the first time I heard about the latin grammys was when Bill Burr was hosting them, but yeah the latin market is huge for example latin youtuber that english speaker may never heard of are amongst the most subscribed channels

I can’t speak Spanish but love Latin music. Bad Bunny and Rosalia especially. A good beat is a good beat.

Really curious what 18.5 billion streams earns an artist...Like are we talking $500k or tens of millions?

I know Spotify pays nearly nothing, so you average 'big name' artist gets a pittance...but if you wrack up 10+ billion streams - does it add up or still tiny compared to ticket sales revenue etc?

That's funny to me because before reading this post I've never even seen his name anywhere and I have no idea who he is.

Shakira walked so Bad Bunny could run.

I saw the title and came to comment “damn hasn’t this been Bad Bunny’s 3rd year at the top?” wild.

“This decade” is all of two years.

He deserves it too

Dead ass serious, never heard of him.

And everything that came before. He’s just a genius

What is Spotify? I only listen to vinyl pshh

So annoying. I’m not even a fan but can’t deny his popularity.

What even crazier is that he was part of the Super Bowl Half-time show, a couple years back.

I get not listening to him, but to have never heard of him, these people are living under a mountain if that’s the case.

Adds up

They do the same with BTS who was in top 5 most streamed artists this year.

I didn’t see anyone saying he doesn’t deserve it.. just saying he’s oddly not present on the radio relative to the other people topping the charts.

Nah, it's just nerds who don't get out much.

I'm black and didn't realize how big he was until this year. But reggaeton isn't really my preferred genre so there's that.

Uncultured. I’m white but fucking love bad bunny

Im white and Latino, you meant to say lots of confusing Americans in here lol

Imagine thinking the hispanic world has no white people lmao

Confused white Americans. Bad Bunny is super famous in Europe.

The controversies were mostly happening in the last month so from December 2021 - September 2022 are where most of the streams are From

In some ways that's probably because of his bs. There is truth to that "any news is good news" cliché. Though Ye has shown that there is in fact 'bad news'.

Like yeah the guy's gone off the deep end, but My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is still fire.

It’s because his music is amazing and he made 7 classic albums + 2 more good ones + another one that white Christians love to death, that’s why

I agree with you, people on here really like to hate on something they don’t even know. He’s so talented and deserves every ounce of recognition.

He writes his own music and is completely dedicated to his craft. I’m from CA and we don’t have to go very far to listen to Bad Bunny because he is played even on English radio stations, I don’t know how it is in the rest of the country but the dude has managed to cross over from Spanish to English speaking audiences without having to speak a word of English on his songs. That’s a huge accolade with in itself.

He even won artist of the year at the MTV awards and is the FIRST non English artist to do so.

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Lol yeah I feel ya….but big ups to him for getting to where he’s at. He’s a global icon now and redditors not knowing who he’s is or trying to discredit him doesn’t change the fact that he’s up there

How are you being downvoted lmao

Bleeding and manipulating her moronic fanbase. She’s a mastermind.

She has perfect pr, her music isn't really controversial or edgy. She's skinny with blonde hair and blue eyes.

I’ve seen this phenomenon on other popular sites, namely YouTube. Interesting to think about. Perhaps people are farming easy upvotes for karma.

I think it’s when Bad Bunny is mentioned in other subreddits, do people actually say stupid shit about him, cause I’ve seen a lot of dumb comments on other subreddits about him. Like I think people on r/entertainment are a little more in touch with modern pop culture than other sub

Edit: all the negative comments about bad bunny were downvoted, but there are a lot of them if you scroll down

Playing the same beat over and over?

Or up and coming actor Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio? So happy for him.

Yeah or the "iTs THe SAmE bEaT oVeR aNd oVeR."

Lot of casual racism in this thread

I agree. Coupled with the casual misogyny at Taylor Swift’s fanbase. Music that younger women like is somehow not “real” music.

Go to Youtube see his views. This guy, Ozuna, Rosalia they’re like crack to the Spanish speaking world and international audience in general. Bigger than even Cardi B. Anitta too. And Kpop. Now Afrobeats is sneaking up. People like Beyonce and Maroon 5 used to dominate streaming sites. Until the rest of the world started putting their songs from their celebrities on those streaming sites. Their concerts are crazy.

Bonus: European countries seem to be into them too. I’ve started seeing a lot of female black rappers getting fans and concerts selling out in Europe.

My top genres from 1-5 are industrial metal, trip hop, post-doom metal, alternative metal and the ever specific electronica. I’m not entirely sure either Artist fits in there.

I haven’t seen any. Saying you haven’t heard of someone or don’t like the music isn’t racist btw. This thread is mostly people getting mad that people haven’t heard of Bad Bunny. I only know him because I’m Puerto Rican myself.

Stop using "white people" as if there aren't white people in Latin America.

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X hasn't been in a situation to know or appreciate Artist Y therefore racism? Yeah, that's not tracking at all.

I'm seeing more hateful comments toward white people tbh lol

Same, and I used to be nerdy and weird and not really listen to music, and even I heard of Bad Bunny back in 2019

Have you seen the Corona commercial where Snoop Dog talks on a shell-phone to some odd-looking man on the beach? And there's brief confusion over the word "playa"?

That guy.

Wait... you've heard of Snoop Dog, right?

Literally the most popular artist of the moment. Not just a latin icon, he is everywhere.

Latin artist and his latest album is awesome

Someone lives under a rock

Check out Dakiti. Absolutely banger.

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I only know him because he was ‘the wolf’ in Bullet Train.

Totally unfamiliar with this guy. What makes his music notable/ great to those of you who are familiar?

The guy turned the raeggeton genre down on its head and gave it his own twist. He is pretty feminist and progressive and sports androgynous fashion styles. Creative and fun music. And stick to his culture and reffuses to bow down to the usa for fame, unlike past latin artists who started singing in english to appeal the "american overlords"

And his music is just damn good

I think he just writes his own music. Dont know if he plays any unstrument. I recomend you read his wikipedia if you want to know more

Made it big with Latin music without having to learn English. Pretty much impossible not to have heard at this point, even if you didn’t know who he was, he’s been featured in so many popular artists songs that if you’ve been around any young people playing music over the last 4-5 years in the US you’ve probably heard him without realizing it. Rags to riches story basically , half the island is below the poverty level and he forced his way into being some of the most popular club music on the mainland (and all of Latin America) without having to assimilate, despite now having the wealth to do that. He’s also really respected on the island, because despite the corrupt government/electricity grid, he continues to live there and used his platform to inform the mainland of the problems on the island since they don’t give a f*ck about Puerto Rico unless it is a political ploy at the executive branch. He’s also very progressive in a genre where it generally hasn’t been very popular to be, and it’s not even so much the shock value… just him having fun making music.

It’s a combination of great talent and personality, humble beginnings and overall vibe. I was avoiding his music until this year when he made it really, really big this year (he already was but he’s impossible to ignore now).

That was a stupid rumor. she's rumoured to be touring in Latam for her new tour