Danza Kuduro

This article is about the song by Don Omar & Lucenzo. For the song by Lucenzo featuring Big Ali, see Vem Dançar Kuduro. For the song "Throw Your Hands Up (Dancar Kuduro)" by Qwote featuring Pitbull & Lucenzo, see Vem Dançar Kuduro § Throw Your Hands Up (Dançar Kuduro).
"Danza Kuduro"
Single by Don Omar featuring Lucenzo
from the album Meet the Orphans
Released August 15, 2010 (2010-08-15)
Format Digital download
Genre Dance, reggaeton, kuduro
Length 3:19
Label Machete
Writer(s) William Landrón, Philippe Louis De Oliveira, Faouze Barkati, Ryfns, Fabrice Toigo
Producer(s) Lucenzo
Don Omar singles chronology
"Ciao Bella"
(2009)		 "Danza Kuduro"
(2010)		 "Huérfano De Amor"[1]
(2011)
Lucenzo singles chronology
"Vem Dançar Kuduro"
(2010)		 "Danza Kuduro"
(2010)		 "Baila Morena"
(2010)
Music sample
"Danza Kuduro"

"Danza Kuduro" is a Spanish/Portuguese-language hit song from Don Omar's collaborative album Meet the Orphans released as the lead single from the album on August 15, 2010 through Machete Music and VI Music. It features singer Lucenzo, a French artist of Portuguese descent.[2] "Danza Kuduro" was number one on the Hot Latin Songs, giving Don Omar his second US Billboard Hot Latin Songs number-one hit and Lucenzo his first.[3] A remake of the song is also featured in the 2011 movie Fast Five as an ending song and is on the film's soundtrack album. Kuduro is a style of dancing and singing from Angola.

Background

The song is written by Lucenzo who is also producer of the song. It features a section in Portuguese taken from the Lucenzo dance hit entitled "Vem dançar kuduro" featuring Big Ali. The remainder is sung by Don Omar in Spanish. Kuduro is an Angolan type of music also very popular in Portugal.

Critical reception

Amar Toor from Aol Radio Blog said that the song "showcases one of reggaeton's brightest stars at his absolute best. [...] Don Omar's song is so infectious, it will likely get buried in your mind after just one listen -- and trust us, that's a very good thing". Although many don't know that the writer and producer of the song is Lucenzo.[4]

Monica Herrera from Billboard said "The propulsive beat is laced with crowd-pleasing electric accordion runs, over which Don Omar sings and raps about a simple yet evergreen concept: dancing up a storm. The song wisely shifts him toward more tropical-leaning material-a move all too familiar in reggaetón's post-boom era-while letting him continue to explore new sounds and maintain his hold over Latin dancefloors around the world."[5] Allison Stewart from The Washington Post said that the song "exemplifies what Omar and company do best: It's a sunny, up-tempo, utterly winning variation on Latin dance pop. 'Orphans' otherwise contains seemingly infinite variations on reggaeton, though there's nothing else as great as the standard genre track 'Hasta Abajo', which appears here in un-remixed form".[6] At the Latin Grammy Awards of 2011, "Danza Kuduro" received a nomination for Best Urban Song. It won the Billboard Latin Music Award for Latin Rhythm Airplay Song of the Year in 2011 and 2012.[7][8]

Commercial performance

The song debuted at number 48 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs. One week later, the song debuted at number 34 on the Tropical Songs.[9] The song has become Don Omar's second number-one hit on the Billboard Latin Songs, and also topped the Latin Rhythm Songs, Latin Tropical Songs. On the Venezuelan Airplay Chart from the Record Report, the song also reached the top of the Latin Chart,[10] and peaked at number 2 on the main Top 100 Chart.[11] Due to heavy airplay and strong sales in the US, on the issue of May 21, 2011 the song debuted at number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 93 on the Canadian Hot 100.[12] It has sold over a million digital copies in the US by October 2012.[13]

According to Universal Records, the single became a worldwide hit, reaching No. 1 in Argentina, Ecuador, Venezuela, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Romania, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden and on the US Hot Latin Songs chart, and making the top 5 in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Chile, Central America, Denmark, and Norway.[3] The single has found greater success especially in Italy where it topped the charts for 10 straight weeks.

