Wisin & Yandel

Wisin & Yandel (formerly Wisin y Yandel ) is founded in 1998 Puerto Rican reggaeton - duo consisting of Wisin and Yandel . They are considered one of the most important reggaeton groups and have already been awarded two Latin Grammys and are the only reggaeton artist to date with a Grammy for their music. They are also known by the nicknames El Dúo de la Historia , El Dúo Dinámico or Los extraterrestres .

Both musicians have been pursuing solo careers since 2013, the cooperation as a duo paused for five years until they started a joint comeback in 2018 with the album "Los Campeones del Pueblo".

Career

Both Wisin and Yandel were born and raised in the Puerto Rican city of Cayey . They met at school. In 1998 they released their first song together, followed by their first studio album Los Reyes del Nuevo Mileno in 2000 . It peaked at number 35 on the US Latin album charts. The albums "De nuevos a viejos" as well as "De otra manera" and "Mi vida ... My Life" followed in the years 2001 to 2004 . Through several guest contributions to albums by well-known musicians such as Daddy Yankee and Luny Tunes , they became known to a wide public during this time.

In 2005 they founded their own music label WY Records as a sub-label of Machete Music and Universal Music Group . Their next album, Pa'l mundo , was released there, with which the duo achieved their commercial breakthrough. The album peaked at number 30 on the Billboard 200 and received a gold record from the RIAA . It contained the single releases Rakatá and Llamé pa 'verte (Bailando sexy) , both of which could be placed on the Billboard Hot 100 . It also featured a variety of guest appearances from Daddy Yankee, Tony Dize and Romeo Santos , lead singer of the Bachata group Aventura, among others . In the same year they were also able to celebrate success for the first time in German-speaking countries when their guest contribution to Burn It Up by R. Kelly reached the charts in all three German-speaking countries.

In 2007 they released their most successful album to date Wisin vs. Yandel: Los extraterrestres . It was influenced less by reggaeton and more by rap and R&B . The album received a Latin Grammy in 2008 for Best Urban Music Album . For the single Abusadora that was extracted from it , they won the Best Urban Song category in the following year . At the Grammy Awards 2009 it finally received a Grammy in the category Best Latin Urban Album .

In May 2009 the seventh studio album followed under the title La Revolución . In an interview beforehand, Wisin y Yandel announced that they would like to return to their origins with this album after the predecessor deviated musically rather from the typical reggaeton sounds. In contrast to its predecessors, despite similar success in the US Latin album charts, it was unable to achieve a US Latin award, but rose to number seven on the Billboard 200 and is thus the duo's most successful album in the entire USA. It was nominated for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album at the 2010 Grammy Awards .

Los Vaqueros: El Regreso was the name of the eighth studio album, which was released in January 2011 and should be a continuation of the 2006 collaboration album and label sampler Los Vaqueros . It reached number eight on the Billboard 200 , but only stayed in place for eight weeks, as opposed to 23 weeks of its predecessor.

The 2012 released studio album Líderes contained the successful single Follow the Leader with Jennifer Lopez . This is the duo's first single to achieve a gold record in the United States . She was also able to book the duo's first solo chart listing in German-speaking countries with number 74 in the Austrian music charts . However, the album itself flopped onto the Billboard 200 ; unlike its predecessors, it did not reach the top ten , but only number 42.

In 2013 it was announced that the duo had split up for the time being due to differences with management and wanted to focus on their solo careers, but would later like to release a new album as a duo. They gave their last concert together on November 16, 2013 in Mexico City . From September to December 2013 they were jurors in the third season of La Voz ... México , the Mexican version of The Voice .

In September 2017 appeared with the song Como Antes (dt. Earlier As ) of Yandels album update the first official collaboration of the duo for almost four years. The song was released under Yandel feat. Wisin published, but the singing and rap parts of the two musicians in the song are almost equal.

