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| Born | Marco Antonio Muñiz (1968-09-16)September 16, 1968 (age 57) New York City, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1988–present |
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| Children | 7 |
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| Website | marcanthonyonline |
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Marco Antonio Muñiz (born September 16, 1968),[1] known by the stage nameMarc Anthony, is an American singer and actor. He is the top sellingsalsa artist of all time.[2] A four-timeGrammy Award, eight-timeLatin Grammy Award and twenty-nine-timeLo Nuestro Awards winner (the most of any male). As of 2014, he had sold more than 12 million albums worldwide.[3]
Known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads, Anthony's achievements have been honored through various recognitions. He was the recipient of the 2009Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) Lifetime Achievement Award.[4] He also received the 2009 CHCI Chair's Lifetime Achievement Award on September 16, 2009.[5] He holds theGuinness World Record for best-selling tropical/salsa artist and the most number-one albums on theBillboardTropical Albums year-end charts.[6] He is also the artist with the most number one songs on theBillboard Latin Tropical Airplay chart with 32 songs.[7][8]
Marco Antonio Muñiz was born inNew York City, the son ofPuerto Rican parents. His father, Felipe Muñiz, was a hospital cafeteria worker and musician, and his mother, Guillermina Quiñones, was a housewife.[9]
Anthony's parents named him after Mexican singerMarco Antonio Muñiz. Anthony grew up in East Harlem, also known asSpanish Harlem or El Barrio, and is the youngest of eight children. He was raisedCatholic.[10]
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, includingrock,rhythm and blues,pop starsJosé Feliciano (Puerto Rico),Air Supply (Australia), as well assalsa legendsHéctor Lavoe (Puerto Rico),Willie Colón (United States), andRubén Blades (Panama), among others. According to Anthony, renowned Puerto Rican percussionist and bandleaderTito Puente in particular wielded a profound personal and professional influence throughout his life.[11]
Anthony began his career as a session vocalist forfreestyle music and underground New Yorkhouse music acts. After changing his name to avoid confusion with his namesake,[11] Anthony worked as a songwriter and backing vocalist for pop actsMenudo and theLatin Rascals. 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.[11]
His first album was a freestyle music record, "Rebel", which debuted in 1988 on Bluedog Records.[1] That same year he wrote and produced "Boy I've Been Told" for fellow freestyle artistSa-Fire. Then in 1989, he sang backup vocals for Ann-Marie on the freestyle club hit, "With or Without You" produced byLittle Louie Vega andTodd 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 withTodd Terry, he provided vocals for "Love Change", which is on the flip-side of a 13" vinyl released by Elan and The Powermachine titled "Here's Your Hat", production of Todd Terry. At the same time, he collaborated with music producerLittle Louie Vega, who featured the singer on many freestyle 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 bandleaderTito Puente at New York'sMadison Square Garden. After 1992, he changed his style from freestyle to salsa and other Latin styles.
Anthony was initially reluctant to become a salsa musician; he declined an offer to make an album in this genre whenRalph Mercado, president ofRMM Records, asked him. Anthony was in a taxi when he heardJuan Gabriel's 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.[12] Inspired by the music ofTito Puente,Héctor Lavoe,Rubén Blades, andJuan Gabriel, Anthony released his Spanish-language debut,Otra Nota, in 1993.[13] The album also included a cover ofBread's "Make It with You". Subsequent tours throughout the Americas, including an opening slot for Blades, established Anthony as one of the newest stars in salsa.
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.[11]
In 1994, he was featured onLa India's albumDicen Que Soy, on the song "Vivir Lo Nuestro".
His 1995 follow-up,Todo a su tiempo, won Anthony aBillboard Award for Hot Tropical Artist of the Year. The album was also nominated for aGrammy 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 agold record in both the United States and in Puerto Rico.
Anthony's next Spanish language album,Contra La Corriente, was followed by the television specialMarc Anthony: The Concert fromMadison Square Garden, broadcast onHBO onValentine's Day in 2000. The special was nominated for the Music Special of the Year byTV Guide. The album's song "Y Hubo Alguien" became Anthony's first number-one single on theBillboard Hot Latin Tracks and the first by a salsa musician.[14]
Otra Nota,Todo a Su Tiempo, andContra 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.
Anthony subsequently recorded the duet "No Me Ames" withJennifer Lopez on her albumOn 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" withTina Arena, written byJames Horner for the latter's soundtrack for the 1998swashbuckling movieThe Mask of Zorro.
