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, which was his first salsa record, reached number two 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 ranked on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart.
Since then, the singer has built a prolific career spanning over 35 years, which continues to yield success and has led him to record and share stages with prominent Latin musicians, all while remaining true to salsa, the genre in which he feels most comfortable and for which he is globally recognized. 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 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 the 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, together with Michel Vega. This 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 four years, which was announced by Marc himself on his social media. In 2016, Gente de Zona admitted that it was Marc Anthony who proposed making La Macarena with the original creators, 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, but Leoni Torres, the author of Traidora, 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 the company, with Chocolate MC claiming to have signed for a CD of 10 songs featuring Motiff and produced by Magnus.
On its part, the first signing of Magnus Sport was the Cuban player Aroldis Chapman, and their roster also includes the 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 in the process of preparing new music.
