Shenseea Joins FIFA World Cup 2026 Soundtrack With Daddy Yankee Collaboration

Shenseea has landed one of dancehall’s loudest global placements of the year, joining Daddy Yankee on Echo, the third single from the Official FIFA World Cup 2026™ Album. FIFA released the track on April 28, 2026, and the move instantly pushed the Jamaican star into a space where football, pop culture and Caribbean music meet on a massive scale.

The placement matters because it gives Shenseea a lane far beyond the usual reggae and dancehall audience. FIFA has framed the soundtrack rollout as a multi-chapter campaign leading up to the tournament, with music designed to travel alongside the world’s biggest sporting event. For an artist from Jamaica, that kind of platform can mean exposure through football broadcasts, tournament playlists and the promotional machine surrounding the World Cup, which will be co-hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States.

Echo was built for that stage. FIFA said the track samples Ibrahim Maalouf’s Red & Black Light and also carries production from Maalouf, Massari, Adium, Jota Rosa and Albert Hype, with Tainy serving as executive producer on the album rollout and on this release’s wider production context. It follows Lighter by Jelly Roll and Carín León, the first single in the series, and Por Ella by Los Ángeles Azules and Belinda, the second, placing Shenseea and Daddy Yankee inside a broader official soundtrack strategy rather than a one-off feature.

For Jamaica, the announcement carried an extra charge. The country’s disappointment over the Reggae Boyz missing qualification sat in the background, while Shenseea’s presence on FIFA’s global platform offered a cleaner, brighter headline. The symbolism is hard to miss: a Jamaican dancehall artist stepping into the orbit of a tournament that reaches far beyond music’s usual lanes and into the daily life of football fans around the world.

The response moved quickly online. Shenseea’s Instagram post about the collaboration drew thousands of likes and comments, giving the release an immediate surge of attention at home and across her wider fan base. For Shenseea, it strengthens a career built on moving between local dancehall, pop crossover spaces and international brand opportunities. For reggae and dancehall, Echo is another reminder that the genre keeps finding new ways into mainstream global events, and this one arrives with FIFA-level scale.