Bad Bunny Wins Dorian TV Award for His “The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show”

Posted on August 16, 2026 by Tom Castaneda

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show has earned a special award…

The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA) has voted on another year of the best in LGBTQ television, with the 32-year-old Puerto Rican Grammy-winning superstar taking home an award.

Bad Bunny claimed the Dorian TV Award for Best TV Musical Performance prize for his acclaimed The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show.

The performance featured prominent LGBTQ+ representation and queer-coded camp elements.

The performance included guest appearances by queer icons Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin, same-sex dancing pairs (including two male dancers going viral for grinding on stage) and open celebration of queer-inclusive Latin culture.

GALECA Vice President Gerrick Kennedy, this year’s Dorian TV Awards chair, said, “There is always room for progress, but this year’s winners prove our community’s stories are as varied and worth telling as any other,” added Kennedy.

Here are the winners of the 2026 Dorian TV Awards:

BEST TV DRAMA
Heated Rivalry (HBO Max)

BEST TV COMEDY
Hacks (HBO Max)

BEST LGBTQ TV SHOW
Heated Rivalry (HBO Max)

BEST TV MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES
Half Man (HBO Max)

BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TV SHOW
Squid Game (Netflix)

BEST LGBTQ NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE TV SHOW
The Boyfriend (Netflix)

BEST WRITTEN TV SHOW
Hacks (HBO Max)

BEST TV PERFORMANCE — DRAMA
Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus (Apple TV)

BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE — DRAMA
François Arnaud, Heated Rivalry (HBO Max)

BEST TV PERFORMANCE — COMEDY
Jean Smart, Hacks (HBO Max)

BEST SUPPORTING TV PERFORMANCE — COMEDY
Kate O’Flynn, Widow’s Bay (Apple TV)

BEST TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
Bad Bunny, The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show

BEST UNSUNG TV SHOW
Boots (Netflix)

BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS SHOW
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (CBS)

BEST TV DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Mr. Scorsese (Apple TV)

BEST LGBTQ TV DOCUMENTARY OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery (Hulu)

BEST GENRE TV SHOW
Widow’s Bay (Apple TV)

BEST REALITY SHOW
The Traitors (Peacock)

BEST ANIMATED SHOW
South Park (Paramount+)

MOST VISUALLY STRIKING TV SHOW
Alien: Earth (FX/Hulu) (tie)
Pluribus (Apple TV) (tie)

CAMPIEST TV SHOW
The Hunting Wives (Netflix)

WILDE WIT AWARD
Hannah Einbinder

GALECA TV ICON AWARD
Lisa Kudrow

GALECA LGBTQIA+ TV TRAILBLAZER
Jacob Tierney

Nicky Jam Releases El Shadow-Collaboration “La Foto”

Posted on August 12, 2026 by Tom Castaneda

Nicky Jam is flashin’ new music…

The 45-year-old Puerto Rican and Dominican American singer has released the new single “La Foto” in collaboration with El Shadow, with the track premiering exclusively on Billboard on Wednesday, August 12.

Released via Plus Media and EMM, the track blends acoustic guitars with rhythmic Afrobeats, charged with Caribbean breeze and feel-good melodies.

Lyrically, the track composed by El Shadow (real name Raudel Gómez Hernández) is about crushing on someone and finding the courage to make the first move.

“Nothing is impossible here/ I wrote to her that I liked her,” chants the Puerto Rican artist in the opening verse. The chorus further cements that sentiment of infatuation and uncertainty: “You’ve got me liking your photo/ You’ve got me losing my mind.”

Nicky Jam, who has a 30-plus year career with various No. 1 Billboard hits and collaborations with the likes of Enrique Iglesias, Bad Bunny and Romeo Santos, is now supporting up-and-coming talent like El Shadow, a Cuban newcomer who has 15,000 Instagram followers at the time of publishing.

The most curious thing about this collaboration is the way it naturally happened: El Shadow shared a snippet of the track on his Instagram in February and invited his followers to tag Nicky Jam in the comments.

Nicky replied within hours, and the rest is history.

