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Before he became an international superstar, Bad Bunny was just a regular boy in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, which is 45 minutes west of San Juan on the north central coast. Born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, he is the son of a truck driver and an English teacher and the oldest of three brothers. Raised in a middle-class Catholic household, Benito’s first exposure to singing in front of an audience was at church, where he was in the choir (he quit at age 13). His Bad Bunny nickname was inspired by a childhood photo of him looking not too happy while wearing a rabbit costume on Easter. At school he performed Juanes’s 2002 hit “Mala Gente” for a talent show. “Iwasn’tthekidwhogot involved in the streets,” Benito told Rolling Stone in…

Tainy Reggaeton music producers almost always get a shout-out by the recording artist, so you’ve probably heard Tainy’s name on a track. For more than a decade, Tainy, born Marcos Efraín Masís Fernández, has helped shape and modernize the sound of reggaeton. The producer, who came up under producing duo Luny Tunes and began crafting beats in Puerto Rico at age 15, is behind reggaeton anthems such as Wisin & Yandel’s “Abusadora” and “China” by Anuel AA, Karol G, Daddy Yankee, Balvin and Ozuna. Tainy quickly became Bad Bunny’s go-to producer after J Balvin introduced them. They worked together on Bunny’s debut album, x100pre, and he is the producer behind “Safaera,” “Yo Perreo Sola,” and “La Santa” with Daddy Yankee on Bad Bunny’s history-making YHLQMDLG. “When I first met Bad…

December 6, 2020, marked a milestone in music history. Bad Bunny’s third album of 2020, El Ultimo Tour del Mundo, debuted atop the Billboard 200, making it the first all-Spanish-language album to reach No. 1 in the history of the all-genres chart. It was a momentous feat for the star and a watershed moment for Latin music in general. According to Billboard, before El Último Tour del Mundo became the first all-Spanish-language album to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200, only two mostly Spanish-language albums had ruled the chart: Il Divo’s Ancora (February 11, 2006) and Selena’s Dreaming of You (August 5, 1995). Of the 10 songs on Ancora, seven were performed in Spanish. Dreaming of You consisted of six tracks in Spanish, five in English, and two duets…

DID YOU KNOW? The flowing train on Bad Bunny’s elegant rosette cape at the 2023 Met Gala was 26 feet long.…

Not many music superstars go from recording songs to landing a role in a major film or TV series within three years. But it’s clear that Bad Bunny’s talent can’t be contained to one specific lane. Time and again, he has proved to be a chameleon inside and outside music. When he’s not experimenting with different genres, he’s in full training mode for his first WWE match and even making his acting debut in the Netflix series Narcos: Mexico. Bad Bunny clearly isn’t a one-trick pony. To some, his WWE stint might seem outlandish, but Bad Bunny fans know that he has always closely followed WWE and given shout-outs to wrestlers in his songs: John Cena (“25/8”), “Stone Cold” Steve Austin (“Chambea”), Triple H (“Está Cabrón Ser Yo”), and Booker…

By the end of 2020, Bad Bunny was the biggest Latin artist in the world. Just two years later, he was the biggest artist, period. Led by his massive, chart-topping fifth studio album, Un Verano Sin Ti, and consecutive sold-out tours (both arenas and stadiums), Bad Bunny’s 2022 achievements transcend the typical markers of mainstream success. When it came to total streams, by mid-2022, Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti had beat out releases by pop superstar Harry Styles (Harry’s House) and country powerhouse Morgan Wallen (Dangerous: The Double Album), according to Luminate’s 2022 midyear report. It made sense: Fans had gone two years without a Bad Bunny album, compared with 2020 when he had released three albums. Un Verano Sin Ti debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200—it…

In the early 2010s, Bad Bunny was studying audiovisual communications at the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo and working as a bagger at a grocery store. There was nothing out of the ordinary about his life, but that would quickly change. Between classes and work shifts, Bad Bunny was making musicon the side. Eventually, his friends convinced him to open a SoundCloud page. In 2016, he uploaded his first song on the platform: “Diles,” a self-produced Latin trap song that would showcase Bunny’s knack for making hits. That track started everything for him and led to his discovery by local producers and label executives. “In one week I got 1 million plays,” he told Rolling Stone. “Producers started calling me at work. I would go to the bathroom to…

