Country Profile: Puerto Rico

Beyond the Bad Bunny residency, reggaetón remains the local engine, but García Vélez points to a widening calendar

Puerto Rico’s year was defined even more singularly: Bad Bunny’s No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí residency at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot, known locally as El Choli. Thirty-one shows between July and September 2025 sold more than 495,000 tickets.

“It represented a historic moment for the island,” says Melanie García Vélez, the venue’s booking manager, who reports an average of 80 events a year. The numbers back that up: according to Billboard‘s annual reports, El Choli…