It is nominated for Artist of the Year, Best Tour, Best Music Video, Best Pop Artist, Best Pop Album, Best Latin Album, Best Latin Artist, and Best Latin Song.
bad bunny became the great favorite of the American Music Awards last night, getting eight nominationsahead of Beyoncé, Drake and Taylor Swift, who each received six nominations.
The success of the Puerto Rican in awards that for decades have focused exclusively on Anglo-Saxon artists demonstrates the good state of music in Spanish, since until now Hispanic stars only stood out in the Latin version of the awards, known as the Latin American Music Awards. and delivered in a separate ceremony.
BadBunny. Photo: Reuters.
The eight items of Bad Bunny
Bad Bunny is nominated for the most important award of the night, that of artist of the Yearalong with Adele, Beyoncé, Drake, Harry Styles, Taylor Swift and The Weeknd.
BadBunny. Photo: EFE
In addition, the Puerto Rican will also compete for the prizes for the best tour of the year, best music video by I behave pretty, best pop artist, best pop album by A summer without you, best latin album, best latin artist Y best latin song.
Bad Bunny will tie Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston as the artist with the most awards in a single year if he manages to win in all of his nominated categories.
the other latinos
The rest of the artists nominated in the Latin categories are: Farruko, J Balvin, Jhayco and Rauw Alejandro, in best Latin artist; Anitta, Becky G, Kali Uchis, Karol G and Rosalía, for best Latin artist, and Banda MS, Caliber 50, Eslabon Armado, Grupo Firme and Yahritza y la Esencia de ella, for best group.
For their part, the candidate albums for best Latin album are mommy of Rosalia; the 167 of Farruko; José by J Balvin; Vice versa of Rauw Alejandro, and the already mentioned A summer without you by Bad Bunny.
Rosalia. Photo. AFP
The ceremony
The winners will be announced on November 20 at a ceremony to be held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, just a week after the Latin Grammys are awarded, for which Bad Bunny is also the favorite with 10 nominations, including best album of the year.
The American Music Awards serve as a prelude to the prestigious Grammys, albeit with the difference that they are determined by a popular poll of music consumers, rather than voted on by industry experts.
To select the candidates from which the public can vote, the organizers add the sales of records, reproductions on the Internet and popularity of the artists.
