1. Anthony "Romeo" Santos was born on July 21,1981 and is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer who is best known as the frontman and lead vocalist of the bachata group Aventura.
51 Facts About Romeo Santos
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Romeo Santos released several albums with Aventura before the group broke up in 2011.
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Since then, Santos has embarked on a solo career which has included seven number one songs on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart and seventeen number ones on the Tropical Airplay chart.
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Romeo Santos has sold over 24 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling Latin artists ever.
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Romeo Santos was born and raised in the Bronx, New York City, on July 21,1981, to a Dominican father and a Puerto Rican mother.
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Romeo Santos had a humble upbringing, with his father, who worked in construction, being underpaid but being able to make ends meet for his family.
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Romeo Santos's mother was a stay-at-home mom who took care of him and his siblings.
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Romeo Santos attended public school in the Bronx, and Romeo Santos began his career by singing in a church choir at a young age.
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Romeo Santos was exposed to Latin genres of music including salsa, merengue, and bachata, listening to it at a young age because of his parents' love for it.
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Romeo Santos was the lead singer, songwriter and co-producer of Aventura.
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Romeo Santos signed with Sony Music Latin on April 7,2011.
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On May 9,2011, Romeo Santos released his first single off his debut album Formula, Vol.
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On November 6,2012, Romeo Santos' released The King Stays King: Sold Out at Madison Square Garden.
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Romeo Santos made history selling out two nights at a stadium with a capacity of over 50,000 for concerts.
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Romeo Santos started the 2013 portion of the tour with two nights at the Jose Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico on the 14th and 15th of that month.
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Romeo Santos was the first Latin artist to headline at the stadium.
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On November 6,2014, Romeo Santos would perform for a second time at the White House to co-headline an event in honor Veteran's day for war veterans.
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Romeo Santos would perform the song "Jose", which is a song from Aventura.
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Romeo Santos partnered with Marvel Comics to design the art cover for the single.
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Romeo Santos released his third studio album titled Golden on July 21,2017.
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Romeo Santos sold out New York City's famous Madison Square Garden three nights in a row on the 15th, 16th, and 17th of that month.
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On September 21,2019, Romeo Santos sold out MetLife Stadium making him the first Latin artist to do so.
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On December 8,2019, Romeo Santos posted a video saying that Aventura would go on tour around the United States in 2020 called Gira Inmortal They would eventually tour until the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to cancel.
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On February 8,2022, Romeo Santos announced that he would release a new album.
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On July 22,2022, Romeo Santos performed on NBC's Today as part of the Citi Summer Concert Series.
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Romeo Santos said that he was planning to release the album on September 1,2022, which is on his first born son's birthday.
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Romeo Santos did not confirm at the time that it would be the official released date, but he said he was working on it.
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Romeo Santos's fans were confused when on that day at midnight the album wasn't available.
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Later in the morning, Romeo Santos announced on social media that the album would be released at 11pm, which was 23 hours after the expected release time.
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Romeo Santos included his manager Johnny Marines, requinto guitarist ChiChi, and producer MateTraxx for a skit which featured a special character.
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Romeo Santos included his three sons in the intro along with Williams.
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Romeo Santos mentioned that one of the reasons this album is his most personal one is because of his sons being involved.
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Romeo Santos sold out all both nights in a stadium with a capacity of 35,000 for concerts.
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On June 9,2023, Romeo Santos performed at the home stadium of the New York Mets, Citi Field, in Queens, New York.
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Romeo Santos made history by becoming the first Latin act to sell-out the stadium.
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Romeo Santos performed his greatest hit songs and songs from Aventura as well.
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Romeo Santos ended the show with the songs Sus Huellas and Propuesta Indecente, and with the announcement that he will have a show in October 2023 at the world's most famous arena Madison Square Garden.
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On February 25,2024, Romeo Santos posted a social media story about something that he was going to post the next day.
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At its center was a PORTL "hologram" device in which Romeo Santos appeared in lifelike, lifesized, volumetric 4K to interact with fans.
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In 2011, when Romeo Santos became a solo artist, he created his own style of bachata to separate his own music from the style he did with the group.
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Romeo Santos was inspired by many exponents of music to compose his songs, artists he has admitted having influence of or admiring them includes Shakira, Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, Hector Lavoe, Camilo Sesto, Rocio Durcal, Celia Cruz, Johnny Pacheco, Juan Gabriel, Jose Jose, Manuel Alejandro, Julio Iglesias, Fania All-Stars and particularly within his genre are artists like Anthony Santos, Juan Luis Guerra, Luis Vargas, Raulin Rodriguez, and Frank Reyes.
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Romeo Santos saw the cassette and noticed that the artist had the same name as him.
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Romeo Santos played the cassette and immediately fell in love with his music.
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Romeo Santos sang a song titled "Quiero Ser Tu Amigo".
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Romeo Santos made his Hollywood debut in the film Furious 7, released April 2015, alongside Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, and Paul Walker.
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Romeo Santos was nervous about acting in Furious 7 but the cast made him feel welcome.
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In 2016, Romeo Santos was the voice of the cartoon character Early Bird in the 2016 film The Angry Birds Movie.
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Romeo Santos continued to break records by selling out Madison Square Garden 3 nights in a row in February of both 2011 and 2018, and Chile's Movistar Arena in March 2023.
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Romeo Santos has been the only bachata act to sell-out stadiums like the Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium twice in Santo Domingo in 2012, Yankee Stadium twice in New York City in 2014, MetLife Stadium in New Jersey in 2019, National Stadium in Lima four nights in a row in February 2023, the Hiram Bithorn Stadium twice in Puerto Rico in May 2023 and more.
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Romeo Santos later said he was scared at the time and ran away from the situation.
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Romeo Santos mentioned on social media that his fourth son's heartbeat was heard in the intro of his 2022 album Formula, Vol.