Marc Anthony has established himself as one of the most influential Hispanic artists in the world, because during his career he has managed to win the hearts of the public thanks to his charisma and talent to sing. But… how did he live his way to fame? Here we tell you
From an early age, the American artist with Puerto Rican descent knew that he wanted to dedicate himself to music. However, his dream wasn’t exactly to focus on the genre he’s associated with today.
In fact, Marc Anthony, whose real name is Marco Antonio Muñiz, began his musical career singing hip hop and techno with Little Louie Vega, with whom he managed to reach number one in the music charts Americans thanks to the song “Ride on the rhythm”.
This success would have earned him a pass to be signed by the RMM record company, who proposed that he make songs linked to his Puerto Rican roots; however, to the surprise of many, he refused since he did not want to sing in Spanish.
What surprises life gives! Juan Gabriel would be the Latin singer who would inspire Marc Anthony to explore his Latin roots and dedicate himself to the Caribbean rhythms that have made him the international star that he is today.
According to the artist himself, it all happened one day when he was in a taxi in New York, when he suddenly heard “Hasta que te conocí” by ‘Divo de Juárez’, a song that changed his way of seeing the language.
It was not long before the singer merged his talent with that of producer Sergio George to launch his first album entitled “Otra nota”, in 1993, composed of eight songs.
With this record material, Marc Anthony made his debut and broke unimaginable records: he ranked second on the Billboard Tropical Albums chart for eight weeks and managed to occupy the position 30 of the Billboard Top Latin Albums ranking. In addition, he received the Billboard Latin Music Award in 1994 for Best New Artist of the Year and a Lo Nuestro Award for Tropical New Artist. .
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