Anthony "Romeo" Santos (born July 21, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actor who is best known as the frontman and lead vocalist of the

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group Aventura. In 2002, the song " Obsesión" reached number one in Italy for 16 consecutive weeks. He released several albums with Aventura before the group broke up. Since then, Santos has embarked on a solo career which has spawned seven number one songs on the

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chart and seventeen number ones on the Tropical Songs chart. Over his career, he sold over 40 million albums and over 100 million singles.

Early life

Santos was born in 1981 in

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, New York City to a Dominican father and a Puerto Rican mother. He had a humble upbringing, with his father, who worked in construction, under-paid but earning enough for his family with his mother staying at home taking care of them. Santos began his career by singing in a church choir at a young age. Romeo was exposed to Latin genres of music at a young age due to his parents.

Musical Influences

Romeo was inspired by many exponents of music to compose his songs, among them are:

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, within his genre are: Juan Luis Guerra and

Anthony Santos Anthony "Romeo" Santos (born July 21, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actor who is best known as the frontman and lead vocalist of the bachata group Aventura. In 2002, the song " Obsesión" reached number one in It ...

. Romeo Santos started in music when he was a teen. At first, he wasn't concentrating on bachata until one day his father bought an

cassette. Romeo saw the cassette and noticed that the artist had the same name as him. He played the cassette and immediately fell in love with his music. Thus, inspiring him to become a bachata singer.

Music career

Aventura

Romeo was the lead singer, songwriter and co-producer of Aventura. Aventura was formed in 1994 by Anthony "Romeo" Santos, his cousin

Henry Santos Henry Santos Jeter (born Henry Santos on December 15, 1979) is a Dominican singer, songwriter, and producer. Best known for his tenure as a singer and songwriter in the bachata group Aventura. He made his debut as a solo artist in 2011. Early ...

"Hustle Hard", and friends

Lenny Santos Lenny Santos a.k.a. Len Melody (born October 24, 1979) is an American guitarist, composer, producer and entrepreneur. He rose to global fame as the co-founder of the bachata group Aventura where he served as producer, lead guitarist, vocalist, co ...

"Len Melody", and

Max Santos Max "Mikey" Santos (born January 30, 1982), known professionally as Max Agende, is an American bass guitarist, musical arranger and rapper. He rose to global fame as the co-founder of the bachata group Aventura. Max is considered a bass guitar ...

"Mikey a.k.a Max Agende". They were originally called Los Tinellers. In 1998 they signed with Premium Latin Music and were rebranded as Aventura. Aventura released their debut album in 1999 with the hopes of bringing bachata into the mainstream from its traditional base and fuse it with hip hop and R&B. In 2002, the song, " Obsesión" achieved huge success in many countries, topping many international charts in France, Germany and Italy. Aventura released five studio albums in a decade, spawning many top 10 hits like internationally famous "Obsesión", "Cuando Volverás", "Un Beso", :Amor de Madre", "Los Infieles", "El Perdedor", "Por Un Segundo", "Dile Al Amor", and many others. In 2009, Aventura was invited to perform for the 44th President of the United States

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at the

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. In 2011 Aventura separated. According to Romeo, the group was "on pause to do individual projects". Romeo, along Lenny, Mikey and Henry (Aventura) reunited to close out the second night of Romeo Santos' sold-out Yankee Stadium concerts on July 12, 2014. It was announced on December 1, 2015, that Aventura would have a set of concerts for the last time as a group for the whole month of February at the United Palace Theater in New York City. Their first concert since their split started with a sold-out crowd on February 4, 2016, with the final concert ending on February 28, 2016. On December 8, 2019, Romeo Santos posted a video saying that Aventura is going on tour around the United States in 2020 called Gira Inmortal. They would eventually go on tour until the Covid-19 pandemic forced them to cancel. In 2021, they continued the tour as a stadium tour in which they performed in 4 stadiums in the United States and 1 stadium in the Dominican Republic.

Solo

In April 2011, after his success as a songwriter and the lead singer for Aventura, Romeo announced he was leaving the band to pursue a solo career. Romeo Santos signed with Sony records on April 7, 2011.

