Bad Bunny wins Apple Music Artist of the Year award

After the success of the song “A Summer Without You”, Latin artist Bad Bunny was elected by Apple Music as Artist of the Year, this Wednesday (09). The platform also listed other achievements of the singer who topped the music charts last year. Since the creation of the Apple Music Awards, In 2019, this is the first time that a Latin artist has been honored as Artist of the Year. The Puerto Rican now shares the title with Billie Eilish (2019), Lil Baby (2020) and The Weeknd (2021).

THE Apple Music declared that “A Summer Without You” is the most played album of 2022, and is still the biggest Latin music album available on the platform. streaming. Oliver Schusser, deputy director of Apple Musicon behalf of the platform, praised Bad Bunny for his global influence and said he was honored to celebrate the evolution of the Puerto Rican artist who went from being nominated for Apple Music's Next Artist to the title of Artist of the Year. Schusser congratulated the singer for the achievement and for bringing Latin music to the mainstream.

Bad Bunny posted a video on his social media thanking the award and dedicating it to all Latin music artists, who are, in his words, “a great community”. In the video, the artist said he was grateful for the opportunities and experiences he had gained, and said that the merit of this award goes to the entire generation of Latin musicians who have made their presence felt in the music market. mainstream and making the movement expand.

In addition to winning Artist of the Year, Bad Bunny is the owner of the track “Moscow Mule”, the song with the most plays during the first 24 hours after its release. The singer also broke the record for Daily Top 100 as the solo Latin artist with the most tracks on chart most important of streaming, with a total of 22 songs.

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