“I’ve done all my releases almost completely solo, but that day I wanted to upload a reel and tag an artist I know fits the song perfectly,” El Shadow tells Billboard. “Nicky popped into my head, and I knew he could hear it because he already had Cubans in his algorithm.” (Nicky previously collaborated with Cuban duo Charly y Johayron.)

He continues: “A week later, he called me to say he was laying down the vocals, and I thought, ‘Wow, it’s actually happening!’ It’s amazing — especially considering the situation on the island. Our country is facing so many problems — there’s no power, no internet connection, everything is a struggle, but Nicky showed his humility and his value to me.”

Residing in Camagüey, Cuba’s third-largest city, El Shadow is a 26-year-old artist who kicked off his career when he was only 15, creating urban music. In recent years, the Billboard On The Radar Latin artist has found his lane in the Latin Afrobeats realm, lacing it with his husky yet crisp and dulcet vocals.

“My idol is Kapo,” he expresses of the Colombian hitmaker. “I watched his interviews and was really inspired by his story, and that’s the same message I try to convey to new talent: that it is possible. If you focus and do things with love and passion, you can make it.”

Bad Bunny Logs 20th Entry on YouTube’s Billion Views Club with Arcángel-Collab “Me Acostumbré”

Posted on July 29, 2026 by Tom Castaneda

Bad Bunny’s billionaire status continues…

The 32-year-old Puerto Rican Grammy-winning superstar has logged his 20th entry for YouTube’s Billion Views Clubwith the music video for “Me Acostumbré,” his trap banger with Arcángel.

Published on February 19, 2017, the music video recently surpassed the one billion mark, becoming Bad Bunny’s 20th music video as a lead, featured artist or collaborator, and Arcángel’s seventh title.

Produced by DJ Luian and Mambo Kingz, the collaboration is a hard-hitting trap song about someone who’s gotten used to winning all the time, and the fame and haters that comes with the success.

Directed by Rodrigo Films in the Dominican Republic, the clip shows the two Puerto Rican stars enjoying the street life at night.

The music video is the third visual that both Bad Bunny and Arcángel have together in the Billion Views Club, alongside “Tu No Vives Así” and “Diles.”

It also enters the club after Bad Bunny’s dembow hit “Tití Me Preguntó” surpassed one billion views mark this January.

“Me Acostumbré” became one of Bad Bunny’s early career titles on the Billboard charts when it peaked at No. 28 in Hot Latin Songs on the tally dated May 13, 2017.

The next Bad Bunny music videos to potentially surpass 1 billion views with more than 800 million views at press time are “Sensualidad” with Prince Royce and J Balvin; “La Canción” with J Balvin; “Vuelve”; “Krippy Kush” with Farruko and Rvssian; and “Moscow Mule” off of his blockbuster fourth studio album Un Verano Sin Ti, which was released in 2022.

Colman Domingo Earns Two Primetime Emmy Award Nominations

Posted on July 8, 2026 by Tom Castaneda

Colman Domingo has two chances for Emmy glory…

The nominees for the 78th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards have been revealed, with the 56-year-old Emmy-winning Belizean-Guatemalan American actor and activist earning two nominations.

Domingo is nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category for the second installment of The Four Seasons and another for Outstanding Guest Actor for his turn in Euphoria Season 3.

“I think the diversity of work is what I’ve always hoped for, to have these opportunities to flex very different muscles,” he said of his two nods.

Oscar Isaac is back in the running for an Emmy.

The 47-year-old Cuban-Guatemalan actor for earned a nod in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie category for Beef.

He was previously up for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for his performance in Scenes from a Marriage in 2022.

Carlos-Manuel Vesga has earned his first career Emmy nod.

The 50-year-old Colombian theater, film, and television actor is up for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series forhis role in Pluribus.

Bad Bunny has earned his first-ever Emmy nomination.

The Puerto Rican Grammy-winning superstar is nominated in the Outstanding Variety Special (Live) category as a producer and performer for The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny.

The Emmy Awards will be hosted by Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star Mariska Hargitay and will air live on Monday, September 14 at 8:00 pm ET/5:00 pm PT on NBC, streaming on Peacock.

