MIAMI (Billboard) - Sony BMG Latin execs were cruising MySpace late last year when they came across the list of most popular unsigned Latin acts. Topping it was Optimo, a trio that plays urban bachata ...
What began as songs about heartbreak in the brothels and barrios of the Dominican Republic in the 1960s has become a worldwide sensation. Even the Bee Gees have gotten a bachata spin. Prince Royce’s ...
“We felt that [our music] was so unique that it could actually backfire on us,” recalls Anthony “Romeo” Santos of formulating a modern bachata sound as part of NYC’s Aventura. From the early Nineties ...