Anthony Santos, artistically 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 globally 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 that derives from blues, jazz, and gospel). He is regarded as the king of bachata.
In 1993, Santos founded the Dominican music group Aventura in New York. Their song "Obsesión," written by him and featured 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 number 10 and remained on the charts for several months.
Since 2011, Romeo has embarked on 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 accolades, including four Guinness records, such as the tropical solo artist with the most sales, the tropical solo artist with the most years 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 achieved thanks to his song "Propuesta indecente," which earned the title for the most consecutive weeks on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart. The song remained on the chart for 125 consecutive weeks, from August 10, 2013, to December 26, 2015.
In April 2019, "Aullando," a song performed in collaboration with Puerto Ricans Wisin and Yandel, which is part of their album "Campeones del Pueblo," achieved Triple Platinum and Gold status in Mexico. The songwriter is the Cuban Descemer Bueno.
Some of their most popular collaborations include "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 alongside the group he was a member of, the Fania All-Stars. He wrote, "This serves as an example that our Latin music has been transcending barriers for decades, even in non-Spanish-speaking markets. Here is our queen Celia Cruz in Africa, alongside the Fania All-Stars."
In cinema, Santos lent his voice to Early in Angry Birds in 2016 and made a cameo in Fast and Furious 7 in 2015.
