Henry Santos

Dominican musical artist

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is  Santos and the second or maternal family name is  Jeter.

Henry Santos

Henry Santos in 2016

Background information
Birth name| Henry Santos
Born|  (1979-12-15) December 15, 1979 (age 44)
Moca, Dominican Republic[1]
Genres|

* Bachata
* R&B

Occupation(s)|

* Singer
* songwriter
* actor
* record producer

Years active| 1993–present
Labels|

* Premium Latin
* Hustle Hard
* Siente
* Universal Latin

Website| Henry Santos online

Musical artist

Henry Santos Jeter (born Henry Vicente Santos Taveras on December 15, 1979) is a Dominican singer, songwriter, and producer. Best known for his tenure as a singer and songwriter in the bachata group Aventura. During his time with the group, he produced, wrote and was the lead singer in the songs "9:15", "Déjà Vu", "Voy Malacostumbrado", and Princesita as well as being the background vocalist in most tracks. He made his debut as a solo artist in 2011.[2] Since then, he has released hit singles like "Poquito A Poquito", "Por Nada", "My Way", "La Vida", among others. Santos has released 5 studio albums and 1 live album. He has been featured in other songs with other artist, including Bad Bunny, Anthony Santos & Pavel Núñez. He is also a dancer, actor and art designer.

## Early life[edit]

Santos was born in 1979, in Moca, Espaillat, Dominican Republic. He moved with his family to the Bronx, NY, aged 13. He is the cousin of bachata star Romeo Santos, with whom he co-founded Los Tinellers in 1994 in what would later become the group known today as Aventura.[1] When he was 17, he became an American citizen and then changed his last name from Santos, which now is his middle name, to Jeter. Santos explained that the Yankees are his favorite baseball team. At the time, Derek Jeter had just started and Santos was so hyped about him to the point that he legally changed his name to Henry Santos Jeter.[3]

## Music career[edit]

### Early career, Los Tinellers, and Aventura (1994–2011)[edit]

Santos in 2011 with Aventura

Henry was a singer, songwriter, and producer for the Aventura. He formed the group in 1994 with his cousin Anthony "Romeo" Santos, and friends Lenny Santos "Len Melody", and Max Santos "Mikey a.k.a. Max Agende". Romeo and Henry met Lenny and Max in 1993. The following year, they formed a band and called themselves Los Tinellers. In 1995 they met a man by the name of Elvin Polanco who would eventually manage and help them record their first album titled Trampa de Amor. Polanco went through some health problems which ended things between him and the group. Later on they met Julio César García, who would become their manager and would re-invent them as Aventura. In 1998, they signed with Premium Latin Music with Franklin Romero.

Aventura released their debut album in 1999 titled Generation Next with the hopes of bringing bachata into the mainstream from its traditional base and fuse it with hip hop and R&B. The album included the single "Cuándo Volverás", which is one of their signature songs. In 2002, the song "Obsesión" achieved huge success in many countries, topping many international charts in France, Germany and Italy. It was part of their second album, We Broke the Rules. Aventura released three more studio albums and three live albums in a decade, spawning many top 10 internationally famous hits. Henry was mostly a back-up singer and mostly danced when he was on stage. He has also been the main voices for the songs "9:15", "Deja Vu", "Voy Mal Acostumbrado", and "Princesita". after breaking multiple records and selling out arenas and stadiums, the group split in 2011 to work on separate projects. This would give Henry the chance to show that he had more to offer.

### Going solo, Signing with Siente Music, Introducing, and My Way (2011–2014)[edit]

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.[4] 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,[4] 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.[4] In May 2013, he released the second single titled "Bésame Siempre". It peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Tropical Airplay chart.[4] 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.[4] On July 12, 2014, Henry reunited with his old bandmates Lenny, Max, & Romeo for a surprise Aventura reunion to close out Romeo's second night of his historic sold out concert at Yankee Stadium.

### Going independent, Aventura Reunion, The Third, live album, and Shut Up & Listen (2015–2018)[edit]

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.[5] 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.[4]

On December 1, 2015, it was announce that Aventura would reunite to have a series of concerts for the whole month of February 2016 at the United Palace Theater in New York City. Their first concert since their split began in front of a sold-out crowd on February 4, 2016. During the reunion, he released the lyric video of the second single for his third solo album titled "Quédate" on February 11, 2016. He released it as an audio single on 8 days later. It peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Tropical Airplay chart.[4] The final concert with the group was on February 28, 2016. Two month later, he released his third album Henry The Third Deluxe on April 8, 2016. 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 December 14, 2018, the song "Aún No Es Tarde" was released as the album's fourth single. he released an acoustic version of the song on December 21, 2018.

