New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Billboard is proud to announce today that Grammy Award-winning duo
Wisin & Yandel, the most successful urban Latin duo in history, will headline the Sony/ATV Iconic Songwriter Q&A Session at this year's Billboard Latin
Music Week at The Venetian in Las
Vegas April 22-25, 2019.
Back together after a five-year hiatus,
Wisin &
Yandel remain the only urban Latin music artists to sell out both Los Angeles' Staples Center and New York's Madison
Square Garden, masterfully fusing musical genres and styles with the help of an accompanying 10-piece band, eight dancers, and state-of-the art audiovisuals. Their first single together in nearly six years, "Reggaeton en lo Oscuro," became their eleventh number one single on Billboard's Latin Airplay chart as a duo and cumulatively their thirty-fifth number one song.
"Wisin &
Yandel are some of the most iconic artists and songwriters in the Latin music world, with a mind boggling career that spans solo releases, innumerable accolades, and most recently their first single as a duo in 6 years," says
Jorge Mejia, President, Latin
America & US Latin, Sony/ATV
Music Publishing. "We couldn't be happier to count them as part of our Sony/ATV family and, now, as our featured artists in the Sony/ATV Iconic Songwriter panel at the Billboard Latin
Music Conference!"
"Wisin and
Yandel just topped the Billboard touring recap and broke records with their recent string of sold-out shows in Puerto Rico. Now, they will speak together on how they've crafted their legendary and current hits, which have shaped -and continue to shape-- the history of reggaetón," says Leila Cobo, Billboard's Vice President and Latin
Industry Lead.
Now in its 29th year, Latin
Music Week features Q&A sessions and panels, including its signature "Star Q&As" as well as panels focusing on streaming, videos, both mainstream and Latin collaborations and more. Latin
Music Week 2019 will include the return of the standout Women's Panel, which became a catalyst for change in the Latin industry in 2018, as well as a panel entitled "Machismo and Feminism," which will look at contemporary regional Mexican music.
Wisin &
Yandel join previously announced trap star
Anuel AA as headliners of this year's conference. Additional headliners and panels will be announced in the coming weeks.
Registration to the conference will give attendees access to three days of panels, one-on-one sessions and showcases, plus tickets to the Billboard Latin
Music Awards, which will air live on Telemundo on April 25. Special loyalty and early bird rates are available.
To register for the conference and awards, visit BillboardLatinMusicWeek.com.
Yandel and
Wisin are beloved artists that have garnered non-stop hits in their solo careers, yet as Latin music dúo
Wisin &
Yandel they have enjoyed unparalleled success, becoming the top selling Latin urban artists in the world, with their music and concerts.
During their 14-year career as a duo,
Wisin &
Yandel received numerous multi-platinum certifications in the United States and Latin
America and dozens of prestigious awards including a Grammy and two Latin Grammys; as well as a cumulative 35 Billboard Latin Airplay #1s. On tour,
Wisin &
Yandel have proven to be a force to be reckoned with, becoming the only artists in the Urban Latin
Music genre to sell out both the Staples Center and Madison
Square Garden in the US.
Wisin & Yandel's shows are nothing short of exhilarating. The duo travels with their 10-piece band, 8 dancers, and a state-of-the art audiovisual show; but the true stars, absolutely are
Wisin &
Yandel and their unique brand of Latin urban music, a fusion of genres and styles delivered with a power and passion that no one in their musical genre can match.
Most recently, Latin music's iconic duo,
Wisin &
Yandel reached #1 on the "Latin Airplay" charts in the United States and Puerto Rico with "Reggaeton en lo Oscuro". The song is their first official single as a duo in six years.
