It doesn't end at talent.

               

            Born in the Bronx of both Dominican and Puerto Rican heritage, Romeo began to write songs at the young age of 13. He was not always into singing as songwriting had always been his passion. He joined the church choir with his cousin not because of the singing, but he saw it as a way to meet girls. If only he'd known back then just how many hearts he would steal across the world just because of his lyrics and voice!! Romeo is not only recognized by his lyrics and enchanting voice though, he also is well known for his appearance. Recently he has been part of the list of "los 50 mas bellos" (50 most beautiful) in "People" magazine in Spanish. Based on this, it is demonstrated the amount of recognition Romeo receives not only because of his talent but looks and sex appeal as well.

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In Romeo's album, Formula Vol. 1 he does many collaborations with different genres. For those of you who like Lil Wayne, you may find this song and video interesting. The song is called "All aboard", take a look.


 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGvm4FvHbIw

Romeo on the Latino vote and future projects

                Romeo has recently become involved with the "Voto Latino" ("Latin Vote"), a national voter registration program and he spoke about this on CNN, this Wednesday morning. As you all probably know, people who are eligible to vote do not always actually vote. This is rather sad because one vote could make the difference on who is the President of the United States. If one vote can make a difference, imagine 27.1 million votes. That is the amount of Hispanics that are eligible to vote in the upcoming election. Of course, not many of these voters will make it to the polls. Romeo has taken it upon himself to get Hispanics, especially the younger crowd of Hispanic voters to vote and have a voice. At each of his concert locations, "Voto Latino" will be there to register voters. During his interview on CNN, Romeo said, "As an artist, a lot of people look at me like a role model, I can encourage my young fans, the majority of my young fans and Latinos, to vote." I applaud Romeo for using his fame for the good of the Latino community and I believe it will help many Latinos out there have their voice heard in the Presidential election of 2012.
        
Upcoming projects: Romeo has signed a contract with Will Smith's production company, Overbrook Entertainment to star in a comedic sitcom. He will star as a Dominican guy who wants to become an entrepreneur, much to the dismay of his dad who wants him to continue the family business. Also, by the end of 2013, Romeo and his ex-group Aventura will be working on a new album together.

Things you should know: Romeo's current single "Mi Santa" (My saint) has reached the #1 spot on the billboard charts.
His album "Formula Vol. 1" is #1 for the 12th week.  

For those interested, here is the video for Romeo's single "Mi Santa", the actual video for this song begins at 1:56:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz9lhqxl_gQ


Links: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/22/romeo-santos-voto-latino_n_1294015.html

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/entertainment/music/romeo-santos-good-day-ny-20120222

First hand experience

              Bright colorful lights, sound check, the echo of the microphone resonating around the arena. I couldn't believe it. The day had finally arrived and I was actually there.The anticipation was killing me, I was nervous, in a good way of course, and knew that I was in for the night of my life. The concert was sold out as are the other two that are going to occur later this month. I was in Romeo Santos first concert in NYC as a solo artist in Madison Square Garden. Looking around me, the seats were all completely full, full with delighted fans including myself, there to watch Romeo perform. Being a huge fanatic of Romeo Santos, I enjoyed the concert immensely. I didn't sit down, screamed for two hours straight and sang along with each and every one of his songs.
              Romeo is referred to as the "king of bachata" and the "king of lyrics". He has earned these titles through the many hit songs he has written and sung. Something that I most admire of him is that he writes all of his songs. This makes his music more personal and filled with more emotion. From his hit album "Formula Vol. 1, he has put two songs on the top of the billboard charts. His more recent hit single "Promise" in collaboration with R&B singer Usher made the billboard charts as number 1 for 9 weeks and continues to be a hit.This song brought bachata to an even higher level, being heard on both Spanish and English radio stations. Those who had never heard of Romeo came to recognize him through this wonderful song. The video to "Promise" had 2.5 million hits on Vevo alone.
             For those who would like to experience this hit single from Romeo Santos "Formula Vol. 1", open the link below and feel free to make comments on the song. 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TrCbDtRxbU  <<<< Spanish version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAL1PXE-mRM <<<< English version

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Inspiration to write

For those who have viewed my blog in the past few days, know that I had another topic all together. Well now I have been inspired to change my blog and what it will entail. If after this blog it will be your first time viewing it then disregard the above and welcome to my fresh topic. My blog will focus on my favorite artist of all time and his name is Romeo Santos. Being that he is my favorite artist it will be a sure delight to write about him. Now for those of you who are not familiar with his work do not worry, after reading my blog and the many ones to come I assure you you will come out knowing some things about him. To start off, I will inform everyone on who exactly is Romeo Santos. Romeo is a recent solo artist that sings bachata. He started out in the music industry in 1995 being the lead singer of former bachata group "Aventura". In 2011 Romeo launched his first album as a solo artist. The genre of bachata was born in the Dominican Republic and is known as "music of bitterness" and often deals with topics of love, usually heartbreak. While Romeo was with Aventura him and his group took bachata to new heights and is now recognized worldwide. Throughout my blog I will also inform you guys on Aventura, being that it is a big part of Romeo Santos as an artist. Well guys this is all for now, hope everyone will continue to read my blog and learn a lot from it as well.

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