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 his career 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, which was his first salsa release, reached second place on the Billboard Tropical Albums chart and climbed to 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 ranked on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart.
Since then, the singer has built a prolific career spanning over 35 years, continuing to achieve success and sharing stages with prominent Latin musicians while remaining true to salsa, the genre in which he feels most comfortable and for which he is known worldwide. He has recorded more than 20 albums, and many of his singles have consistently reached the top positions on charts around the globe. He is a winner 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
En 2006 debuta en el cine con "El cantante" basada en la vida del polémico cantante puertorriqueño Héctor Lavoe, papel que interpreta.
In 2013, he covered the song "Flor pálida" by the Cuban artist Polo Montañés on 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 rated 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, together with Michel Vega. The company includes a record label, management, publishing, marketing, and distribution divisions, as well as 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 4 years, which was announced by Marc himself on his social media. In 2016, Gente de Zona revealed that it was Marc Anthony himself who suggested that they do 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 hits 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 singer Erik Alejandro Iglesias, known as Cimafunk, and the controversial reggaeton artist Chocolate MC also signed with this company, with an album of 10 songs produced by Motiff and 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 been added to this list.
In September 2020, Anthony confirmed through his social media that he was working on new music.
