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Marc Anthony Marco Antonio Muñiz ( born September 16 , 1968 ) , better known by his stage name Marc Anthony , is an American singer , songwriter , actor , record executive , television producer and philanthropist . Anthony is also the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time . The three-time Grammy Award and six-time Latin Grammy Award winner has sold more than 12 million albums worldwide . Known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads , Anthony has won numerous awards and his achievements have been honored through various recognitions . He was the recipient of the 2009 Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute ( CHCI ) Lifetime Achievement Award . He also received the 2009 CHCI Chairs Lifetime Achievement Award on September 16 , 2009 . He holds the Guinness World Record for best-selling tropical/salsa artist and the most number-one albums on the Billboard Tropical Albums year-end charts . He is also the artist with the most number one songs on the Billboard Latin Tropical Airplay chart with 32 songs . Early life . Marco Antonio Muñiz was born in New York City , the son of Puerto Rican parents . His father , Felipe , was a hospital cafeteria worker and musician , and his mother , Guillermina , was a housewife . Anthonys parents named him after Mexican singer Marco Antonio Muñiz . Anthony grew up in East Harlem , also known as Spanish Harlem or El Barrio , and is the youngest of eight children . He was raised Roman Catholic . His musical education began at home , where he learned to sing in both Spanish and English under the guidance of his father , Felipe , himself a professional guitarist . As a child , Anthony listened to a variety of musical genres and performers , including rock , rhythm and blues , pop stars José Feliciano ( Puerto Rico ) , Air Supply ( Australia ) , as well as salsa legends Héctor Lavoe ( Puerto Rico ) , Willie Colón ( Puerto Rico ) , and Rubén Blades ( Panama ) , among others . According to Anthony , renowned Puerto Rican percussionist and bandleader Tito Puente in particular wielded a profound personal and professional influence throughout his life . Singing career . Muñiz began his career as a session vocalist for freestyle music and underground New York house music acts . After changing his name to avoid confusion with his namesake , Anthony worked as a songwriter and backing vocalist for pop acts Menudo and the Latin Rascals . By the early 1990s , Anthony had sold more salsa records than any other performer on the planet , solidifying his position among the most important new salsa artists to emerge in the 1990s . Unlike the more socially conscious New York salsa musicians of the 1960s and 1970s , or the highly produced romantic salsa artists of the 1980s , Anthony gained fame performing a salsa style that borrowed more heavily from the African American and urban genres that he listened to growing up , such as rhythm and blues and house . His first album was a freestyle music record , Rebel , which debuted in 1988 on Bluedog Records . That same year he wrote and produced Boy Ive Been Told for fellow freestyle artist Sa-Fire . Then in 1989 , he sang backup vocals for Ann-Marie on the freestyle club hit , With or Without You produced by Little Louie Vega and Todd Terry . A year later in 1990 , with Little Louie Vega and Todd Terry , Marc wrote a duet with Chrissy I-eece , called You Should Know By Now . In 1992 , still working with Todd Terry , he provided vocals for Love Change , which is on the flip-side of a 12 vinyl released by Elan and The Powermachine titled Heres Your Hat , production of Todd Terry . At the same time , he collaborated with music producer Little Louie Vega , who featured the singer on many freestyle-flavored club hits Ride On The Rhythm and the When The Night Is Over album , which featured the freestyle classic Time . In 1992 , Vega and Anthony opened for Latin bandleader Tito Puente at New Yorks Madison Square Garden . After 1992 , he changed his style from freestyle to salsa and other Latin styles . RMM Records . Anthony was initially reluctant to become a salsa musician and declined an offer to make a salsa album when Ralph Mercado , president of RMM Records , asked him . Anthony was in a taxi when he heard Juan Gabriels hit song , Hasta Que Te Conocí , which influenced him to change his mind and ask Mercado if he could record it as a salsa tune . Inspired by the music of Tito Puente , Héctor Lavoe , Rubén Blades , and