Formula Volume 1 and The King Stays King: Sold Out at Madison Square Garden (2011-2013)

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On May 9, 2011, he released the debut single and his first single off his debut album ''

Formula, Vol. 1 ''Formula, Vol. 1'' is the debut studio album by American singer Romeo Santos, released on November 8, 2011 by Sony Music Latin. It is Santos's first album as a solo artist following the break-up of American bachata group Aventura, of which he ...

'', called " You". The song went to number one on the

and Tropical Songs charts. The second single "

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", featured a collaboration with R&B singer

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. As with the previous single, "

" topped the

and Tropical Songs charts. He released his debut album

on November 8, 2011. The album featured collaborations with

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, Mario Domm from the trio Camila, Tomatito,

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and George Lopez. It also featured

legends Antony "El Mayimbe" Santos, Luis Vargas, Raulin Rodriguez as they united for the song "Debate De 4" ("Debate Of 4"). In February 2012, he sold out

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's famous

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three nights in a row on the 11th, 23rd, and 24th of that month. The first night kicked off

The King Stays King The King Stays King (also known as Formula, Vol. 1 Tour) was a worldwide concert tour by American singer Romeo Santos. The tour was a promotion for his debut solo album, ''Formula, Vol. 1''. On December 13, 2011, Santos announced that he would b ...

tour which was the tour of his first solo album. On August 20, 2012, a live version of the song Llévame Contigo was released as a single to promote Santos' first live album as a solo artist. On November 6, 2012, Santos' released '' The King Stays King: Sold Out at Madison Square Garden''. It is a CD and DVD based on the three nights at MSG. This is his first live album and concert film as a solo artist. The live album peaked at number 65 on the Billboard 200 and at 1 Billboard Top Latin and

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Albums charts. In December 2012, He sold out twice in a row at the

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on the 15th and 22th of that month. Santos made history selling out two nights at a stadium with a capacity of over 50,000 for concerts. This was the end of the 2012 portion of the tour. In February 2013. He started the 2013 portion of the tour with two nights at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in

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on the 14th and 15th of that month. The tour would continue until July of 2013.

Formula Volume 2 (2013-2016)

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On July 30 2013, he released the first single off his second album, "

Propuesta Indecente "Propuesta Indecente" ("Indecent Proposal") is a bachata song by American singer Romeo Santos from his second studio album '' Formula, Vol. 2''. The song mixes the sound of Dominican bachata and Argentinean tango. The music video was filmed in A ...

". It peaked at number 1 on the

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. It received a Lo Nuestro Award for Tropical Song of the Year in 2014. As of 2021, is the second best-performing Latin song of all-time on the chart. It lasted on the chart for 125 weeks in which it 4 of those it was positioned at number 1. It also peaked at number 1 on the

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and

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charts. The music video for this single reach over 1 billion views on

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. As of 2022, it has over 1.9 billion views. On January 28, 2014, second single, Odio, was released. It featured Canadian rapper

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. It peaked at #1 on the

chart and lasted 13 weeks on that position. It also peaked at number 1 on the

and

charts. This song was the first time Drake sang in Spanish. His second album, '' Formula, Vol. 2'', was released on February 25, 2014. It featured collaborations with

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, Tego Calderón, and

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. ''Formula, Vol. 2'' became the best-selling Latin album of 2014. In 2020, the album was awarded Billboard Top Latin Album of the decade at the 2020 Billboard Latin Music Awards. In July 2014, he sold out an entire double-header show at

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on the 11th and 12th of that month. Santos was the first Latin artist to headline at the stadium. The Fania All-Stars last did so, one block south at the

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on August 24, 1973. This show featured a special Aventura reunion to close out one of the nights. In July 2015, he sold out three nights at the

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on the 10th, 11th, and 12th of that month. The tour would continue until August of 2016.

