La Nueva y La Ex

"La Nueva y La Ex" (English: "The New and The Ex") is a single by Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee from his mixtape King Daddy, released on October 29, 2013.[1] The song was written by Daddy Yankee and Jesús Benítez, and was produced by Los de la Nazza.

"La Nueva y La Ex"
Single by Daddy Yankee
from the album King Daddy
LanguageSpanish
English title"The New and The Ex"
ReleasedOctober 29, 2013 (2013-10-29)
GenreReggaeton
Length3:16
LabelEl Cartel
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Los de la Nazza
Daddy Yankee singles chronology
"More than Friends"
(2013)		 "La Nueva y La Ex"
(2013)		 "Moviendo Caderas"
(2014)
Music video
"La Nueva y La Ex" on YouTube

Background

"La Nueva y La Ex" was written by Daddy Yankee and Jesús Benítez "Benny Benny", and was produced by Puerto Rican duo Los de la Nazza.[2] Daddy Yankee's representative company in Puerto Rico, Perfect Partners, stated on a press release that the song "goes hard on spicy, suggestive and sexy lyrics with a proposal that sings to the girl (the new one) who arrives and who left (the ex)."[3]

Commercial performance

In the United States, "La Nueva y La Ex" peaked at number nine on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart on February 8, 2014 and charted for 20 weeks.[4] The single peaked at number two on the Tropical Airplay chart on February 8, 2014 and also charted for 20 weeks.[5] It also peaked at number one on the Latin Airplay and at number 14 on the Latin Digital Songs charts.[6][7] "La Nueva y La Ex" was the 40th best-performing song on Hot Latin Songs of 2014, as well as the 49th best-selling Latin single and the 26th most-played song of the year in the United States.[8][9][10]

Music video

The music video for "La Nueva y La Ex" was directed by Puerto Rican filmmaker Christian Suau.[11] The filming took place in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[11] The visual premiered through Daddy Yankee's YouTube Vevo account on February 6, 2014, where it has over 60 million views.[12]

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References
  1. "King Daddy by Daddy Yankee on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  2. "King Daddy - Daddy Yankee - Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  3. Agencia EFE (October 21, 2013). "Daddy Yankee lanza "La nueva y la ex", el segundo sencillo de su último disco" (in Spanish). wradio.com.co. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  4. "Daddy Yankee La Nueva y La Ex Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  5. "Daddy Yankee La Nueva y La Ex Chart History (Tropical Airpay)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  6. "Daddy Yankee La Nueva y La Ex Chart History (Latin Airpay)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  7. "Daddy Yankee La Nueva y La Ex Chart History (Latin Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  8. "Hot Latin Songs - Year-End 2014". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  9. "Latin Digital Songs - Year-End 2014". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  10. "Latin Airplay Songs - Year-End 2014". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  11. "Daddy Yankee estrena video del sencillo 'La nueva y la ex'". Excélsior (in Spanish). February 6, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  12. "Daddy Yankee - La Nueva y La Ex" (in Spanish). YouTube. February 6, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  13. "Daddy Yankee Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  14. "Daddy Yankee Chart History (Latin Tropical Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
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