Collaborations

Wisin y Yandel have worked with numerous musicians of various genres in their careers, for example with the pop singers Nelly Furtado , Chris Brown , Jennifer Lopez and Enrique Iglesias , the Mexican pop group RBD and the Bachata group Aventura as well as the rappers Ja Rule , R Kelly , T -Pain , Fat Joe , Pitbull , 50 Cent , and Eve .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		US	Latin	MX
2000	Los Reyes del Nuevo Milenio	-	Latin35 (3 weeks) Latin	-	First published: May 30, 2000
2001	De Nuevos a Viejos	-	Latin26 (8 weeks) Latin	-	First published: January 2001
2002	De Otra Manera	-	-	-	First published: August 14, 2002
2003	Mi Vida ... My Life	-	Latin56 (4 weeks) Latin	-	First published: October 21, 2003
2005	Pa'l Mundo	US30th gold (45 weeks)US	Latin1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (100 weeks)Latin	-	First published: November 8, 2005
2007	Wisin vs. Yandel: Los extraterrestres	US14 (46 weeks) US	Latin1 × 3 Triple platinum (79 weeks)Latin	MX27 gold (49 weeks)MX	First published: November 6, 2007
2009	La Revolución	US7 (23 weeks) US	Latin1 (78 weeks) Latin	MX1 platinum (51 weeks)MX	First published: May 26, 2009
2011	Los Vaqueros: El Regreso El Regreso de los Vaqueros	US8 (9 weeks) US	Latin1 (65 weeks) Latin	MX1 gold (21 weeks)MX	First published: January 25, 2011
2012	Líderes	US42 (6 weeks) US	Latin1 (64 weeks) Latin	MX4 (16 weeks) MX	First published: July 3, 2012
2018	Los Campeones del Pueblo "The Big Leagues"	US190 (1 week) US	Latin2 platinum (… Where.)Latin	-	First published: December 14, 2018

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Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		US	Latin	MX
2007	Tomando Control: Live	US184 (1 week) US	Latin7 (7 weeks) Latin	MX94 (1 week) MX	First published: September 25, 2007 in Mexico only placed in 2009
2010	La Revolución: Live: Volume One	-	Latin5 (24 weeks) Latin	MX25 (8 weeks) MX	First published: September 21, 2010
	La Revolución: Live: Volume Two	-	Latin6 (21 weeks) Latin	MX30 (9 weeks) MX	First published: September 21, 2010

Compilation albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		US	Latin	MX
2009	El Dúo de la Historia Vol. 1	-	Latin36 (11 weeks) Latin	MX44 (5 weeks) MX	First published: June 9, 2009
2013	La Historia de el Dúo, Vol. 1	-	Latin56 (1 week) Latin	MX80 (... weeks) MX	First published: November 5, 2013

Collaboration albums and label samplers

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		US	Latin	MX
2006	Los Vaqueros	US44 (6 weeks) US	Latin2 × 2 Double platinum (43 weeks)Latin	MX69 (5 weeks) MX	First release: November 7th, 2006 Label sampler from WY Records , partly listed under Various Artists , only placed in Mexico in 2009
2007	Los Vaqueros: Wild Wild Mixes	US104 (4 weeks) US	Latin4 (15 weeks) Latin	-	First published: Jul 24th 2007 remix album Los Vaqueros , partly Various Artists performed
2008	Wisin & Yandel Presentan: La Mente Maestra	US65 (6 weeks) US	Latin1 platinum (42 weeks)Latin	MX1 platinum (44 weeks)MX	First release: November 11th, 2008 WY Records label sampler with DJ Nesty

