The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Starring Bad Bunny & Executive Produced By Roc Nation & JAŸ-Z Wins Seven Emmys
- On Saturday, the Television Academy awarded Bad Bunny's 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show seven Emmy Awards, marking the first Spanish-language halftime show to receive such recognition.
- Creative director Harriet Cuddeford described the 13-minute spectacle as celebrating normal people on the world's biggest stage, transforming a football field into scenes including a bodega and sugar cane field to honor Latino culture.
- Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, known as Bad Bunny, earned a trophy for Best Variety Special while serving as a producer; the production landed nine total nominations, the most-nominated Super Bowl halftime show in Emmy history.
- Also honored at Saturday's ceremony was Mariska Hargitay for her documentary 'My Mom Jayne,' about her mother Jayne Mansfield; the film won for documentary special and directing as Hargitay prepares to host the Primetime Emmy Awards.
- These Creative Arts Emmys honor behind-the-scenes craftspeople ahead of the Primetime Emmy Awards on September 14 in Los Angeles, with an abridged broadcast scheduled September 12 on FXX and streaming on Hulu.
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Bad Bunny Makes Emmys History With Seven Wins For Super Bowl Halftime
For all the noise that surrounded Bad Bunny‘s selection to headline the Super Bowl LX halftime show, the Puerto Rican superstar had a simple message when he took the stage: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love.” On Saturday night, Emmy voters appeared to answer that message with a show of love of […]
The Television Academy rewarded the show which was also recognized in the categories of musical direction, choreography, mixing of sound, lighting design, technical direction/camera work and direction; surpassing the record of the Halftime Show of the Super Bowl of 2022.
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show wins 7 Emmys
The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny picked up seven Emmys at this week’s Creative Arts ceremony, according to Variety, winning music direction, choreography, sound mixing, lighting design, technical direction and camera work, and directing. Jay-Z, one of the show’s executive producers, now has three Emmys to his name. Bad Bunny…
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