The song was released in the UK in October 2011 and entered the UK Singles Chart at #13 on 6 November.

Music video

A music video was filmed on the Caribbean island of St. Martin,[14] and was directed by music video director Vincent Egret, who has directed most of Lucenzo's recent videos. Production/Post supervised by Frederico Panetta and his team (4brostudio) Marc-Olivier Jean, Anderson Jean, Dullin Jean, Fayolle Jean Jr. did the post-production of the music video.

The video shows the singers boasting of all the wealth of a millionaire. It portrays Don Omar inviting Lucenzo to a boat ride, and picking him up in a BMW Z4. Also there are scenes of women dancing around the two artists on the beach. Before the video premiere, a preview of the video was released on July 30, 2010 through Omar's Facebook account.[15]

The full music video was premiered on August 17, 2010 through Vevo. There were more than 1 million views within the first few days of its release, making “Danza Kuduro” the #3 Most Seen Video in the World.[3][16] As of December 2016, the music video had received over 850 million views on YouTube.

The upload of "Danza Kuduro" is not available for worldwide view, due to YouTube geolocation restriction in certain countries, including in Europe.[17]

Remixes

Samples and covers

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (2010–11) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[18] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[19] 7
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[20] 14
Brazil Billboard Hot 100 Airplay[21] 27
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[22] 88
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[23] 1
Denmark (Tracklisten)[24] 3
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[25] 5
France (SNEP)[26] 6
Germany (Official German Charts)[27] 1
Hungary (Dance Top 40)[28] 2
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[29] 9
Israel (Media Forest)[30] 3
Italy (FIMI)[31] 1
Mexico Airplay Chart (Billboard International)[32] 20
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[33] 1
Norway (VG-lista)[34] 2
Poland (Dance Top 50)[35] 5
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[36] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[37] 3
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[38] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[22] 82
US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[39] 1
US Latin Pop Songs (Billboard)[40] 1
US Tropical Airplay (Billboard)[41] 1
US Latin Rhythm Songs (Billboard)[42] 1
Venezuelan Top 100 (Record Report)[11] 2
Venezuelan Top Latino (Record Report)[10] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2010) Position
US Latin Songs Year End 2010[43] 40
US Latin Tropical Songs Year End 2010[43] 20
Chart (2011) Position
Danish Singles Chart[44] 40
German Singles Chart[45] 12
Hungarian Airplay Chart[46] 43
Italian Singles Chart FIMI[47] 3
Romanian Top 100[48] 8
Polish Dance Singles Chart[49] 31
Swedish Singles Chart[50] 2
Swiss Singles Chart[51] 4

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Belgium (BEA)[52] Gold 15,000*
Germany (BVMI)[53] Platinum 300,000^
Italy (FIMI)[54] 3× Platinum 90,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[55] 2× Platinum 80,000^
Sweden (GLF)[56] 4× Platinum 80,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[57] Platinum 30,000^
United States (RIAA)[58] 5× Platinum 5,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