Partial list of 2026 Emmy nominees featuring Latinos:

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
Bait • Prime Video • Jax Media, Amazon MGM Studios
Riz Ahmed as Shah Latif
Black Rabbit • Netflix • Netflix / Aggregate Films / Riff Raff Entertainment / Youngblood Pictures / Automatik
Jason Bateman as Vince Friedkin
Monster: The Ed Gein Story • Netflix • Ryan Murphy Productions for Netflix
Charlie Hunnam as Ed Gein
Beef • Netflix • A24 for Netflix
Oscar Isaac as Josh
The Beast In Me • Netflix • 20th Television for Netflix
Matthew Rhys as Nile Jarvis

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
The Pitt • HBO Max • HBO Max in association with John Wells Productions, R. Scott Gemmill Productions, and Warner Bros. Television
Patrick Ball as Dr. Frank Langdon
The Morning Show • Apple TV • Media Res in association with Apple
Billy Crudup as Cory Ellison
The Pitt • HBO Max • HBO Max in association with John Wells Productions, R. Scott Gemmill Productions, and Warner Bros.Television
Shawn Hatosy as Dr. Jack Abbot
The Pitt • HBO Max • HBO Max in association with John Wells Productions, R. Scott Gemmill Productions, and Warner Bros. Television
Gerran Howell as Dr. Dennis Whitaker
Slow Horses • Apple TV • See-Saw Films in association with Apple
Jack Lowden as River Cartwright
Task • HBO Max • HBO in association with wiip, The Low Dweller Productions Inc., and Public Record
Tom Pelphrey as Robbie Prendergrast
Pluribus • Apple TV • Sony Pictures Television in association with Apple
Carlos-Manuel Vesga as Minuses

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
The Four Seasons • Netflix • Universal Television, Little Stranger, Inc. for Netflix
Colman Domingo as Danny
Hacks • HBO Max • Universal Television in association with Paulilu, First Thought Productions, Fremulon Productions, 3 Arts
Hacks • HBO Max • Universal Television in association with Paulilu, First Thought Productions, Fremulon Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment
Paul W. Downs as Jimmy Lusaque, Jr.
Shrinking • Apple TV • Warner Bros. Television in association with Apple
Harrison Ford as Paul
Margo’s Got Money Troubles • Apple TV • A24 in association with Apple
Nick Offerman as Jinx Millet
Widow’s Bay • Apple TV • Apple Studios / Chum Films
Stephen Root as Wyck
Shrinking • Apple TV • Warner Bros. Television in association with Apple
Michael Urie as Brian
Abbott Elementary • ABC • Delicious Non-Sequitur Productions and Fifth Chance in association with Warner Bros. Television and 20th Television
Tyler James Williams as Gregory Eddie

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series
Euphoria • In God We Trust • HBO Max • HBO in association with The Reasonable Bunch, A24, Tiny Goat, Dream Crew, ADD, HOT and TCDY Productions
Colman Domingo as Ali
The Pitt • 7:00 A.M. • HBO Max • HBO Max in association with John Wells Productions, R. Scott Gemmill Productions, and Warner Bros. Television
Ernest Harden Jr. as Louie Cloverfield
Pluribus • Please, Carol • Apple TV • Sony Pictures Television in association with Apple
Jeff Hiller as Larry
The Pitt • 8:00 P.M. • HBO Max • HBO Max in association with John Wells Productions, R. Scott Gemmill Productions, and Warner Bros. Television
Jeff Kober as Duke Ekins
Slow Horses • Scars • Apple TV • See-Saw Films in association with Apple
Jonathan Pryce as David Cartwright
The Diplomat • Amagansett • Netflix • A Netflix Series
Bradley Whitford as First Gentleman Todd Penn

Outstanding Variety Special (Live)
The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny • NBC • Roc Nation, Rimas, Jesse Collins Entertainment and DPS
Shawn Carter, Executive Producer
Desiree Perez, Executive Producer
Jesse Collins, Executive Producer
Noah Assad, Executive Producer
Dave Meyers, Co-Executive Producer
Jody Kolozsvari, Supervising Producer
Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, Producer
Jana Fleishman, Producer
Darren Pfeffer, Producer
Chelsea Gonnering, Line Producer
John Kilgore, Line Producer
Bad Bunny, Performer

The full list of nominees can be found on the Television Academy website.

