Harry Styles, Bad Bunny, BLACKPINK rocked NYC in 2022

The New York music scene of 2022 has been heavily tuned by the chart-topping stars.

A concert residency rocked Madison Square Garden, and a high-profile tour hit New York. New York continues to emerge from his COVID-19 pandemic that has shut down entertainment for much of the past two years.

Concert-goers flocked to sold-out shows at places like Yankee Stadium and the Prudential Center, proving that audiences were ready for the return of live music.

Here are some of the artists who attracted attention in New York this year.

harry styles

Styles, who just released their album Harry’s House in May, made MSG their home with 15 concerts in August and September.

Fans clad in feathers and sparkles repeatedly packed the world’s most famous arenas as Styles serenaded him with mostly solo hits.

The garden concert helped highlight an important year for Styles. Styles’ new album topped the charts worldwide and the single ‘As It Was’ set a British artist record for his 15th consecutive week at number one in the US.

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bad bunny

Two sold-out shows at Yankee Stadium this summer made it another good year for the home run-hitting Bad Bunny.

The buzzing Bronx gigs attracted over 100,000 combined attendees, spurring the biggest tour of 2022. According to Billboard, this reggaeton his rapper has grossed his $373.5 million in 65 concerts, leading all artists.

The Puerto Rican superstar’s latest album, Un Verano Sin Ti, topped the U.S. charts after its release in May and became the first Spanish-language project to be nominated for a Grammy for Album of the Year. produced the popular single “Tití Me Preguntó”. and “Me Porto Bonito”.

black pink

BLACKPINK’s hot year saw their sophomore album ‘Born Pink’ topping the charts and their world tour garnering massive demand on all fronts.

K-pop’s top girl group debuted at the U.S. awards show at August’s MTV VMAs at Newark’s Prudential Center with a rousing performance of Taylor Swift’s sing-and-dance hit “Pink Venom.” showed a performance.

BLACKPINK then returned to the Prudential Center for two sold-out shows in November. .

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Lizzo also dazzled the Prudential Center with her VMA performance and over 20,000 fans at back-to-back MSG concerts in October.

One of those Manhattan shows included a viral moment in which Lizzo FaceTimed an ex-boyfriend in the audience and called him out in front of a crowd.

This year, Lizzo released a No. 1 single with “About Damn Time” and a Top 5 album with “Special.” At the 2023 Grammy Awards, she was nominated for five categories, including the top three categories.

Billy Joel

Piano Man certainly brought the audience back to their New York state of mind.

After resuming his monthly MSG residency late last year, Joel continued to sell out concerts throughout 2022 and was perhaps the biggest symbol of New York’s entertainment return to normal.

Since Joel’s residency began in 2014, he’s now played 85 shows and announced a gig at the Garden each month through June.

Joel told the Daily News last year:

“We’ve traveled all over the world and I think Garden has the best atmosphere for sound. And it’s always exciting.”

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Taylor Swift

The 11-time Grammy Award winner didn’t tour in 2022, but she still managed to resonate with New Yorkers.

Swift’s screening of “All to Well: The Short Film” was a highlight of the Tribeca Festival in June. Swift gave a surprise performance following his talk about the projects he wrote, directed, produced and starred in.

“I always vaguely thought [film directing] It’s something other people have done, and I was around it and in my head was like, ‘Oh, I love that they did that. said at the event.

She’s poised to return to this list next year with three MetLife Stadium concerts on her upcoming ‘The Eras Tour’ which has garnered unprecedented ticket demand.