Wisin & Yandel

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Wisin & Yandel is a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo. They started their career together in 1998 and have been together since winning several awards during that time.

Some of their hits includes "Mayor Que Yo", "Noche de Sexo" featuring Aventura, "Rakata", Llame Pa' Verte (Bailando Sexy), La Gitana and "Pam Pam". Wisin & Yandel were also featured on R. Kelly's album, TP-3: Reloaded.

1 Duo History
2 Duo Biography
3 Discography
- 3.1 As Wisin & Yandel
4 Singles
- 4.1 Solo Efforts
5 Notes
6 External link

[edit] Duo History

Wisin and Yandel were both born in Cayey, Puerto Rico where they met. Before beginning their musical career, Yandel worked as a barber while Wisin earned a degree in theater and acting. However, both shared the same musical interests.

In 1998, they worked with DJ Dicky in his production No Fear 3. The next year, they were signed to the Fresh Production label, appearing in La Misión, Vol. 1 (The Mission, Vol. 1). That album reached gold status, and the label produced the duo's first solo album in 2000 titled Los Reyes del Nuevo Milenio (The Kings of the New Millenium).

From then on, they've relased four albums together, while making appearances in the Mission compilations. All of those albums have reached gold status. They also won a Tu Musica Award for "Best Rap & Reggaeton Duo".^[1]

In 2004, each of the members of the duo decided to release a solo effort each. Wisin released his album titled El Sobreviviente (The Survivor) while Yandel released his effort titled ¿Quien Contra Mí? (Who Can Be Against Me?). Both efforts did well on sales, but the duo returned together to release Pa'l Mundo on 2005.

That same year, the duo established their own record label, WY Records. In 2006, they released a compilation album titled Los Vaqueros featuring several guest performers.

[edit] Duo Biography

Wisin (also known as W or The Survivor (Spanish: El Sobreviviente)) was born Juan Luis Morera Luna on December 19, 1979.
Yandel (occasionally known as Y (Spanish: I Griega)) was born Llandel Veguilla Malavé on January 14, 1977.