Wisin & Yandel

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(left to right) Yandel & Wisin in Premios lo Nuestro at 2006
(left to right) Yandel & Wisin in Premios lo Nuestro at 2006
Background information
Origin Puerto Rico
Genre(s) Reggaeton
Years active 1998 – present
Label(s) WY Records
Website www.wisinyandelpr.com

Wisin & Yandel (also known as "¡W con Yandel!" and "El duo dinamico/El duo de historia") are a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo. They started their career together in 1995 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.

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[edit] 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 Millennium).

From then on, they've released four albums together, while making appearances in the Misión 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's Against Me?). Both efforts did well on sales, but the duo returned together to release Pa'l Mundo (For The World) on 2005. El Sobreviviente is now a reggaeton collector's item. That same year, the duo established their own record label, WY Records. In 2006, they released a compilation album titled Los Vaqueros (The Cowboys) featuring several guest performers. And also he is going out with Wendy Rivera.

They also appeared on Luny Tunes's new album Mas Flow: Los Benjamins.

[edit] Duo Biography

  • Wisin (also known as W or El sobrevivente (Spanish: The Survivor) was born Juan Luis Morera Luna on September 19, 1978.
  • Yandel (occasionally known as I Griega (Spanish: Y)) was born Llandel Veguilla Malavé on January 14, 1977.

[edit] Discography

[edit] As Wisin & Yandel

[edit] Singles

  • Dembow (2003)
  • Rakata (2005)
  • Llame Pa' Verte (Bailando Sexy) (2005)
  • Mírala Bien (2005)
  • Noche De Sexo feat. Aventura (2005)
  • Pam Pam (2006)
  • El Teléfono feat. Hector "El Father" (2006)
  • Noche De Entierro (Nuestro Amor) feat. Hector "El Father", Daddy Yankee, Tony Tun-Tun y Zion (2006)
  • Pegao' (2006)
  • Yo Te Quiero (2006)
  • Nadie Como Tu feat. Don Omar (2007)
  • My Space feat. Don Omar (2007)

[edit] Collaborations

[edit] Solo Efforts

  • Wisin: El Sobreviviente (2004)
  • Yandel: Quien Contra Mi (2004)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Wisin y Yandel Biography.

[edit] External link

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