Key Takeaways:

• Bad Bunny’s Billboard win highlights his unmatched affect throughout Latin genres and world pop.
• Rita Moreno offered the award which symbolizes a generational bridge in Puerto Rican excellence.
• With 11 wins out of 27 nominations, Bad Bunny’s dominance in Latin music stays unmatched.

The Super Bowl isn’t till February 2026, however Bad Bunny is already successful massive in 2025. The Puerto Rican famous person simply scored the “Best Artist of the twenty first Century” award on the Latin Billboard Awards.

On Thursday (Oct. 23), the legendary actress Rita Moreno, a fellow Puerto Rican, offered the award to Benito on the James L. Knight Center in Downtown Miami.

“For me, it’s an honor to receive this award from your hands. I respect you and admire you so much,” mentioned Bad Bunny to Moreno after accepting his award (as translated from Spanish by music/music-news/bad-bunny-rita-moreno-2025-latin-billboard-music-awards-1236408986/”>The Hollywood Reporter). “Every time I hear other artists speak as you did of me, it tells me that doing things from a good place and with your heart, it’s always the best decision.”

And that was simply one in every of his trophies. At the tip of the night time, Bad Bunny cleaned up with 11 Latin Billboard Awards — out of a historic 27 nominations.

The night was a transparent indicator of Bad Bunny’s dominance within the Latin music world. Some of his different wins included “Top Latin Album of the Year” for Debí Tirar Más Fotos and “Artist of the Year.” In the “Global 200 Latin Song of the Year” class — out of the 5 nominees, he had three songs; “Baile Inolvidable,” “DTMF,” and “Nuevayol.” But, he truly misplaced in that class to Karol G for “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido.”

Bad Bunny additionally gained “Hot Latin Song of the Year” for “DTMF” — a class the place he was nominated for 4 of the 5 entries. As for the forthcoming, much-discussed Super Bowl 2026 halftime efficiency, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell not too long ago doubled down in assist of the choice to have Bad Bunny headline.

“It’s rigorously thought by way of,” said Goodell at a press convention, dismissing notions of a alternative act. “I’m unsure we have ever chosen an artist the place we did not have some blowback or criticism. It’s fairly arduous to do when you might have actually a whole bunch of tens of millions of individuals which can be watching.”