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Reggaeton legend Wisin turns 44

The Puerto Rican is more current than ever

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If one talks about Juan Luis Morera Luna, perhaps many do not find the person, but by saying “Wisin“, and everyone falls into account; and it is that this unique urban music singer is reaching his 44 years.

It can be said that he is already a legend of the genre, but the fact that he keeps current.

Wisin is part of the musical duo “Wisin and Yandel”, with which he reached total stardom. However, as a solo artist she has released four albums, The Survivor, The Return of the Survivor, Los Vaqueros 3 and Victory.

A bit of his life and career

Wisin was drawn to music through early age, He decided to form a group with the name of “Boricua Selecta”, a group that ended up disintegrating for unknown reasons.

It was in 1998 that, together with Yandel, he would look for an opportunity to launch their career as a duo.

After that, the Fresh Production discography produced their first album, called: The kings of the new millennium.

In 2007 the most successful was released, “The aliens”, in which they had collaborations such as Eve and Fat Joe. Then another album also paid off, “La mente maestra”, which was produced by Nestyy.

For 14 years they were making their way to the musical Olympus, they created communities of fans, both in the United States and in Latin America, they won a Grammy, two Latin Grammys and 11 Latin Billboard Awards.

as a soloist

He decided in 2013 to embark on his journey as a soloist, with his first single “Que viva la vida”. Her second single, Adrenalina, in collaboration with Ricky Martin and Jennifer Lopez, it was a total hit.

In 2015, he was presented at Premios Juventud with the Mexican artist anahí, was the debut of the song Rumba. A year later she collaborated with Enrique Iglesias and “Duele el corazón”.

And in September of that same year it was placed in the first place of the Billboard Latin Airplay with the release of “Vacaciones”.

The return with Yandel

For 2018, the announcement of the return of Wisin and Yandel, in what would be a world tour.

The first concert was held in the Dominican Republic in March 2017. Since that year they have had some collaborations with singers of the stature ofe Nicky Jam, Daddy Yankee, J Balvin, Ozuna, among others.

In 2020 the launch of “The Management” became official, but It didn’t come out until 2021, while this period was going on they released some collaborations.

They were part of top 21 of the best latino artists of all time on Billboard.

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