Biographical notes

Album[s]:

When The Night Is Over 1991 Ottra Nota 1993 Todo a Su Tiempo 1995

Biographical notes:
Born to Puerto Rican immigrants to the USA in New York City, Marc is the most well known salseros and the hottest stars in modern times. Marc learnt about music as a child and sang to his father who was also a composer and a musician who played bachata and Latin folk music for his friends and family. He started out writing songs for dance and club music performers such as the Sapphires, the Latin Rascals, and Menudo. This led him to get involved with arranging additional vocal parts for songs and occasionally singing back-up vocals. He signed to Atlantic in 1990 and began working with Little Louie Vega on a dance compilation album comprised of different artists. Vega suggested that Anthony sing one of the songs and was so impressed that he immediately had the young singer do all of them. The result was the album When the Night is Over, and featured the work of Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri and Luis Perico Ortiz. It was about this time that Anthony began to get interested in Latin music and its origins. Marc got involved with Salsa in 1993 when he released Otra Nota on Soho Latin. The album produced such hits as "Palabras de Alma," and "El Ultimo Beso." His career really took off when he and La India recorded "Vivir Lo Nuestro," during a live performance at Madison Square Garden. His next album took two years to make and is therefore appropriately named Todo a Su Tiempo. It too has become quite popular. Marc Anthony is one of the most commercially successful vocalists in the history of salsa, with four out of four albums each reaching the top of the Billboard Latin charts, regularly sold-out concerts, and a 1999 Grammy for Best Tropical Latin Performance (for Contra La Corriente). After becoming a major star among Latin listeners, he made his English-language debut with his eponymous 1999 album, launching the pop hit "I Need to Know." In fall 2000, Anthony won a Grammy for Song of the Year for his song "Dimelo (I Need to Know)" at the first-ever Latin Grammy Awards.

Marc Anthony's website is located at http://www.marc-anthony.com