Aventura

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Attribution
Image Credit: Reynaldo Brito (ImagenesDominicanas.com), CC BY-SA 3.0

Biography

Aventura was a bachata music group from New York, United States. Aventura was formed in 1994 by Anthony "Romeo" Santos, Henry Santos, Lenny Santos, and Max Santos, three of whom are natives of The Bronx but families are from Dominican Republic and one born in the Dominican Republic. Aventura made their big break in 1999, with the hopes of breaking bachata music out from its traditional base and fuse it with modern popular sounds like hip hop and R&B. After their separation in 2011, Romeo Santos and Henry Santos embarked on respective solo careers while Lenny Santos and Max Santos joined Steve Styles from the Bachata group Xtreme to form Vena. According to Romeo Santos, the group is "on pause to do individual projects," but will reunite in a couple of years.

Details

Item Name Item Details
Year Formed 1994
Number of Albums 70
Record Label
Website www.aventuraworldwide.com
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Genres

Latin Bachata

Trivia

In what year did Aventura come together?

1994

...Aventura came together in 1994 when a group of teenage boys living in the Bronx, NY, with a common passion for R&B, hiphop and reggaeton music decided...
What did the group of teenage boys in the Bronx, NY, have a common passion for?

R&B, hiphop and reggaeton music

...age boys living in the Bronx, NY, with a common passion for R&B, hiphop and reggaeton music decided to infuse the music of the Dominican Republic into...
In what country did the music of the AVENTura group come from?

Dominican Republic

...&B, hiphop and reggaeton music decided to infuse the music of the Dominican Republic into contemporary music. Their growth to popularity in 2002 helpe...
In what year did urban bachata begin to gain popularity?

2002

...ominican Republic into contemporary music. Their growth to popularity in 2002 helped define a new musical style, urban bachata, which launched the bac...
What was the name of the new musical style?

urban bachata

...heir growth to popularity in 2002 helped define a new musical style, urban bachata , which launched the bachata musical style into the same realm of sa...
Where did teenagers make music together?

in their parents' den or garage

...e the thousands of teenagers who get together to make music in their parents' den or garage . They each shared a common heritage and grew up listening ...
Who was the lead singer and composer of the band?

Anthony Romeo Santos

...the music of sorrow or bitterness. Members The band consisted of Anthony Romeo Santos , lead singer and composer; Lenny Santos, guitarist, producer and...
Where was Henry born?

Moca, Dominican Republic

...r player. Henry, his cousin, was born on December 15, 1979, in Moca, Dominican Republic . His family moved to New York when he was 14. Lenny was born o...
How old was Henry when his family moved to New York?

14

...79, in Moca, Dominican Republic. His family moved to New York when he was 14 . Lenny was born on October 24, 1979, in the Bronx to Dominican parents. M...
When did his family move to New York?

when he was 14

...15, 1979, in Moca, Dominican Republic. His family moved to New York when he was 14 . Lenny was born on October 24, 1979, in the Bronx to Dominican pare...
What was Max's name?

Mikie Santos

...ducer and arranger; Henry Santos Jeter, singer and composer; and Max Mikie Santos , rapper, bass and guitar player. Henry, his cousin, was born on Dece...
In the 1980s and 1990s, the growing Dominican population became an important fan base for what?

bachata

...inican population in the United States became an important fan base for bachata . Many Dominican immigrants came from a social milieu that didnt stigma...
What did many Dominican immigrants come from that didnt stigmatize bachata in the way the mainstream did?

a social milieu

...important fan base for bachata. Many Dominican immigrants came from a social milieu that didnt stigmatize bachata in the way the mainstream in their n...
Who were the chief beneficiaries of the increase in purchasing power?

Blas Durán, and later Antony Santos, Luis Vargas and Raulín Rodríguez

...rise to acceptance and popularity. First Blas Durán, and later Antony Santos, Luis Vargas and Raulín Rodríguez were the chief beneficiaries of the inc...
What was a luxuries that earlier generations didnt have access to?

New guitars, computers and recording equipment

...vailable even to bachateros like Santos and Vargas. New guitars, computers and recording equipment were luxuries that earlier generations didnt have a...
How many of their albums charted?

nine

...art harmonies, earworm melodic hooks, and rhythmic imagination. Further, nine of their albums charted, including 2009's pop crossover The Last, which ...
What was the name of the live follow-up to The Last?

14 14

...ssover The Last, which topped the list, as did its live followup, 2011's 14 14 . They have won countless Premio Lo Nuestro, Premio Juventud, and Billbo...
What label did Generation Next sign to?

BMG

...rs playing parties and local festivals, they caught a break and signed to BMG . They released their debut longplayer, Generation Next, with the assista...
How many studio albums did Aventura release?

five

... one of the most influential Latin groups of all time. Aventura released five studio albums in a decade, creating many top 10 hits like Cuando Volverá...
What awards has AVENTURA been nominated for?

American Music Awards, the Latin Grammy Awards, Billboard Latin Music Awards, and Premio Lo Nuestro

...inated for awards such as American Music Awards, the Latin Grammy Awards, Billboard Latin Music Awards, and Premio Lo Nuestro . History edit Formation,...
What year did Lenny Santos and his brother Max form Los Tinallers?

1993

...o Lo Nuestro. History edit Formation, Los Tinellers and Aventura edit In 1993 , Lenny Santos and his brother Max Santos formed Los Tinallers. Lenny and...
Who were Lenny and Max looking for to help them take their music career more seriously?

a singer

...rother Max Santos formed Los Tinallers. Lenny and Max were looking for a singer who could help them take their music career more serious. Lenny didn't...
Who did Roney Fernandez attend the same school as?

Anthony

...group's musicians named Roney Fernandez who attended the same school as Anthony . They clicked instantly, and the two started working on songs together...