Anthony Santos, known artistically as Romeo Santos, is an American singer-songwriter of Puerto Rican (father) and Dominican (mother) descent, born on July 21, 1981, in the Bronx, New York.
Santos is internationally known for his interpretation of Dominican bachata, which he has fused with other rhythms such as hip hop and rhythm and blues (an American genre stemming from blues, jazz, and gospel). He is considered the king of Bachata.
In 1993, Santos formed the Dominican music group Aventura in New York. Their song "Obsesión," written by him and appearing on the 2002 album "We Broke the Rules," reached the top of the charts in countries like Italy, where it held the number one position for 16 consecutive weeks. In America and the United States, it also reached the 10th position and remained on the charts for several months.
Since 2011, Romeo began his solo career. He has recorded four studio albums under the record label Sony Music Latin. The first three, Fórmula: Vol. 1 (2012), Fórmula: Vol. 2 (2014), and Golden (2017) have earned him numerous awards and recognitions, including four Guinness World Records, such as the solo tropical artist with the most sales, the solo tropical artist with the most years at number one on the Billboard charts, and the tropical album with the most years at number one on the year-end Billboard charts.
The fourth record was thanks to his song "Propuesta Indecente," which earned him the most consecutive weeks on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. The song spent 125 consecutive weeks on the chart, from August 10, 2013, to December 26, 2015.
In April 2019, the song "Aullando," performed with Puerto Ricans Wisin and Yandel and featured on the album "Campeones del Pueblo" by the latter two artists, achieved Triple Platinum and Gold status in Mexico. The song was written by the Cuban artist Descemer Bueno.
Among his most popular collaborations are, Ella y yo with Don Omar, Frío, Frío with Juan Luis Guerra, Yo también with Marc Anthony, Hey Ma with Pitbull and Britney Spears, Margarita with Carlos Santana, Loco with Enrique Iglesias, and more recently La mejor versión de mi with Natti Natasha, among others.
In 2019, Santos shared a video on his Instagram profile of a fragment of Celia Cruz with the band she was a member of, the Fania All-Stars. He wrote: "This serves as an example that our Latin music has been surpassing barriers for decades, even in non-Spanish-speaking markets. Here is our queen Celia Cruz in Africa, with the Fania All Stars."
In 2016, Santos was the voice of Early for Angry Birds at the Santos cinema and made a cameo in Fast and Furious 7 in 2015.
