{"id":203478,"date":"2026-04-20T16:50:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T16:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/203478\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T16:50:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T16:50:23","slug":"wisin-on-billboards-2026-latin-women-in-music-pioneer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/203478\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisin on Billboard’s 2026 Latin Women in Music Pioneer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFor more than 30 years, Ivy Queen<\/a> has held the crown as the Queen of Reggaet\u00f3n, starting her career in the early \u201890s when the genre was an underground movement dominated by men.<\/p>\n

\n\tHer first Billboard entry arrived in 1999 with \u201cIn the Zone\u201d featuring Wyclef Jean, debuting at No. 38 on the Rhythmic Airplay<\/a> chart. She\u2019s charted regularly since, landing 20 entries on Latin Rhythm Airplay<\/a> and nine titles on Top Latin Albums<\/a>, including three top 10s; and 11 solo entries on Latin Rhythm Albums<\/a> chart, including eight top 10s and two No. 1s. Ivy\u2019s most iconic song to date, \u201cQuiero Bailar\u201d \u2014 where she powerfully sings on how arousal and flirtation don\u2019t translate to consent \u2014 peaked at No. 16 on the Tropical Airplay<\/a> chart and debuted on Hot Latin Songs<\/a> and Latin Airplay<\/a> in 2005.<\/p>\n

\n\tIvy, who received the Icon Award at the 2023 Billboard Women In Music Awards, will now be honored with the Pioneer Award at Billboard\u2018s 2026 Latin Women in Music \u2014 which honors female artists who have reshaped the music industry, broken barriers, forged new paths and inspired future generations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tPuerto Rican artist Wisin<\/a>, who will soon drop a collaboration with Ivy Queen, speaks on the artist\u2019s pioneering career as a force in the reggaet\u00f3n movement.<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch Billboard\u2019s Mujeres Latinas en la M\u00fasica live April 23, beginning at 9 p.m. ET\/6 p.m. PT on Telemundo, and stream live on Peacock and the Telemundo app. Watch Billboard\u2019s red carpet livestream on the Billboard.com and the Billboard Latin YouTube channel. For more coverage on Latin Women In Music click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tI\u2019ve\u00a0been listening to Ivy Queen since I first dreamed of becoming an artist \u2014 right from her early days on The Noise (a rap collective formed by DJ Negro).\u00a0She\u2019s one of those figures who inspired the majority of us artists who\u00a0made\u00a0a living from our craft today.\u00a0She was one of our key role models.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen I was starting out, there\u00a0weren\u2019t\u00a0many women in the movement, and Ivy held the title of\u00a0the\u00a0woman amidst a sea of men. She was one of those women who rubbed shoulders with a crowd that was 90% male and 10% female \u2014 operating within a genre that was entirely dominated by men. She served as the sole female representation within that inner circle, which included artists like Daddy Yankee, Maicol & Manuel and Baby Rasta & Gringo.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tI believe\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0crucial to acknowledge the immense effort Ivy Queen has invested \u2014 not only on behalf of women but also in\u00a0representing\u00a0a movement that, at one point, was denigrated and rejected by many institutions. <\/p>\n

\n\tIt was people like her who raised their voices to pry open those gates, allowing so many of us to walk through. We owe her a great deal.\u00a0Many of us are able to make a living through our art today thanks to people like her.\u00a0What she has accomplished is truly incredible \u2014 not just for women, but for the entire urban music genre.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen Wisin & Yandel first began achieving success, we would cross paths with her at various venues and events; she always treated us with the utmost respect and professionalism. Yes, Wisin & Yandel already have a collaboration with her (\u201cAc\u00e9rcate,\u201d 2010), but there is also a brand-new, unreleased track in the works featuring Wisin and Ivy \u2014 recorded in my own studio, La Base.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0a reggaet\u00f3n track that absolutely fascinates me \u2014 I love it. Ivy Queen delivered a sizzling performance \u2014 exactly the way I like it \u2014 infused with that classic \u201990s rap DNA.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s\u00a0a tremendous honor to be able to call her my friend and to be able to publicly acknowledge everything she has achieved. I do this not just for my own sake, but for the sake of the entire movement \u2014 a movement where, for so many years, countless dreamers have been striving to achieve greatness. To this very day, I hold her in the highest esteem. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tMoreover,\u00a0she\u2019s\u00a0a very humble person \u2014 someone truly from the\u00a0barrio\u00a0(the hood). She never abandons her roots.\u00a0She\u2019s\u00a0someone who may achieve economic and musical success, but she will always remember where she comes from and the\u00a0struggles\u00a0she had to overcome. She\u00a0represents\u00a0the\u00a0hood. I believe\u00a0that\u00a0is extremely important \u2014 to\u00a0represent\u00a0people who\u00a0perhaps do\u00a0not have the opportunities that others do.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tHer legacy is undeniable. I believe that all historians \u2014 or anyone who follows the movement \u2014 understand what she has\u00a0accomplished\u00a0over the course of more than three decades. There is no need to say much about\u00a0Ivy\u00a0Queen, because her history speaks for itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For more than 30 years, Ivy Queen has held the crown as the Queen of Reggaet\u00f3n, starting her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[75581,34232,80525,9,24,63,122,124,123,80526],"class_list":{"0":"post-203478","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-billboard-latin-women-in-music","9":"tag-genre-latin","10":"tag-latin-women-in-music","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-queens","15":"tag-queens-headlines","16":"tag-queens-news","17":"tag-wisin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}