Marco Antonio Muñiz, whose full name is 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 his career in 1991 as a hip hop singer with the duo Little Louie & Marc Anthony. Shortly after, he signed with the record label RMM Records, with whom he recorded his debut studio album Otra Nota in 1993. This album, which was his first salsa record, reached second place on the Billboard Tropical Albums chart and came in 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 charted on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs list.
Since then, the singer has built a prolific career spanning over 35 years, continuing to achieve success and collaborating with prominent Latin musicians while remaining devoted to salsa, the genre in which he feels most comfortable and for which he is globally renowned. He has recorded more than 20 albums, and many of his singles have consistently topped charts worldwide. He is a recipient of several Lo Nuestro awards and was recognized in 2014 with the Excellence Award for his 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 played.
In 2013, he covered the song "Flor pálida" by Cuban artist Polo Montañés on his album "3.0". Polo had originally composed 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, based in Miami, alongside Michel Vega. This company includes a record label, management, publishing, marketing, distribution divisions, and a talent agency. With this record 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, as announced by Marc himself on his social media. In 2016, Gente de Zona revealed that it was Marc Anthony himself who proposed that they create a version of "La Macarena" with the original authors, which led them to record the version with Los del Río.
Not only the duo Gente de Zona, who have recorded successful songs like La Gozadera in 2015 and Traidora in 2016, maintain a professional relationship with the singer, but also Leoni Torres, the author of Traidora, who signed with Magnus in 2016. In 2019, the popular Cuban artist Erik Alejandro Iglesias, known as Cimafunk, and the controversial reggaeton artist Chocolate MC also signed with the company, with the latter stating that he signed for it with a CD of 10 songs featuring Motiff and produced by Magnus.
On their part, Magnus Sport's first signing 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 working on new music.
