Bad Bunny rose to prominence in 2016 with his song "Diles", which led to a deal with Hear This Music.
48 Facts About Bad Bunny
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Bad Bunny 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.
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Bad Bunny then released his collaborative album Oasis with J Balvin in June 2019, reaching number nine on the Billboard 200.
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In November 2020, Bad Bunny released his fourth album El Ultimo Tour Del Mundo, combining his reggaeton and Latin trap sound with rock music.
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Bad Bunny is credited with helping Spanish-language music achieve mainstream popularity in the worldwide market.
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Bad Bunny then had the biggest streaming year for any artist on Spotify in 2022.
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Bad Bunny has earned three Grammy Awards, four Latin Grammy Awards, eight Billboard Music Awards, and thirteen Lo Nuestro Awards.
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Bad Bunny was crowned Artist of the Year at the Apple Music Awards 2022.
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Outside of music, Bad Bunny has ventured into professional wrestling in the American promotion WWE, making several non-wrestling appearances as well as wrestling in matches at WrestleMania 37 in 2021 and Backlash in 2023.
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Bad Bunny's father, Tito Martinez, was a truck driver, and his mother, Lysaurie Ocasio, is a retired schoolteacher.
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Bad Bunny's parents had often listened to genres such as salsa, merengue, and pop ballads.
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On October 11,2018, Bad Bunny released "Mia" with Drake, which reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Bad Bunny released his debut album X 100pre on December 24,2018, on Christmas Eve 2018 on Rimas Entertainment.
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On June 28,2019, Bad Bunny released Oasis, an eight-song collaborative album with J Balvin.
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In February 2020, Bad Bunny was a guest performer at the Super Bowl LIV halftime show, headlined by Shakira and Jennifer Lopez.
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Bad Bunny announced the album YHLQMDLG on February 27,2020, during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and stated that it would be released on Leap Day 2020.
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Bad Bunny noted that the stress of fame has had a negative impact on his mental health.
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In March 2020, Bad Bunny released the music video for "Yo Perreo Sola", in which the artist performs in drag.
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On May 10,2020, Bad Bunny released his third solo studio album Las que no iban a salir, without previous announcements.
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Bad Bunny had been filming his supporting role in Narcos: Mexico before filming was postponed due to the pandemic.
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On September 20,2020, Bad Bunny performed a surprise, live, free concert from atop a flatbed truck that looked like a subway car going through the streets of New York and ended at Harlem Hospital.
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In October 2020, Bad Bunny released the single "Dakiti", with Jhay Cortez, which topped the Billboard Global 200 and reached number five on the US Hot 100.
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Bad Bunny was cast in an upcoming David Leitch-directed film starring Brad Pitt.
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In July 2021, it was announced that Bad Bunny co-wrote and co-produced the fifth album of Puerto Rican Latin pop artist Tommy Torres titled El Playlist de Anoche.
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Bad Bunny won the most awards at the 2021 Billboard Latin Music Awards with ten, including the category Artist of the Year.
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In December 2021, it was announced that Bad Bunny became Spotify's most-streamed artist of the year globally, for a second year in a row.
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In January 2022, Bad Bunny was featured in Vogue Magazine for the second time modeling the current season's best bags.
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On May 6,2022, Bad Bunny released his fourth studio album Un Verano Sin Ti which it became commercially successful as it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and stood there for thirteen non-consecutive weeks.
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Bad Bunny began his fourth concert tour World's Hottest Tour on August 5,2022, set to visit fourteen countries of the American continent.
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Bad Bunny received the most nominations for the 2022 American Music Awards, including his first for artist of the year.
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On May 19,2023, Bad Bunny released his first solo single of the year titled "Where She Goes", in which he ventured into jersey club music.
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Bad Bunny is considered to be primarily a Latin trap and reggaeton artist.
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Bad Bunny considers himself to be a "music fanatic" which is the reason why he's inspired by so many people.
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Bad Bunny has appeared at award shows with manicured, polished, and long fingernails.
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Bad Bunny was openly critical towards the lack of humanitarian aid in the wake of Hurricane Maria, which devastated the island of Puerto Rico.
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Bad Bunny established the Good Bunny Foundation, which distributes toys to children living in poverty in Puerto Rico.
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Bad Bunny later concluded his answer in January 2021 stating that he would never "want to see Puerto Rico become a State".
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Bad Bunny responded to the hateful comments by offering to impregnate the wives of his critics.
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The post was deleted and Bad Bunny later ended up apologizing and deleting his own Twitter account.
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In January 2019, Bad Bunny criticized a tweet by reggaeton artist Don Omar considered to be homophobic.
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Ricky Martin has stated that Bad Bunny "has become an icon for the Latin queer community" due to his outspoken support of gay and transgender Latinos as well as his embrace of drag culture.
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Bad Bunny then began appearing on WWE's weekly television show, Monday Night Raw.
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At WrestleMania 37, Bad Bunny teamed with Damian Priest in a tag team match to defeat The Miz and John Morrison in his in-ring wrestling debut.
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At the 2022 Royal Rumble on January 29, Bad Bunny returned to WWE, competing in the men's Royal Rumble match.
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Bad Bunny eliminated Sheamus and Dolph Ziggler and lasted until the final five, when he was eliminated by the eventual winner, Brock Lesnar.
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On January 23,2023, it was announced that Bad Bunny would be a playable wrestler in the WWE 2K23 video game as a pre-order bonus.
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On March 8,2023, it was announced that Bad Bunny would serve as the host for WWE's upcoming event, Backlash, taking place in his native Puerto Rico.
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Bad Bunny would intervene during the match, preventing Dominik from attacking Rey with a chain.