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Thursday 10 November 2022
Latin star Bad Bunny tops Apple Music Awards after huge 2022

By MARK KENNEDY Sheeran, Harry Styles, Jack
AP Entertainment Writer Harlow, Lil Nas X and Lizzo
NEW YORK (AP) — Last for Artist of the Year hon-
year, the top Apple Music ors at the MTV Awards.
Awards went to three art- He leads the Nov. 17 Latin
ists — Olivia Rodrigo, H.E.R Grammy nominations list
and The Weeknd. This year, with 10 nods – including
there’s only one — Bad album of the year and re-
Bunny. cord of the year for the
The music streaming giant single “Ojitos Lindos,” fea-
on Wednesday crowned turing Bomba Estéreo.
the Puerto Rican reggae- He scored Spotify major
ton superstar its Artist of the wins in such 2020 top cat-
Year, thanks in large part egories as Artist of the Year
to his latest album, “Un and most-streamed male
Verano Sin Ti,” which be- artist.
came Apple Music’s most Bad Bunny had the year’s
streamed album of 2022 top-seller and the first all-
and its biggest Latin album Spanish language to debut
of all time. at No. 1 on the Billboard
“We’re thrilled to celebrate 200 album chart.
the unmatched achieve- This year, he also became
ments of Bad Bunny, whose the only artist in history
influence on every corner to put on two separate
of culture could not be $100-million tours in less
ignored in 2022,” Oliver than 12 months with his “El
Schusser, Apple’s vice pres- Último Tour Del Mundo”
ident of Apple Music and Bad Bunny speaks at the Sony Pictures Entertainment presentation at CinemaCon 2022 in Las and “World’s Hottest Tour.”
Beats, said in a statement. Vegas on April 25, 2022. The Puerto Rican superstar was named Artist of the Year, thanks to his Last year at the Apple Mu-
Bad Bunny has amassed latest album, “Un Verano Sin Ti,” becoming Apple Music’s most streamed album of 2022 and the sic Awards, Rodrigo was
biggest Latin album of all time.
quite a few first on Apple Associated Press named Breakthrough Art-
Music, including having his ist of the Year, her “Sour”
“Moscow Mule” hold the by a single Latin artist, and through a process that re- tinues to evolve, growing was named Best Album of
record for the biggest Latin his songs have reached No. flects both Apple Music’s larger to encompass global the Year and her “drivers
song of all time by first-day 1 on the Daily Top 100 in editorial perspective and music patterns. license” was Song of the
streams worldwide. 34 countries worldwide — what customers around The latest accolade caps Year. H.E.R. was Songwriter
He logged 22 songs on the more than any other Latin the world are listening to quite a year for Bad Bunny. of the Year and The Week-
global Daily Top 100 list, artist. the most. He won a Grammy for Best nd was named Global Art-
breaking the record for The music service said an- The Apple Music Awards, Música Urbana Album in ist of the Year.q
most simultaneous entries nual winners are chosen now in its fourth year, con- 2022 and beat Drake, Ed

Jeff Cook, co-founder of country band Alabama, dies at 73

By MARK KENNEDY AP En- of the Country Music Hall 1985. He stopped touring
tertainment Writer of Fame and Museum, with Alabama in 2018.
NEW YORK (AP) — Guitarist added: “Everything he did Cook released a handful
Jeff Cook, who co-found- was rooted in his deep love of solo projects and toured
ed the country group Ala- of music, a love he shared with his Allstar Goodtime
bama and steered them with millions.” Band. He also released
up the charts with such hits As a guitarist, fiddle play- collaborations with Charlie
as “Song of the South” and er and vocalist, Cook — Daniels and “Star Trek” star
“Dixieland Delight,” has alongside cousins Randy William Shatner. He entered
died. He was 73. Owen and Teddy Gen- the Country Music Hall of
Cook had Parkinson’s dis- try — landed eight No. 1 Fame in 2005 as a member
ease and disclosed his di- songs on the country charts of Alabama.
agnosis in 2017. He died between spring 1980 and A song he co-wrote in
Tuesday at his home in Des- summer 1982, according 2015, “No Bad Days,” took
tin, Florida, said Don Murry to the Country Music Hall on new meaning after
Grubbs, a representative of Fame. That run includ- his diagnosis. “After I got
for the band. ed the pop crossover hits the Parkinson’s diagnosis,
Tributes poured in from “Love In The First Degree” people would quote the
country stars, including Tra- and “Feels So Right,” as song to me and say, ‘No
vis Tritt who called Cook “a well as “Tennessee River” bad days,’” Cook told The
great guy and one hecku- and “Mountain Music.” Tennessean in 2019. “They
va bass fisherman,” and Ja- The band had a three-year write me letters, notes and
son Aldean, who tweeted: run as CMA Entertainer of emails and they sign ‘No
“ I got a chance to perform the Year from 1982-1985 Bad Days.’ I know the sup- Guitarist and fiddle player Jeff Cook from the band Alabama
with him multiple times over and earned five ACM port is there.” appears on stage at the concert "Sing me Back Home: The
the years and I will never Award Entertainer of the Survivors include his wife, Music of Merle Haggard" in Nashville, Tenn., on April 6, 2017.
forget it.” Kyle Young, CEO Year trophies from 1981- Lisa.q Associated Press.