World recording artist Dangerous Bunny was introduced at present as Apple Music’s Artist of the Yr, in acknowledgement of the musician’s inventive excellence and affect on world tradition in 2022. So lots of music’s greatest stars launched superb music in 2022 — one really owned the yr. Launched this previous Might, Un Verano Sin Ti, the artist’s sixth challenge in 4 years, is Apple Music’s most streamed album of 2022 and now the most important Latin album of all time. And past the eye-popping numbers, Dangerous Bunny has really ushered in a seismic shift in world pop over the previous few years.
“We’re thrilled to have a good time the achievements of Dangerous Bunny, whose affect on each nook of tradition couldn’t be ignored in 2022,” mentioned Oliver Schusser, Apple’s vice chairman of Apple Music and Beats. “Watching Dangerous Bunny ascend from an Apple Music Up Subsequent artist in 2018 to our Artist of the Yr this yr has been nothing in need of extraordinary. We congratulate him on his record-breaking yr and for persevering with to deliver Latin music to an enormous world viewers.”
“Once I began, I didn’t have a world fan base,” Dangerous Bunny tells Apple Music in an unique movie, out at present, that will get up shut and private with the 2022 Artist of the Yr. “I’m grateful for every part I’ve achieved and every part I’ve skilled. The Latin music motion has grown a lot. I’d by no means take full credit score or say, ‘It’s due to me.’ No, it’s each one among us. An entire technology. Our power and presence is all the time felt.” Upon being introduced with the Apple Music Award, he provides: “Thanks to Apple Music and to all of the individuals who take heed to my music daily. I’m tremendous pleased!”