Juan Gabriel , Anthony released his Spanish-language debut , Otra Nota , in 1993 . Anthony performed at the Radio y Musica Convention hosted by Alfredo Alonso . The album also included a cover of Breads song , Make It with You . Subsequent tours throughout the Americas , including an opening slot for Blades , established Anthony as one of the new stars in salsa . In 1994 , he was featured in La Indias album Dicen Que Soy , on the song Vivir Lo Nuestro . His 1995 follow-up , Todo a su tiempo , won Anthony a Billboard award for Hot Tropical Artist of the Year . The album was also nominated for a Grammy with songs like Te Conozco Bien , Hasta Ayer , Nadie Como Ella , Se Me Sigue Olvidando , Te Amare , and Llegaste A Mi . The album has sold more than 800,000 copies and has become established as a gold record in the United States and in Puerto Rico . Anthonys next Spanish language album , Contra La Coriente , was followed by the television special Marc Anthony : The Concert from Madison Square Garden . It was broadcast on HBO on Valentines Day in 2000 . The special was nominated for the Music Special of the Year by TV Guide . The albums song Y Hubo Alguien became Anthonys first number-one single on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks and the first by a salsa musician . The album became the first salsa album to enter the English language Billboard 200 chart . After an ongoing battle with RMM , he severed ties with Ralph Mercado and left the label in 1999 . Otra Nota , Todo a Su Tiempo , and Contra La Corriente established him as the top-selling singer in the history of the genre , able to sell out Madison Square Garden and prestigious venues internationally . Sony Records . Anthony subsequently recorded the duet No Me Ames with Jennifer Lopez on her album On the 6 , giving her an assist in her Spanish language crossover attempt . He also recorded a duet I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You with Tina Arena , written by James Horner for the latters soundtrack for the 1998 swashbuckling movie The Mask of Zorro . In 1999 , riding the crossover wave of Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias in the Anglophone market , Anthony , working with producers Walter Afanasieff , Cory Rooney , Dan Shea , and Rodney Jerkins , released an English-language , self-titled album with the US Top 5 single I Need to Know , and the Spanish version , Dímelo . His song You Sang To Me was featured in Runaway Bride . A dance version was remixed by Dutch producer Rene Van Verseveld . The album debuted at number eight on the Billboard album chart , and six weeks later went platinum ; it eventually was certified triple platinum.The song I Need To Know earned a Grammy nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance . In 2001 , he debuted another salsa album , Libre , which was certified gold with songs like Celos , Este Loco Que Te Mira , and Viviendo . The album spent 14 weeks at the number-one spot on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart . The year after that , he made another English-language album , Mended . In June 2004 , Anthony released a Latin pop album , Amar Sin Mentiras . The following month , he reintroduced its songs with a danceable salsa rhythm in another album , Valio La Pena . The song Escapémonos was a duet with Jennifer Lopez . In the 2005 Latin Grammy Awards , his Amar Sin Mentiras won best Latin Pop Album of The Year , and his Valió La Pena won Best Tropical Album of the Year . Lopez and Anthony performed Escapémonos at the 2005 Grammy Awards . On July 11 , 2006 , Anthony released Sigo Siendo Yo , a Spanish greatest-hits album . In May 2010 he released Iconos , a tribute to old Latin songs by artists such as José Luis Perales , Juan Gabriel and José José . In 2012 , he released a new song called Cautivo De Este Amor . In the same year , Anthony was inducted into the Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame . In December 2012 , it was announced that Anthony was recording a salsa album alongside longtime producer Sergio George . Vivir Mi Vida , a Spanish adaptation of Khaleds song Cest la vie , was released as the lead single on April 25 , 2013 . In July 2013 , Anthony released 3.0 , a salsa album including his song Vivir Mi Vida . Since the release , the album has been certified Platinum . In addition to the new album , Anthony announced his Vivir Mi Vida World Tour and traveled across 15 countries on three continents . After the tour , Anthony announced a second world tour for his album 3.0 , his Cambio de Piel Tour . After his Cambio de Piel Tour , Marc Anthony kicked off UNIDO2 , his international tour with Carlos Vives . Marc Anthony is in constant demand for touring . After The Vivir Mi Vida world tour , one of PollStars top selling tours of 2013 , was extended to May 2014 by popular demand , and received a Premio Juventud for Super Tour of the Year . Gigant3S , his US and Latin American tour with Marco Antonio Solis and Chayanne , topped 2012s Billboard Hot Latin Tours charts . Anthony sang God Bless America at the 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Citi Field . In September 2016 , part of his tour Marc Anthony Live included 5 dates at Radio City Music Hall . Of the five shows , three were sold out . Acting career . Anthony played supporting roles in projects including 1995s Hackers , and 1996s Big Night and The Substitute . He appeared with Rubén Blades and Puerto Rican pop singer Ednita Nazario in Paul Simons 1998 stage musical , The Capeman , which ran for 68 performances . He had a role in Martin Scorseses 1999 drama Bringing Out the Dead , and in 2001 , opposite Salma Hayek , was in the film In the Time of the Butterflies . In Man On Fire ( 2004 ) , Anthony , opposite Denzel Washington , played a wealthy businessman who hires a former U.S . Special Forces Soldier to protect his daughter from kidnappers in Mexico City . In 2007 , Anthony starred in El Cantante , a biographical drama about the life of salsa music legend Héctor Lavoe , who died in 1993 from AIDS complications . Anthonys then-wife , Jennifer Lopez , narrated the story and portrayed Lavoes wife . The film , released in August 2007 , received strong reviews . In 2010 , Anthony guest-starred in two episodes of the TNT medical drama HawthoRNe as a detective and the title characters ( Jada Pinkett Smith ) love interest . He was later named the executive music producer of the show . Anthony worked with ex-wife Lopez and director-choreographer Jamie King in late 2011 on a Latin talent series created by Simon Fuller , called QViva ! The Chosen . It follows Lopez and Anthony as they travel across 21 countries to find new talent . In 2012 , Anthony guest-mentored on Season 2 of The X Factor . Awards and honors . Marc Anthony has sold over 12 million albums worldwide , receiving numerous gold and platinum certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) along the way . He has been recognized by New York magazine as one of the Ten Most Influential New Yorkers , was inaugurated into the Billboard Hall of Fame in 2012 , and was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute in Washington D.C . in September 2009 . He has won a total of 29 Premio Lo Nuestro Latin Music awards , the most for any male artist , and has been honored with the ASCAP Founders Award . Hes received twelve Billboard Latin Music Awards , three Billboard Awards , and a special recognition from the Univisión television network in the last 2 years . He received his first Grammy in 1998 for Best Latin Tropical Performance for Contra La Corriente , directed , arranged and produced by Ángel Cucco Peña , followed by the first-ever Latin Grammy Song of the Year award for Dímelo ( I Need to Know ) in 2000 . With momentum from that hit single , Marc Anthony , his eponymous English-language album debut , went triple-platinum in the US , and helped usher in the Latin pop explosion of 1999–2000 . In 2005 he received double best-album Grammys : Best Latin Pop Album for Amar Sin Mentiras , and Best Salsa Album for Valió la Pena . Marc Anthony has had 25 Billboard chart hits – most recently , Vivir Mi Vida and Flor Pálida , which have received more than over 680 million views and 270 million YouTube views respectively . In May 2015 he received his second Vevo PL certification for 100 million views of his video A Quien Quiero Mentirle . In 2013 , Vivir Mi Vida , the first single from 3.0 , spent 18 consecutive weeks at No . 