Aventura is an American bachata group formed in The Bronx,New York. With the lineup always consisting of the members Romeo Santos,Henry Santos,Lenny Santos,and Max Santos,they are regarded as one of the most influential Latin groups of all time. All of the members are of Dominican descent,although Romeo is also half Puerto Rican on his mother's side. They were the first major bachata act to have originated in the United States instead of the Dominican Republic. The group was integral to the evolution of bachata music and are the pioneers of the modern bachata sound.
Juan Luis Guerra Seijas is a Dominican musician,singer,composer,and record producer. He has sold 15 million records worldwide,making him one of the best-selling Latin music artists. Throughout his career,he has won numerous awards including 24 Latin Grammy Awards,three Grammy Awards,and one Latin Billboard Music Award. He won 3 Latin Grammy Awards in 2010,including Album of the Year. In 2012,he won the Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year.
Monchy &Alexandra were a bachata musical group from the Dominican Republic. They sang together as a duo beginning in 1998. Their first big hit was "Hoja en Blanco (song)",which they released in 1999. Since then,they had many other hits,such as "Hasta El Fin" and "Perdidos",both from their 2004 album Hasta el Fin,as well as "No Es Una Novela" from their 2006 Éxitos y Más album. They have been often credited with being instrumental in popularizing bachata music outside of the Dominican Republic.
Raulín Marte Rodríguez is a Dominican-Mexican bachata artist. He is one of the first major bachata artists to have international success. As a pioneer of the bachata genre,he helped grow the genre's popularity in the 1990s. While traditional bachata songs were often risque and suggestive,Raulín Rodríguez's idealized romantic lyrics widened the appeal of the genre of bachata,helping it get regular radio play. Rodriguez is known as "El Cacique" and is one of the most established musicians to ever come from the Dominican Republic. He has many international hits,including the songs:"Nereyda","Medicina de Amor","Soledad",Esta Noche,and many more. Three of them have been certified Platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Domingo Antonio Santos Muñoz,known professionally as Antony Santos, is a Dominican musician and singer. One of the top-selling bachata artists of all time,he is known as one of the pioneers of modern bachata in the early 1990s,with his role in redefining the genre to include romantic lyrics,poppy guitar licks,and implementation of new instruments,such as the piano and saxophone. He became the first rural bachatero to reach a mainstream audience with his hit single,"Voy Pa'lla". He has had success with other hits like "Por Mi Timidez","No Te Puedo Olvidar","Me Quiero Morir","Lloro","Solo Te Amo","Se AcabóEl Abuso",among others. Today,Santos is unanimously considered the greatest bachata artist of all time. He is known as "El Mayimbe" of Bachata,and is the second Dominican musician to acquire this moniker,after Fernando Villalona. He is also known as El Bachatú,the nickname he originally started with.
Frank Reyes is a Dominican singer. Known as the Prince of Bachata,he is regarded as one of the best known bachata artists of all time and famous throughout Latin America. He is a 7 time Bachata of the Year winner at the Soberano Awards,making him the most awarded artist in that category. He is known for hits like "Vine a Decirte Adios","Con el Amor No Se Juega","Tu Eres Ajena","Nada De Nada","Quién Eres Tu","Princesa","Amor a Distancia","Decidí",among others.
K.O.B. Live is the second live album released by bachata group Aventura by Premiun Latin Music distributed by Sony Music Latin. It was recorded during the promotion concert tour for their fourth studio album God's Project (2005). The tracks were recorded live in 3 United States locations which where New York City,Boston,and Puerto Rico. They also recorded in Dominican Republic and Colombia. It also contains a DVD with videos of the performance at Altos de Chavón in La Romana,Dominican Republic and at the Madison Square Garden theater in New York. In the first,the group played before some 6,000 people,while in the second they made history by becoming the first bachata group to sell all the tickets before the event for that venue.
La Llave de Mi Corazón is the 10th studio album recorded by Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra,It was released by EMI Televisa Music on March 20,2007. It was Guerra's first album to contain songs in English since his 1994 recording of Fogarate. The album contains fusions of mambo and tropical rhythms that Guerra himself defined as "Mambo merengue". Its production and musical structure of album is based on merengue,bachata and salsa and encompasses elements of Blues,Son,Jazz,Mambo and Bossa Nova. The album was written,arranged and produced by Juan Luis Guerra and according to the artist is his most romantic album. It is composed of four merengues,two bachatas,three romantic songs and two salsas.
Bachata Rosa is the fifth studio album by Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra and his group 4.40. It was released on 11 December 1990,by Karen Records. It brought bachata music into the mainstream in the Dominican Republic and gave the genre an international audience. A Portuguese version of the record was released in 1992 under the title Romance Rosa;it was certified gold in Brazil. The album received a Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album and two Lo Nuestro Awards for Tropical Album of the Year and Tropical Group of the Year.
The Last is the fifth and final studio album by the bachata group Aventura,released on June 9,2009. In the "Intro" of this album,Anthony "Romeo" Santos states that this could possibly be their last album;his prediction came true in July 2011 when the group publicly confirmed it was breaking up for good.
