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Bad Bunny is now halfway toward achieving EGOT recognition!
The DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS hitmaker won his first Primetime Emmy on its first night, which took place at Peacock Theatre on Saturday, September 5th.
After dominating the big musicians of Bollywood, Bad Bunny – whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio- won at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards in February of this year.
The Puerto Rican rapper won Outstanding Variety Special (Live) for The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny (NBC.)
For the first time in history, his Super Bowl Halftime Show, where Kim Kardashian and Lewis Hamilton debuted their romance for the first time, earned seven accolades.
How many awards categories won by the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show?
Notably, these seven awards at night one of the 2026 Creative Arts Emmy Awards include, Outstanding Variety Special (Live,) Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special, Outstanding Music Direction, Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming, Outstanding Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Special, Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special, Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Special.
This recognition has also seemingly broken the previous records of Emmy history, as the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, and 50 Cent won Emmys four years ago.
Additionally, Beyoncé's husband, Shawn Carter, also known as Jay-Z, Desiree Perez and Jesse Collins won as executive producers of both shows.
Dave Meyers won as co-executive producer of both shows.
Apart from Bad Bunny, Mariska Hargitay and Sabrina Carpenter are also on the list of top achievers.
The other nominees for similar categories also saw the 83rd Annual Golden Globes (CBS), the 68th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS), the Oscars (ABC) and the 78th Annual Tony Awards (CBS).
Bad Bunny won 2026 Grammys for which music album?
This major career achievement of Bad Bunny came seven months after the rapper – who was previously linked with Kendall Jenner became the first artist to win album of the year at the Grammy Awards for a Spanish-language album.
He won for DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.
