Miami, FL -December 3, 2009
Grand Finale of Wisin & Yandel’s La Revolucion World Tour Airs LIVE on Terra.com: Saturday, December 5, at 7:30pm ET
December 3, 2009 (Miami, FL) – If you can’t make it to San Juan for the final—and SOLD OUT—shows of Wisin & Yandel’s La Revolucion World Tour, don’t worry. Terra and Machete Music will bring the show to you. A live broadcast of the concert will be hosted on Terra.com, providing fans everywhere with front row seats when the duo takes the stage in their native Puerto Rico. The show begins this Saturday (December 5) at 7:30pm ET on http://en.terra.com/wisin-yandel.
The December 5 concert at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico Jose Miguel Agrelot in San Juan is one of three nights when the duo will take the stage with world renowned surprise guest performers The star-studded event will also feature the highest level stage production, pyrotechnics and sound.
“If the stars they are attracting to San Juan are any indication, Wisin & Yandel is the hottest act in Latino music today, particularly among third generation Hispanics in the United States,” said Angel Sepúlveda, Vice President of Programming, Terra USA. “Terra is thrilled to deliver this concert directly to them and further our position as the preeminent U.S. Hispanic destination for music.”
Wisin & Yandel broke into the music scene in 2000 and recently gained a tremendous following outside of the Spanish-speaking community, topping Billboard charts, selling out concerts and collaborating with some of the biggest names in the industry. Boasting over 5 million fans online, Wisin & Yandel is the No. 1 Latin artist on both Facebook and MySpace.
About Wisin & Yandel
Puerto Rico’s dynamic duo has been releasing albums at a steady pace since the turn of the century, garnering GRAMMYs, LATIN GRAMMYs and most recently a MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARD Nomination. Having collaborated with artists from across all genres of music including 50 Cent, Akon, Enrique Iglesias, Nelly Furtado, Fat Joe, R Kelly, Eve and many more, Wisin y Yandel are the biggest names in Latin music today.
During the past five years, Wisin & Yandel have accumulated an impressive record-breaking 11 Platinum Album Awards in the United States as well as 10 Platinum Album Awards and 8 Gold Album Awards across Latin America. The duo holds the record for most number ones on Billboard’s Latin Rhythm Airplay Chart having placed NINE different songs since the chart’s creation in 2005.
Wisin & Yandel were the first Latin Urban act to perform and sell out two nights in a row at the Radio City Music Hall. They have sold out venues across Latin America and the US including the Madison Square Garden, Staples Center and the American Airlines Arena.
About Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is the world's leading music company with wholly owned record operations or licensees in 77 countries. Its businesses also include Universal Music Publishing Group, the industry's leading global music publishing operation.
Universal Music Group's record labels include Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Disa, Emarcy, Fonovisa, Interscope Geffen A&M Records, Island Def Jam Music Group, Lost Highway Records, Machete Music, MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, Mercury Records, Philips, Polydor Records, Universal Motown Republic Group, Universal Music Latino, Universal Records South, and Verve Music Group as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world. The Universal Music Group owns the most extensive catalog of music in the industry, which includes the last 100 years of the world's most popular artists and their recordings. UMG's catalog is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). Universal Music Group also includes eLabs, its new media and technologies division; Bravado, its merchandising company; Twenty-First Artists, its full service management division; and Helter Skelter, its live music agency.
Universal Music Group is a unit of Vivendi, a global media and communications company.
About Terra USA
Terra (www.terra.com) is an original digital content producer with a primary focus on the US Hispanic experience including 29 channels in English and Spanish. With an average of 4 million unique users, Terra USA reaches the broadest audience in the U.S. Hispanic market according to comScore Media Metrix and Nielsen/Net Ratings. Terra USA offers interactive tools and unites the most relevant professional and user generated content, offering a unique experience to the user.
Terra USA is part of Terra Latin America, which celebrates its 10-year anniversary in 2009. With presence in 17 countries in Latin America, Terra has approximately 70 million unique visitors per month, 12 million unique users per month on Terra TV, with an average of 90 million streamings per month and a collection of 280 thousand videos.
Terra Latin America is the leading internet company in the region with portals in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, United States, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Panamá, Perú, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Media Contacts:
Wisin & Yandel Media Relations:
Jennifer Nieman
jjnieman@aol.com
305.335.3054
General Market Media Relations:
Pamela Brown
pamela@rosengrouppr.com
646.695.7048
Hispanic Market Media Relations:
Lina Baena
lina@ccomgroupinc.com
305.447.4015