See also

References

  1. ↑ “Huérfano De Amor” Segundo Sencillo Promocional Para Meet The Orphans Meet-The-Orphans.com Retrieved 2010-11-30
  2. ↑ Danza Kuduro - Single by Don Omar & Lucenzo iTunes.com Retrieved 2010-08-18
  3. 1 2 3 "DON OMAR "DANZA KUDURO" IS #1 ON THE BILLBOARD HOT LATIN SONGS CHART!!!". Universal Music Latin Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
  4. ↑ "Don Omar, 'Danza Kuduro' Feat. Lucenzo -- New Song". AOLRADIOBLOG. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
  5. ↑ Herrara, Monica (2010-09-10). "Danza Kuduro - Billboard Review". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
  6. ↑ Allison Stewart(Posted: Nov 16, 2010). "Allison Stewart reviews 'Meet the Orphans' by Don Omar". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
  7. ↑ Irizarry, Doris (29 April 2011). "2011 Billboard Latin Music Award Winners". AXS. AEG Corporate. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "2012 Billboard Latin Music Award Winners" (PDF). Billboard Events. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "Tropical Songs > Biggest Jump". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
  10. 1 2 "Top Latino > Record Report" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 17, 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
  11. 1 2 "Record Report > Top 100" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on October 21, 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
  12. ↑ Billboard Hot 100 - Issue Date: 2011-05-21 Billboard. Retrieved 2011-05-12
  13. ↑ Grein, Paul (24 October 2012). "Week Ending Oct. 21, 2012. Songs: Maroon 5′s "Nixon Moment"". Chart Watch. Yahoo Music. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  14. ↑ Don Omar se tomará las pistas de baile con "Danza Kuduro" enlatino.com Retrieved 2010-08-18
  15. ↑ Conoce la "Danza Kuduro" de Don Omar esmas.com Retrieved 2010-08-18
  16. ↑ El video Musical De "Danza Kuduro" Rompe en Vevo y es #3 Del video mas visto en el mundo MeettheOrphans.com Retrieved 2010-11-04.
  17. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zp1TbLFPp8
  18. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Lucenzo feat. Don Omar – Danza kuduro" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  19. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Lucenzo feat. Don Omar – Danza Kuduro" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  20. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Lucenzo feat. Don Omar – Danza Kuduro" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  21. ↑ "Brazil Hot 100 Airplay" (in Portuguese). Billboard Brasil (Brazil: bpp). December 2011.
  22. 1 2 "Don Omar and Lucenzo - Danza Kuduro: Song Performance". acharts. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
  23. ↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201139 into search.
  24. ↑ "Danishcharts.com – Lucenzo feat. Don Omar – Danza Kuduro". Tracklisten.
  25. ↑ "Lucenzo feat. Don Omar: Danza Kuduro" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  26. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Lucenzo feat. Don Omar – Danza Kuduro" (in French). Les classement single.
  27. ↑ "Musicline.de – Lucenzo Feat. Omar,Don Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  28. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Dance Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  29. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  30. ↑ "Media Forest: Airplay chart". mediaforest.biz. 2011-08-06.
  31. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Lucenzo feat. Don Omar – Danza Kuduro". Top Digital Download.
  32. ↑ "Mexican Airplay". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2011-10-08.
  33. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Lucenzo feat Don Omar search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
  34. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Lucenzo feat. Don Omar – Danza Kuduro". VG-lista.
  35. ↑ "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Dance Top 50. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
  36. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Lucenzo feat. Don Omar – Danza Kuduro" Canciones Top 50.
  37. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Lucenzo feat. Don Omar – Danza Kuduro". Singles Top 100.
  38. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Lucenzo feat. Don Omar – Danza Kuduro". Swiss Singles Chart.
  39. ↑ "Don Omar – Chart history" Billboard Hot Latin Songs for Don Omar.
  40. ↑ "Don Omar – Chart history" Billboard Latin Pop Songs for Don Omar.
  41. ↑ "Don Omar – Chart history" Billboard Tropical Airplay for Don Omar.
  42. ↑ "Latin Rhythm Airplay - Week of October 2, 2010". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 122 (39). 2010-10-02. ISSN 0006-2510.
  43. 1 2 "2010 Year-End Hot Latin Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2009-12-22.
  44. ↑ "Album-Top 100". Hitlisten. IFPI Danmark& Nielsen Music Control. Archived from the original on 2012-01-23.
  45. ↑ http://www.mtv.de/charts/Single_Jahrescharts_2011
  46. ↑ "MAHASZ Rádiós TOP 100 2011" (in Hungarian). Mahasz. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  47. ↑ http://www.fimi.it/dett_comunicatistampa.php?id=215
  48. ↑ "ROMANIAN TOP 100 – clasamentul anului 2011". Retrieved 2012-01-01.
  49. ↑ ""Loca People" - Hit of the Year 2011 in Poland!". ZPAV. Dj Promotion. 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  50. ↑ "Album-Top 100". Grammofon. Archived from the original on 2012-xx-xx. Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  51. ↑ http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=2011
  52. ↑ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – 2011". Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  53. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Don Omar; 'Danza Kuduro')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  54. ↑ "Italian single certifications – Don Omar – Danza Kuduro" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Select Online in the field Sezione. Enter Don Omar in the field Filtra. The certification will load automatically
  55. ↑ "Top 50 Canciones" (PDF) (in Spanish). PROMUSICAE. Week 41, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-22. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  56. ↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2011" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden.
  57. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Don Omar; 'Danza Kuduro')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
  58. ↑ "American single certifications – Don Omar – Danza Kuduro". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH

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