''All Up 2 You'' is the second single by
Aventura from their album ''
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''. The song features
Akon
Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam (; born April 16, 1973), known mononymously as Akon, is a Senegalese-American singer, record producer, and entrepreneur. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of " Locked Up" (featuring Styles P) ...
and
Wisin & Yandel
Wisin & Yandel is a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo consisting of Wisin and Yandel. They started their career in the late 1990s and have been together since, winning several awards including a Grammy Award in 2009. They became the first and the only ...
. On April 23, they performed the song at the
2009 Latin Billboard Music Awards. Aventura member
Romeo
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uses the
auto-tune
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Auto-Tu ...
effect in his vocals. A
merengue remix was made for the song. The song was also included on
Wisin & Yandel
Wisin & Yandel is a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo consisting of Wisin and Yandel. They started their career in the late 1990s and have been together since, winning several awards including a Grammy Award in 2009. They became the first and the only ...
's re-release album ''
La Revolución: Evolution'', and for the Mexican and Brazilian edition there is a remix featuring dancehall artist
Adrian Banton. In
Premios Lo Nuestro 2010
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, the song was nominated for
Urban Song of the Year, losing to
Tito el Bambino
EfraÃn David Fines Nevares (born October 5, 1981) known professionally as Tito "El Bambino" is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter who rose to fame as part of the duo Héctor & Tito.
In 2010, his song, " El Amor", written with Joan Ortiz Esp ...
's "
El Amor" and
Collaboration of the Year losing to
Luis Fonsi
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Fonsi received his first ...
's "
Aquà Estoy Yo
"Aquà Estoy Yo" (English: ''Here I Am'') is a song written by Luis Fonsi, Claudia Brant and Gen Rubin; it was produced by Luis Fonsi and Sebastián Krys for Fonsi's seventh studio album '' Palabras del Silencio'' (2008), and it is performed by ...
". In 2011, Aventura released a greatest hits album exclusively for Spain in which included a remix version of the song in the same genre as a bonus track. This version did not include
Akon
Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam (; born April 16, 1973), known mononymously as Akon, is a Senegalese-American singer, record producer, and entrepreneur. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of " Locked Up" (featuring Styles P) ...
and it was renamed "Vete".
Music video
Development
The music video was filmed in May 2009 in
Mondrian Hotel
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History
The structure was built in 1959 as an apartment building. It was later renovated and reopened in 1985 as the ...
in
Miami Beach, Florida
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and was directed by
Jessy Terrero
Jessy Terrero (born October 7, 1972) is a List of people from the Dominican Republic, Dominican Film director, film and music video director.
Career
Terrero appeared as an extra on the 1992 film ''Juice (1992 film), Juice'' starring Tupac Shakur ...
. It was premiered on June 5, 2009.
Aventura - All Up 2 You music video (feat. Akon and Wisin & Yandel
Retrieved 30-12-09.
Synopsis
The music video it starts when Romeo
Romeo Montague () is the male protagonist of William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Romeo and Juliet''. The son of Lord Montague and his wife, Lady Montague, he secretly loves and marries Juliet, a member of the rival House of Capulet, through a priest ...
calls Lenny, Henry
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People
*Henry (given name)
* Henry (surname)
* Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry
Royalty
* Portuguese royalty
** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal
** Henry, Count of Portugal, ...
, Max by Aventura along with Wisin & Yandel
Wisin & Yandel is a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo consisting of Wisin and Yandel. They started their career in the late 1990s and have been together since, winning several awards including a Grammy Award in 2009. They became the first and the only ...
to talk about a mysterious package, later it shows the artists singing on a white room and in other shots outside in a garden. Different areas of the hotel are shown throughout the video while the artists sing along.
Chart performance
References
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Akon songs
Aventura (band) songs
Wisin & Yandel songs
2009 singles
Music videos directed by Jessy Terrero
Songs written by Akon
Songs written by Romeo Santos
Spanglish songs
Songs written by Wisin
Songs written by Yandel
Songs written by Tainy
2009 songs
Song recordings produced by Tainy