bad bunny makes history again. Benito Antonio Martinez OcasioFirst name of the urban exponent, occupies the first Spanish cover of the prestigious TIME magazine since its publication began in 1923.
Dressed all in black, with a white flower and gold jewelry, the man from Vegabajón illustrates the titled cover “The World of Bad Bunny” along with the following quote from the artist: “I won’t do anything else to please you”. The cover will be released this Tuesday and corresponds to the week of April 10th to 17th.
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The magazine accompanies the publication with a story in which Bad Bunny’s roots (his family, childhood, and growth) and his respect for and defense of Puerto Rico take center stage.
For this writing, the urban exponent has sported several elegant, daring and subtle clothing outfits as part of his highlight as a fashion figure.
It’s not the first time that Bad Bunny has been featured on the cover of a prestigious and internationally recognized magazine. Previously, the artist illustrated the covers of magazines such as The New York Times Magazine, Billboard, Rolling Stone, Vogue, Playboy, among others.
After the release of his debut album X 100Pre in 2018, Bad Bunny went from aspiring artist to superstar. The album allowed him to enter the Billboard 200 chart for the first time, peaking at No. 11 in January 2019. (Teresa Canino Rivera) He has since released his album Oasis (2019) with J Balvin. (The Associated Press) As a solo artist he has released YHLQMDLG, Las que no iban a salir, El último tour del mundo and Un verano sin ti. (EFE agency) The last two albums debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200, making Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio the only artist to have topped the charts not once but twice with an album in Spanish. (ETIENNE LAURENT) In 2022, Bad Bunny also became the first Latino artist (and the first not to sing primarily in English) to top Billboard’s list of the highest-grossing tours of the year thanks to his hit “El ultimo tour del World.” and “The World’s Hottest Tour”. (Chris Pizzello) Bad Bunny continues to set precedents for Latin and Spanish-language music in 2023 with a historic headlining performance at Coachella. (Chris Pizzello) Today, March 10th, the Puerto Rican star turns 29 years old. Here are other career wins. (The Associated Press)2020 – Bad Bunny becomes Spotify’s first most-streamed Spanish-language artist worldwide with more than 8.3 billion streams in 2020. His album YHLQMDLG is also named the service’s most-streamed album this year. (EFE Agency) 2020 – The Puerto Rican hits #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart, making history. His studio album, El último tour del mundo, debuted at the top of the charts and became the first in Spanish to reach #1 in the 64-year history of the all-genre album chart. (The Associated Press) 2021 – Bad Bunny’s “Last World Tour” becomes the fastest-selling tour since 2018 with 480,000 tickets sold in less than a week. Bunny’s pre-sale date marks the biggest day of sales for a tour on Ticketmaster since the “On the Run II Tour” by Beyoncé and Jay-Z went on sale in 2018. (David Villafañe Ramos) 2022 – All 35 shows on the tour gross $116.8 million and sell 575,000 tickets, according to Billboard Boxscore. In doing so, it will become the highest-grossing tour by a Latin artist in Billboard Boxscore’s more than three-decade history, surpassing the $101 million raised by Luis Miguel in 2018-19. (EFE Agency) 2022 – The ‘Tití me pregunta’ singer makes history at the 2022 MTV Music Video Awards by becoming the first Latino artist to win the Artist of the Year award. (Charles Sykes)2022 – Apple Music names Bad Bunny Artist of the Year for 2022. It marks the first and first time a Latino artist has been named Artist of the Year since the inception of the Apple Music Awards in 2019 only one artist is nominated for the award. (Included) The song “Dákiti” by Bad Bunny (right) and Jhay Cortez (middle) became the most-listened-to song in the history of the Spotify platform. (Capture) 2022- For the third year in a row, Bad Bunny is the world’s most listened artist on Spotify in 2022. 2022- Bad Bunny wraps up his World’s Hottest Tour in Mexico City. (Ramon “Tonito” Zayas) 2023 – The Puerto Rican is announced as one of the main characters for this year’s Coachella edition. (Jordan Strauss)2023 – The megastar was the opening artist for the 2023 Grammys musical extravaganza. (Chris Pizzello)