Daddy Yankee breaks records at the 'Choli' in Puerto Rico

Global music icon and music trendsetter Daddy Yankee closed out his Con Calma Pa’l Choli concert series Sunday, December 29 in record breaking fashion. The one-of-a-kind concert series broke records by becoming the highest grossing concert series ever held in Puerto Rico with 12 sold-out shows and more than 170,000 tickets sold in one month.

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Produced by Puerto Rican concert promoter Rafael Pina, Con Calma Pal’ Choli initially sold-out 10 concerts. Two additional matinee concerts were added to Daddy Yankees schedule for Saturday, December 14 and 28 which sold-out in a matter of hours. 

This past Saturday’s matinee concert - December 28 - was dedicated to Puerto Rico’s youth, and was made especially to inspire them to pursue their dreams. As an added extra, Daddy Yankee surprised the first 1,000 kids with a special edition Sikiri Santa t-shirt. In addition, Daddy Yankee invited a group from the deaf community to experience their first-ever concert alongside an interpreter, as well as hosted a special group of youth from multiple projects in Puerto Rico. To this day, Daddy Yankee has been the only artist to ever perform two concerts on the same date and on multiple dates.

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For almost three hours, the artist known for his global hit and 2019’s most watched video on YouTube “Con Calma”, performed 34 songs which included multiple medleys celebrating more than his 15-year trajectory. The set list included some of his most iconic songs and reggaeton classics - “Rompe”, “Machucando”, “Gata Gangster”, “Mayor que yo”, “Latigazo” and “Segurosky”. The genre pioneer also performed  global hits “Shaky Shaky”, “Gasolina”, “Despacito”, “Dura”, “Con Calma” and his latest worldwide #1 global hit song “Que Tire Pa’ Lante”. In true Puerto Rican fashion, Daddy Yankee surprised fans by ending his concert with pleneros who joined the award-winning artist on stage to bid farewell to the evenings audience.

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With evening performances spanning almost three hours, the musical journey highlighted the global icon’s record-breaking career in true reggaeton fashion. The Daddy Yankee experience took audiences through his childhood memories and brought high-energy special appearances by fellow artists Luis Fonsi, Ozuna, Bad Bunny, Wisin & Yandel, Natti Natasha, Lunay, Brytiago, Nicky Jam and Zion & Lennox.

 

Special guests Nicky Jam, Natti Natasha and Zion & Lennox

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Con Calma Pa’l Choli concert series is Daddy Yankee’s first solo appearance in 12 years in Puerto Rico. As one of the few artists to have a global audience that transcends generations, the Big Boss did not disappoint with his record-breaking concert run series witnessed by locals and tourists alike. Daddy Yankee not only produced the biggest show to be presented on Puerto Rican soil, but showed the world why he’s still the Big Boss, and that he’s here to stay.

    

Daddy Yankee celebrating his successful concert series closure 

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Sources: Nevarez Communications & Daddy Yankee Facebook