Bad Bunny

**Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio** (born March 10, 1994), known professionally as **Bad Bunny**, is a Puerto Rican  singer, rapper, musician, model and actor. His music is known as Latin trap and reggaeton and can also be seen as rock, bachata, and soul. 

He has won three Grammy Awards, eleven Latin Grammy Awards, eight *Billboard* Music Awards, and thirteen Lo Nuestro Awards. He was named Artist of the Year by *Billboard* in 2022. He was the most-streamed artist on Spotify from 2020 to 2022, the second in 2023, and third in 2024. , Bad Bunny has sold over seven million records worldwide. 

## Career
Bad Bunny became popular in 2016 with his song "Soy Peor", which led to a recording contract with Hear This Music. He grew his popularity when he sang with Cardi B's on *Billboard* Hot 100 number-one single "I Like It" alongside J Balvin and his top-ten single "Mía" (featuring Drake). Bad Bunny's first studio album, *X 100pre* (2018), peaked at number 10 on the US *Billboard* 200. His second solo album, *YHLQMDLG* (2020), became the highest-charting all-Spanish album to appear on the *Billboard* 200 at the time at number two.

*El Último Tour Del Mundo* (2020), Bad Bunny's third solo album, became the first all-Spanish language album to top the *Billboard* 200, while its lead single, "Dakiti", reached the top ten of the Hot 100. His fourth solo album, *Un Verano Sin Ti* (2022), spent 13 weeks atop the *Billboard* 200, was named the best-performing album of the year, and became the first Spanish-language album to be nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. He followed it with the *Billboard* 200 number-one albums *Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana* (2023) and *Debí Tirar Más Fotos* (2025). 

Throughout his career, Bad Bunny has worked with J Balvin, Farruko, Residente, Arcángel, Jhay Cortez, and Daddy Yankee.

On September 28, 2025, it was announced that he would headline the halftime show of Super Bowl LX on February 8, 2026.  This made him the first male Latin headliner at the Super Bowl halftime show.

At the 68th Annual Grammy Awards in 2026, Bad Bunny became the first artist in the ceremony’s history to win Album of the Year with a Spanish-language album, receiving the honor for his sixth studio album *Debí Tirar Más Fotos*. In his speech, he dedicated the award to immigrants.

## Activism
Bad Bunny is also a well known LGBT rights activist who has supported the movement in Puerto Rico. During an interview, the singer stated that he has been singing since 2008.

## Personal life
Bad Bunny has said that he sees his own sexuality as fluid. In a 2020 interview with the *Los Angeles Times*, he stated, "At the end of the day, I don't know if in 20 years I will like a man. One never knows in life. But at the moment I am heterosexual and I like women."

Bad Bunny began dating model and media star Kendall Jenner in 2023.  In September 2024, the two broke up.

## Albums
* The Lost Tape (2017)
* *X 100pre* (2018)
* *Oasis* (with J Balvin, 2019)
* *YHLQMDLG* (2021)
* *Las Que No Iban A Salir* (2020)
* *El Último Tour Del Mundo* (2020)
* *Un Verano Sin Ti (2022)
* *Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana* (2023)
* *Debí Tirar Más Fotos'' (2025)

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