Anthony "Romeo" Santos is an American singer,songwriter,and record producer who is best known as the frontman and lead vocalist of the bachata group Aventura. In 2002,the song "Obsesión" was number one in Italy for 16 consecutive weeks. He released several albums with Aventura before the group broke up. Since then,Santos has embarked on a solo career which has created seven number one songs on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart and seventeen number ones on the Tropical Airplay chart. Romeo Santos has sold over 24 million copies making him one of the best-selling Latin artists.
A Son de Guerra,sometimes referred to as Asondeguerra,is the 11th studio album recorded by Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra,It was released by Capitol Latin on June 8,2010. The album contains 11 tracks,and its musical structure and production are based on Merengue,Bachata,Son,Salsa,experimenting and incorporating elements of jazz,blues,funk,cumbia,rock,reggae,rap,and mambo. Lyrical themes on the album include protest against political corruption,immigration,love and romance. Featured appearances include Juanes and Chris Botti. For many fans and critics alike,it's his album with the most social content and strong social criticism since his 1992's Areito.
Geoffrey Royce Rojas,known professionally as Prince Royce,is an American singer. At an early age,Royce took an interest in music,and in his teenage years began experimenting with music and writing poetry. By age nineteen,Royce met Andrés Hidalgo,who became his manager. Hidalgo later introduced Royce to record producer Sergio George,who immediately signed him to his label after hearing three of his demos.
Fórmula,Vol. 1 is the debut studio album by American singer Romeo Santos,released on November 8,2011,by Sony Music Latin. It is Santos's first album as a solo artist following the break-up of American bachata group Aventura,of which he was the lead singer. The record contains fifteen tracks,most of which were composed by Santos and co-produced with Ivan Chevere. The album experiments with the sound of bachata and other genres including R&B and flamenco. It features several Anglophone and Hispanophone guest artists including Usher,Tomatito,Mario Domm,and Lil Wayne. Recording for the album took place in 2011 at The Castle,Fight Klub,and EMG Studios in New York City. A deluxe edition of the album containing five extra tracks was released exclusively in Walmart retail stores in the United States.
Bachata Romántica:1's is a compilation album released by Machete Music on January 27,2009. The album includes tracks recorded by several artists from the bachata genre,such as Aventura,Ivy Queen,R.K.M. &Ken-Y,Jayco,Watson Brazoban,JoséFeliciano,Monchy &Alexandra,Frank Reyes,El Chaval de la Bachata,Zacarías Ferreíra,Daniel Monción,Fanny Lu,Toby Love and Xtreme,featuring content dating back to 2004.
Bachata #1's,Vol. 2 is a compilation album released by Machete Music. The recording features tracks performed by several artist from the bachata genre,such as Aventura,Xtreme,Toby Love,Óptimo,Monchy &Alexandra,Leny,Domenic Marte,Zacarías Ferreíra,Frank Reyes,Carlos &Alejandra,Joe Veras,Yoskar "El Prabu Sarante",and Alex Bueno. It also features a bachata performed by Latin pop singer Luis Fonsi exclusive to this release.
Bachata #1's is a compilation album released by Machete Music on July 3,2007. The album features several artists from the bachata genre,such as Xtreme,Aventura,Monchy &Alexandra,Alex Bueno,Frank Reyes,and Los Toros Band with production being handled by Anthony Santos,Lenny Santos,Sergio George and Franklin Romero among others. Musically,the album features musical arrangements combining bachata and R&B.
Golden is the third studio album by American singer Romeo Santos,released on July 21,2017 by Sony Music Latin. The album production mixed bachata with other genres such as jazz,bolero and reggaeton. The majority of the tracks were written by Santos and co-produced with sound engineer Mate Traxx. It encompasses bachata treated with synthesizer,piano,hyperkinetic percussion and guitars. It contains 18 tracks exploring lyrics ranging from hate,criticism,tabloid rumors to love and sex and features guest appearances from Swizz Beatz,Juan Luis Guerra,Ozuna,Nicky Jam,Daddy Yankee,Julio Iglesias and Jessie Reyez. It also features production from Santos,Allen Ritter,Boi-1da,Frank Dukes,Illangelo,Illmind,Matetraxx,Swizz Beatz,Tainy,and Vinylz,among others.
Utopía is the fourth studio album by American singer Romeo Santos,released on April 5,2019,by Sony Music Latin. This album featured collaborations with some of the greatest artist in the history of Bachata. It also included the reunion of Aventura as Romeo along with Henry,Lenny,and Max would release their first single as a group in 10 years.
"Amorcito Enfermito" is a song by Dominican singer Héctor Acosta. The song was released as the thirteenth and final track of his sixth studio album Merengue Y Sentimiento (2015). It was later released as a single on November 3,2016. The music video was released on YouTube on December 21,2016. The song was awarded Bachata of the year at the 2017 Soberano Awards. The song has also become a successful meme as people use the last line of the song that goes "Se Murió" on videos.