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	US	Latin	IT
2005	Rakata Pa'l Mundo	-	-	-	US85 (5 weeks) US	Latin2 (39 weeks) Latin	-
	Intro / Sácala (Intro) Mi vida… My Life	-	-	-	-	Latin36 (3 weeks) Latin	-	with Héctor el Father , Don Omar , Daddy Yankee , Naldo & Tego Calderon
	Llamé pa 'verte (Bailando Sexy) Pa'l mundo	-	-	-	US100 (1 week) US	Latin1 (34 weeks) Latin	-
2006	Noche de sexo Pa'l mundo	-	-	-	-	Latin4 (20 weeks) Latin	-	feat. Aventura
	Take the Lead (Wanna Ride) Take the Lead OST	-	-	-	-	Latin44 (4 weeks) Latin	-	with Bone Thugs-n-Harmony feat. Fatman Scoop & Melissa Jiménez
	Pam pam Pa'l mundo	-	-	-	-	Latin1 (9 weeks) Latin	-
	Paleta Pa'l mundo	-	-	-	-	Latin31 (2 weeks) Latin	-	feat. Daddy Yankee
	El telefono Los vaqueros	-	-	-	-	Latin13 (20 weeks) Latin	-	with Héctor el Father
	Pegao Los vaqueros	-	-	-	-	Latin6 (30 weeks) Latin	-
2006	Atrévete Los vaqueros: Wild Wild Mixes	-	-	-	-	Latin8 (9 weeks) Latin	-	feat. Franco El Gorila
2007	Yo te quiero Los vaqueros	-	-	-	-	Latin19 (20 weeks) Latin	-
	Sexy movimiento Wisin vs. Yandel: Los extraterrestres	-	-	-	US98 (3 weeks) US	Latin1 (20 weeks) Latin	-
2008	Oye, ¿dónde está el amor? Wisin vs. Yandel: Los extraterrestres	-	-	-	-	Latin25 (7 weeks) Latin	-	feat. Franco de Vita
	Ahora Es Wisin vs. Yandel: Los extraterrestres	-	-	-	-	Latin5 (22 weeks) Latin	-
	Siguelo Wisin vs. Yandel: Los extraterrestres	-	-	-	-	Latin8 (19 weeks) Latin	-
	Me estás tentando Wisin & Yandel presentan: La mente maestra	-	-	-	-	Latin1 (28 weeks) Latin	-	feat. Nesty
2009	Abusadora La revolución	-	-	-	-	Latin1 (20 weeks) Latin	IT34 (8 weeks) IT
	Gracias a tí La revolución	-	-	-	-	Latin1 (20 weeks) Latin	-	Remix feat. Enrique Iglesias
2010	Te siento La revolución	-	-	-	-	Latin16 (20 weeks) Latin	-
	Irresistible Step Up 3D OST	-	-	-	-	Latin29 (10 weeks) Latin	-
	Estoy enamorado La revolución: live	-	-	-	-	Latin7 (36 weeks) Latin	-
2011	First of all, the rompiendo caderas Los vaqueros: el regreso	-	-	-	-	Latin12 (5 weeks) Latin	-
	Tu olor Los vaqueros: el regreso	-	-	-	-	Latin1 (20 weeks) Latin	-
2012	Follow the Leader Líderes	-	AT74 (1 week) AT	-	US- gold US	Latin1 (19 weeks) Latin	IT26 (4 weeks) IT	feat. Jennifer Lopez
	Algo me gusta de ti Líderes	-	-	-	-	Latin1 (52 weeks) Latin	-	feat. Chris Brown & T-Pain
	Te deseo La historia de el dúo, vol. 1	-	-	-	-	Latin29 (11 weeks) Latin	-
2013	Hipnotizame Líderes	-	-	-	-	Latin48 (1 week) Latin	-
2018	Reggaetón en lo oscuro	-	-	-	-	Latin- × 2 Double platinum Latin	IT59 (8 weeks) IT
	Callao	-	-	-	-	-	IT93 (1 week) IT	feat. Ozuna
2019	Aullando Los Campeones del Pueblo: The Big Leagues	-	-	-	-	Latin10 (26 weeks) Latin	IT24 platinum (24 weeks)IT	with Romeo Santos
	Si Supieras	-	-	-	-	Latin15th × 6 Six-fold platinum (20 weeks)Latin	IT44 gold (9 weeks)IT	with Daddy Yankee
	Chica Bombastic	-	-	-	-	Latin50 (1 week) Latin	-
	Imaginaste	-	-	-	-	Latin45 (1 week) Latin	-	with Jhay Cortez
2020	Ganas de Ti	-	-	-	-	Latin49 (... weeks) Latin	-	with six

