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King Daddy II (often stylized as KD2) is an upcoming eight studio album (fourteenth overall) by Puerto Rican reggaeton artist Daddy Yankee, scheduled to be released during 2016. It is a sequel to his previous album King Daddy, produced by Los De La Nazza, a production duo that worked with Daddy Yankee from 2008 to 2014. The album will include "Sígueme Y Te Sigo", "Vaivén" and "Shaky Shaky" as its singles, which were released between March 2015 and April 2016. The album's release date remains unknown.
Singles
- «Sígueme Y Te Sigo» was released as the first single on March 12, 2015. It's a love song written by Daddy Yankee, Chris Jeday and Luis Ortíz, and was inspired by social networks but not centred on them.[1] The music video was released on May 8, 2015 through his Vevo channel on YouTube, and surpassed the 350 million views. The song was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Song and Best Urban Performance[2], and won a Latin American Music Award for Favorite Urban Song.[3]
- «Vaivén» was released as the second single on September 17, 2016. It's a dance moombahton song written by Daddy Yankee and Chris Jeday, who is also the producer. Although is hasn't an official music video, the song received a lot of airplay in U.S. latin radio stations and in Spain, but not much around Latin America. It was nominated for an International Dance Music Award for Best Latin Dance Track.[4]
- «Shaky Shaky» was released as the third single on April 8, 2016. Before its release, a preview of the song was officialy published by Daddy Yankee in order to incentivate his fans to make a 16-second-long video dancing to the track. The music video was released on July 14, 2016 and surpassed the 70 million views.
- Other releases
- «Sábado Rebelde» was released as a promotional single on October 31, 2014 although it was originally released as the album's first single. It features reggaeton duo Plan B and was written by them, Daddy Yankee and the producer Haze. The music video was directed by the company 36 Grados and was filmed in Medellín, Colombia, recreating a night club.[5] It was officialy released on January 23, 2015 and surpassed the 175 million views. The song received a lot of airplay around Latin America but not in the U.S.
Track listing
To be announced.
- Confirmed songs
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sígueme Y Te Sigo" | Ramón Ayala, Carlos Ortíz, Luis Ortíz | Chris Jeday, Gaby Music | 3:27 |
| 2. | "Vaivén" | R. Ayala, C. Ortíz, L. Ortíz | Chris Jeday, Gaby Music | 3:45 |
| 3. | "Shaky Shaky" | R. Ayala, Urbani Mota, Luis Romero | Los Evo Jedis | 3:52 |
Chart performance
| Song | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Latin |
US Latin Airplay |
US Latin Digital |
US Latin Pop |
US Trop. |
US Latin Stream. |
US |
US Youtube |
SPA | FR | ||
| «Sábado Rebelde» | 49 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| «Sígueme Y Te Sigo» | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | — | — | — | 12 | 199 |
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| «Vaivén» | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 19 | — |
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| «Shaky Shaky» | 6 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 50 | 12 | 35 | — |
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Awards and nominations
| Year | Nominee/Work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | "Sígueme Y Te Sigo" | Latin American Music Award – Favorite Urban Song | Won |
| Latin Grammy Award – Best Urban Song | Nominated | ||
| Latin Grammy Award – Best Urban Performance | Nominated | ||
| 2016 | "Vaivén" | International Dance Music Award – Best Latin Dance Track | Nominated |
Notes
References
- ^ "Sígueme Y Te Sigo, de Daddy Yankee" (in Spanish). Vívelo Hoy. May 11, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
- ^ "16th Annual Latin Grammy Awards". Latin Grammy. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
- ^ Cobo, Leila (October 8, 2015). "Latin AMAs Winners List: Enrique Iglesias & Nicky Jam Win Big at Inaugural Awards Show". Billboard. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
- ^ "IDMA Winners for the year 2015 presented in 2016". Winter Music Conference. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
- ^ "Daddy Yankee estrena nuevo video, Sábado Rebelde". Terra. January 23, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
- ^ "Daddy Yankee - Sígueme Y Te Sigo". Productores de Música de España. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
- ^ "Daddy Yankee - Vaivén". Productores de Música de España. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
- ^ "Daddy Yankee - Shaky Shaky". Productores de Música de España. Retrieved August 19, 2016.