Puerto Rican recording artist and songwriter Daddy Yankee has an estimated net worth of $15 million.
Also popular as El Papi Vaquero, Daddy Yankee, was born as Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez was born on February 3, 1977 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. At a young age, Daddy Yankee aspired to become a professional baseball player. In fact, he tried out for Seattle Mariners of the Major League Baseball. However, he accidentally shot by an AK-47 rifle which permanently halted his baseball career. This led him to focus more of his attention to music, and since then, he has already released more than ten million albums.
Daddy Yankee was previously associated with numerous record labels which include Dream Team Killer, El Cartel Produccions, Los Cangris Music Inc., Machete Music, Universal Music, Interscope Geffen A&M, and El Cartel Records. Since 2012, he has been signed by EMI Latin and Capitol Records. Since 1995, he has already released six studio albums which include No Mercy, El Cangri.com, Barrio Fino, El Cartel: The Big Boss, Mundial and Prestige.
Earnings & Financial Data
|
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2011 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Prestige (certified gold by RIAA) |
$500,000 |
|
2009 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Mundial (certified gold by CAPIF) |
$20,000 |
|
2007 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from hiscompilation album Talento de Barrio (certified platinum by RIAA) |
$2,000,000 |
|
2006 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album El Cartel: The Big Boss (certified platinum by RIAA and gold by AMPROFON) |
$1,030,000 |
|
2005 |
Contract |
Contract with Interscope Records |
$20,000,000 |
|
2004 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from hiscompilation album Barrio Fino en Directo (certified gold by RIAA) |
$500,000 |
|
2003 |
Record Sales |
Estimated earnings from his album Barrio Fino (certified platinum by RIAA, AMPROFON and CAPIF) |
$1,100,000 |