Residente Signs with United Talent Agency for Representation in All Areas

Posted on February 24, 2026 by Tom Castaneda

René “Residente” Pérez has new representation…

The 48-year-old Puerto Rican Grammy-winning rapper, best known as one of the founders of the alternative rap band Calle 13, has signed with United Talent Agency (UTA) for representation in all areas.

UTA also will represent his production company, 1868 Studios.

The announcement comes on the heels of news that Residente will be making his directing and screenwriting debut with the film Porto Rico.

Residente has assembled his own supergroup of actors to lead his epic Caribbean western and historical drama depicting the realities of colonialism and paternalism.

In his lead acting role, Benito “Bad Bunny” Martínez Ocasio will star alongside heavy hitters Edward Norton, Javier Bardem and Viggo Mortensen to be executive produced by the legendary filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu.

Residente co-wrote the screenplay with Birdman‘s Alexander Dinelaris, a fellow Puerto Rican talent.

While exploring this new facet of his career, Residente never will abandon his musical roots, which began as the frontman of the group Calle 13.

In 2017, he made his solo debut with the self-titled album Residente. The popularity of his infusion of Latin hip-hop and reggaeton sounds has taken him to major stages all over the world, including notable performances with Gustavo Dudamel and the L.A. Philharmonic in 2020 and in front of a crowd of 180,000 fans at Mexico City’s historic Zócalo last year.

He’s a four-time Grammy and 29 Latin Grammy Award winner and shares the title of most Latin Grammy wins with Édgar Barrera.

In 2020 show, Residente expressed his desire to act, write and direct. Four years later, he made his acting debut alongside Sasha Calle and Leslie Grace in the indie feature In the Summers, which garnered much buzz at the Sundance Film Festival that year and won the Grand Jury Prize.

He recently returned to the festival as part of the cast of the feature Frank and Louis, starring opposite Kingsley Ben-Adir.

To continue expanding as a multi-hyphenate creative, Residente launched his 1868 Studios banner through a multi-year joint venture between Sony Music Latin-Iberia and Sony Music Vision. The company develops, produces and globally distributes original content centered on authentic, culturally driven storytelling. Committed to elevating Latin culture and bringing Latin stories to global audiences, 1868 Studios creates premium projects that highlight heritage, identity and bold creative expression across formats.

Residente was most recently represented at CAA.

Bad Bunny’s “DtMF” Maintains No. 1 Position on Billboard Global 200 & Billboard Global Excl. U.S. Charts

Posted on February 23, 2026 by Tom Castaneda

Bad Bunny remains atop the global charts…

The 31-year-old Puerto Rican Grammy-winning superstar’s “DtMF” holds at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, adding a fourth week atop the chart, after it first led for two weeks in January-February 2025.

It concurrently scores its second total and consecutive week at No. 1 on Billboard Global Excl. U.S.

Bad Bunny monopolizes the top four spots on the Global 200 and the top three on Global Excl. U.S., a week after he claimed the top five and three ranks, respectively, following his Super Bowl LX halftime show performance February 8 in Santa Clara, Calif., with “DtMF” the closing song in his set.

“DtMF” drew 76.4 million streams (down 28% week over week) and sold 6,000 (down 65%) worldwide February 13-19.

Bad Bunny’s “Baile Inolvidable” holds at its No. 2 Global 200 high; “Nuevayol” repeats at its No. 3 best; and “Tití Me Preguntó” rises a spot, returning to its No. 4 peak.

He performed all four songs at the Super Bowl, with the top three from his 2025 album Debí Tirar Más Fotos; “Tití Me Preguntó” is from his 2022 set Un Verano Sin Ti.

