Daddy Yankee holds number one spot on Spotify4 min read

Singer Daddy Yankee stole the number one spot from Ed Sheeran on Spotify to become the first Latino artist to lead the music platform. The Puerto Rican superstar of reggaeton has hits that include “Gasolina,” ”Shaky Shaky” and “Despacito,” a song co-written with Luis Fonsi.

Spotify recently announced that he’s surpassed 44,735,586 monthly listeners to reach the first global spot. Daddy Yankee shared: “Being the first Latin artist to reach #1 in Spotify marks a precedent not only for my career but for the industry in general, the musical digital revolution has unified the world and this is the proof. We are all in the same boat with no labels or stereotypes.” He recalled that, when he started his career in 1992 in Puerto Rico, many didn’t believe he would last more than three years, much less that he would become an international sensation, but he never stopped fighting.

The remix to “Despacito,” featuring additional vocals by Justin Bieber,” is No. 1 on Spotify’s global charts. More than a decade after Daddy Yankee’s best-selling album, “Barrio Fino,” and the single “Gasolina” that made him a global star, the Latin Grammy Award winner is still one of the most influential and recognisable names in reggaeton and according to Yankee,

Today, this genre is the most listened to in the world and he thanks all the fans and colleagues that gave him the opportunity to collaborate with them.