''Utopía'' is the fourth studio album by American singer
Romeo Santos, released on April 5, 2019 by
Sony Music Latin
Sony Music Entertainment US Latin LLC (often referred to as Sony Music Latin) is a record label owned by Sony Music. The label focuses on artists of Latin music.
History
In 1979, CBS Records (now Columbia Records) ended its partnership with C ...
.
This album featured collaborations with some of the greatest artist in the history of
Bachata
Bachata may refer to:
* Bachata (music), a genre of Latin American music
**Traditional bachata, a subgenre of bachata music
* Bachata (dance), a dance style from the Dominican Republic
* Bachatón, a hybrid bachata/reggaeton music style
* "Bachata ...
. It also included the reunion of
Aventura as Romeo along with
Henry,
Lenny, and
Max
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Animals
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* Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE)
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would release their first single as a group in 10 years.
Singles
The album was supported by the successful singles: "
Inmortal" by
Aventura, "
La Demanda" with
Raulín Rodríguez
Raulín Marte Rodríguez (born June 16, 1971) is a bachata artist, one of the first major bachata artists to have international success and popularize this style of music in the Dominican Republic.
Biography
Rodríguez was born in Las Matas de ...
, "
Payasos" with
Frank Reyes
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, "
Canalla" with El Chaval de la Bachata, "
Millonario" with
Elvis Martínez, "
Me Quedo
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" with
Zacarías Ferreira, "
Ileso" with Teodoro Reyes, "
Amor Enterrado" with Joe Veras, "
El Beso Que No Le Di" with Kiko Rodríguez, "
Años Luz" with
Monchy & Alexandra
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and "
Los Últimos" with
Luis Vargas. It features guest appearances on every full length track. Every song has its own music video except for the song "
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". It might be because it is the only track not owned by Romeo as it belongs to
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 I ...
. Romeo was a featured artist, but the song was not his. Also, it was originally released as a single in 2018 for Anthony Santos' twenty-fourth studio album, ''
La Historia De Mi Vida: El Final, Vol. 1''.
Promotion and tour
To promote the album, Santos performed a single concert in the United States at the
MetLife Stadium in
East Rutherford, New Jersey
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U2. It was later announced that Santos would embark on a tour of the Dominican Republic called Utopia: La Gira del Pueblo, with Santos explaining that the tour would visit cities he had not previously performed in. The tour consisted of 15 free concerts in 15 different towns and cities between November and December 2019.
In December 2019, Santos announced a reunion tour with
Aventura called the
Inmortal Tour
Inmortal Tour is a reunion world tour by the bachata group Aventura. The name of the tour references their reunion hit and lead single by the main singer Romeo Santos, " Inmortal". It was their first tour in 10 years since The Last Tour and th ...
. It was the band's first American tour since 2009, when they held their tour in support of The ''
Last
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Commercial performance
The album was a commercial success across the United States, Latin America and Europe.
In the United States, the album debuted atop the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums and Top Tropical Albums charts, becoming Santos' fifth consecutive number-one album on both charts. The album debuted at number eighteen on the
''Billboard'' 200, selling 24,000 units in its first week, making it the biggest first week sales of a Latin album released in 2019. On August 20, 2020, the album was certified five-times platinum (Latin) for moving 300,000 units in the United States.
Track listing
* The intro is a cover of
Fernando Villalona's "Dominicano Soy".
* Tracks 3 to 12 were also written by Joaquin Diaz.
* Tracks 8 and 11 were also written by Phillip L. Jackson
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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2019 albums
Romeo Santos albums
Sony Music Latin albums