Meanwhile, “DtMF” tallied 52.2 million streams (down 18%) and 2,000 sold (down 45%) outside the U.S. in the tracking week. Bad Bunny also places in the Global Excl. U.S. top five with “Nuevayol,” up 3-2 for a new high; “Baile Inolvidable,” down to No. 3 from its No. 2 best; and Tití Me Preguntó,” which rises 13-5, after hitting No. 4.

The Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.

Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

Bad Bunny’s “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” Returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

Posted on February 22, 2026 by Tom Castaneda

Bad Bunny rules the album roost once again…

The 31-year-old Puerto Rican Grammy-winning superstar’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for a fifth nonconsecutive week on top, rising a spot to lead the February 28-dated chart.

The ascent comes after the 2025 set spent two weeks in the runner-up slot following his Super Bowl halftime show performance (February 8), a week after its win for album of the year at the Grammy Awards (February 1).

In the tracking week ending Februrary 19, the effort earned 135,000 equivalent album units in the United States, according to Luminate (down 46%).

The album reached No. 1 in its second week (and first full tracking week) on the list, dated January 25, 2025, and then spent the next two weeks at No. 1. It returned to the top for a fourth week (May 17), following its initial vinyl release.

The 41-week span between weeks at No. 1 for DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS is the longest since Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine returned to No. 1 for its third week on top, after a 54-week wait, on the April 12, 2025-dated chart. Eternal Sunshine spent its first two weeks at No. 1 (March 23 and 30, 2024) and then went back to No. 1 on the April 12, 2025, chart after a deluxe reissue.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 2,500 ad-supported or 1,000 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album.

Of DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS’s 135,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, SEA units comprise 106,000 (down 43%, equaling 112.54 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks; it holds at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums for a sixth nonconsecutive week), album sales comprise 28,000 (it climbs 3-1 on Top Album Sales for its second week atop the list) and TEA units comprise 1,000.

Bad Bunny’s former No. 1 Un Verano Sin Ti, from 2022, slips a spot to No. 7 on the latest Billboard 200 with 52,000 equivalent album units earned (down 35%).

Bad Bunny Makes History As “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” Claims Grammy for Album of the Year

Posted on February 2, 2026 by Tom Castaneda

Bad Bunny is celebrating a night at the 2026 Grammy Awards.

The 31-year-old Puerto Rican superstar picked up three awards at the Grammys on Sunday, February 1, including the top prize.

Bad Bunny claimed the Album of the Year gramophone for his critically acclaimed LP DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, which became the first-ever predominantly Spanish language album to win in the category in the 68-year history of the Grammy Awards.

Bad Bunny beat Lady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar, among others, to win Album of the Year for his sixth album, a personal and powerful exploration of Puerto Rico’s musical history.

He also accepted the Grammys for Best Música Urbana Album and won Best Global Music Performance for “EoO.”

In total, Bad Bunny has won six Grammys during his career.

Kehlani has earned her first-ever Grammys.

The 30-year-old part-Latina singer & songwriter took home the Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Song awards for her chart-topping single “Folded.”

FKA Twigs has claimed her first Grammy.

The 38-year-old part-Spanish singer, songwriter, record producer, actor and dancer won in the Best Dance/Electronic Album category for Eusexua.

Gustavo Dudamel picked up three Grammys.

The 45-year-old Venezuelan conductor won for Best Choral Performance, Best Classical Compendium and Best Contemporary Classical Composition.

Gloria Estefan picked up her fifth career Grammy.

The 68-year-old Cuban singer, songwriter, producer and actress claimed the Grammy for Best Tropical Latin Album for her album Raíces.

