Anthony Romeo Santos  was born in the Bronx, New York on July 21st, 1981 from a Dominican father and a Puerto Rican mother. At age 13 he started writing his first songs unlike other boys of his age. His idol growing up was Antony "El Mayimbo". Antony was a Dominican batchata artist, that came in the early 1990's. He is currently the most paid arist from the Dominican Republic to sing bachata songs.  At age 12, Romeo joined a choir in his church and later made a group of his own with his family relatives including his cousin, Henry. This group was named Aventura.

          
              The Bronx                                                  

the orange part is The Bronx.

Aventura was a bachata band group from the Bronx, New York. Aventura was formed in 1994 by 4 memebers which where, Lenny Santos, Max Santos, Henry Santos, and of course Romeo Santos. Over the past years they sold over 1 million albums. Their biggest break up was in 1999, and came back together. This group was known across the country as K.O.B. (king of bachata) Each memeber in the group had their own role, Romeo's role was composer, main lead singer, and the song writer. A few  years later they broke up, leaving 6 studio albums and 3 live albums. This band group is legendary and will always be King Of Bachata. Thanks to this success, it helped Romeo become a solist and sell his first album "formula". Today Romeo is one of the top bachata artist to be listened besides Prince Royce.

                   


 Romeo in his early career.