In 1999, riding the crossover wave ofRicky Martin andEnrique Iglesias in the Anglophone market, Anthony, working with producersWalter Afanasieff,Cory Rooney,Dan Shea, andRodney 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 inRunaway Bride. A dance version was remixed by Dutch producer Rene Van Verseveld. The album debuted at number eight on theBillboard 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 theBillboard 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 withJennifer Lopez. In the 2005Latin Grammy Awards, hisAmar Sin Mentiras won best Latin Pop Album of The Year, and hisValió La Pena won Best Tropical Album of the Year. Lopez and Anthony performed "Escapémonos" at the2005 Grammy Awards.
On July 11, 2006, Anthony releasedSigo Siendo Yo, a Spanish greatest-hits album. In May 2010 he releasedIconos, a tribute to old Latin songs by artists such asJosé Luis Perales,Juan Gabriel andJosé José.[15] In 2012, he released a new song called "Cautivo De Este Amor". In the same year, Anthony was inducted into theBillboard Latin Music Hall of Fame.[16]
In December 2012, it was announced that Anthony was recording a salsa album alongside longtime producerSergio George.[17]Vivir Mi Vida, a Spanish adaptation ofKhaled's song "C'est la vie", was released as the lead single on April 25, 2013.[18] In July 2013, Anthony released3.0, 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 hisVivir Mi Vida World Tour and traveled across 15 countries on three continents.[19] After the tour, Anthony announced a second world tour for his album3.0, his Cambio de Piel Tour.
After his Cambio de Piel Tour, Marc Anthony kicked off UNIDO2,[20] his international tour with Carlos Vives. Marc Anthony is in constant demand for touring. After The Vivir Mi Vida world tour, one of PollStar's 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 2012's Billboard Hot Latin Tours charts.
Anthony sang "God Bless America" at the2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game atCiti 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.
Anthony played supporting roles in projects including 1993s Carlito's Way, 1995'sHackers, and 1996'sBig Night andThe Substitute. He appeared withRubén Blades and Puerto Rican pop singerEdnita Nazario inPaul Simon's 1998 stage musical,The Capeman, which ran for 68 performances. He had a role inMartin Scorsese's 1999 dramaBringing Out the Dead, and in 2001, oppositeSalma Hayek, was in the filmIn the Time of the Butterflies. InMan on Fire (2004), Anthony, oppositeDenzel Washington, played a wealthy businessman who hires a former U.S. Special Forces Soldier to protect his daughter from kidnappers inMexico City. In 2007, Anthony starred inEl Cantante, a biographical drama about the life of salsa music legendHéctor Lavoe, who died in 1993 from AIDS complications. Anthony's then-wife,Jennifer Lopez, narrated the story and portrayed Lavoe's wife. The film, released in August 2007, received mostly negative reviews. In 2010, Anthony guest-starred in two episodes of the TNT medical dramaHawthoRNe as a detective and the title character's (Jada Pinkett Smith) love interest. He was later named the executive music producer of the show.[21] Anthony worked with ex-wife Lopez and director-choreographerJamie King in late 2011 on a Latin talent series created bySimon Fuller, calledQ'Viva! The Chosen. It follows Lopez and Anthony as they travel across 21 countries to find new talent.[22] In 2012, Anthony guest-mentored on Season 2 ofThe X Factor. Anthony played the father of Sonny in movie musicalIn the Heights.
Anthony has sold over 12 million albums worldwide, receiving numerousgold and platinum certifications from theRecording Industry Association of America (RIAA) along the way. He has been recognized byNew York magazine as one of the Ten Most Influential New Yorkers,[23] was inaugurated into theBillboard 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.[24] 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. He has received twelveBillboard Latin Music Awards, threeBillboard Awards, and a special recognition from the Univisión television network in the last two years.
Anthony received his firstGrammy in 1998 for Best Latin Tropical Performance for "Contra La Corriente", directed, arranged and produced byÁngel "Cucco" Peña, followed by the first-everLatin 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 forAmar Sin Mentiras, and Best Salsa Album forValió la Pena.
