Barrio Fino
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Barrio Fino is the third studio album and first commercially released album by Puerto Rican
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

 rapper performer Daddy Yankee
Daddy Yankee
Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez , known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican Reggaeton recording artist. Ayala was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball,...

, released on 13 July 2004, by Machete Music
Machete Music
Machete Music is an urban music label owned by Universal Music Group. The record label had been largely associated with reggaeton music, but in recent years, it has been also been signing non-urban artists such as Malverde, Mala Rodriguez and Chino XL. The label is part of Universal Music Latin...

 and El Cartel Records
El Cartel Records
El Cartel Records is Daddy Yankee's record company. The release of Barrio Fino, Daddy Yankee's first commercially successful album, is notable for being the label's first distributed album.-Studio albums:Daddy Yankee* 2004: Barrio Fino* 2005: Barrio Fino en Directo* 2007: El Cartel: The Big...

.

The album features contributions by Wisin & Yandel
Wisin & Yandel
Wisin & Yandel are a Puerto Rican reggaeton Duo, consisting of Juan Luis Morera Luna and Llandel Veguilla Malavé Salazar . They started their career in 1998 and have been together since, winning several awards during that time....

, Andy Montañez
Andy Montañez
Andrés Montañez , better known as Andy Montañez, is a salsa singer from Puerto Rico.-Early life:Montañez, like singer Daniel Santos and boxer Ossie Ocasio, is a native of the Tras Talleres area of Santurce San Juan. He is known by the nickname "El Godfather de la Salsa"...

, Zion & Lennox, Glory among others. The tracks were produced by Luny Tunes
Luny Tunes
Luny Tunes are a Dominican reggaeton production duo consisting of Francisco Saldaña and Víctor Cabrera , who have been known for creating unique musical rhythms for some of the most popular reggaeton artists since the early 2000s.-Biography:...

, DJ Nelson
DJ Nelson
Nelson Díaz Martinez , known artistically as DJ Nelson is a DJ/producer who played a significant role in the development and popularization of reggaeton. He first made a name for himself as part of the Noise, a club-centered collective that was spawned in 1992...

, Monserrate & DJ Urba
Monserrate & DJ Urba
Monserrate and Producciones Mep are reggaeton producers From Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic respectively . They have been on the business for some years, but they really got a start when Daddy Yankee hired them to produce his Barrio Fino Album. Then they followed up with the Barrio Fino en...

, Fido, Eliel
Eliel (producer)
Eliel Lind Osorio , best known only as Eliel is a reggaeton producer. His partnership with Don Omar, critical acclaim and commercial success.-Biography:...

, Nely, Echo
Echo (producer)
Paul Irizarry, known artistically as Echo is a Grammy Award-winning Puerto Rican reggaeton producer/songwriter.-Musical career:Echo has worked for the last 10 years with major Latin Hip-Hop & Reggaeton artists, producing beats, recording and mixing songs...

 and Diesel.

While most of the lyrics were written by Daddy Yankee, Gasolina
Gasolina
"Gasolina" , is a reggaetón song written by Daddy Yankee and Eddie Dee for Daddy Yankee's 2004 album Barrio Fino. It features Glory, who sings the line "dame más gasolina"...

 was a collaboration between Raymond and Eddie Dee. The album was praised by press and fans being his most complete album to date, combining Hip Hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

, Salsa
Salsa music
Salsa music is a genre of music, generally defined as a modern style of playing Cuban Son, Son Montuno, and Guaracha with touches from other genres of music...

, with the traditional reggaeton
Reggaeton
Reggaeton is a form of Puerto Rican and Latin American urban and Caribbean music. After its mainstream exposure in 2004, it spread to North American, European and Asian audiences. Reggaeton originated in Puerto Rico but is also has roots from Reggae en Español from Panama and Puerto Rico and...

 sounds. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA with an excess of 1 million copies sold in the United States making Daddy Yankee the first reggaeton artist to sell that much.

Due to the tracks "Like You", "Santifica Tus Escapularios" and some other tracks, in some countries where the album was sold, they had the album release with a PA
Parental Advisory
Parental Advisory is a message affixed by the Recording Industry Association of America to audio and recordings in the United States containing excessive use of profane language and/or sexual references. Albums began to be labeled for "explicit lyrics" in 1985, after pressure from the Parents...

 label or warning label. Barrio Fino was named the best-selling Latin Album and Tropical Album by Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
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.

Track listing

# Title Production credits Time
01 Intro 1:19
02 King Daddy  Luny Tunes
Luny Tunes
Luny Tunes are a Dominican reggaeton production duo consisting of Francisco Saldaña and Víctor Cabrera , who have been known for creating unique musical rhythms for some of the most popular reggaeton artists since the early 2000s.-Biography:...

 
2:31
03 Dale Caliente (featuring Glory) Fido, Monserrate & DJ Urba
Monserrate & DJ Urba
Monserrate and Producciones Mep are reggaeton producers From Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic respectively . They have been on the business for some years, but they really got a start when Daddy Yankee hired them to produce his Barrio Fino Album. Then they followed up with the Barrio Fino en...

