Toby Love is an American singer and songwriter.
/ref> Love is known for performing a style of bachata music that combines traditional and urban singing and production.

Background

Toby Love was born in

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to Puerto Rican parents, his mother later remarried to a Dominican man, which eventually led to Toby Love's exposure to the genre of music known as Bachata. He started working with Aventura (band), Aventura as a back-up singer.Toby Love Coming to Los Angeles To Promote His New Album
/ref> His voice was featured in 2 songs, I Believe and Gone in the album We Broke The Rules beginning a solo career with his 2006 LP, ''Toby Love (album), Toby Love'', released on Sony Records. In 2008, he received four nominations to the Billboard Latin Music Awards for songs included in his debut album. Love won awards for two categories, Tropical Airplay Song of the Year, and Latin Rap / Hip Hop Album of the Year. Love embarked on his solo career. Living in the same neighborhood as the group, he became close friends with the member "Max Santos, Mikey", who later asked Love to join. Toby Love is recognized as the artist that made the subgenre of crunkchata popular. As the result of having recorded half of his debut album in Miami, Love became a fan of crunk music, and incorporated it into his bachata music. Love produces the majority of the music used in his albums, along with co-producer Eddie Perez.

Personal life

In addition to living in New York, Toby Love also spends his time between homes in Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and New Jersey. Love hopes to begin working as an actor, in addition to his career as a musician.

Discography

Studio albums *''Toby Love (album), Toby Love'' (Sony BMG, 2006) *''Love Is Back (Toby Love album), Love Is Back'' (Sony BMG, 2008) *''La Voz De La Juventud'' (Sony Music, 2011) *''Amor Total'' (Top Stop Music, 2013) *''Bachata Nation'' (Elegant Records, 2016) Compilation albums *''Mis Favoritas'' (Sony Music, 2012)

Singles

Featurings

*Tito El Bambino : La Busco *Alexis & Fido - Soy Igual Que Tu *Chosen Few Movement - Grind It Up (featuring Toby Love & Lumidee) *Omega y su Mambo Violento, Omega - Tu No Ta Pa Mi (Remix) *Magic Juan (Reggaeton Musician), Magic Juan - La Otra Noche *Aventura (band), Aventura - I Believe (Yo Creo) & Gone *Javi G - Por Qué? (Toby Love y Mikey) *Tony CJ - Mi Primer Amor (Salsa Version) *Fanny Lú - Y Si te Digo (Bachata, 2007) *R.K.M & Ken-Y - Tengo un Amor (2006)

References

External links

Toby Love
on Myspace * {{DEFAULTSORT:Love, Toby Aventura (band) members Living people Entertainers from the Bronx American bachata musicians Singers from New York (state) American musicians of Puerto Rican descent American male singers Sony Music Latin artists Top Stop Music artists Latin music songwriters Year of birth missing (living people) Bachata singers