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Antony Santos
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Background information
Also known as	El Mayimbe
Born	Villa Vasquez, Monte Cristi Dominican Republic
Genre(s)	Bachata
Years active	1992 - Present

Antony Santos is a bachata musician from the Dominican Republic, renowned for his role in redefining the genre to include romantic music. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 398 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 1504 pixel, file size: 145 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Coastline of Monte Cristi Monte Cristi is a province in the north-west of the Dominican Republic. ... Coastline of Monte Cristi Monte Cristi is a province in the north-west of the Dominican Republic. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Bachata, a form of music and dance that originated in the countryside and rural marginal neighborhoods of Dominican Republic. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Bachata, a form of music and dance that originated in the countryside and rural marginal neighborhoods of Dominican Republic. ...

He entered onto the scene in the early 1990s, being the first rural bachatero to reach a mainstream audience with his hit "Voy pa'lla", shortly after Blas Durán had appropriated the electric guitar for the genre. Santos' adoption of soft romantic lyrics was more socially accepted than the bawdy cabaret style common to bachata before him, and he shortly became the genre's leading artist, helping move bachata into the Caribbean Latino mainstream. Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue — a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting around the tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance. ... West Indies redirects here. ... For the Brazilian pop singer, see Latino (singer). ...

Antony Santos is currently the best paid bachatero in the Dominican Republic. He has already signed the contract to offer a concert in Puerto Rico at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum, a venue with a seating capacity of 10,000 people. This concert was on May 12, 2007 and he's said to have been paid an unprecedented US$90,000 for this one presentation alone.

Discography

Main article: Antony Santos Discography

The following is Antony Santos' discography. View main discography page linked above for album art and track listings. The following is Antony Santos discography. ...

Gallery

See Antony Santos Gallery The following is a media gallery of Dominican bachata artist Antony Santos ...

External links

• Antony Santos Biography with music clips