Birth name Anthony Santos Name Romeo Santos | Instruments Vocals
piano
guitar Genres Bachata
Latin Children Alex Damian Santos | |
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Born July 21, 1981 (age 42)
The Bronx, New York, U.S. ( 1981-07-21 ) Occupation(s) Singer
songwriter
record producer
actor Years active 1995–present
Musical career Labels RCA
Premium Latin
Sony
Jive Role Singer-songwriter · romeosantosonline.com Albums Formula - Vol 2, Formula - Vol 1, The King Stays King: Sold Out Profiles | ||
Music group Aventura (1994 – 2011) | ||
Romeo Santos: "Su Veneno" at Honda Center in Anaheim, California on May 23, 2015
Anthony Santos (born July 21, 1981), known professionally as Romeo Santos, is an American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer and former lead vocalist of the American bachata band Aventura. In 2002, the song "Obsesión" reached number one in Italy for 16 consecutive weeks. After releasing several albums with Aventura, the group went its separate ways. Since then, Romeo has embarked on a solo career which in six years has spawned seven number one songs on the Hot Latin Songs chart and ten number ones on the Tropical Songs chart.
Contents
- Romeo Santos Su Veneno at Honda Center in Anaheim California on May 23 2015
- Imitadora romeo santos
- Early life
- Aventura
- Solo
- Acting career
- Discography
- References
Imitadora romeo santos
Early life
Santos was born in 1981 in The Bronx, New York City, to a Dominican father and a Puerto Rican mother. He had a humble upbringing, with his father working in construction and his mother staying at home to take care of the family.
In the early 1990s, Santos founded with his three cousins Henry, Max and Lenny a group called "Los Tinellers" ("The Teenagers" written phonetically in a Dominican pronunciation). The group released an album called Trampa de Amor, and by the end of the decade, they changed the name of the band to Aventura.
Aventura
Romeo was the main songwriter and producer of Aventura, an American bachata band from The Bronx, New York and the band's lead singer. Aventura was formed in 1997 by Anthony "Romeo" Santos, Henry Santos, Lenny Santos, and Max Santos, all natives of The Bronx, but having families born in the Dominican Republic.
Aventura made their big break in 1999, with the hopes of breaking bachata music into the mainstream from its traditional base and fuse it with pop music; more specifically hip hop and R&B. In 2004, the song, "Obsesión" achieved huge success in many countries, topping many international charts like the France, Germany and Italy. Aventura released five studio albums in a decade, spawning many top 10 hits like internationally famous "Obsesión", but also "Un Beso", "Los Infieles", "El Perdedor", "Por Un Segundo", "Dile Al Amor" and many others.
Aventura separated in 2011. According to Romeo Santos, the group was "on pause to do individual projects". Romeo Santos and former members of 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.
In 2007, he performed a mini recital in the musical program, Saturday Passion. In 2009, he was invited to sing for the 44th President of the United States Barack Obama at the White House. On September 12, 2010, he was presented at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards to deliver a prize.
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. On May 9, he released the first single off his debut album Formula, Vol. 1, called "You". The song went to number one on the Hot Latin Songs and Tropical Songs charts. The second single "Promise", featured a collaboration with R&B singer Usher. As with the previous single, "Promise" topped the Hot Latin Songs and Tropical Songs charts.
In 2012, he sold out New York City's famous Madison Square Garden three nights in a row. The performance was then turned into a CD and DVD package and subsequently released as a live album, The King Stays King: Sold Out at Madison Square Garden.
In 2014, he conquered another New York landmark, Yankee Stadium, selling out an entire double-header show. Those concerts made history for Santos, becoming the first Latin artist to headline at the Stadium. The Fania All-Stars last did so, one block south at the old Yankee Stadium on August 24, 1973.
His sophomore album Formula, Vol. 2 was released on February 25, 2014. Featuring collaborations with Drake, Nicki Minaj, Marc Anthony, Carlos Santana, Tego Calderón, and Kevin Hart. Formula, Vol. 2 became the best-selling Latin album of 2014. He released a new single "Héroe Favorito" in February 2017. He released his new album Golden on July 21, 2017.
Acting career
His first film appearance was on the 2007 Dominican film "Sanky Panky" as himself along side his fellow band members from Aventura performing live at Altos de Chavón in Dominican Republic. Romeo Santos made his Hollywood debut in the film Furious 7, released April 2015, alongside Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, and Paul Walker. 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 The Angry Birds Movie.