The biggest game of the year will feature a performance from one of the biggest artists in the world.
Latin pop megastar Bad Bunny is set to headline the Super Bowl LX halftime show Sunday night in Santa Clara, California, ready to turn the sold-out Levi’s Stadium into one massive dance hall.
The musician has teased a “huge party” that viewers won’t have to learn Spanish to enjoy. Ahead of his highly anticipated performance, here’s a closer look at the man taking music’s biggest stage.
Get To Know Bad Bunny
Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is a 31-year-old singer and rapper from Bayamón, Puerto Rico — and he’s always carried his culture with him.
He arrives in Santa Clara, fresh off winning the Grammy for Album of the Year for his smash hit DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (I Should Have Taken More Photos).
With his sixth Grammy, Bad Bunny made history as the first-ever Spanish-language artist to claim the Recording Academy’s most prestigious award — punctuating a scorching run for Spotify’s most-streamed artist in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2025.
But he didn’t become a global phenomenon overnight.
Back in 2016, Bad Bunny was bagging groceries when breakout tracks like “Diles” and “Soy Peor” began turning heads. He kept making waves in the Latin music scene with his unique blend of trap and reggaeton, before breaking into the U.S. mainstream with a feature on Cardi B’s “I Like It” and a collaboration with Drake on “MIA.”
Then came 2020. The twin releases YHLQMDLG and EL ÚLTIMO TOUR DEL MUNDO didn’t just propel Bad Bunny to superstardom — they solidified his trajectory as a cultural icon. That same year, he joined Shakira and Jennifer Lopez during their halftime performance at Super Bowl LIV, delivering his verse from “I Like It.”
From there, Bad Bunny’s crossover into American pop culture reached new heights. He participated in the 2022 MLB Celebrity All-Star game at Dodger Stadium, where the ovation was so loud that on-field host Stephen Nelson said it rivaled cheers heard at a World Series. Bad Bunny also made a memorable appearance in the Brad Pitt-led action film, Bullet Train.
A year later, the lifelong wrestling fan stepped into the ring, facing Damian Priest in a “San Juan Street Fight” at WWE Backlash in Puerto Rico — complete with one of the most electric entrances in recent memory.
Along the way, Bad Bunny continued padding his resumé with hit releases Un Verano Sin Ti (2022) and nadie sabe lo que va a pasar mańana (2023), which featured some of his most recognizable tracks, including “Tití Me Preguntó” and “MONACO.”
Then, in January 2025, came his most ambitious release yet: DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS. Featuring tracks like “NUEVAYoL,” “BAILE INoLVIDABLE,” and the titular “DtMF,” the Grammy-winning record serves as a genre-blending, multigenerational love letter to Puerto Rican culture and identity.
Now, in a full-circle moment, Bad Bunny will honor that heritage on entertainment’s grandest stage. While he previously joked on Saturday Night Live that viewers would have four months to learn Spanish, he later clarified his real expectation:
“It’s better if they learn to dance.”
Catch Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl LX halftime show on Sunday night, with kickoff set for 6:30 p.m. ET.
