Henry Santos

Santos in 2011 with Aventura

Santos was a singer, songwriter, and producer for the band. He and Anthony "Romeo" Santos have written several hits for the band such as "Deja Vu", "Voy Mal Acostumbrado", "9:15" and "Princesita". Originally known as "Los Tinellers", the group made its full-length debut with Trampa de Amor in 1995. Aventura became recognized worldwide with the smash hit "Obsesión" from their third album, We Broke The Rules (2002). Aventura's success was elevated by "Ella y Yo", a collaboration with the reggaeton artist Don Omar from their fifth studio album God's Project (2005). It was the first of ten straight top ten hits on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. After nine albums (six studio and three live efforts) Aventura announced their separation in 2011. Later that year, Henry Santos & Romeo released solo albums.

Santos would eventually have multiple reunions with his group over the years. First time it happened on July 12, 2014, 3 Years after the split, he reunited with his old bandmates Lenny, Max & Anthony in a surprise reunion of Aventura during Romeo Santos' historic sold out concert at Yankee Stadium. On February 4, 2016, Henry Santos would reunite with Aventura for a 21-day concert series at the United Palace in New York City.

On September 21. 2019, he reunited again with the group at his cousin Romeo Santos' sold out concert at MetLife Stadium to close the show.[4] Later that year they had announced the Inmortal Tour. From February to March 2020, Aventura tour around the United States until the COVID-19 pandemic. Shows were cancelled and the group wasn’t able to finish the tour.[5] They eventually would return in 2021 in which they did many Stadium shows in the United States. The last concert of the tour was on October 9, 2021, at Metlife Stadium in New Jersey. Their last 2 shows together were On December 18 and 19, 2021 in Dominican Republic. Both shows were a huge success.[6][7]

Santos in Accesso Total in 2011

In 2011, after his success with Aventura, he would start a solo career while the rest of the members would also work on separate projects. He would eventually sign with Siente Music which was associated with both Venemusic & Universal Music Group. On May 2, 2011, Santos released his debut single "Poquito A Poquito". It would become the first and main single for his solo debut album, The song peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Tropical Airplay chart.[8] On October 4, 2011, Santos released his debut solo album, Introducing Henry Santos. It debuted at number 2 on the Billboard Tropical Albums Chart. Hits such as "Poquito A Poquito", "Por Amor (Mi Fiel Fanatica)" and "Por Nada", which peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Tropical Airplay chart,[8] were favorites among worldwide bachata listeners.

On January 9, 2013, he released the first single off his second album, "My Way", which gave the name of the second album. It became Santos' first number 1 hit on the Billboard Tropical Airplay chart.[8] In May 2013, he released the second single titled "Bésame Siempre". It peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Tropical Airplay chart.[8] On June 25, 2013, Santos released his second studio album My Way. It was released under exclusive licensing to VeneMusic & Universal Music Group, executive produced by HustleHard Ent. The album featured collaborations with El Adictivo Sonido L.A.X., Bobby Pulido, Maffio, and Natti Natasha. On April 14, 2014, TR3S launched an exclusive campaign featuring Henry Santos' third video La Vida, in collaboration with Latin Grammy award winning producer Maffio. The song would peak at number 1 on the Billboard Tropical Airplay chart.[8]

In 2015, Siente Music closed down. The label gave Henry all the masters of his songs. Henry continued as an independent solo artist under his own record label HustleHard Entertainment LLC and continued to release more projects.[9] On August 25, 2015, he released the first single for his third album "Y Eres Tan Bella". It is also the first single after Santos was no longer with Siente Music. It peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Tropical Airplay chart.[8] February 19, 2016, he released the second single titled "Quédate". It peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Tropical Airplay chart.[8] On April 8, 2016, he released his third studio album, "Henry The Third Deluxe". It debuted at #7 in the iTunes digital charts. The album featured collaborations with Jhoni The Voice, Leoni Torres, Maffio, and Gente De Zona.

On February 24, 2017, he released his first live solo album The Live Album: Sólo Éxitos. This is a live album compilation of Henry Santos' best songs. It also includes all the songs that included his voice from his time in Aventura. On January 26, 2018, he released his first single for his forth studio album titled Descarados. On March 9, 2018, he released its second single titled Tu Ego. On March 30, 2018, he released its third single titled Algo Estúpido. On June 1, 2018, he released his fourth studio album Shut Up & Listen.

On February 8, 2019, "Reto: Canta Con Henry Santos Vol.1" was released worldwide.[10] It's a karaoke album for fans to sing to. He released Vol. 2 (Los Clásicos) (The Classics) on January 24, 2020.[11]

The first singles for Santos' fifth studio album were released in 2019. On May 3, he released the first single "Don Juan & Cupido" with Anthony "El Mayimbe" Santos. Later that year he released the second single "Weekend" November 15, with Daniel Santacruz & Lirow. In 2020, he would continue with the release of the third single, "Como Abeja A La Flor" with Alexandra on March 6. The album was originally set to be released in May 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he decided to postpone the release date. Meanwhile, he released 5 more singles between 2020 and 2021 before the albums release.

On May 7, 2021, he released his fifth studio album Friends & Legends. The album featured collaborations with multiple Bachata artist. Colleagues & newcomers of the genre including Lirow, Daniel Santacruz and Grupo Extra, as well as legends of the genre such as Anthony Santos, Luis Vargas, Joe Veras, and Alexandra. This also included Dominican salsa singer David Kada for the salsa song "Mambo" which features. It peaked at number #10 on the Billboard Tropical Airplay chart.[8] It also featured Merengue Legend, El Prodigio in the merengue song, "I'm So In Love". It also featured Ronny Mercedes who was a participant of the American Spanish-language singing competition television series, La Voz.

On February 4, 2022, he released the bachata version of "Te Di" with Pavel Núñez.[12] "Te Di" is originally a pop song by Pavel Núñez from his 2012 album Paso A Paso.[13] On May 20, 2022, he released "Cuando Te Toco" with Bachata duo JFab and Paola Fabre.[14][15] The music video was released on May 27, 2022, and currently has 2.1 million views on YouTube.[16]

In 2023, Henry Santos would start doing Bolero with an urban touch to it, thus calling it Urban Bolero. On March 17, 2023, he released the first single under this genre titled "Me Dejó".[17] The music video was released on March 31,2023. On May 26, 2023, he released "Nesesitaba Decirlo".[18] On August 25, 2023, he released two versions of the single La Excepción. One by himself, and a duet version with Dominican bachata singer Kiko Rodríguez.

• Introducing Henry Santos (2011)
• My Way (2013)
• The Third (2016)
• Shut Up & Listen (2018)
• Friends & Legends (2021)

• The Live Album: Sólo Éxitos (2017)

• Reto: Canta Con Henry Santos, Vol.1 (2019)
• Reto: Canta Con Henry Santos, Vol.2 (Los Clásicos) (2020)