Mundial

Mundial ('Worldwide') is the sixth studio album and tenth overall by Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee through El Cartel Records and Sony Music Latin released on April 27, 2010. The album was supported by three official singles: "Grito Mundial", "Descontrol" and "La Despedida". The production explores different music genres than his previous records such as merengue, dance pop and Latin Pop along with reggaeton. It explores lyrics and themes such as romance, sex, money and fame while the main focus is to capture music vibes of the streets of different countries globally. The album was entirely produced by Los de la Nazza and Diesel. The album was his fifth album the debut at the top of US Billboard Top Latin Albums and peaked there for four consecutive weeks. Also, it peaked at 29 in Billboard 200 and charted in Ecuador, Chile, Venezuela, Uruguay and Mexico as well. The lead single Grito Mundial was intended to be 2010 FIFA World Coup official song, but those plans were later scrapped. Despite this, the track was chosen for World Cup TV campaigns on Telefutura and ESPN in the United States and on Azteca in Mexico. Mundial was nominated for a Lo Nuestro Award for Urban Album of the Year and for Best Urban Album at the 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards . It won the Billboard Latin Music Award for Latin Rhythm Album of the Year in 2011. To promote the album, he performed as an actor in five episodes of CBS soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful" and latter embarked on the Mundial Tour which contains his first official Europe Leg. Background As of early 2010, Daddy Yankee had sold eight million copies worldwide. Barrio Fino was named the Top Selling Latin Album of in The United States of the 2000s and he was crowned as The Top Selling Latin Act of the 2000s. Initially, Mundial was intended to be a special edition of his previous album Talento de Barrio. Following the box office success of his movie Talento de Barrio, the soundtrack (2008) and the success of the Talento de Barrio Tour, Yankee decided to release Talento de Barrio: Mundial Edition as both an album and a mixtape in 2009.