Apple Music names Bad Bunny as the artist of the year 2022: "His influence in all corners of the culture cannot be ignored."

( ) — Bad Bunny not only leads the nominations for the Latin Grammy Awards and the American Music Awards 2022. Apple Music announced this Wednesday that the Puerto Rican interpreter is its artist of the year 2022 and the first Latino to receive the award.

“A summer without you” is the album that takes Benito Martínez Ocasio, the artist’s first name, to the top of Apple Music this year. Not only was it the most streamed album on the platform this year, it is also the biggest Latin album of all time, Apple Music said in a statement.

“We are thrilled to celebrate the achievements of Bad Bunny, whose influence on every corner of culture cannot be ignored in 2022,” Oliver Schusser, Apple’s vice president of Apple Music and Beats, said in a statement shared with .

For his part, Bad Bunny thanked his followers for helping him make a name for himself in the Latin music sector.

“I’m grateful for everything I’ve accomplished and everything I’ve been through. The Latin music movement has grown so much. I would never take all the credit or say, ‘It’s because of me.’ No, it’s each one of us. A whole generation. Our energy and presence are always felt,” the Puerto Rican said in a statement.

Bad Bunny: From Emerging Artist to Leading the Playlists

In just 4 years, Bad Bunny went from being presented as an emerging artist by Apple Music, including him in 2018 in his Up Next program, to being the most listened to by users of that platform.

In 2018, Apple Music already recognized the ease of the Puerto Rican to fuse sounds with reggaeton and trap, and take them to a global stage.

“Watching Bad Bunny rise from an Apple Music Up Next Artist in 2018 to our Artist of the Year this year has been nothing short of extraordinary. We congratulate him on his record breaking year and continuing to bring Latin music to a massive global audience.” Schusser added in a statement.

The records that Bad Bunny has broken on Apple Music

If there are still any to convince, Apple Music shared with the records that the bad bunny sprayed on the platform. These are:

• He is the greatest artist of all time streams Worldwide.
• “A summer without you” is the most played Latin album of all time.
• The theme “Moscow Mule” holds the record for the greatest Latin song of all time worldwide by streams during his first day.
• 22 Bad Bunny songs have reached the Daily Top 100: Global. This breaks the record for the most simultaneous entries by a single Latin artist.
• Bad Bunny has reached the first place of the Daily Top 100 in 34 countries and is the only Latin artist to do so.
• 44 songs by the artist have reached the daily Top 100 in various countries.
• 3 of his songs have reached number one on the global chart, a record among Latin artists.