Global reggaeton star Bad Bunny, whose latest album is a tribute and a dive into his Puerto Rican roots, announced Monday a 21-date residency on his native island, including the first nine concerts reserved for the local population.
The announcement came eight days after the release of the artist’s sixth album, “Debi Tirar Mas Fotos”, which immediately climbed to first place in the streaming listening ranking of the reference site Billboard.
The most listened to artist in the world on the Spotify platform in 2020, 2021 and 2022, Bad Bunny succeeded in 2023 in placing a record in Spanish for the first time, “Un verano sin ti”, among those nominated in the best category. albums at the Grammy Awards, the American music industry awards.
He defined his latest album as the most “Puerto Rican” of all, full of traditional sounds and collaborations with artists from the Caribbean island (RaiNao, Omar Courtz), and where calls for the independence of this connected territory emerge. in the United States.
The 21 concerts will take place over several weekends starting July 11, at the “Coliseo” in San Juan, the island’s capital, a hall with a capacity of 18,000 spectators.
The residency, entitled “No me quiero ir de aqui” (“I don’t want to leave here”, in French), will begin with nine concerts “exclusively reserved for the inhabitants of Puerto Rico”, indicates a press release from the artist.
published on January 14 at 1:07 a.m., AFP
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