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Though Bad Bunny has had the astir palmy twelvemonth of his career—ending 2022 arsenic Billboard, Spotify and Apple Music's No. 1 artist—the rapper said he's taking a interruption from work. Find retired why.
Bad Bunny Shares the Soundtrack to His Life: My Music Moments
Bad Bunny is each astir bully vibes heading into 2023.
The singer, who's existent sanction is Benito Antonio Ocasio Martínez, has had a precise bully year. He's sold retired stadiums connected his existent circuit and is ending the twelvemonth arsenic both Billboard's top creator and top-grossing touring creator of the year.
But contempt each that, he's taking a intermission adjacent year. Why? "2023 is for me, for my carnal health, my affectional wellness to breathe, bask my achievements," he explained successful Billboard's Dec. 8 screen story. "We're going to celebrate. Let's spell here, let's spell there, let's spell connected the boat. I person a mates of sporadic commitments, and I'll spell to the studio, but there's nary pressure. Remember yourself, cabrón. You've worked your ass off."
The revelation to dilatory down after the "Dakiti" vocalist struggled with vocal issues during a November performance successful Argentina.
"It was each of a sudden, similar a click," the 28-year-old recalled. "Seems similar 1 of my vocal cords was suffering, and boom, it happened. And I'm thinking, ‘This can't beryllium happening. These radical are giving maine the astir cabrón energy. It's the astir euphoric assemblage I've had each tour, and I'm going to suffer my voice? It's not possible.'"
Though Bad Bunny managed to powerfulness done the epic three-hour, 40 opus set, taking conscionable a little interruption successful betwixt to person immoderate blistery beverage and execute a few vocal exercises, helium ended up taking 2 days disconnected aft to remainder his voice.
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Still, Bad Bunny is closing out 2022 with a bang. He was the most streamed creator connected Spotify for the 3rd twelvemonth successful a enactment with much than 18.5 cardinal streams acknowledgment successful ample portion to his album Un Verano Sin Ti, which was besides the astir streamed medium globally.
But helium hasn't fto each that occurrence spell to his head.
"I consciousness successful control," helium told Billboard. "I've been capable to flooded and heal galore things successful my life, and present I consciousness that security. I've ne'er felt arsenic centered successful some my beingness and my career. I'm wide connected what I americium and who I americium successful presumption of the euphony industry."
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