For Switched On Pop’s end of year coverage, we just have one superlative: who won 2022? The answer, of course, is Bad Bunny. This year alone, the prolific Puerto Rican artist has topped charts worldwide, became Spotify’s most streamed artist globally, and his record Un Verano Sin Ti has obtained many accolades including being the first Spanish-language album nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammys.

The record itself serves as a textbook to the sounds of Latin America: over the course of 23 songs, we’re introduced to bachata, dembow, cumbia, merengue, bomba, and of course, reggaeton. This episode, alongside LA Times journalist Suzy Exposito, we unpack Un Verano Sin Ti and why the album is so important, both for Bad Bunny and the Latin diaspora.

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Songs Discussed:

Bad Bunny – Callaita
Bad Bunny – Diles
Cardi B, Bad Bunny, J Balvin – I Like It
N.O.R.E., Daddy Yankee, Nina Sky, Gemstar, Big Mato – Oye Mi Canto
Ruben Blades – Plástico
Bad Bunny – Después de la Playa
Bad Bunny – Tití Me Preguntó
Bad Bunny – El Apagón
Héctor Lavoe, Fania All Stars – Mi Gente - Live
Omega – Si Te Vas
Aventura, Don Omar – Ella Y Yo
Nando Boom – Ellos Benia Dem Bow
Daddy Yankee – Gasolina
El General – Tu Pun Pun
Shabba Ranks – Dem Bow
El Alfa, CJ, Chael Produciendo, El Cherry Scom – La Mamá de la Mamá
Bad Bunny – Me Fui de Vacaciones
Bad Bunny, Bomba Estéreo – Ojitos Lindos
Stan Getz, João Gilberto, Astrud Gilberto – The Girl From Ipanema
Bad Bunny – Si Veo a Tu Mamá

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