Marco Antonio Muñiz, the full name of Marc Anthony, is a singer, actor, music producer, and television producer from the United States 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 the record label RMM Records, with whom he recorded his debut studio album Otra Nota in 1993. This album, marking his first salsa record, reached second place on the Billboard Tropical Albums chart and peaked 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 more than 35 years, which continues to yield successes and has led him to record and share stages with prominent Latin musicians without giving up on salsa, the genre in which he feels most comfortable and for which he is internationally renowned. He has released over 20 albums, and many of his singles have consistently held top positions on charts around the world. He has won several Lo Nuestro Awards and was also 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 the Cuban artist Polo Montañés in his album "3.0". Polo had 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 interpretation 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, and distribution divisions, as well as a talent agency. With 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, as announced by Marc himself on his social media. In 2016, Gente de Zona revealed that it was Marc Anthony who proposed 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 have recorded successful songs with the singer such as La Gozadera in 2015 and Traidora in 2016, maintain a professional relationship with the artist. 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 and produced by Magnus, also joined.
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 Victor Jr. and Victor Victor Mesa. Recently, this list has been joined by the Cuban prospects Dyan Yamel Jorge and Yoelkis Céspedes.
In September 2020, Anthony confirmed through his social media that he was working on new music.
