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santos in 2013 1995 -- present the bronx , new york , u.s. romeo santos solo_singer 21 july 1981 anthony romeo santos.jpg romeo santos
 anthony santos singer songwriter record producer actor
romeo santos

anthony santos -lrb- born july 21 , 1981 -rrb- , known professionally as romeo santos , is an american singer , songwriter , record producer , actor , featured composer and former lead singer of the bachata group aventura .
he became the king of bachata , and while he was with aventura , they were known as the kings of bachata .
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 .
after releasing several albums with aventura , the group went its separate ways .
since then , romeo has embarked on a solo career which in three years has spawned seven number one songs on the hot latin songs chart and eight number ones on the tropical songs chart .
