Bad Bunny Breaks Spotify Record With New Album Reaching One Billion Streams in a Week

Celebrity | By Michael Torres | March 29, 2026

Bad Bunny has shattered yet another streaming record, with his sixth studio album "Viento" surpassing one billion streams on Spotify in just seven days — the fastest any album has reached that milestone on the platform. The achievement surpasses the previous record held by Taylor Swift's "Midnights," which reached the mark in nine days upon its 2022 release.

The 32-year-old Puerto Rican artist, born Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, released "Viento" on March 22 to near-universal critical acclaim. The 18-track album blends reggaeton, dembow, and Latin jazz with experimental electronic production, and features collaborations with Rosalia, Tyler the Creator, and legendary salsa singer Marc Anthony. Critics have called it his most mature and sonically adventurous work to date.

"Viento" has also dominated the Billboard 200, debuting at number one with 485,000 album-equivalent units in its first week — the largest debut of 2026 so far and the biggest for a Spanish-language album in history. The album's lead single, "Tormenta," has been inescapable on social media, spawning a TikTok dance challenge that has generated over 12 million user videos.

Bad Bunny celebrated the milestone with a heartfelt post in Spanish on Instagram, thanking his fans and his homeland. "Todo esto es para Puerto Rico," he wrote. "Everything I do is to show the world that our music, our culture, our language is limitless." He is currently preparing for a massive world tour that will kick off in San Juan in May, with dates spanning 62 cities across four continents through the end of the year.