Anthony has had 25Billboard 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 secondVevo PL certification for 100 million views of his videoA Quien Quiero Mentirle. In 2013, "Vivir Mi Vida", the first single from3.0, spent 18 consecutive weeks at No. 1 onBillboard, making it the longest-running No. 1 single of all time. It received theLatin Grammy Award for Record of the Year. Anthony was honored as thePerson of the Year by theLatin Recording Academy on November 16, 2016, for his musical contributions and philanthropic work.[25]
In 2023,Rolling Stone ranked Anthony at number 167 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.[26]
Anthony and entrepreneur Henry Cárdenas launched the Maestro Cares Foundation in January 2012.[27] In 2014, the foundation opened an orphanage inLa Romana,Dominican Republic.[28] In 2015, the foundation opened a youth home and school inBarranquilla, Colombia.[29]
In 2017, Anthony teamed-up with his ex-wife Jennifer Lopez andAlex Rodriguez to hostOne Voice: Somos Live!, a telethon supporting efforts to aid Puerto Rico's recovery in the aftermath ofHurricane Maria.[30]
Anthony became a minority owner of the Miami Dolphins in 2009.[31] In 2011, he returned to television on theTNT seriesHawthorne, toured the U.S., and launched his line of clothes and luxury accessories for Kohl's.[32] 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.[33][34] More recently, his production company signed a first-look deal with ViacomCBS International Studios.[35]
Anthony is a supporter of theDemocratic Party, and performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the2012 Democratic National Convention.[36] In 2016, he co-hosted a concert in support ofHillary Clinton'spresidential campaign.[37]
Anthony is a practicingCatholic.[38][39]
Anthony performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the2013 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 Mexican. In an interview, Anthony responded, "Let's get this straight. I was born and raised in New York. You can't get more New York than me."[40] Anthony was born in New York City from parents who migrated from Puerto Rico, his dad was from the city ofYauco.
On June 29, 1994, Anthony had a daughter named Arianna Muñiz, whom he shares with then-girlfriend Debbie Rosado.[41] While dating, they adopted their son, Chase Muñiz who was born in 1995.[42]
From 1996 to 1998, Anthony dated and became engaged to Dominican-American actress Claudette Lali.[43]
Anthony married formerMiss UniverseDayanara Torres on May 9, 2000, inLas Vegas. The couple had a son, Cristian Marcus Muñiz, on February 5, 2001. In May 2023, Cristian graduated fromParsons School of Design. The couple's second son, Ryan Adrian Muñiz was born on August 16, 2003.[41]
Anthony marriedJennifer Lopez in June 2004;[44][45] they had previously worked together and dated for a few months in the late 1990s.[46][47] During their marriage, they collaborated on music and performed together, as well as co-starring inEl Cantante (2006).[48] Lopez gave birth to their twins, Max David and Emme Maribel Muñiz February 22, 2008.People paid $6 million for the first photos of the twins.[49][50] In 2009, Anthony and Lopez purchased a stake in theMiami Dolphins. They joined several personalities in buying small stakes in the club, includingGloria andEmilio Estefan,Venus andSerena Williams, andFergie.[51] They bought two houses inBrookville, New York[52] but Anthony and Lopez announced their separation in July 2011, with Anthony filing for divorce on April 9, 2012.[53] Their divorce was finalized on June 16, 2014, with Lopez retaining primary physical custody of the two children.[54]
Anthony and model Shannon De Lima (born January 6, 1989)[55][56] married on November 11, 2014 inLa Romana, Dominican Republic.[57] In November 2016, they separated,[58] and the following month announced that they planned to divorce.[59] On February 13, 2017, Anthony and De Lima finalized their divorce.[60]
As of February 2022, Anthony was in a relationship with Miss Universe ParaguayNadia Ferreira. They got engaged on May 13, 2022[61] and on January 28, 2023, they were married at the Pérez Art Museum in Miami;David Beckham was one of two best men, along withCarlos Slim.[62] On February 14, 2023,Valentine's Day, the couple announced on Instagram that they were expecting a child, the seventh for Anthony and the first for Ferreira.[63] On June 12, 2023, Anthony and his wife welcomed a son, Marco Muñiz.[64]
Juntos en concierto (Together in Concert) series:
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | East Side Story | Flaco | |
| 1993 | Carlito's Way | Latin Band at Disco | Sings "Parece Mentira" |
| 1994 | Natural Causes | Marine Guard | |
| 1995 | Hackers | Agent Ray | |
| 1996 | Big Night | Cristiano | |
| 1996 | The Substitute | Juan Lacas | |
| 1999 | Bringing Out the Dead | Noel | |
| 2001 | In the Time of the Butterflies | Lio | |
| 2004 | Man on Fire | Samuel Ramos | |
| 2006 | El Cantante | Héctor Lavoe | |
| 2021 | In the Heights | Mr. De La Vega |
| Year | Play | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | The Capeman | Young Salvador Agron | Broadway |
Both are of Puerto Rican descent and share the Catholic faith.
...también que aunque Marc ya estuvo casado por la religión católica, el padre Juan Santana, bendijo la unión de esta pareja y que, al final del enlace, se abrieron las puertas de una jaula de la cual salieron volando mariposas doradas.
Actualmente se rumora que JLo tiene problemas con su esposo, Marc Anthony, debido a que ella incursionó en esta práctica, mientras que él debido a que ella incursionó en esta práctica, mientras que él es católico de corazón y no comparte el cambio de religión.
The divorce — 2 years in the making —became official Monday [June 16, 2014].