Other Latino winners include Natalia Lafourcade (Best Latin Pop Album, Cancionera), CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso (Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album, PAPOTA), Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta & Joey Calveiro (Best Latin Jazz Album: A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole), Carín León (Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano), Palabra De To’s – Seca) and Caetano Veloso And Maria Bethânia (Best Global Music Album, Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo)

Here’s the full list of this year’s Grammy winners:

Record of The Year: “luther” – Kendrick Lamar With SZA
Album of The Year: DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS — Bad Bunny
Song of the Year: “WILDFLOWER” – Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
Best New Artist: Olivia Dean
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Cirkut
Songwriter of The Year, Non-Classical: Amy Allen
Best Pop Solo Performance: “Messy” — Lola Young
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Defying Gravity” — Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
Best Pop Vocal Album: MAYHEM — Lady Gaga
Best Dance/Electronic Recording: “End Of Summer” — Tame Impala
Best Dance Pop Recording: “Abracadabra” — Lady Gaga
Best Dance/Electronic Album: EUSEXUA — FKA twigs
Best Remixed Recording: “Abracadabra – Gesaffelstein Remix” — Gesaffelstein, remixer (Lady Gaga, Gesaffelstein)
Best Rock Performance: “Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back To The Beginning” — YUNGBLUD Featuring Nuno Bettencourt, Frank Bello, Adam Wakeman, II
Best Metal Performance: “BIRDS” — Turnstile
Best Rock Song: “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” — Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, songwriters (Nine Inch Nails)
Best Rock Album: NEVER ENOUGH — Turnstile
Best Alternative Music Performance: “Alone” — The Cure
Best Alternative Music Album: Songs Of A Lost World — The Cure
Best R&B Performance: “Folded” — Kehlani
Best Traditional R&B Performance: “VIBES DON’T LIE” — Leon Thomas
Best R&B Song: “Folded” — Darius Dixson, Andre Harris, Donovan Knight, Don Mills, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes & Dawit Kamal Wilson, songwriters (Kehlani)
Best Progressive R&B Album: BLOOM — Durand Bernarr
Best R&B Album: MUTT — Leon Thomas
Best Rap Performance: “Chains & Whips” — Clipse, Pusha T & Malice Featuring Kendrick Lamar & Pharrell Williams
Best Melodic Rap Performance: “luther” — Kendrick Lamar With SZA
Best Rap Song: “tv off” — Jack Antonoff, Larry Jayy, Kendrick Lamar, Dijon McFarlane, Sean Momberger, Mark Anthony Spears & Kamasi Washington, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar Featuring Lefty Gunplay)
Best Rap Album: GNX — Kendrick Lamar
Best Spoken Word Poetry Album: Words For Days Vol. 1 — Mad Skillz
Best Jazz Performance: “Windows – Live” — Chick Corea, Christian McBride & Brian Blade
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Portrait — Samara Joy
Best Jazz Instrumental Album: Southern Nights — Sullivan Fortner Featuring Peter Washington & Marcus Gilmore
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Without Further Ado, Vol 1 — Christian McBride Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album: A Tribute to Benny Moré and Nat King Cole — Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta & Joey Calveiro
Best Alternative Jazz Album: LIVE-ACTION — Nate Smith
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: A Matter Of Time — Laufey
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Brightside — ARKAI
Best Musical Theater Album: Buena Vista Social Club, Marco Paguia, Dean Sharenow & David Yazbek, producers (Original Broadway Cast)
Best Country Solo Performance: “Bad As I Used To Be” (from F1 The Movie) — Chris Stapleton
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: “Amen” — Shaboozey & Jelly Roll
Best Country Song: “Bitin’ List” — Tyler Childers, songwriter (Tyler Childers)
Best Traditional Country Album: Ain’t In It For My Health — Zach Top
Best Contemporary Country Album: Beautifully Broken — Jelly Roll
Best American Roots Performance: “Beautiful Strangers” — Mavis Staples
Best Americana Performance: “Godspeed” — Mavis Staples
Best American Roots Song: “Ancient Light” — Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan & Sara Watkins, songwriters (I’m With Her)
Best Americana Album: BIG MONEY — Jon Batiste
Best Bluegrass Album: Highway Prayers — Billy Strings
Best Traditional Blues Album: Ain’t Done With The Blues — Buddy Guy
Best Contemporary Blues Album: Preacher Kids — Robert Randolph
Best Folk Album: Wild And Clear And Blue — I’m With Her
Best Regional Roots Music Album: A Tribute To The King Of Zydeco — (Various Artists)
Best Gospel Performance/Song: “Come Jesus Come” — CeCe Winans Featuring Shirley Caesar
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: “Hard Fought Hallelujah” — Brandon Lake With Jelly Roll; Chris Brown, Jason Bradley Deford, Steven Furtick, Benjamin William Hastings & Brandon Lake, songwriters
Best Gospel Album: Heart Of Mine — Darrel Walls, PJ Morton
