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New Media Victory: Kid Rock [and Cody Johnson] Tops Bad Bunny on iTunes Chart After Halftime Show Face-Off
Brietbert ^ | 2/9/2026 | Warner Todd Huston

Posted on 02/10/2026 5:50:54 PM PST by Republican Wildcat

New Media Victory: Kid Rock Tops Bad Bunny on iTunes Chart After Halftime Show Face-Off 5,507 WICHITA, KANSAS - APRIL 18: Kid Rock performs in concert at Intrust Bank Arena on April 18Gary Miller; Chris Graythen/Getty Images Warner Todd Huston9 Feb 20262,486 2:31 On the day after TPUSA’s “All America Halftime Show,” Kid Rock has zoomed to the #1 spot on iTunes with his rendition of “‘Til You Can’t,” knocking Bad Bunny out of the top spot despite the Puerto Rican rapper’s appearance as the star of the NFL’s Super Bowl Halftime Show.

As February 9 dawned, Kid Rock’s version of “‘Til You Can’t” began rising in the iTunes chart closely followed by the original version of the song released by country singer Cody Johnson. By the afternoon, the two songs had pushed Bad Bunny’s song, “DtMF,” to third place.

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Another performer from the TPUSA show has also been climbing the iTunes chart. By the late afternoon, country singer Gabby Barrett’s “The Good Ones” had soared to number four, pushing another Bad Bunny song, “Tití Me Preguntó,” to the fifth spot.

Not only that, but at the time this story was published, Barrett’s “I Hope” had taken the sixth spot on the iTunes chart.

Meanwhile, Bad Bunny’s “NUEVAYoL,” had fallen to the eighth slot on the list.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: badbunny; buttbunny; codyjohnson; gabbybarrett; halftime; halftimeshow; kidrock; prancingfag; superbowl; tilyoucant; tpusa; turningpoint; turningpointusa

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I'd go with the Cody Johnson original myself:

Cody Johnson - 'Til You Can't (Official Music Video)

1 posted on 02/10/2026 5:50:54 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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Given there are unfortunately some people on here posting the Leftist talking points that “only 6 million” total people watched the TPUSA show live, I’ll repeat this from another thread:

6 of us where I was were watching it over the air broadcast with an antenna. We would not have counted in any “streaming” numbers and we also weren’t a “Nielsen Family” that day to count in any ratings.

Large family or friend gatherings that watched it would have only counted as “1” view if they used the streaming services. Same issue if a number of restaurants and other establishments that showed the TPUSA show on using stream had like 20, 30, 40, 50 or more people present and watching, that would count as only one “live view” in the streaming count...and it was shown in a lot of restaurants and establishments across the country, as well as in homes with large gatherings of friends and family. And some of them could have also possibly been using cable, satellite, or even antenna broadcasts to show it which would not come up as a “view” count anywhere.

It had about 6 million live views on TPUSA’s official YouTube channel alone. So those claiming “it had only 6 million viewers” are obviously incorrect, as that does not count the multiple other YouTube accounts also live streaming it, the live streams on multiple other video platforms and multiple accounts such as on X, Rumble, Facebook. Also streamed on multiple paid and unpaid subscription services such as Daily Wire, OAN, NTD, and NND. Also carried on multiple over the air / cable / satellite channels such as TBN, CHARGE!, and RAV.

Given the multiple diverse methods to be able to view it, some that can be measured directly and others not, and also not knowing how many people were behind each individual “view”, I don’t know how you could get an accurate measure. But it is safe to say it was substantially more than 6 million, since a single source had that many live views alone, and even a substantial number of those “views” on that source alone were more than one person.


2 posted on 02/10/2026 5:54:23 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat

That is a seriously low bar.

I do not know a single person who knew who the BadBunny was before he was “Selected”

and I know a lot of diverse people.

I will admit that the diverse people I know are almost all above 30


3 posted on 02/10/2026 5:58:54 PM PST by algore
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Let me repost this expert without the gibberish - sorry about that. I should have noticed the “coding” for the pics showed up in the text:

New Media Victory: Kid Rock Tops Bad Bunny on iTunes Chart After Halftime Show Face-Off

On the day after TPUSA’s “All America Halftime Show,” Kid Rock has zoomed to the #1 spot on iTunes with his rendition of “‘Til You Can’t,” knocking Bad Bunny out of the top spot despite the Puerto Rican rapper’s appearance as the star of the NFL’s Super Bowl Halftime Show.

As February 9 dawned, Kid Rock’s version of “‘Til You Can’t” began rising in the iTunes chart closely followed by the original version of the song released by country singer Cody Johnson. By the afternoon, the two songs had pushed Bad Bunny’s song, “DtMF,” to third place.

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Another performer from the TPUSA show has also been climbing the iTunes chart. By the late afternoon, country singer Gabby Barrett’s “The Good Ones” had soared to number four, pushing another Bad Bunny song, “Tití Me Preguntó,” to the fifth spot.

Not only that, but at the time this story was published, Barrett’s “I Hope” had taken the sixth spot on the iTunes chart.

Meanwhile, Bad Bunny’s “NUEVAYoL,” had fallen to the eighth slot on the list.

full article: https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/02/09/new-media-victory-kid-rock-tops-bad-bunny-on-itunes-chart-after-halftime-show-face-off/


4 posted on 02/10/2026 6:01:29 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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*excerpt*, not “expert” *sigh* LOL


5 posted on 02/10/2026 6:02:11 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat

Now this actually talented guy in a bad Bad bunny costume,
his real name Leo Moracchioli

would have been 99 and 44/100% better

https://youtu.be/yNENVZFHutQ


6 posted on 02/10/2026 6:04:53 PM PST by algore
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To: Republican Wildcat

the only reason bad butty has any ratings is because all the kids think it’s cool to align with a ‘rebel’- if they weren’t so brain dead, bad butty wouldn’t have a chance against real artists


7 posted on 02/10/2026 6:06:16 PM PST by Bob434 (NYWAYS)
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To: Republican Wildcat

The TPUSA show was pretty lame though.

Almost as lame as imbeciles who watch the Stupor Bowl and think they’re serving humanity by clicking away to some honky schlock during halftime, when they should have shunned the NFL altogether years ago.

It’s been anti-American and antichrist trash for years now.


8 posted on 02/10/2026 6:08:15 PM PST by AAABEST (That time Washington DC became a corrupted, existential threat to us all...)
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To: Bob434

Agreed.


9 posted on 02/10/2026 6:12:56 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: algore

It is at least somewhat significant given Apple was the top promoter of Bad Bunny for the halftime show and the TPUSA show artists (and related music) overtook him...and the songs aren’t even new songs.


10 posted on 02/10/2026 6:38:49 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat

its a little hilarious that we now consider singing about strippers and hoes as family friendly. It’s all relative I guess lol


11 posted on 02/11/2026 2:46:14 AM PST by Katya (ultra skeptic)
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