Romeo Santos Solo Debut Delivers Latin Music’s Strongest First Week Sales In Over Four Years Monday November 21, 2011 ROMEO SANTOS’ Solo Debut “Formula Vol. 1” Delivers Latin Music’s Strongest First Week Sales In Over Four Years With Over SIXTY-TWO THOUSAND Albums Scanned, Formula Vol. 1 Easily Debuts At #1 On Billboard’s “Top Latin Albums” Chart And Lands In The Top-10 Of The Overall “Billboard 200” Album Chart. Thanks To The Passionate Support Of Santos’ Large Bilingual Fanbase, ROMEO IS THE #1 SELLING ARTIST REGARDLESS OF GENRE THIS WEEK IN NEW YORK CITY, HOUSTON, MIAMI AND PUERTO RICO “Bachata Star Santos has No. 1 album & a planned TV sitcom. …Romeo Santos can stop traffic. Literally. Crossing the stretch of Broadway in front of the record store where the bachata star made an appearance on Sunday was next to impossible for several hours. Thousands of fans packed in for three blocks. Some had camped overnight. The lucky ones waited for a chance to meet Bronx-born Santos. Others simply waited for a glimpse. A week after release, the singer’s debut solo album, “Formula, Vol. 1” is already No. 1 in sales on Billboard’s Latin Albums chart. “Promise,” the record’s first single, a bilingual duet with Usher, was the No. 1 Latin track even before their charming live performance at the Latin Grammys that had the R&B star attempting a couple of bachata swing-and-hop steps. Santos’ star is clearly on the rise.” – The New York Daily News, 11/16/11 Anthony "Romeo" Santos (born July 21, 1981) is a Dominican-American singer, featured composer and former lead singer of the Bachata group Aventura. As a member of Aventura, Santos has been a key figure in popularizing Bachata, with hits reaching near the top of the Billboard Latin charts and the top of charts in Europe. In 2002, the band's song "Obsesión" was number one in Italy for sixteen consecutive weeks. Santos was born in The Bronx, New York, United States to a Dominican father & Puerto rican mother. At twelve years of age, he became a member of the church choir. While the group performs in both English and Spanish, their work was widely ignored by the English-language media during the early part of their career. On May 9, 2011, Santos released his first single, "You", from his upcoming solo debut album, Formula. The song became a number-one debut on the Hot Latin Songs and Tropical Songs chart. The second single revealed from his album was "Promise" which features a duet with Usher. The single has peaked at number #1 on the Hot Latin Songs chart and number one on the Tropical Songs charts.

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