 
3:15
04 No Me Dejes Solo
No Me Dejes Solo
-Charts:...

 (featuring Wisin & Yandel & Glory)
Fido, Monserrate & DJ Urba 2:50
05 Gasolina
Gasolina
"Gasolina" , is a reggaetón song written by Daddy Yankee and Eddie Dee for Daddy Yankee's 2004 album Barrio Fino. It features Glory, who sings the line "dame más gasolina"...

 (featuring Glory)
Luny Tunes 3:12
06 Like You Luny Tunes 3:22
07 El Muro Monserrate & DJ Urba 2:59
08 Lo Que Pasó, Pasó
Lo Que Pasó, Pasó
"Lo Que Pasó, Pasó" is a single by Puerto Rican reggaeton singer-songwriter Daddy Yankee from his seventh studio album Barrio Fino. It was released in September 2004 by Machete Music and El Cartel Records...

 
Luny Tunes & Eliel
Eliel (producer)
Eliel Lind Osorio , best known only as Eliel is a reggaeton producer. His partnership with Don Omar, critical acclaim and commercial success.-Biography:...

 
3:30
09 Tu Príncipe
Tu Príncipe
-Charts:...

 (featuring Zion & Lennox)
Luny Tunes 3:25
10 Cuéntame Luny Tunes, Eliel & Naldo
Naldo (producer)
Naldo is a Puerto Rican reggaeton and rock producer, singer and guitarist. He was born in Comerio, Puerto Rico.-Arrival at reggaeton:...

 
2:35
11 Santifica Tus Escapularios Luny Tunes 3:19
12 Sabor A Melao (featuring Andy Montañez
Andy Montañez
Andrés Montañez , better known as Andy Montañez, is a salsa singer from Puerto Rico.-Early life:Montañez, like singer Daniel Santos and boxer Ossie Ocasio, is a native of the Tras Talleres area of Santurce San Juan. He is known by the nickname "El Godfather de la Salsa"...

)
DJ Nelson
DJ Nelson
Nelson Díaz Martinez , known artistically as DJ Nelson is a DJ/producer who played a significant role in the development and popularization of reggaeton. He first made a name for himself as part of the Noise, a club-centered collective that was spawned in 1992...

 
3:43
13 El Empuje Monserrate & DJ Urba 3:23
14 ¿Qué Vas A Hacer? (featuring May-Be) Fido 3:19
15 Salud Y Vida Echo 3:26
16 Intermedio 'Gavilan' 1:12
17 Corazones Echo & Diesel 3:29
18 Golpe De Estado (featuring Tommy Viera) Luny Tunes & Nely  3:06
19 2 Mujeres Luny Tunes 3:09
20 Saber Su Nombre Luny Tunes 3:38
21 Outro 3:10
Special Edition
22 Sabor A Melao (Salsa Remix) DJ Nelson 3:39
23 Lo Que Pasó, Pasó (Bachata Remix) Luny Tunes & Eliel 3:47
Bonus Tracks
24 Gasolina (Remix) (Featuring Pitbull
Pitbull (rapper)
Armando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...

)
Luny Tunes 3:12
25 Gasolina (Remix) (Featuring N.O.R.E.
N.O.R.E.
Victor Santiago, Jr., best known by his stage name N.O.R.E. or Noreaga , is an American rapper of Puerto Rican descent...

)
Luny Tunes 3:12
26 Gasolina (Remix) (Featuring Pitbull
Pitbull (rapper)
Armando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...

 & N.O.R.E.
N.O.R.E.
Victor Santiago, Jr., best known by his stage name N.O.R.E. or Noreaga , is an American rapper of Puerto Rican descent...

)
Luny Tunes 4:48
27 Gasolina (Remix) (Featuring Pitbull
Pitbull (rapper)
Armando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...

, N.O.R.E.
N.O.R.E.
Victor Santiago, Jr., best known by his stage name N.O.R.E. or Noreaga , is an American rapper of Puerto Rican descent...

 & Lil Jon
Lil Jon
Jonathan Mortimer Smith , better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, music producer, entrepreneur, and occasional disc jockey who was a member of the group Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz. Lil Jon formed the group in 1997, and the group released several albums between then and 2004...

)
Luny Tunes 4:43
28 Gasolina (Remix) (Featuring N.O.R.E.
N.O.R.E.
Victor Santiago, Jr., best known by his stage name N.O.R.E. or Noreaga , is an American rapper of Puerto Rican descent...

, Gemstar & Big Mato)
Luny Tunes 5:52
29 Tempted To Touch (Remix) (Featuring Rupee
Rupee
The rupee is the common name for the monetary unit of account in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Mauritius, Seychelles, Maldives, and formerly in Burma, and Afghanistan. Historically, the first currency called "rupee" was introduced in the 16th century...

)
3:28

Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
U.S.
United States
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 Billboard
Billboard charts
The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...

Top Latin Albums
1
Chart (2005) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

26
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...

33
U.S. Billboard Top Rap Albums 16

Sales and certifications

Chart procession and succession

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