Daddy Yankee Joins Exclusive Spotify ‘Billions Club’ with Smash-Hit ‘Gasolina’
October 21 2024 - 3:17PM
Cinq Music celebrates the news that world-renowned Reggaeton artist
Daddy Yankee has joined Spotify’s “Billions Club” with his breakout
hit "Gasolina," which catapulted Daddy Yankee’s career and is
credited with bringing Reggaeton to the masses.
The milestone hits as Cinq and Daddy Yankee celebrate the 20th
anniversary release of “Gasolina” and the album Barrio Fino, which
won a Latin Grammy in 2005 as the Best Urban Music Album. It also
marked the first time a Reggaeton album debuted at No. 1 on the
Billboard Top Latin Albums chart. "Gasolina" was also the first
Reggaeton song to be nominated for the Latin Grammy for record of
the year.
“The Billions Club is a prestigious playlist on Spotify that
includes songs that have achieved over one billion streams on the
platform," said Barry Daffurn, Cinq Music President and Co-founder.
“It's a highly exclusive list and serves as a marker of a song's
worldwide popularity and success in the streaming era.”
As part of the 20th anniversary celebration of Daddy
Yankee’s Barrio Fino, Cinq Music has re-released the
groundbreaking album on vinyl, along with El
Cangri.com, Los Homerun-es, El Cartel: The Big Boss, Talento
de Barrio, and Mundial. All six albums are now available for
pre-order through a newly launched online store, Amazon and
retailers.
About Cinq MusicCinq Music is a
technology-driven music distributor, record label, and publisher
with offices in Los Angeles, New York, Nashville, Bogota, Medellin,
Seoul, Minsk, and Colombo. Cinq’s prominent repertoire has won
Grammy awards and dozens of Gold and Platinum RIAA certifications,
and has held numerous number one chart positions across a variety
of Billboard charts. Its impressive roster includes culturally
significant artists in Latin Music such as Anuel AA, Arc Angel, Bad
Bunny, Daddy Yankee, Fuerza Regida, and Natanael Cano, as well as
English language Pop and Hip-Hop icons such as Jason Derulo, Sean
Kingston, T.I., and many more. Cinq Music is a division of
GoDigital Media Group, a multinational conglomerate founded in 2006
by Jason Peterson, with a mission to connect consumers to joy
through content, community, and commerce. For more information,
visit www.cinqmusic.com.
Media ContactDean
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