Barrio Fino

For the Belizean football team, see Barrio Fino FC.

Barrio Fino
Studio album by
Daddy Yankee
ReleasedJuly 13, 2004 (2004-07-13)
Recorded2002–2004
StudioEl Cartel Studios
(San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Mas Flow Studios
(Carolina, Puerto Rico)
Genre
[1]
Length66:24
Language
Label
Producer
Daddy Yankee chronology
Los Homerun-es
(2003) 		Barrio Fino
(2004) 		Ahora le Toca al Cangri! Live
(2005)
Singles from Barrio Fino
  1. "Gasolina"
    Released: April 26, 2004[2]
  2. "Lo Que Pasó, Pasó"
    Released: August 2, 2004
  3. "No Me Dejes Solo"
    Released: January 3, 2005
  4. "Like You"
    Released: April 25, 2005
  5. "Tu Príncipe"
    Released: June 13, 2005

Barrio Fino (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbarjo ˈfino]; English: "Fine 'Hood") is the third studio album by Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee, released on July 13, 2004, in the United States by VI Music and El Cartel Records and internationally by Machete Music and Polydor Records.[3][4] Released two years after his previous studio album, El Cangri.com (2002), the album was recorded in Puerto Rico between 2003 and 2004. It explores themes ranging from dance, sex, romance, introspection, and protest against political corruption and violence against women. Barrio Fino was instrumental in popularizing reggaeton in the mainstream market, enhancing Daddy Yankee's career, as well as cementing his status as one of the most successful Latin artists of the 2000s.[vague][5] The album is reported to have sold over 8 million copies in the world.[6]

Daddy Yankee wrote all the tracks, with co-writing credits on seven, and is credited as executive producer. Four of the 21 songs were released as singles. The first single, "Gasolina", charted within the top 10 in Denmark, Italy, Norway, Ireland, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Austria, while "Lo Que Pasó, Pasó" peaked at number two on the US Hot Latin Songs chart. Barrio Fino reached number one on the US Tropical Albums and the Top Latin Albums charts. It became the first reggaeton recording to debut and peak atop the latter chart. It ranked within the top 30 in the United States, Portugal, Switzerland and Spain.

The album was Daddy Yankee's first international commercial success,[vague] and garnered a Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Music Album, while "Gasolina" became the first reggaeton song to receive a nomination for a Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year. Barrio Fino produced two Billboard Hot 100 entries, but despite the album's success, none of its four Billboard Hot Latin Songs entries reached number one.[vague] Barrio Fino was ranked number 44 in the "Top 50 Records of 2005" list by Rolling Stone and was included in Billboard's "50 Greatest Latin Albums of the Past 50 Years" in 2015. The album received a platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America, denoting shipments of over one million copies in the United States, where it became the top-selling Latin album of 2005 and the 2000s decade and is the seventh best-selling Latin album of all time in the country.[7][8] In 2020, Rolling Stone updated their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list placing Barrio Fino at number 473.

Daddy Yankee appeared at the Billboard Latin Music Awards performing the "Gasolina" with a guest appearance from Sean Combs in 2005; it was recognized by Billboard as one of the best performances of the night.[9]

  1. ^ "Exclusive Daddy Yankee's Track-by-Track Review of His 'Barrio Fino,' 15 Years Later". Billboard.
  2. ^ Cobo, Leila (February 12, 2005). "Daddy Yankee's 'Gasolina' Fires Up the Charts". Billboard. Vol. 117, no. 7. p. 31. Retrieved July 31, 2022. That something is 'Gasolina,' the Daddy Yankee single that impacted radio in October.
  3. ^ "Daddy Yankee – Barrio Fino at Discogs". discogs.com. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  4. ^ "Barrio Fino – Release group by Daddy Yankee". musicbrainz.org. Archived from the original on August 23, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  5. ^ Carney Smith, Jessie. of African American Popular Culture Archived February 15, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. ABC-CLIO, 2010, p. 1199.
  6. ^ "A 15 años del lanzamiento de Barrio Fino, de Daddy Yankee". La Nacion (in Spanish). July 12, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  7. ^ Cobo, Leila (August 10, 2014). "Daddy Yankee Remembers 'Gasolina' 10 Years Later: 'I Knew It Was a Home Run'". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 22, 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  8. ^ "Exclusive: Daddy Yankee's Track-by-Track Review of His 'Barrio Fino,' 10 Years Later". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 20, 2017. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  9. ^ "Billboard Latin Music Awards: 25 of the Most Memorable Moments of All Time". Billboard. Retrieved March 20, 2023.