Bad Bunny is kicking off the new year in style. The Puerto Rican superstar is both Apple and Spotify’s most streamed artist internationally and Billboard’s Top Artist of the Year. He shared the record for the most weeks at No. 1 in the last ten years with Drake and the Encanto soundtrack with his album Un Verano Sin Ti’s 13 weeks at the top of the Billboard 200.
Early life and background
Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio also known as Bad Bunny was born March 19, 1994 of Almirante Sur barrio of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Bad Bunny is the son of Tito Martínez, who was a truck driver, and his mother, Lysaurie Ocasio, is a retired schoolteacher.
As a child, he attended church weekly with his devoutly Catholic mother and sang in the church choir until age 13. After leaving the choir, he developed an interest in the artists he heard on the radio, particularly Daddy Yankee and Héctor Lavoe. His stage name came from a time in which he was forced to wear a bunny costume and was angry about it.
Inspiration and music
His mother often listened to salsa, merengue, and ballads which Bad Bunny fell in love with the salsa, merengue, and ballad style infused music.
Careers
He rose to prominence in 2016 with his song “Diles”, which led to a deal with Hear This Music. He continued gaining traction with songs such as “Soy Peor” and collaborations with Farruko, Karol G, Ozuna, J Balvin, and more during the next few years.
His breakthrough came in 2018 with his feature on Cardi B‘s hit song “I Like It” alongside J Balvin, and his song “Mia” featuring Drake.
Bad Bunny’s second album YHLQMDLG released on February 29, 2020, and became the highest charting all-Spanish album, reaching number two on Billboard.[8] It was followed up with the compilation Las que no iban a salir in May.
Music
His musical style is defined as Latin trap and reggaeton.
In 2020, he became the first non-English language act to be Spotify‘s most streamed artist of the year and achieved the same record again in 2021. He then had the biggest streaming year for any artist on Spotify in 2022.
Popular Songs
Safaera is five minutes of non-stop, sweat-dripping perreo, energized by Bad Bunny’s husky flow and the infectious chant of “hoy se bebe, hoy se gasta.” The mega-banger opened an exciting chapter for Benito and shows just how he continues to evolve into a consistent record-breaking artist.
Yo Perreo Sola brings to mind the erotic but communal African dances that influenced Caribbean traditions, recalling a world before such gestures were co-opted by Europeans and refocused on heterosexual partnering.
‘La Romana,’ Bad Bunny feat. El Alfa The song represents a brilliant cross-island link up that gave both artists a boost and put them at the center of the genre’s most exciting experiments. —E.R.P.
Volunteer and services
Bad Bunny was openly critical towards the lack of humanitarian aid in the wake of Hurricane Maria, which devastated the island of Puerto Rico. He established the Good Bunny Foundation, which distributes toys to children living in poverty in Puerto Rico.
Bad Bunny fully supports LGBT community.
Discography
Solo studio albums
– X 100pre (2018)
– YHLQMDLG (2020)
– El Último Tour Del Mundo (2020)
– Un Verano Sin Ti (2022)
Awards and nominations
– Bad Bunny has earned two Grammy Awards,
– Four Latin Grammy Awards, eight Billboard Music Awards,
– Thirteen Premios lo Nuestro awards.
– He was crowned Artist of the Year at the Apple Music Awards 2022.
– Bad Bunny has sold 5 million records worldwide
– In 2019, he was nominated for Telemundo‘s inaugural Premios Tu Música Urbano, in the category of “Humanitarian Award of the Year.
Conclusion
Bad Bunny is credited with helping Spanish-language music achieve mainstream popularity in the worldwide market.