Daddy Yankee's 'Gasolina' is the first reggaeton song to be inducted into the Library of Congress
The Puerto Rican artist makes history by having his hit song added to the National Recording Registry.
Reggaeton continues to take off around the world. The Library of Congress announced that the song Gasolina by Puerto Rican artist Daddy Yankee is going to be inducted into the National Recording Registry, becoming the first of this musical genre to have this great recognition in history.
Reggaeton has been growing year after year all around the world. The United States is aware of this. In addition, the fact that the number of Hispanic residents has been growing had a big influence on reggaeton becoming one of the most listened-to genres.
Gasolina was one of the first big hits that reggaeton fans could dance to. Daddy Yankee posted a video to this Instagram thanking the Library of Congress for inducting his song to the registry two decades after he released it. He never dreamed something like this would happen:
Aside from Gasolina, the Library of Congress has added 24 other songs to the National Recording Registry, including Take Me Home, John Denver's Country Roads, John Lennon's Imagine, Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams and Madonna's Like A Virgin.