Dangerous (Yandel album)


Dangerous is the third studio album by Puerto Rican reggaeton and pop artist Yandel, of the duo Wisin & Yandel, released worldwide on November 6, 2015 through Sony Music Latin. Contrary of his previous studio album, De Líder A Leyenda, Dangerous focuses mainly on reggaeton music, with some synthpop and electropop exceptions. It features reggaeton artists including Nicky Jam, Tego Calderón, Gadiel and De La Ghetto, as well as artists from other genres like Lil Jon, Pitbull, French Montana, Future, Shaggy and Alex Sensation. As of March 2016, the album includes only one single: "Encantadora", released on October, as well as a promotional electropop song titled "Somos Uno", released on September 18, 2015. It reached the top position on Billboard's Top Latin Albums chart, surpassing 5,000 copies sold as of November 12, 2015. The album also reached the 10th position on Billboards Best Latin Albums of 2015 ranking, being one of the two reggaeton albums that were chosen by the magazine's editors, the other one being The Last Don 2 by Don Omar, who reached the 9th position. Dangerous received a latin platinum certification in October 2016 by the Recording Industry Association of America for surpassing 60,000 copies sold in the United States. Its lead single, "Encantadora", was certified with 2× Platinum in Spain by the PROMUSICAE and later with 5× Platinum by the RIAA. Dangerous won a Latin American Music Award for Album of the Year on October 6, 2016 and received a nomination for a Lo Nuestro Award for Urban Album of the Year.

Background

After Wisin & Yandel's hiatus in the mid 2013, both artists had a great success with their respective studio albums, Wisin with El Regreso del Sobreviviente and Yandel with his Latin Grammy Award nominee gold record De Líder a Leyenda, as well as their hit singles as soloists. Yandel released two albums more before Dangerous: an EP and a live album both recorded at mid 2014 and titled Legacy: De Líder a Leyenda Tour, reaching the top position on Billboard 's Latin Rhythm Albums. On the other hand, Wisin focused entirely on his next studio album, Los Vaqueros: La Trilogía, which was later published in September 2015.
In that year, before Dangerous release, Yandel was nominated for four Lo Nuestro Award and a Latin American Music Award, with no wins, as well as two nominations at the Latin Grammy Awards in November, two weeks after his album's release. Dangerous was the last album in which the rapper Christian Ramos, most known as Syko, worked as lyricist, as he died in his sleep in Orlando on December 27, 2015. Syko had co-written also in Yandel's previous two albums in the songs "La Cama" and "Jaque Mate".
The catchphrase "Dangerous" was first used in Yandel's 2011 song "Tumbao" featuring De La Ghetto, from the duo's deluxe edition of the album ', and wasn't used again until his 2014 EP Legacy: De Líder a Leyenda Tour''.
In March 2016, Yandel became the first Puerto Rican artist to sign to Roc Nation, an American entertainment company founded by the rapper Jay Z in 2008. This will probably led to a collaboration wished by him with the singer Rihanna, who is also signed to the label.

Production and release

Dangerous was recorded between 2014 and 2015 at Earcandy Studios in Orlando, with Lil Jon's vocals on "Calentura Trap Edition" being recorded at Studio DMI in Las Vegas. 16 songs were chosen out of 30 recorded for the album. The song "Calentura" was released on March 16, 2016 as the album's lead single, reaching the top position on Billboard's Latin Rhythm Airplay chart in August. On May was released a remix version featuring Puerto Rican rapper Tempo and on September was released a trap version featuring US rapper Lil Jon, which replaced the original "Calentura" in the album's track list. The electropop "Somos Uno" was released on September and on October was released "Encantadora" as the lead single. Dangerous was finally published on November 6 through Sony Music Latin, reaching the top position on Billboard's Top Latin Albums chart after a week of its release. After the album's success, Yandel was ranked 28th on Billboard's Year-End Top Latin Artists chart.
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There are two songs that were originally released with Yandel as a featured artist. "Báilame" was released on July 31, 2015 as an Alex Sensation's single from an upcoming album, and its music video was published on his VEVO channel on October 22. The music was taken from Oniel Anubis' 2014 namesake single, while the chorus was taken from that song and Latin Fresh's 1997 single "Ella Se Arrebata". "Yo Soy Del Barrio" was first shown in August 2015 on the radio show El Coyote The Show as a purely promotional song for Tego Calderon's concert in the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum. Its jingle version is different from the Dangerous one because Tego changed his lyrics.
Yandel's voice was recorded using two Neve 1073 preamplifiers, a Vocoder Korg voice codec, a Solid-State Channel Strip preamplifier, The Mouth software by Native Instruments and Melodyne software. As well as on his previous studio album, his voice was multitracked on all songs and also has some delays.
The entire album was co-written by Yandel with additional lyrics by the song's producer and/or other lyricists. Dangerous hasn't a lead producer but it has work from various, such as Tainy, Jumbo and Luny Tunes and the rest who produced only one. Roberto Vazquez, most known as Earcandy, recorded and mixed almost the entire album, being "Riversa" the only exception. The album was mastered by the producer Mike Fuller, who also mastered other reggaeton artists' albums including The Last Don 2 by Don Omar, Visionary by Farruko, La Melodía De La Calle: 3rd Season by Tony Dize and La Familia B Sides by J Balvin. Fuller also mastered albums from famous singers including Ricardo Montaner, Ricky Martin, David Bisbal, Chayanne, Roberto Carlos, Vico C and the duo Pimpinela. As to musical instruments, the album has the electronic keyboard and synthesizers as the lead ones, with exceptions including an acoustic guitar in "No Sales De Mi Mente", "Encantadora", "Imaginar" and "Yo Soy Del Barrio", as well as a trombone in "Fantasía" and an electric guitar in "Yo Soy Del Barrio". The album focuses mainly on reggaeton music, with electropop, latin pop and hip hop exceptions, and includes more collaborations than his previous studio album, De Líder A Leyenda, which has four out of 17 songs, while Dangerous has nine out of 16.