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Coritos Vol. 1 — Israel & New Breed
Best Roots Gospel Album: I Will Not Be Moved — Live — The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir
Best Latin Pop Album: Cancionera — Natalia Lafourcade
Best Música Urbana Album: DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS — Bad Bunny
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album: PAPOTA — CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso
Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano): Palabra De To’s – Seca — Carín León
Best Tropical Latin Album: Raíces — Gloria Estefan
Best Global Music Performance: “EoO” — Bad Bunny “Shrini’s Dream” – Live — Shakti
Best African Music Performance: “PUSH 2 START” — Tyla
Best Global Music Album: Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo — Caetano Veloso And Maria Bethânia
Best Reggae Album: BLXXD & FYAH — Keznamdi
Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album: NOMADICA — Carla Patullo Featuring The Scorchio Quartet & Tonality
Best Children’s Music Album: Harmony — FYÜTCH & Aura V
Best Comedy Album: Your Friend, Nate Bargatze — Nate Bargatze
Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording: Meditations: The Reflections Of His Holiness The Dalai Lama — Dalai Lama
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media: Sinners, (Various Artists), Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson & Serena Göransson, compilation producers; Niki Sherrod, music supervisor
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television: Sinners, Ludwig Göransson, composer
Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media: Sword of the Sea — Austin Wintory, composer
Best Song Written For Visual Media: “Golden” — From KPop Demon Hunters, EJAE, Park Hong Jun, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo & Mark Sonnenblick, songwriters (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna, REI AMI)
Best Music Video: “Anxiety” — Doechii , James Mackel, video director; Pablo Feldman, Jolene Mendes & Sophia Sabella, video producers
Best Music Film: Music By John Williams — John Williams, Laurent Bouzereau, video director; Sara Bernstein, Laurent Bouzereau, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Meredith Kaulfers, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Steven Spielberg & Justin Wilkes, video producers
Best Recording Package: Tracks II: The Lost Albums, Meghan Foley & Michelle Holme, art directors (Bruce Springsteen)
Best Album Cover: CHROMAKOPIA, Tyler Okonma, art director (Tyler, The Creator)
Best Album Notes: Miles ’55: The Prestige Recordings Ashley Kahn, album notes writer (Miles Davis)
Best Historical Album: Joni Mitchell Archives – Volume 4: The Asylum Years — 1976-1980, Patrick Milligan & Joni Mitchell, compilation producers; Bernie Grundman, mastering engineer (Joni Mitchell)
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical: That Wasn’t A Dream, Joseph Lorge & Blake Mills, engineers; Patricia Sullivan, mastering engineer (Pino Palladino, Blake Mills)
Best Engineered Album, Classical: Cerrone: Don’t Look Down, Mike Tierney, engineer; Alan Silverman, mastering engineer (Sandbox Percussion)
Producer Of The Year, Classical: Elaine Martone
Best Immersive Audio Album: Immersed, Justin Gray, immersive mix engineer; Michael Romanowski, immersive mastering engineer; Justin Gray, Drew Jurecka & Morten Lindberg, immersive producers (Justin Gray)
Best Instrumental Composition: “First Snow,” Remy Le Boeuf, composer (Nordkraft Big Band, Remy Le Boeuf & Danielle Wertz)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: “Super Mario Praise Break,” Bryan Carter, Charlie Rosen & Matthew Whitaker, arrangers (The 8-Bit Big Band)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: “Big Fish,” Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick, Nate Smith & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (Nate Smith Featuring säje)
Best Orchestral Performance: “Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie,” Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Best Opera Recording: Heggie: Intelligence , Kwamé Ryan, conductor; Jamie Barton, J’Nai Bridges & Janai Brugger; Blanton Alspaugh, producer (Houston Grand Opera; Gene Scheer)
Best Choral Performance: Ortiz: Yanga , Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Grant Gershon, chorus master (Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Master Chorale)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: “Dennehy: Land Of Winter,” Alan Pierson & Alarm Will Sound
Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Shostakovich: The Cello Concertos , Yo-Yo Ma; Andris Nelsons, conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album: Telemann: Ino – Opera Arias For Soprano, Amanda Forsythe, soloist; Robert Mealy, Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, conductors (Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra)
Best Classical Compendium: Ortiz: Yanga,Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer
Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Ortiz: Dzonot, Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Alisa Weilerstein, Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic)