Golden (2017-2018)

On February 10, 2017, He released the song "

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". It is the lead single for his third studio album '' Golden''. Santos partnered with

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to design the art cover for the single. It debut at number 2 on the

chart and lasted 13 weeks on that position. It also debut at number 1 on the

Latin Airplay Chart It also debut at number 1 Tropical Airplay chart and lasted 8 weeks on that position. The music video was released 4 days later on Valentine's Day 2018. It was shot in

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. It featured American actress

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, who voiced

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in Disney's 2014 film '' Big Hero 6''. On June 23, 2017, He released his second, "

Imitadora "Imitadora" is a song by American singer Romeo Santos. The song was written by Philip (Taj) L. Jackson and Romeo Santos, and conducted by Carlos Dalmasí, with production handled by Vinylz, Romeo Santos, Allen Ritter and Frank Dukes. It was releas ...

". It peaked at number 5 on the

chart. It also peaked at number 1 on the

Latin Airplay Charts, which lasted four weeks on that position, and on the Tropical Airplay chart, which lasted 10 weeks on that position. The music video was released on July 18, 2017. It was directed by Carlos Pérez and won Best Bachata Video at the Videoclip Awards 2018. He released his third studio album titled '' Golden'' on July 21, 2017. It featured collaborations with

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, Juan Luis Guerra,

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and Jessie Reyez. This was his first studio album to not be part of the Formula series. It was nominated for Best Latin Album in the Billboard Music Awards 2018. In February 2018, Santos would kick off the

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, which was the tour for '' Golden'', the same way he did for

tour in 2012. He once again sold out

's famous

three nights in a row on the 15th, 16th, and 17th of that month. The tour would end in February of 2019 with two nights at

's José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum on the 8th and 9th of that month.

Utopía and Live from MetLife Stadium (2019-2021)

0n April 5, 2019, he released his fourth studio album '' Utopía'' where he united with pioneers and legends of traditional modern bachata. El Chaval De La Bachata,

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, Raulin Rodriguez, Elvis Martinez, Kiko Rodriguez, Teodoro Reyes, Joe Veras, Zacarias Ferreira, Luis Vargas, Monchy & Alexandra, and Anthony "El Mayimbe" Santos all participated in the album to show that unification within bachata is possible. The band Aventura, as a group, released an official song within this album titled " Inmortal". It was released as the lead single for the album. On the

charts it peaked at 95 on the

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, at number 5 on

, and at number 1 on both

and

Airplays. Later on, the other songs from the album all got music videos with the exception of the song "Bellas". On September 21, 2019, Romeo Santos sold out

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making him the first Latin artist to do so. The concert was based on the album '' Utopía''. It featured almost every bachata artist from the album, including the other members of Aventura. Not only did each artist sang the songs from the album, but also got to sing one or two of their greatest hits. This concert celebrated the history of bachata. In the same year, Santos decided to do a tour around Dominican Republic during November and December. These shows were free to watch and went to different towns and cities. On June 25, 2021, a film based on the Metlife concert premiered on

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and then on

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on July 30, 2021. On August 20, 2021, he released a live version of the song " Inmortal". It's from the film and became a single for Santos' second live album titled '' Utopía Live from MetLife Stadium''. The live album was released on September 10, 2021. It was named after the concert film released earlier that year.

Formula Volume 3 (2022)

On February 8, 2022, Romeo Santos announced that he would release a new album. It was first rumored, but then confirmed by Santos himself through YouTube and social media. It will be part of the Formula series as this album is titled ''

Formula, Vol. 3 ''Formula, Vol. 3'' is the fifth studio album by American singer Romeo Santos, released on September 1, 2022, by Sony Music Latin. It is the third installment of Santos' ''Formula'' trilogy following ''Formula, Vol. 1 (2011)'' and ''Formula, Vo ...

