Anthony Romeo Santos is a Dominican-American artist of bachata. Not only does he sing bachata, but he also sings merengue, hip hop, reggaeton, and r&b, but mainly bachata. Merengue and bachata were originated both from the Dominican Republic. Romeo Santos was born in New York, on July 21, 1981. At age of 13 Romeo opted to stay home and penning his first song unlike other 13 year old that would go out and chase girls. Romeo's idol for batchata was Anthony "El Mayimbo". Later, he joined his church choir with his cousin Henry, which in a few years a couple of friends and them made a group named Aventura. Aventura was a huge success. They sold over 1 million albums and where known for their top hits "Obsession", "La boda", "Ella y yo" "Un beso" "Mi Corazoncito" and a few more. Aventure was also know as k.o.b, meaning king of bachata. In the year of 2010 Aventura broke up and Romeo became a soloist. Romeo today is a producer, composer, and a vocalist. He's had alot of success , and his first album as a solo artist released on the fall of 2011, which was called "Formula". This album includes tracks with Lil' Wayne, Usher, and his idol Anthony "El Mayimbo". Romeo has written, arranged, and produced his bachata tracks by himself. With all that, he has invited selected a-list producer to collaborate the Angelo tracks. This is just the beginning of his wild ride as a soloist.
the king of bachata: aventura
his first album as a soloist
Romeo's concert in Chicago
I choice to blog about this musician because I feel that Romeo Santos is a big part of the Latin history. Not only did he sing bachata songs, but he composed, arranged, and wrote songs himself. He's one of the few people to do that. He' s very talented and most of all he's the main artist of bachata. Even though Aventura is no longer a group I feel that Romeo is still the king of bachata with the great songs he has come up with. I really like his music, its so moving and upbeat. It always makes me want to dance with it and sing along. I wanted to blog about this musician because I wanted to let everyone see the greatness of this artist. Let the world know who he is. I also chose this musician because I really like his music, his music calms me down I guess beacause the way it can relate, and I just love the idea that he compose's his songs.
