Daddy Yankee

Daddy Yankee shocked fans over the weekend by announcing plans to retire from music nearly three decades after launching his career and putting reggaeton on the world map.

Bad Bunny and Daddy Yankee triumphed at the Billboard Latin Music Awards Wednesday, claiming seven trophies apiece at the pandemic-delayed show

Spanish singer Rosalía, the breakthrough performer known for blending flamenco music with sounds like reggaeton and Latin trap, won album of the year at the 2019 Latin Grammys, becoming the first solo female performer to win the top honor since Shakira’s triumph 13 years ago. Rosalía won three awards Thursday, tying top nominee Alejandro Sanz and besting the veteran singer-songwriter...

The song that beat out Mariah Carey and “Despacito” to become the longest-running No. 1 hit in the history of the Hot 100 chart has now set records on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs and Hot rap songs charts, respectively.

It’s one sweet day for Lil Nas X: The breakthrough rapper’s viral “Old Town Road” has broken the Billboard record set by Mariah Carey’s “One Sweet Day” for most weeks at No. 1. Lil Nas X accomplishes the feat this week as his country-trap song spends its 17th week on top of the Hot 100 chart. Carey and Boyz II...

Lil Nas X has taken his horse to the old town road and ridden it to the top of the Billboard charts for 16 weeks, tying a record set by Mariah Carey and Luis Fonsi. “Old Town Road” logs its 16th week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart this week, matching the success that Carey and Boyz II...

Cardi B is the night’s top contender with nine nominations

On Friday following a 14-year absence from late-night television, iconic R&B, dance and pop singing superstar Janet Jackson marked her return with a memorable performance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” with non-other than the man who put Reggaeton music on the map, Mr. Daddy Yankee himself.

The year of Cardi B continues — this time with 10 MTV Video Music Award nominations.
MTV announced Monday that the white-hot rapper is the most nominated act at this year’s show, which returns to New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on Aug. 20.

A list of winners in the top categories at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards, held Sunday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Janet Jackson rocked the 2018 Billboard Music Awards with an energetic and powerful performance of her past hits in an epic week that included her 52nd birthday and the 25th anniversary of her groundbreaking “janet.” album.

The biggest stars in entertainment will gather Sunday evening for the 2018 Billboard Music Awards. Nominees include Kendrick Lamar, Ed Sheeran and Bruno Mars, who lead the pack with 15 nominations apiece; all three are up for Top Artist, competing against Drake and Taylor Swift in that field.

It was a “Despacito” night in Las Vegas, where Daddy Yankee, Luis Fonsi and Justin Bieber’s hit song became the biggest winner of the Latin Music Billboard Awards.

Viva Las Vegas! The Billboard Latin Music Awards are heading to Sin City to celebrate its 20th broadcast of the show on Telemundo. This year J Balvin, Shakira, Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Maluma, and Ozuna top the list of finalists.

Puerto Rican comedian Gaby Alicea took on Daddy Yankee’s new hit “Dura” to slam Puerto Rico’s Electric Power Authority for mailing expensive electricity bills to the island’s residents. “I don’t want a machine or anyone charging me, there’s no electricity in my house because all the posts were knocked out,” sings Alicea in the parody that plays on the song’s...

The Associated Press has written stories for years about how the Grammys have dissed rap, R&B and other evolving genres before others wrote about the hot topic after Beyonce lost to Adele last year. So you could imagine how vindicated and excited the AP felt when the nominations rolled out late last year with Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Bruno Mars, Luis...

U2 and Elton John are headed to the Grammys to help the organization celebrate its 60th awards show.

Bruno Mars and Cardi B, who recently collaborated on the upbeat song “Finesse,” will perform together at the Grammy Awards. The Recording Academy announced Wednesday that “Despacito” hit makers Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, SZA and Kesha will also take the stage at the Jan. 28 show at New York’s Madison Square Garden.