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Will Bad Bunny Get Paid for the Super Bowl Halftime Show? What to Know
Bad Bunny, Spotify's most-streamed artist of 2025 with 19.8 billion streams, headlines the politically charged Super Bowl LX halftime show amid pre-show controversy.
- On Feb. 8, Bad Bunny will headline Super Bowl LX's Halftime Show at Levi's Stadium, drawing attention as he criticizes Trump and introduces politics into the event.
- Historically, early halftimes featured field-filling ensembles like Up with People, a song-and-dance ensemble that headlined its first Super Bowl halftime in 1976 and ended its run after 1986.
- With well over 100 million viewers, Super Bowl Halftime Show reaches a global audience, and Spotify's 19.8 billion streams made Bad Bunny the most-streamed artist in 2025.
- Reaction-first: President Donald Trump criticized the NFL's pick, calling it 'a terrible choice,' and announced he will skip the game, while Turning Point USA promised rival 'The All-American Halftime Show' in response.
- Unclear how these events will shape Feb. 8, as the Super Bowl remains a cultural juggernaut while tensions rise after the Department of Homeland Security's Jan. 24 shooting of Alex Pretti.
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