Career Early career, The Rise to Fame, and becoming the top Bachata artist in the 90s (1987-1999) His father worked many meaningless jobs for essentially no pay, and the family would often go without food due to having little to no income. He grew up in an extremely poor family in a little house on farmland. Santos was born in 1967 in Clavellinas, Las Matas de Santa Cruz in Monte Cristi Province. He is also known as El Bachatú, the nickname he originally started with. He is known as 'El Mayimbe' of Bachata, and is the second Dominican musician to acquire this moniker, after Fernando Villalona. Today, Santos is unanimously considered the greatest bachata artist of all time. He has had success with other hits like 'Por Mi Timidez', 'No Te Puedo Olvidar', 'Me Quiero Morir', 'Lloro', 'Solo Te Amo', ' Se Acabó El Abuso' among others. He became the first rural bachatero to reach a mainstream audience with his hit single, 'Voy Pa'lla'. One of the top-selling bachata artists of all time, he is known as one of the pioneers of modern bachata in the early 1990s, with his role in redefining the genre to include romantic lyrics, poppy guitar licks, and implementation of new instruments, such as the piano and saxophone. Domingo Antonio Santos Muñoz (born May 5, 1967), known professionally as Antony Santos, is a Dominican musician and singer.
