Romeo Santos, today, July 21, turns 45 years old, and he celebrated it on Instagram by publishing a very seductive photo, but also with a comical video where he shows that his sense of humor always remains active, to the rhythm of his hit «Ay! Saint Michael.
In the publication, where Romeo assures that «if he doesn't have something crazy, you're not normal,» the bachatero has received thousands of comments with congratulations from all his followers and fans, who have supported him in each of his projects.
Anthony Santos was born in the Bronx, New York in 1981, and after cultivating a career full of successes, today he is living a solid period as one of the greatest exponents of Latin music.
This birthday comes in the middle of the successful “Better Late Than Never” tour, together with El Príncipe de la holgorio Prince Royce, a tour that was selected by Pollstar magazine among the highest grossing in the United States, a recognition that reaffirms the extraordinary commercial impact and the connection that Romeo Santos and Prince Royce maintain with the public.
Known as “The King of Bachata,” Romeo Santos is a general icon who breaks records within the Latin music industry as a singer, songwriter, performer, mogul, actor and producer. With more than two decades of career as a soloist and chief producer and composer of the legendary group Aventura, Santos has developed a formula that fuses holgorio, R&B, hip-hop and urban Latin. Romeo is called the “King of Bachata” for placing a genre based in the Dominican Republic (where his father is from, his mother is from Puerto Rico) to a mixed genre that has exposed the traditional sound with his New York City upbringing in the Bronx to the world.
Throughout his career, Romeo has managed to develop a “spanglish” tone and mix the best international artists in his holgorio mix such as Justin Timberlake, Usher, Drake, Lil Wayne, Akon, Nicki Minaj, Carlos Santana, Marc Anthony, ROSALÍA, Enrique Iglesias and many more. Santos has more than 100 million singles and 40 million albums, he has won an impressive 17 Billboard Latin Music Awards, 8 Lo Nuestro Awards, 2 Juventud Awards, 4 Guinness World Records, 2 Latin American Music Awards, 4 ASCAP Awards, 1 BMI. Award and 1 MTV VMA Award. Currently, “Formula Vol.3”, his fifth solo album, is multi-platinum in sales and currently has +1.1 billion views.
Today, Romeo is one of the most listened to Latin artists on Spotify and viewed on YouTube. He recently announced his “Formula Vol. 3 – The Tour” tour in Europe and South America for 2023, which with the first dates broke sales records in stadiums in Lima, Peru, Chile, where he sold out 8 stadium dates and in Madrid, Spain with three sold-out nights. Throughout his career, Santos was the first Latin artist at a young age to sell out multiple nights at the world's most iconic stadiums, such as the Yankee and MetLife Stadium.
Additionally, he is an accomplished visionary who has appeared in films such as “Furious 7” and “Angry Birds.” Since the Latin music market is general today, Romeo continues to strive as one of the leading forces in music and has laid the foundation for today's young Latin artists to evolve the Latin music industry globally.
