''Utopía'' is the fourth studio album by American singer
Romeo Santos
Anthony "Romeo" Santos (born July 21, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer who is best known as the frontman and lead vocalist of the Bachata (music), bachata group Aventura (band), Aventura. In 2002, the song "Obsesión ...
, released on April 5, 2019, by
Sony Music Latin
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History
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This album featured collaborations with some of the greatest artist in the history of
bachata
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** Traditional bachata, a subgenre of bachata music
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. It also included the reunion of
Aventura as Romeo along with
Henry
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,
Lenny, and
Max
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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
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, "
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
Zacarías Ferreira (born 10 October 1968) is a Dominican singer. He is a Bachata artist known worldwide for his hits such as "Es Tan Dificil", "Asesina", "La Mejor de Todas", "Mañana en tu Olvido", "Amiga Veneno", "La Avispa" among others. He is ...
, "
Ileso" with Teodoro Reyes, "
Amor Enterrado" with Joe Veras, "
El Beso Que No Le Di" with Kiko Rodríguez, "
Años Luz" with
Monchy & Alexandra 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. 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
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in
East Rutherford, New Jersey
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in front of 80,000 fans on September 21, 2019. It broke the record for the biggest audience to attend the venue, surpassing
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 was 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 ''
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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 April 2, 2024, the album was certified eleven-times platinum (Latin) for moving 660,000 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