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Daddy Yankee

1977 - Today

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Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez (born February 3, 1977), known professionally as Daddy Yankee, is a retired Puerto Rican rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor who rose to worldwide prominence in 2004 with the song "Gasolina". Dubbed the "King of Reggaeton", he is often cited as an influence by other Hispanic urban performers. He retired on December 3, 2023, after completing his final stage performance on his "La Meta" tour in Puerto Rico.Ayala was born in Río Piedras and was raised in the Villa Kennedy Housing Projects neighborhood. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daddy Yankee has received more than 8,270,826 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Daddy Yankee is the 641st most popular singer (up from 701st in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Puerto Rico (up from 13th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Puerto Rican Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Daddy Yankees by language

Over the past year Daddy Yankee has had the most page views in the with 1,083,711 views, followed by English (756,557), and Italian (73,397). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Occitan (382.89%), Italian (73.53%), and Afrikaans (62.67%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Daddy Yankee ranks 641 out of 4,381. Before him are Lisa Della Casa, Giuseppe Taddei, Ed Sheeran, Andy Gibb, Graham Nash, and Jay-Z. After him are Fiorenza Cossotto, Andrea True, Šaban Bajramović, Percy Sledge, Mongo Santamaría, and Gino Paoli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Daddy Yankee ranks 41. Before him are Chris Martin, Katheryn Winnick, Fabio Grosso, Maryam Mirzakhani, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and James Wan. After him are Hasan Salihamidžić, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, André Villas-Boas, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Luis Rubiales, and Arash.

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In Puerto Rico

Among people born in Puerto Rico, Daddy Yankee ranks 12 out of 77. Before him are Ricky Martin (1971), José Ferrer (1912), Héctor Lavoe (1946), Luis Guzmán (1956), Emiliano Mercado del Toro (1891), and Amaury Nolasco (1970). After him are Roberto Clemente (1934), Luis Fonsi (1978), Roselyn Sánchez (1973), Manuel Goded Llopis (1882), Luis Miguel (1970), and Osvaldo Ríos (1960).

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Among SINGERS In Puerto Rico

Among singers born in Puerto Rico, Daddy Yankee ranks 3. Before him are Ricky Martin (1971), and Héctor Lavoe (1946). After him are Luis Fonsi (1978), Luis Miguel (1970), Don Omar (1978), Chayanne (1968), Cheo Feliciano (1935), Tego Calderón (1972), Bad Bunny (1994), Olga Tañón (1967), and Ozuna (1992).

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