Daddy Yankee Albums Ranked

Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez (born February 3, 1976), known professionally as Daddy Yankee, is a Puerto Rican singer, rapper, and songwriter. He is known as the “King of Reggaetón” by music critics and fans alike. Daddy Yankee is the artist who coined the word reggaeton in 1994 to describe the new music genre that was emerging from Puerto Rico that synthesized hip-hop, Latin Caribbean music, and reggae rhythms with Spanish rapping and singing. He is often cited as an influence by other Latin urban performers. As of 2017, Daddy Yankee has won 82 awards from 270 nominations since his rise to international fame in 2004. He has won five Latin Grammy Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, 14 Billboard Latin Music Awards, two Latin American Music Awards, eight Lo Nuestro Awards, an MTV Video Music Award, and six ASCAP Awards. He also received a Puerto Rican Walk of Fame star, special awards by People en Español magazine, and the Presencia Latina at Harvard University. He was named by CNN as the “Most Influential Hispanic Artist” of 2009, and included in Time 100 in 2006. Here are all of Daddy Yankee’s albums ranked.

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7. Barrio Fino En Directo (2005)

“This album was huge when I was a kid. The Snoop Dogg collaboration and the G-Unit collaboration, respectively, were kind of what brought the second wave of reggaetón to America in the mid-2000s. To this day, the best moments on the record are liable to set a (worthwhile) party off effortlessly. It doesn’t really even matter if you can’t understand a lick of what he says, the energy is there, and that’s all that matters.”

6. King Daddy (2013)

“Reggaetón Rules! on ” King Daddy” Superstar Daddy Yankee’s latest cd. Let me start by saying I love all things Daddy Yankee. This cd is no exception. It took a few times listening to several tracks before they eventually won me over.”

5. El Cartel: The Big Boss (2007)

“The king of reggaetón, Daddy Yankee, returns with his 6th studio album. After international platinum success with his first five albums, Yankee has established himself as the leader in the raggaeton fad. El Cartel: The Big Boss is the follow-up studio album everybody has been waiting 3 years for. Having enlisted super-producers such as will.i.am, Scott Storch, Just Blaze, Akon, Luny Tunes, and Mr. Collipark, there is a lot of hype behind this album.”

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4. Daddy Yankee Mundial (2007)

“Daddy Yankee is turning out to be one of my favorite groups. I like a lot of the music which comes from the Caribbean. Of course, there is nothing like being in Puerto Rico and listening to the sounds of the islands. I can’t wait to get back there someday.”

3. Talento De Barrio (2008)

“The focus of this album is understood and the album is well-executed, since its atmosphere is nothing more than simply listening to it at parties, discos, dances, in the neighborhoods, for people who want to listen to music for entertainment, for people who only consume rarely some music, and this formula works perfectly”

2. Prestige (2012)

“he quality of lyrics and music is tremendous; Daddy Yankee writing and those of La Nazza defeating the competition with their tremendous production. There are some issues that I really didn’t like very much, but I understand the need to evolve with gender. The good songs of the album + the songs of Yankee in the various mixtapes made by De la Nazza + the collaborations that Yankee has made with other artists this 2012 as with Farruko, J Alvarez, Arcangel, Gotay, and Jory have made this 2012 the year of Daddy Yankee and El Cartel!”

1. Barrio Fino (2004)

“Barrio Fino is one of the hottest albums ever made by a reggaeton artist. Daddy Yankee did his thing on this album and he deserves all the credit he got for it. He is also the finest of all reggaeton artists. Hope he keeps up the good work.”