Tony Santos is a Spanish

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/ R&B singer. His first album in Spain, ''Alma Negra'' (2003), sold over 200,000 copies, and the first three singles from the album ("Actitud", "Sigo Mi Camino" and "Un Hombre Así") reached number one in the Spanish charts. He was a contestant on ''

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''. His first single, "Actitud", was written by Alan Glass (American writer based in the UK), David Brant (best known for producing and writing for

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and

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), and Thomas Jules-Stock, lead singer of the former Parlophone boy band

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. Santos' second album, ''Sexy'', was released in 2006.

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Living people Singers from the Canary Islands Spanish male singers Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) {{Spain-singer-stub