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 the record label RMM Records, with which he recorded his debut studio album Otra Nota in 1993. In addition to being his first salsa album, it reached second place on the Billboard Tropical Albums chart and reached 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 forged a prolific career spanning over 35 years, which continues to yield successes and has led him to record and share stages with prominent Latin musicians while remaining true to salsa, the genre in which he feels most at home and for which he is globally renowned. He has released more than 20 albums, and many of his singles have consistently topped charts around the world. He is the recipient of several Lo Nuestro Awards and was recognized in 2014 with the Award for Excellence 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 that he portrayed.
In 2013, he covered the song "Flor pálida" by Cuban artist Polo Montañés on his album "3.0." Polo 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. 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 they make 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 collaborated with the singer on successful tracks like La Gozadera in 2015 and Traidora in 2016, maintain a professional relationship with him. 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 also joined the label. Chocolate MC claimed to have signed with the company for a CD featuring 10 songs produced by Motiff and 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 joined this list.
In September 2020, Anthony confirmed through his social media that he was preparing new music.
