Puerto Rican Academy Recognizes Bad Bunny's Contribution to Spanish

The Puerto Rican Academy of the Spanish Language issued a resolution this Thursday highlighting the work of artist Bad Bunny in the global dissemination of the Spanish language. In this regard, it indicated that the Puerto Rican and Antillean voice of Bad Bunny has reached 'a transcontinental resonance, representing America in its entirety.' The Academy highlighted that the Spanish of Puerto Rico is an essential element in the identity and artistic work of the singer. The institution emphasized in a statement that Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio is currently the most internationally projected popular music performer, and through his career, he has contributed 'significantly to Spanish achieving a notable presence in different corners of the world.' For this reason, the Puerto Rican Academy of the Spanish Language 'resolves to recognize his contribution to the international dissemination of the Spanish language and to highlight his contribution to the projection of the Spanish of Puerto Rico as a sign of personal and collective identity.' In his Super Bowl show, Bad Bunny reclaimed that America is the entire continent, not just the United States, with a display of all the flags of the region, one of the most applauded elements of his show in Latin America and one of the most criticized by the American right. Bad Bunny continues this Friday in Buenos Aires with his 'DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS World Tour', after having toured since November countries such as the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, and Chile. Likewise, the resolution highlighted that Martínez Ocasio's cultural project has helped to 'overcome prejudices towards forms of communication typical of popular, urban, youth, or languages in contact with other languages.' After Argentina, Bad Bunny's next stops are Brazil, Australia, Japan, Spain, Portugal, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, Sweden, Poland, and Italy, before concluding on July 22 in Belgium. His most recent musical production, 'DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS', a tribute to the culture and music of his native Puerto Rico, earned him this month the Grammy Award for Album of the Year, awarded for the first time to a production entirely in Spanish. 'Despite the marked locality of the references and linguistic forms used in his compositions, his message has managed to transcend geographical, national, generational, and ideological boundaries,' pointed out the Academy. Furthermore, it praised the evolution of his artistic proposal for an increasing commitment to fundamental values such as love, freedom, justice, solidarity, and authenticity. Additionally, his Super Bowl halftime show became the fourth most-watched in history, with an average of 128.2 million viewers, according to data from Nielsen, the company that measures television audience in the United States.