Bad Bunny makes history at the 2023 Grammys with his album “A Summer Without You”

Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny he will seek to consecrate his career internationally with the award for best album of the year, one of the main categories of the 65th edition of the Grammys and to which he had never been nominated.

The album “Un verano sin ti” has given Benito Ocasio Martínez, better known as Bad Bunny, the chance to return through the front door to the Grammys, having achieved three nominations, among which are also the best sections. urban music album and best pop solo performance for the song “Moscow Mule”.

The reggaeton singer, who for the first time has been chosen for a non-Latin nomination, will compete against Beyoncéone of the strongest contenders in the industry, since this Tuesday she was proclaimed as the artist most times selected in the history of the Recording Academy with 88 nominations, only equaled by rapper Jay Z, her husband.

In addition, she will face the British Adele, a fifteen-time gramophone winner in a sixteen-year career and who also returned to the music scene with a studio album, an intimate record called “30″.

The other candidates for best album are the British Harry Styles (“Harry’s House), the Swedish group ABBA (“Voyage”), the rapper Mary J. Blige (“Good Morning Gorgeous”), the composer Brandi Carlile (“In These Silent Days”), the band Coldplay (“Music of the Spheres”), Kendrick Lamar (“Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers”) and Lizzo (“Special”).

Bad Bunny’s nomination marks another milestone in his successful career, after being listed as the most streamed artist worldwide on the main digital platforms.

However, last year he received the Grammy for best urban music album (a solely Latin category) for the record project “El último tour del mundo” and in 2020 his album “YHLQMDLG” had won him his first Grammy for best Latin album. pop or urban.

Bad Bunny is currently the most nominated artist, with ten nominations, for the Latin Grammys that are delivered this Thursday, November 17, in Las Vegas, United States.