''. Fans expected the third volume to have been his third studio album. However, his third studio album ended up being titled '' Golden'' and then '' Utopía'' for his fourth. After those two albums, fans never thought Fórmula would get a trilogy, until now. Its first single,

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was released on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2022. On July 22, 2022, Santos performed on NBC's

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as part of the

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Summer Concert Series. He said that he is planning to release the album on September 1, 2022, which is on his first born son's birthday. He did not confirm that it would be the official released date, but he said he was working on it. On August 15th, 2022, he posted a teaser and confirmed that the official release date was going to be on the date he had mention at the concert series. On September 1, 2022, ''

'' was released. It was released along with the music video for the single " Sin Fin" which featured American singer Justin Timberlake. His fans were confused when on that day at midnight the album wasn't available at that moment. Later on in the morning, Santos announced on social media that the album would be released at 11pm, which was 23 hours after the expected release time. The album featured collaborations with Justin Timberlake,

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veteran Luis Miguel Del Amargue,

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, Chris Lebron, Lapiz Conciente, and

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. It also featured merengue legends

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, Rubby Pérez, Toño Rosario, Ramon Orlando as they united for the song "15,000 Noches" ("15,000 Nights"). Santos included his manager Johnny Marines,

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guitarist ChiChi and producer MateTraxx for a skit which featured a special character. He also included his 3 sons in the intro along with Williams. Santos mentioned that one of the reasons this album is his most personal one is because of his 3 sons being involved in it.

Concert films and documentary

On November 6, 2012, '' The King Stays King: Sold Out at Madison Square Garden'' was released on DVD by

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. This is Santos' first concert film as a solo artist. It was based on his 3 night performance at Madison Square Garden in February of 2012. It is currently available on

as ''Romeo Santos: The King Stays King – Live at Madison Square Garden''. It featured performances by

, Luis Vargas,

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, Tomatito,

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, and

. It included behind the scenes footage and clips of Santos talking about a few topics involving his life and career. On June 25, 2021, ''Romeo Santos: Utopía Live from MetLife Stadium'' was released as a PPV event, based on the September 2019 concert in New York that featured guests Cardi B,

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and more. Concurrently, a documentary on Santos premiered on the same day titled '' Romeo Santos: King of Bachata'' which traced the history of Bachata, and showed Santos travelling to the Dominican Republic with

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. To promote the documentary, HBO built an elaborate pop-up promotion in Washington Heights, NYC in the form of a bodega, called House of Bachata, with free haircuts, Presidente beer, and karaoke parties honoring Santos. At its center was a PORTL "hologram" device in which Santos appeared in lifelike, lifesized, volumetric 4K to interact with fans. On July 30, 2021, both films were released on

Acting career

His first film appearance was on the 2007 Dominican film "Sanky Panky" as himself alongside his fellow band members from Aventura performing live at Altos de Chavón in the Dominican Republic. Romeo Santos made his Hollywood debut in the film ''

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'', released April 2015, alongside

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, and

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. He was nervous about acting in ''Furious 7'' but the cast made him feel welcomed. Santos was also the voice of the cartoon character Early Bird in the 2016 film ''

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''. He sang "Quiero Ser Tu Amigo", a song about friendship, on an episode of ''

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'' in 2013.

Discography

*''

'' (2011) *'' Formula, Vol. 2'' (2014) *'' Golden'' (2017) *'' Utopía'' (2019) *''

'' (2022)

Tours

(2012–2013) * Fórmula, Vol. 2 Tour (2014–2016) *

(2018–2019) * Utopía Tour (2019) * Fórmula, Vol. 3 La Gira (2023)

Filmography

Live concerts

*'' The King Stays King: Sold Out at Madison Square Garden'' (2012) *'' Utopía Live from MetLife Stadium'' (2021)

Documentary

* '' Romeo Santos: King of Bachata'' (2021)

Movies

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Santos, Romeo 1981 births Living people American bachata musicians American male singer-songwriters American people of Puerto Rican descent American musicians of Puerto Rican descent African-American male singers American singers of Dominican Republic descent Aventura (band) members Musicians from the Bronx Hispanic and Latino American musicians Latin music songwriters RCA Records artists Singers from New York City Sony Music Latin artists Spanish-language singers of the United States 21st-century American singers African-American songwriters Puerto Rican people of Dominican Republic descent Singer-songwriters from New York (state) Latin music record producers Bachata singers