddy Yankee has released eight studio albums, two live albums, 111 singles, and one soundtrack. He made his debut on DJ Playero's Playero 34 mixtape, released in 1991. He was later featured on Playero's 37 and 38 albums, before releasing his first solo record in 1995, titled No Mercy. During the rest of the 1990s, he continued working on underground reggaeton records and released his first album as producer El Cartel de Yankee in 1997. After the release of his 2001 independent album El Cartel II: Los Cangris, he released his second studio album, El Cangri.com, in June 2002. It is cited as the record that made him notorious outside his natal Puerto Rico, being his music introduced in New York City and Miami. Without any major label backing him, El Cangri.com managed to peak at number 43 on the US Top Latin Albums chart. A track from the album, "Brugal Mix", became his first Billboard chart entry by peaking at number 40 on the US Tropical Songs chart in November 2002.
Mundial ('Worldwide') is the sixth studio album and tenth overall by Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee through El Cartel Records and Sony Music Latin released on April 27, 2010. The album was supported by three official singles: "Grito Mundial", "Descontrol" and "La Despedida". The production explores different music genres than his previous records such as merengue, dance pop and Latin Pop along with reggaeton. It explores lyrics and themes such as romance, sex, money and fame while the main focus is to capture music vibes of the streets of different countries globally. The album was entirely produced by Los de la Nazza and Diesel.
"Gasolina" is a song on Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee's 2004 album Barrio Fino. Glory sings the line "dame más gasolina", although she is not credited. The song was released as the album's lead single in October 2004 and became a hit in 2005, peaking inside the top 10 on some of the charts it entered. "Gasolina" was the first reggaeton song to be nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year.
"Like You" is a song by Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee from his third studio and first commercially released album Barrio Fino which was highly responsible for reggaeton's mainstream exposure in 2004. It was co-written by Daddy Yankee and Eddie Ávila in the English language, and produced by Luny Tunes. The song was released as the album's sixth single internationally. In the United States, the song was successful in the mainstream market but could not rank on Latin charts due to language barriers.
The Big Boss World Tour was a concert tour by reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee to promote his album El Cartel: The Big Boss. This was his second arena tour in the United States and his first official world tour. The tour started on August 24, 2007, at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico and was expected to end on December 8, 2007, in Cali's Estadio Pascual Guerrero. However, due to the success of his soundtrack Talento de Barrio, more dates were added and the tour extended to 2008.
The Prestige World Tour was the sixth headlining concert tour by the Puero Rican artist Daddy Yankee, launched in support of his seventh studio album Prestige (2012). The majority of the venues in United States were nightclubs because it was easier for him to promote his liquor "Cartel Tequila". However, in Europe he performed at bigger venues and arenas. The tour marked his third consecutive visit to Europe as a headliner.
The King Daddy Tour was the seventh headlining concert tour by Puerto Rican artist Daddy Yankee, launched in support of his seventh studio album Prestige (2012), and his mixtape album King Daddy (2013). The tour started on May 13, 2014, in Scalea, and concluded on October 17, 2015, in Los Angeles.
La Gira Dura was the ninth headlining concert tour by Puerto Rican artist Daddy Yankee. The tour name references his 2018 hit "Dura". It began on March 8, 2018 in Tucumán at Estadio Central Córdoba, and concluded on December 8, of the same year, in Mexico City at Foro Sol Stadium.
The Talento de Barrio World Tour was the third concert tour by reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee to promote his album Talento de Barrio. The tour had two legs, the first in the United States and the last one in Latin America. It kick of at Viña del mar 2009 international festival and ended at Mar de Plata, Argentina on December 15, 2009.
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