Apple Music has officially named rapper and singer Bad Bunny as Artist of the Year.
Bad Bunny — Artist of the Year | Apple Music Awards 2022
It’s quite the meteoric rise for the musician, considering Apple Music named him Best Emerging Artist four years ago, and now he reigns supreme. Bad Bunny, aka Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, had the most-streamed album on the platform in 2022.
Bad Bunny's Un Verano Sin Ti was released in May and was the artist's sixth album in four years. It was not only the biggest album on the platform this year, but also the biggest Latin album of all time. Apple says it represents a "seismic shift" in the global music scene.
“It’s been extraordinary to watch Bad Bunny rise from an Apple Music Up Next artist in 2018 to our Artist of the Year this year,” said Oliver Schusser, Apple’s vice president of Apple Music and Beats. “We congratulate him on a record-breaking year and for continuing to bring Latin music to a massive global audience.”