Chart placements as a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	US	Latin	IT
2005	Mayor que yo Mas flow 2	-	-	-	-	Latin3 (46 weeks) Latin	-	Luny Tunes feat. Baby Ranks , Daddy Yankee , Tony Tun Tun , Wisin & Yandel & Héctor el Father
	No me dejes solo Barrio fino	-	-	-	-	Latin32 (14 weeks) Latin	-	Daddy Yankee feat. Wisin & Yandel
	Burn It Up TP.3 Reloaded	DE30 (9 weeks) DE	AT59 (3 weeks) AT	CH25 (8 weeks) CH	-	Latin30 (5 weeks) Latin	-	R. Kelly feat. Wisin & Yandel
	Llora mi corazon Consejo	-	-	-	-	Latin38 (4 weeks) Latin	-	La Secta Allstar feat. Wisin & Yandel
2006	Noche de entierro (nuestro amor) Mas flow: Los Benjamin	-	-	-	-	Latin4 (20 weeks) Latin	-	Luny Tunes feat. Tainy , Wisin & Yandel, Daddy Yankee , Héctor el Father , Zion & Tony Tun Tun
2007	No sé de ella MySpace (Remix) Los Bandoleros Reloaded	-	-	-	-	Latin20 (13 weeks) Latin	-	Don Omar feat. Wisin & Yandel
2009	All Up 2 You The Last	-	-	-	-	Latin4 (20 weeks) Latin	-	Aventura feat. Akon & Wisin & Yandel
2010	No me digas que no euphoria	-	-	-	-	Latin1 (20 weeks) Latin	-	Enrique Iglesias feat. Wisin & Yandel
2011	Maquina del tiempo El patrón: invencible	-	-	-	-	Latin4 (18 weeks) Latin	-	Tito El Bambino feat. Wisin & Yandel
2018	Fever	-	-	CH69 (1 week) CH	-	-	IT24 (20 weeks) IT	Ricky Martin feat. Wisin & Yandel
	Peligrosa	-	-	-	-	-	IT50 (19 weeks) IT	J Balvin & Wisin & Yandel
	Única (Remix) aura	-	-	-	-	-	IT57 (3 weeks) IT	Ozuna feat. Anuel AA & Wisin & Yandel
	Quiero más aura	-	-	-	-	-	IT100 (1 week) IT	Ozuna feat. Wisin & Yandel

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Argentina 2009: for the album La Revolución Platinum record  Mexico 2019: for the single Fiebre  United States 2019: for the single Duele (Latin) 2020: for the single Te Boté 2 (Latin)

7 × gold record  Mexico 2020: for the single Aullando

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold1	-	20,000	capif.org.ar
Mexico (AMPROFON)	3 × gold3	6 × platinum6th	510,000	amprofon.com.mx
Spain (Promusicae)	gold1	platinum1	60,000	elportaldemusica.es
United States (RIAA)	2 × gold2	21 × platinum21st	2,260,000	riaa.com
All in all	7 × gold7th	28 × platinum28

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1. ↑ ^{a b c} https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/wisin-y-yandel
2. ↑ ^{a b} https://www.latingrammy.com/es/nominees/search?artist=Wisin&field_nominee_work_value=&year=All&genre=All
3. ↑ ^{a b} https://www.elnuevodia.com/entretenimiento/musica/nota/yandelconfirmalasrazonesdelaseparaciondelduo-1626499/
4. ↑ http://www.milenio.com/hey/musica/adios-Lideres-Wisin-Yandel_0_229177124.html
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} Chart sources: DE AT CH US Latin singles US Latin albums ES MX
6. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20160110073540/http://www.tvnotas.com.mx/2013/06/24/C-51208-wisin-y-yandel-daran-su-ultimo-concierto -juntos-en-mexico.php
7. ↑ http://webcitation.org/query?id=1352257756453553
8. ↑ https://twitter.com/Amprofon/status/397811207010123776
9. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2006-11-25
10. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/latin-albums/2006-11-25
11. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2007-09-01
12. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/latin-albums/2007-10-13
13. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2008-11-29
14. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/latin-albums/2008-11-29

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