Bad Bunny, “Yo Perreo Sola” Bad Bunny in drag? Yes, please. As someone who’s always defied heteronormative standards of masculinity, this video is signature Bad Bunny. For starters, the song (its title loosely translates to “I twerk alone”) is empowering. It’s about a single girl who feels more confident dancing alone. For the video, Bad Bunny dresses in full drag, advocating for sexual diversity, women’s rights, and the LGBTQ community. The Puerto Rican icon is then joined by a group of women who are dancing freely to the song. The video has over 500 million views on YouTube. Bad Bunny & Jhayco, “Dakiti” This futuristic, genre-bending reggaeton track made Billboard history, becoming the first Latin hit to simultaneously top both the Billboard Global 200 and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S.…

Perhaps YHLQMDLG’s stratospheric numbers in 2020 could have crowned Bad Bunny as the streaming king, but the history-making El Último Tour del Mundo put him over the top. That year, Spotify declared him most-streamed artist with a total of 8.3 billion streams, surpassing Drake’s 8.2 billion in 2018. YHLQMDLG became the most streamed album globally, with over 3.3 billion streams. With 201.4 million on-demand streams generated by songs on YHLQMDLG, the album also landed the biggest streaming week ever for a Latin album, according to Luminate. The album also hit No. 1 in 28 markets on Apple Music’s Top Albums chart. “He connects with so many people regardless of language or ethnic backgrounds,” said Jennifer D’Cunha, the global head of Latin music at Apple Music. “It’s inspiring for other Latin…

Bad Bunny’s love for Puerto Rico is palpable. Often, he’s said that he’s most proud of representing his beloved island and giving his culture and music a global spotlight. When Hurricane Maria pummeled the island in 2017 and left its residents navigating life in the dark after the storm, Bad Bunny stood in solidarity with the island and later released an anthem adopted by many Puerto Ricans: “Estamos Bien,” a declaration of pride for his fellow islanders. In 2019, when Puerto Rico saw an uptick in homicides and school closures and frequent power outages, Bad Bunny and fellow Puerto Rican hitmaker Residente confronted Governor Ricardo Rosselló, demanding an audit of the island’s debt. Soon after, in an incident known as Chatgate, hundreds of pages worth of text messages among the…

“I’m taking a break. 2023 is for me—for my physical health, my emotional health, to breathe [and] enjoy my achievements,” Bad Bunny told Billboard at the end of 2022. But taking a break is easier said than done. 2023 has been a whirlwind of events for Bad Bunny. He kicked off the year with an epic performance at the Grammys, where he honored his Caribbean roots. Wearing light denim jeans, white sneakers, a white T-shirt, and a baseball cap, Bunny started his high-energy performance with “El Apagón” accompanied by a total of eight plena (a genre from Puerto Rico) dancers, seven pleneros, and eight cabezudos—giant characters. The cabezudos—all manufactured and handled by people from Puerto Rico—were an homage to Puerto Rican legends Tego Calderón, Roberto Clemente, and Julia de Burgos,…

One of the biggest stars in the world has never recorded a song in English. Bad Bunny’s songs have catapulted him to mainstream success, a milestone for Latin music and for Spanish-speaking artists. In the past, the path to stardom was becoming an established artist in Latin America first and then recording in English. That was the road taken by Marc Anthony, Ricky Martin, and Shakira. “People can feel me. I’m Latino; I’m Puerto Rican. Yo soy de Puerto Rico. People can feel that, you know? No matter…no importa de donde tu sea, lo vas sentirlo, como que, why do I have to change? Nadie le pide a un artista gringo que cambie,” Bad Bunny said during an interview with Trevor Noah in 2021. “No one has told a gringo…

Cardi B, Bad Bunny, and J Balvin, “I Like It” With their modern take on Pete Rodríguez’s 1960s Nuyorican anthem “I Like It Like That,” Cardi B, Bad Bunny, and J Balvin released the quintessential Latin crossover track, “I Like It.” While Cardi B raps in English, both Bunny and Balvin shine with their slick Spanish rapping skills. This track scored Bunny his only No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100. Bad Bunny and El Alfa, “La Romana” A 2018 track that was ahead of its time. This trap-dembow fusion between Bad Bunny and El Alfa helped catapult a trend that thrives on bachata rhythms and prickly guitars that transition into an explosive, fast-paced dembow. Bad Bunny and Sech, “Ignorantes” Leave it to Bad Bunny to drop the ultimate…

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