Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony (born September 16, 1968 in New York ; actually Marco Antonio Muñiz ) is an American composer , singer and actor .
Youth and private life
Marc Anthony was born to Puerto Rican parents in Spanish Harlem , New York , and grew up with seven siblings. It owes its name to his mother's preference for the Mexican singer Marco Antonio Muñiz , who just happens to have the same surname. To avoid confusion, he adopted the stage name "Marc Anthony". At the age of seven he is said to have attended a music academy in East Harlem in addition to school, at twelve he sang in the background choir of the Latin Rascals and later with the teen boy group Menudo. Then he appeared as a rock singer in various music clubs. He also starred in feature films such as El sustituto , Big Night and Hackers and also appeared in the Broadway production The Capeman .
In 2009, Anthony bought himself into the Miami Dolphins football team . On May 10, 2000, he married the Puerto Rican Miss Universe Dayanara Torres in Las Vegas , with whom he has two children. The marriage was divorced on June 5, 2004; five days later he married the singer and actress Jennifer Lopez in Los Angeles . On February 22, 2008, Anthony and Lopez became parents to twins, a girl and a boy. In July 2011 the couple separated; in June 2014 they were divorced. In the same year he married the Venezuelan model Shannon De Lima, from whom he separated in November 2016.
Career
Marc Anthony's career as an English-speaking rhythm and blues and rock singer was initially only crowned with moderate success. In 1992 he was invited by the percussionist Tito Puente to open a festival in his honor in Madison Square Garden . In the same year he recorded the duet Vivir lo nuestro with La India . From then on he devoted himself increasingly to salsa music . The breakthrough came in 1999 when he received the Grammy in the category “Best Tropical Latin Performance” for his album Contra la corriente . With his single I Need to Know , which was produced in an English and a Spanish version for marketing reasons, he landed a double success in 2000: he received a Grammy nomination for the English version, while the Spanish version won Dímelo the Latino Grammy has been. Anthony writes most of his pieces himself.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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 AT
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 CH
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 US
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| 1991 | When the Night Is Over | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: October 14, 1991
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| 1993 | Otra nota | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: January 26, 1993
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| 1995 | Todo a su tiempo | - | - | - | - |
US-  |
First published: May 30, 1995
Sales: + 500,000 |
| 1997 | Contra la corriente | - | - | - | - |
US74 (9 weeks)US |
First published: October 21, 1997
Sales: + 500,000 |
| 1999 | Marc Anthony |
DE22 (24 weeks) DE |
AT8 (20 weeks) AT |
CH9 (36 weeks)CH |
- |
US8th  × 3
(83 weeks)US |
First published: September 14, 1999
Sales: + 3,450,000 |
| 2001 | Libre | - | - | - | - |
US57 (12 weeks)US |
First published: October 23, 2001
Sales: + 500,000 |
| 2002 | Mended |
DE26 (6 weeks) DE |
AT20 (13 weeks) AT |
CH13 (18 weeks) CH |
- |
US3 (20 weeks)US |
First published: May 21, 2002
Sales: + 735,000 |
| 2004 | Amar sin mentiras | - | - |
CH37 (9 weeks) CH |
- |
US26th × 2
(9 weeks)US |
First published: June 6, 2004
Sales: + 600,000 |
| 2010 | Iconos | - | - | - | - |
US11 (17 weeks) US |
First published: May 14, 2010
Sales: + 360,000 |
| 2013 | 3.0 | - | - |
CH62 (2 weeks) CH |
- |
US5 × 8
(6 weeks)US |
First published: July 23, 2013
Sales: + 830,000 |
| 2019 | opus | - | - |
CH87 (1 week) CH |
- |
US90 (1 week)US |
First published: May 10, 2019
Sales: + 60,000 |
Filmography
- 1988: East Side Story
- 1993: Carlito's Way
- 1994: Natural Causes
- 1995: Hackers - On the FBI's network (Hackers)
- 1996: Big Night
- 1996: Murderous Swap (The Substitute)
- 1999: Con la música por dentro
- 1999 Nights of memory (Bringing Out the Dead)
- 2001: The Time of the Butterflies (In the Time of the Butterflies)
- 2004: Man on Fire (Man on Fire)
- 2006: El Cantante
- 2010: Hawthorne (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2014: Cuban Fury - Real Men Dancing (Cuban Fury)
Awards
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Grammy Awards
- 1999 : Best Tropical Latin Performance for Contra la corriente
- 2005 : Best Latin Pop Album for Amar sin mentiras
- 2020 : Best Tropical Latin Album for Opus
supporting documents
- ↑ Marc Anthony buys a football team ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ World Online: Jennifer Lopez gives birth to twins
- ↑ Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony Finalize Divorce Almost Three Years After Split
- ↑ Marc Anthony: Separation from wife. In: Gala . November 19, 2016, accessed January 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
Web links
- Marc Anthony at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Marc Anthony's website
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Anthony, Marc |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Muñiz, Marco Antonio (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Puerto Rican-American composer and singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 16th September 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York , United States |