In 2020, 'Despacito' received the Latin Song of the Decade award during the 27th Billboard Latin Music Awards. The single has also received five Billboard Music Awards, including Top Hot 100 Song, and was inducted into the 2019 edition of the Guinness World Records. His guest feature on Luis Fonsi's ' Despacito' (2017) garnered him four Latin Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year, as well as three Grammy Award nominations, also including Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Seven singles from those albums-' Impacto' (2007), ' Llamado de Emergencia' (2008), ' Grito Mundial' (2009), ' Descontrol' (2010), ' Ven Conmigo', ' Lovumba' (both 2011), and ' Limbo' (2012)-, as well as his guest feature on Miguelito's ' Al Son Del Boom' (2007), were nominated for Latin Grammy Awards for Best Urban Song, without wins. El Cartel: The Big Boss was the only one to receive a Grammy Award nomination. All of them were nominated for Latin Grammy Awards for Best Urban Music Album, but none of them won. Following the success of Barrio Fino, Daddy Yankee released the studio albums El Cartel: The Big Boss (2007), Mundial (2010), and Prestige (2012), the live album Barrio Fino en Directo (2005), the soundtrack Talento de Barrio (2008), and the mixtape King Daddy (2013).

The lead single, ' Gasolina', became the first reggaeton song to receive a nomination for a Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year. He rose to prominence with the release of his third studio album Barrio Fino in 2004, which garnered him a Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Music Album.

He has received 30 Billboard Latin Music Awards, eight Billboard Music Awards-the most by any Latin artist-, six Latin Grammy Awards, four Latin American Music Awards, and three American Music Awards. He has been nominated for 80 Billboard Latin Music Awards, 28 Latin Grammy Awards, 22 Latin American Music Awards, 15 Billboard Music Awards, nine American Music Awards, and four Grammy Awards. Puerto Rican rapper and singer Daddy Yankee has won 156 awards from 487 nominations. Daddy Yankee at the red carpet of the 16th Billboard Latin Music Awards in 2009.

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