Marco Antonio Muñiz, the full name of Marc Anthony, is an American singer, actor, music producer, and television producer of Puerto Rican descent, born in New York on September 16, 1968.
He began in 1991 as a hip hop singer with the duo Little Louie & Marc Anthony. He then signed with RMM Records, with whom he recorded his debut studio album, Otra Nota, in 1993. This album, his first salsa project, reached second place on the Billboard Tropical Albums chart and landed at number 30 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart. The album produced three singles: "Hasta que te conocí," "Palabras del alma," and "Si tú no te fueras," all of which made it onto the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart.
Since then, the singer has built a prolific career spanning over 35 years, during which he continues to achieve success and has had the opportunity to record and share stages with prominent Latin musicians, all while staying true to salsa—the genre in which he feels most comfortable and for which he is renowned worldwide. He has recorded more than 20 albums, and many of his singles have reached the highest positions on charts across the globe. He is a multiple winner of the Lo Nuestro Awards and was also honored in 2014 with the Excellence Award for his remarkable career as one of the most successful artists in Latin music
In 2006, he made his film debut in "El cantante," based on the life of the controversial Puerto Rican singer Héctor Lavoe, a role he portrayed.
In 2013, he covered the song "Flor pálida" by the Cuban artist Polo Montañés in his album "3.0." Polo had originally written it for his second and final studio album, "Guitarra mía" (2002).
Marc Anthony's version was arranged and produced by American musician Sergio George. Héctor Avilés from Latino Music Cafe described Anthony's rendition as "a great tribute to Polo's original version with his performance."
In 2015, he launched the entertainment company Magnus Media with Michel Vega, based in Miami. The company encompasses a record label, management, publishing, marketing, and distribution divisions, as well as a talent agency. Through this label, the Cuban group Gente de Zona had already been working since 2016, and in September 2021, they renewed their contract for another four years, a decision announced by Marc himself on his social media. In 2016, Gente de Zona revealed that it was Marc Anthony who suggested they collaborate on "La Macarena" with the original authors, leading them to record the version with Los del Río.
Not only the duo Gente de Zona, who recorded successful songs like La Gozadera in 2015 and Traidora in 2016, maintain a professional relationship with the singer. Leoni Torres, the author of Traidora, signed with Magnus in 2016, and in 2019, the popular Cuban singer Erik Alejandro Iglesias, known as Cimafunk, and the controversial reggaeton artist Chocolate MC, who claimed to have signed with the company for a CD of 10 songs with Motiff, also joined the label, produced by Magnus.
On its part, the first signing of Magnus Sport was the Cuban player Aroldis Chapman, and their roster also includes brothers Lourdes Jr. and Yulieski Gurriel, as well as Víctor Jr. and Víctor Víctor Mesa. Recently, Cuban prospects Dyan Yamel Jorge and Yoelkis Céspedes have also joined this list.
In September 2020, Anthony confirmed through his social media that he was preparing new music.