Singles

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Dangerous Tour is the second concert tour by Yandel, being De Líder a Leyenda VIP Tour his first one, which was from June to November 2014. After some months promoting his album and his future tour through other concerts around the Americas, Dangerous Tour started on October 7, 2016 in Puerto Rico, and will end on November 6, 2016 in Orlando, United States.
DateCityCountryPlace
October 7, 2016Hato Rey, San JuanPuerto RicoJosé Miguel Agrelot Coliseum
October 9, 2016Chicago, IllinoisUnited StatesAragon Ballroom
October 12, 2016Los Angeles, CaliforniaUnited StatesHollywood Palladium
October 13, 2016San Jose, CaliforniaUnited StatesCity National Civic
October 16, 2016Las Vegas, NevadaUnited StatesThe AXIS
October 18, 2016Phoenix, ArizonaUnited StatesComerica Theatre
October 19, 2016El Paso, TexasUnited StatesEl Paso County Coliseum
October 21, 2016Houston, TexasUnited StatesRevention Music Center
October 23, 2016Dallas, TexasUnited StatesSouth Side Ballroom
October 26, 2016Indianapolis, IndianaUnited StatesEgyptian Room at Old National Center
October 28, 2016Washington D.C.United StatesDAR Constitution Hall
October 29, 2016Boston, MassachusettsUnited StatesOrpheum Theatre
November 1, 2016New York City, New YorkUnited StatesHammerstein Ballroom
November 4, 2016Allentown, PennsylvaniaUnited StatesPPL Center
November 5, 2016Miami, FloridaUnited StatesAmerican Airlines Arena
November 6, 2016Orlando, FloridaUnited StatesHouse of Blues

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Most credits adapted from Allmusic and the CD information. The list's order is based on the track list.
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Chart Position
U.S. Billboard 200101
U.S. Billboard Latin Rhythm Albums1
U.S. Billboard Top Album Sales65
U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums1
Chart Position
U.S. Billboard Latin Rhythm Albums1
U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums6
Chart Position
U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums25

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Sales and certifications

According to Nielsen SoundScan, Dangerous sold 5,000 copies in the United States during its first week of release, a thousand less sales than his previous studio album, De Líder a Leyenda, which later received a latin gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America for surpassing 30,000 copies sold in the US. Dangerous remained one week on the top position of Billboard's Top Latin Albums chart, in which it appeared 17 non-consecutive weeks from November 2015 to March 2016. In October 2016, Yandel was surprised by Puerto Rican boxer José Cotto, who gave him two RIAA certifications: Platinum for Dangerous and 5× Platinum for his single "Encantadora", which was also certified with 2× Platinum in Spain a few months before.

Accolades

In 2016, Yandel won a Tecla Award and was nominated for a Billboard Latin Music Award. On June 16, he confirmed that the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame is going to give him the Hero's Special Award during La Musa Awards. Desmond Child and Rudy Pérez, founders of the hall of fame, praised him for his achievements, saying that he created his own musical style and continues to inspire millions of listeners around the world, being a hero for Latin Americans everywhere.
DateRecipientAwardResult
2015DangerousBest Latin Albums of 2015 according to Billboard
2016DangerousLatin American Music Award for Album of the Year
2016DangerousLatin American Music Award for Urban Album of the Year
2016"Encantadora"Latin American Music Award for Song of the Year
2016"Encantadora"Latin American Music Award for Favorite Urban Song
2016"Encantadora"Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Song
2016"Encantadora"Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Fusion/Performance
2017DangerousLo Nuestro Award for Urban Album of the Year
2017"Encantadora"Lo Nuestro Award for Urban Song of the Year