Bad Bunny Wins His First Emmy as Super Bowl Halftime Show Sweeps Creative Arts Emmys

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Bad Bunny Wins His First Emmy Award | Pitchfork Skip to main content Save this story Save this story Bad Bunny is officially an Emmy winner. The special brought home the Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special (Live), becoming only the third halftime show to clinch the category. It also nabbed awards for music direction, choreography, sound mixing, lighting design, technical direction/camerawork, and directing.

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• Jay previously won for his work on Kendrick Lamar 's 2025 performance at Super Bowl LIX, which, until last night, held the record for the most Emmys won by a Super Bowl performance.
• Other notable wins include Sabrina Carpenter, who snagged her first Emmy for her role as a performer and executive producer on The Muppet Show.
• Pulgar's review Bad Bunny's Incredible Super Bowl Halftime Show Planted a New Flag.
• At the Creative Arts Emmys on Saturday night, his Super Bowl LX Halftime Show swept all seven categories it was nominated in, making the Debí Tirar Más Fotos artist's all-American spectacular the...
• (The special secured the statuette for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded), beating out Taylor Swift's The Era's Tour | The Final Show.) The Billy Joel HBO miniseries And So It Goes won in the...

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