RainNao Earns First-Ever No. 1 on Any Billboard Chart with Bad Bunny-Collab “Perfumito Nuevo”

Posted on December 24, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

It’s a special first for RainNao.

The 31-year-old Puerto Rican singer-songwriter is celebrating her first No. 1 on a Billboard chart as her collaboration with Bad Bunny, “Perfumito Nuevo,” claims the top spot on the Latin Rhythm Airplay chart.

The track rises 4-1 after two weeks in the top 10.

“Perfumito Nuevo” secures the No. 1 spot with the Greatest Gainer honors, after registering 6.3 million audience impressions, up 30%, earned during the tracking period.

Plus, the song flies 21-6 on the overall Latin Airplay chart for its first week in the top 10.

For Benito, the new win adds a 37th top 10 to his ledger, RaiNao scores her first.

Bad Bunny’s “DTMF” Logs 41st Week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs Chart

Posted on December 22, 2025 by Tom Castaneda

Bad Bunny is inching closer to another Latin music record…

After securing his record-extending seventh consecutive win atop Billboard’s year-end top Latin Artist of the year in 2025, the 31-year-old Puerto Rican Grammy-winning superstar is thisclose to another record.

His hit “DTMF” logs its 41st week at No. 1 on the Hot Latin Songs chart dated December 27, tying for the second-most weeks at No. 1 with Enrique Iglesias’ “Bailando” (featuring Descemer Bueno and Gente de Zona), which concluded its 41-week streak atop the chart in February 2015.

The songs trail only Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito” (featuring Justin Bieber), which continues to lead with 56 weeks at No. 1.

The Hot Latin Songs chart launched in 1986.

“DTMF,” the fourth single from Benito’s album Debí Tirar Más Fotos, banks its 41st week at the summit on Hot Latin Songs fueled by 6 million official U.S. streams and 2.6 million in radio airplay audience during the December 12-18 tracking week, as reported by Luminate.

It’s the second song from the album to have achieved the No. 1 slot, following “Nuevayol” (one week in January), which sits at No. 5.

Additionally, two other tracks hold strong on the chart’s top 10: “Baile Inolvidable” at No. 3 and “EOO” at No. 4.

In the 39-year history of the Hot Latin Songs chart, 11 songs have logged 20 or more weeks at No. 1. Among those artists with more than one track achieving the feat are Bad Bunny, J Balvin and Iglesias.

Here are the longest-leading No. 1s on Hot Latin Songs since its inception:

Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Peak Date
56, “Despacito,” Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee, feat. Justin Bieber (Feb. 18, 2017)
41, “DTMF,” Bad Bunny (Jan. 25, 2025)
41, “Bailando,” Enrique Iglesias, feat. Descemer Bueno & Gente de Zona (May 17, 2014)
30, “El Perdón,” Nicky Jam & Enrique Iglesias (March 21, 2015)
27, “Dákiti,” Bad Bunny & Jhayco (Nov. 14, 2020)
26, “Pepas” Farruko (Aug. 28, 2021)
25, “La Tortura,” Shakira, feat. Alejandro Sanz (June 4, 2005)
24, “RITMO (Bad Boys for Life),” Black Eyed Peas & J Balvin (January 4, 2020)
22, “Ginza,” J Balvin (Oct. 17, 2015)
20, “Me Porto Bonito,” Bad Bunny & Chencho Corleone (May 28, 2022)
20, “Te Quiero,” Flex (April 5, 2008)

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