Bad Bunny is 32 as of November 2026. The Puerto Rican artist was born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio on 10 March 1994. His career is often told through the scale of his audiences, but the age timeline reveals how quickly the music changed. Barely six years separated his early breakout with “Diles” from the release of Un Verano Sin Ti.
Quick facts
| Name | Bad Bunny |
|---|---|
| Birthday | 10 March 1994 |
| Profile updated | 11 November 2026 |
Diles and the early collaborations
“Diles” attracted attention in 2016, the year Martínez Ocasio turned twenty-two. Early collaborations gave listeners several ways into his music. Fans following Latin trap heard one side of him, while listeners who arrived through crossover singles encountered a different sound. When his debut solo album X 100PRE arrived in December 2018, he was twenty-four.
Twenty-six at the Billboard 200 milestone
El Último Tour del Mundo reached number one on the US Billboard 200 in 2020. It became the first entirely Spanish-language album to top that chart. The achievement belongs to an album chart, rather than a singles ranking. For an artist already familiar to listeners through individual tracks, it showed the audience for a full project recorded in Spanish.
Un Verano Sin Ti and the records that followed
At twenty-eight Bad Bunny released Un Verano Sin Ti, a sprawling summer record that reached beyond the sound of his early singles. IFPI identified it as the biggest album globally in 2022. Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana followed in 2023, and Debí Tirar Más Fotos arrived in 2025, before his thirty-first birthday. The latter drew particular attention to the musical traditions of Puerto Rico.
Bad Bunny timeline
| 2016 · age 22 | Diles helped establish his name in Latin trap. |
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| December 2018 · age 24 | Released his debut solo album X 100PRE. |
| 2022 · age 28 | Un Verano Sin Ti reached a worldwide audience. |
Why the album titles matter to the timeline
Bad Bunny’s projects give listeners more reliable markers than the year they first heard a particular single. Music continues to circulate long after release. Someone who discovered Un Verano Sin Ti in 2025 heard a record he made public when he was twenty-eight. Someone who heard Debí Tirar Más Fotos as soon as it came out heard him at thirty. The dates place two distinct projects in the same artist’s career and explain why both can appear side by side in a contemporary playlist.
What the global album award measured
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry named Un Verano Sin Ti its Global Album Award winner for 2022. Unlike a weekly US chart position, the award describes recorded music consumption over an entire year across markets. It is therefore possible to give two quite different answers to a question about Bad Bunny’s first major album record. El Último Tour del Mundo broke a language barrier on the Billboard 200. Un Verano Sin Ti finished first in IFPI’s worldwide annual ranking two years later.
IFPI’s global album award announcement
Frequently asked questions
How old is Bad Bunny?
Thirty-two as of November 2026.
What is his birth name?
Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio.
How old was he in the year Diles broke through?
Twenty-two.
Which album led the Billboard 200 in 2020?
El Último Tour del Mundo.
How old was he when Un Verano Sin Ti came out?
Twenty-eight.
