Summer 2022 was filled with plenty of música.
Spotify released its 2022 Songs of Summer lists Wednesday, which show the top 20 songs listeners had on repeat between May 29 and Aug. 29, both in the U.S. and globally.
And Spanish-language music came out on top. Ten of the 20 most streamed summer songs globally were in Spanish, and six of the most streamed summer songs in the U.S. follow suit.
While Harry Styles’ “As It Was” came out on top as the most streamed song this summer globally, Bad Bunny had the top Spanish song on the list with “Me Porto Bonito” featuring Chencho Corleone at No. 3. Bad Bunny had a total of seven songs on the list from his latest “Un Verano Sin Ti” album.
“Me Porto Bonito” is also the Song of the Summer in 14 Latin American countries including Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Peru, and the Dominican Republic, according to a Spotify news release.
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More artists leading this summer of music in Spanish include Colombian stars Karol G and Shakira, and Puerto Rican reggaeton artists Rauw Alejandro and Jhay Cortez, who each had songs that charted on Spotify’s global summer list.
In the U.S., Bad Bunny, Corleone, Alejandro and Bomba Estéro also had some of the highest-streaming songs this summer.
Bad Bunny’s dominance on these lists shouldn’t come as a surprise. The “Un Verano Sin Ti” emcee has been the most streamed artist on Spotify for the past two years, Spotify trend host Lea Palmieri previously told USA TODAY.
The streaming world isn’t the only arena Bad Bunny has been thriving in. Bad Bunny recently added starring alongside Brad Pitt in “Bullet Train” to his resume and was tapped as the first Latino actor to headline a Marvel action movie in “El Muerto” (out in 2024).
The Puerto Rican rapper took home artist of the year at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards Sunday, becoming the first non English-language artist to clinch the prize. (USAToday)
