Anthony Santos, professionally known 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 world-renowned 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 regarded as the king of Bachata.
In 1993, Santos formed the Dominican music group Aventura in New York. Their song "Obsesión," written by him and part of 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 number 10 and remained on the charts for several months.
Since 2011, Romeo began his solo career. He has released 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 records, such as the tropical soloist with the highest sales, the tropical soloist with the most weeks at number one on the Billboard charts, and the tropical album with the most years at number one on Billboard's year-end charts.
The fourth record was thanks to his song "Propuesta indecente," which earned the distinction of having the most consecutive weeks on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. The song remained on that chart for 125 consecutive weeks, from August 10, 2013, to December 26, 2015.
In April 2019, "Aullando," a song he performed with Puerto Ricans Wisin and Yandel, from their album "Campeones del Pueblo," achieved Triple Platinum and Gold status in Mexico. The song's author is the Cuban Descemer Bueno.
Among her 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 featuring a clip of Celia Cruz along with the group he was a member of, the Fania All-Stars. He wrote, "This serves as an example that our Latin music has been breaking barriers for decades, even in non-Spanish-speaking markets. Here is our queen Celia Cruz in Africa, alongside the Fania All Stars."
In the cinema, Santos was the voice of Early in Angry Birds in 2016 and made a cameo in Fast and Furious 7 in 2015.