1 on Billboard , making it the longest-running #1 single of all time . It received the Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year . Anthony was honored as the Person of the Year by the Latin Recording Academy on November 16 , 2016 , for his musical contributions and philanthropic work . Other ventures . Philanthropy . Marc Anthony and entrepreneur Henry Cárdenas launched the Maestro Cares Foundation in January 2012 . In 2014 , the foundation opened an orphanage in La Romana , Dominican Republic . In 2015 , the foundation opened a youth home and school in Barranquilla , Colombia . In 2017 , Anthony teamed-up with his ex-wife Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez to host One Voice : Somos Live! , a telethon supporting efforts to aid Puerto Ricos recovery in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria . Entrepreneurship . Anthony became a minority owner of the Miami Dolphins in 2009 . In 2011 , he returned to television on the TNT series Hawthorne , toured the U.S. , and launched his line of clothes and luxury accessories for Kohls . Together with Jamie King and Jennifer Lopez , he produced the 2012 TV series ¡Q Viva ! The Chosen , which aired simultaneously on Spanish and English television in the US and Latin America . In April 2015 , Anthony announced the formation of the entertainment company Magnus Media . More recently , his production company signed a first-look deal with ViacomCBS International Studios . Personal life . Anthony is a supporter of the Democratic Party , and performed The Star-Spangled Banner at the 2012 Democratic National Convention . In 2016 , he and his ex-wife Jennifer Lopez co-hosted a concert in support of Hillary Clintons presidential campaign . Anthony is a practicing Roman Catholic . Anthony performed The Star-Spangled Banner at the 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game . While Anthony is an American of Puerto Rican descent , a controversy sprang up on social media due to some viewers mistaken impression that he is a Mexican . In an interview , Anthony responded , Lets get this straight . I was born and raised in New York . You cant get more New York than me . Relationships and family . In 1994 , Anthony had a daughter , Arianna Muñiz , with then girlfriend Debbie Rosado . While dating they adopted their son , Chase Muñiz . From 1996 to 1998 , Anthony dated and became engaged to Dominican-American actress Claudette Lali . Anthony married former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres on May 9 , 2000 , in Las Vegas . They have two sons , Cristian Marcus Muñiz ( born February 5 , 2001 ) who Anthony named after the Mexican singer Cristian Castro , and Ryan Adrian Muñiz ( born August 16 , 2003 ) . There were many problems in the marriage , and the couple separated in early 2002 . They later reconciled and renewed their vows in a formal ceremony on December 7 , 2002 , at San Juans Cathedral in Puerto Rico . The rocky marriage came to an end in October 2003 with Dayanara filing for divorce in January 2004 . To help her recover from the divorce , Dayanara traded her engagement ring for a diamond-encrusted Cartier watch and wrote the book Married to Me : How Committing to Myself Led to Triumph After Divorce . Anthony married Jennifer Lopez in June 2004 . Lopez gave birth to their children , twins Emme Maribel Muñiz and Maximilian David Muñiz , on February 22 , 2008 . People paid $6 million for the first photos of the twins . In 2009 , Anthony and Lopez purchased a stake in the Miami Dolphins . They joined several personalities in buying small stakes in the club , including Gloria and Emilio Estefan , Venus and Serena Williams , and Fergie . They bought two houses in Brookville , New York but Anthony and Lopez announced their separation in July 2011 , with Anthony filing for divorce on April 9 , 2012 . Their divorce was finalized on June 16 , 2014 , with Lopez retaining primary physical custody of the two children . Anthony and model Shannon De Lima ( born January 6 , 1989 ) married on November 11 , 2014 , in La Romana , Dominican Republic . In November 2016 , Anthony and De Lima separated , and the following month announced they plan to divorce . On February 13 , 2017 , Anthony and De Lima finalized their divorce . Discography . - When the Night is Over ( with Little Louie Vega ) ( 1991 ) - Otra Nota ( 1993 ) - Todo a Su Tiempo ( 1995 ) - Contra la Corriente ( 1997 ) - Marc Anthony ( 1999 ) - Libre ( 2001 ) - Mended ( 2002 ) - Amar Sin Mentiras ( 2004 ) - Valió la Pena ( 2004 ) - El Cantante ( 2007 ) - Iconos ( 2010 ) - 3.0 ( 2013 ) - Opus ( 2019 ) Tours . Juntos en concierto ( Together in Concert ) series : - Juntos en concierto 2005 with Chayanne and Alejandro Fernández - Juntos en concierto 2006 with Laura Pausini And Marco Antonio Solís - Juntos en concierto 2007 with Jennifer Lopez Filmography . Television . - 2000 : ( TV series ) as Mario ( voice ) in Robinita Hood ( Season 3 , Episode 12 ) - 2010–2011 : HawthoRNe ( TV series ) as Officer Nick Renata in season 3 , recurring in season 2 - 2012 : The X Factor , as a guest judge in Season 2 , Episode 9