Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl — Date, time, and how to watch halftime show
Super Bowl ? More like the Bad Bunny Bowl .
The global star , born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is returning to the Super Bowl halftime show stage on Feb. 8. This time, he's the headliner and will share the spirit of Puerto Rico from the San Francisco Bay Area to the rest of the world.
Bad Bunny and Apple Music shared the official teaser trailer for the highly anticipated Super Bowl LX halftime show set, showing the singer dancing to his song "BAILE INoLVIDABLE" with people from different walks of life. In the caption, the 31-year-old promised, "The world will dance," urging a moment of unity amid the backlash his performance has received from politicians and critics.
As the countdown continues, here's what to know about Bad Bunny's halftime show.
When is Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show?
Bad Bunny will headline Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Sunday, Feb. 8.
What time is Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show?
The 2026 Super Bowl will kick off Feb. 8 at 6:30 p.m. ET.
Bad Bunny's performance will start at halftime following the game's second quarter.
For Bad Bunny
, every album, every tour and every day is a new opportunity to reach new career heights.
In November 2025, the Puerto Rican reggaeton superstar kicked off his 24-date DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS world tour
with back-to-back nights in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Then, in December, her performed more shows in Mexico City before kicking off the new year in Santiago, Chile, and then making a quit pit stop back in the states to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show in February.
Scroll through to see some of the best moments from Benito's world tour, which is sponsored in part by Hennessy. In this photo, Bad Bunny performs during the world tour opener at the Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Nov. 21, 2025.
Why is Bad Bunny's Super Bowl set historic?
The 2026 Super Bowl is expected to be another history-making moment for Bad Bunny − and perhaps a first for the NFL, too − as the "Tití Me Preguntó" singer is poised to be the first halftime show headlining act to perform solely in Spanish.
He will also be the first male Latino artist to headline a halftime show and the first Latino artist to headline a Super Bowl halftime show solo. In 2020, Shakira and Jennifer Lopez co-headlined the Super Bowl halftime show.
Has Bad Bunny performed at the Super Bowl before?
Yes, Bad Bunny and J Balvin were surprise appearances at Super Bowl LIV in Miami in 2020, when Shakira and Jennifer Lopez co-headlined.
Why are people unhappy about the Super Bowl halftime show headliner?
While the reggaeton star's massive fanbase is thrilled to see their idol make history, the announcement also prompted backlash from many, including President Donald Trump .
In October, Trump told NewsMax's Greg Kelly that he had "never heard" of Bad Bunny, adding, "I don't know why they're doing it, it's, like, crazy." Most recently, Trump told The New York Post in an interview published on Jan. 24 that he wasn't pleased with Bad Bunny as the headliner or with the recently announced addition of Green Day.
"I'm anti-them. I think it's a terrible choice. All it does is sow hatred. Terrible," Trump told the Post.
Both artists have been vocal critics of the president.
Conservative critics of the NFL's pick have also argued that Bad Bunny, who sings and raps almost exclusively in Spanish, cannot broadly appeal to U.S. audiences and take issue with his public criticism of Trump and Immigration and Customs Enforcement .
Bad Bunny accepts the album of the year award for "DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS" onstage during the 68th Grammy Awards on Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles
(Emma McIntyre, Getty Images for The Recording Academy)"What I'm feeling goes beyond myself," Bad Bunny said in a statement shortly after he was announced as the headliner in September. "It's for those who came before me and ran countless yards so I could come in and score a touchdown… this is for my people, my culture, and our history."
What will Bad Bunny play at the Super Bowl halftime show?
Fans won't know until the halftime show which songs Bad Bunny will include in his set list, and he hasn't given any indication of what songs he will include.
However, fans can likely expect to hear tracks off his latest Grammy-nominated project, "DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS." For starters, Bad Bunny might for sure perform "Baile Inolvidable" after it was included in the teaser trailer.
How popular is Bad Bunny?
Bad Bunny was Spotify's most-streamed artist from 2020 to 2022 and again in 2025, with a loyal band of 27 million listeners and 60 million streams on the app daily. According to statistics Spotify shared exclusively with USA TODAY, it would take someone over 1,200 centuries of nonstop music to listen to all the Bad Bunny streams from 2025 back-to-back.
In January 2025, he became the first Latin artist to ever achieve 100 career entries on the Billboard Hot 100. He has a total of three wins at the Grammy Awards and 17 wins at the Latin Grammy Awards.
Who are the past Super Bowl performers?
Since 2001
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2025: Kendrick Lamar with special guest SZA
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2024: Usher with special guests Alicia Keys, Jermaine Dupri, H.E.R., will.i.am, Lil Jon, Ludacris
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2023: Rihanna
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2022: Eminem , Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar and Mary J. Blige
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2021: The Weeknd
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2020: Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny, J Balvin, Emme Muniz
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2019: Maroon 5, Travis Scott, Big Boi
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2018: Justin Timberlake, The Tennessee Kids
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2017: Lady Gaga
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2016: Coldplay, Beyoncé , Bruno Mars
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2015: Katy Perry, Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliott
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2014: Bruno Mars, Red Hot Chili Peppers
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2013: Beyoncé
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2012: Madonna
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2011: The Black Eyed Peas, Usher, Slash
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2010: The Who
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2009: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
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2008: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
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2007: Prince and the Florida A&M marching band
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2006: The Rolling Stones
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2005: Paul McCartney
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2004: Janet Jackson, Kid Rock, P. Diddy, Nelly and Justin Timberlake
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2003: Shania Twain, No Doubt and Sting
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2002: U2
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2001: "The Kings of Rock and Pop" featuring Aerosmith, 'N'Sync, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige and Nelly
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