### Friends & Legends, Karaoke albums, and Aventura reunion tour (2019–2021)[edit]

On February 8, 2019, Santos released a karaoke album titled Reto: Canta Con Henry Santos Vol.1. He released it as a challenge for fans to sing like him.[6] On April 5, 2019, he reunited with the group once again to release their first song since 2009, "Inmortal". It was released as the lead single for Romeo's fourth studio album . On the Billboard charts it peaked at 95 on the Billboard Hot 100, at number 5 on Hot Latin Songs, and at number 1 on both Latin and Tropical Airplay charts.The first singles for Santos' fifth studio album were released in 2019. On May 3, 2019 he released "Don Juan & Cupido" with Anthony "El Mayimbe" Santos as the first single for his fifth studio album.

On September 21. 2019, he reunited again with the group at his cousin Romeo's sold out concert at MetLife Stadium to close the show.[7] On November 15, 2019 he released "Weekend" with Daniel Santacruz & Lirow as the second single for his fifth studio album. Later that year Aventura announced the Inmortal Tour. On January 24, 2020, he released the sequel to his first karaoke album Reto: Canta Con Henry Santos Vol.2 (Los Clásicos).[8] 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.[9] Henry would continue working on his album. 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 album's 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.[4] 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.

In June 2021, Aventura announced the return of the Inmortal Tour. But instead of doing the shows in the venues that were originally planned before their cancelation, they decided to play at stadiums and big arenas in certain cities.[10] Before the tour started, the group released the single Volví on August 3, 2021, featuring Bad Bunny. On August 14, the tour started in Miami, Florida at Hard Rock Stadium.[11] They became the first Latin act to ever sell out the stadium.[12] 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, Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Both shows were a huge success as they were sold-out.[13][14]

### Other Singles, Upcoming album and Urban Bolero (2022–2023)[edit]

On February 4, 2022, he released the bachata version of "Te Di" with Pavel Núñez.[15] "Te Di" is originally a pop song by Pavel Núñez from his 2012 album Paso A Paso.[16] On May 20, 2022, he released "Cuando Te Toco" with Bachata duo JFab and Paola Fabre.[17][18] The music video was released on May 27, 2022, and currently has 2.1 million views on YouTube.[19]

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".[20] The music video was released on March 31, 2023. On May 26, 2023, he released "Nesesitaba Decirlo".[21] 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. On October 6, 2023, he released the bachata single "No Soy Nada Sin Ti" with Frank Reyes. The music videos for both "La Excepción" and "No Soy Nada Sin Ti" are part of a series involving romance and boxing. "La Excepción" (solo version) was episode one while the one for the following single is episode 2.

## Acting[edit]

Henry Santos have make cameos in two successful Dominican movies, Sanky Panky and La Soga. Santos was the music supervisor of La Soga. He also hosted a fictional radio station called San Juan sounds in the biggest video game franchise Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony. He is the lead actor in Por Nada, A Musical Film a 30-minute short film linked to the second single "Por Nada" of his Introducing Henry Santos solo debut album.[22]

## Mira Quien Baila[edit]

In September 2012, it was announced that Henry Santos would be the first dancer from the Dominican Republic involved in the third season of Mira Quien Baila, Univision's Spanish version of Dancing with the Stars.[23] He would be competing in support of the National Latino Children's institute.[24] Week after week, Santos dominated every challenge given to him on the dance floor. The dances ranged from Hip-Hop and Salsa, to Tango and Quickstep. Not only did Santos dominate the dance floor, but his charm and charisma heavily attracted the fans, which made the third season of Mira Quien Baila the highest rated season in history. Santos made it to the finale without ever being nominated for elimination, setting a new record for the show. Mira Quien Baila's finale aired November 18, 2012. The episode was seen by over seven million people worldwide. Santos was crowned by the fans "El Rey de la Pista" (King of the Dance Floor) with over 41% of the votes against Alicia Machado and Fernando Arau.[25]

## Community work[edit]

Competing in Mira Quien Baila, Henry Santos represented the National Latino Children's institute as support for the organization. But that was no't his only contribution in terms of community work.[24]

On May 6, 2014, Santos partnered up with NYC Presbyterian Hospital & Columbia University in the fight against child obesity in the United States with their community program "Vive Tu Vida" by CHALK, offering a healthy alternatives menu in restaurants all over NYC and educating Latinos on recommended portion sizes for foods, the benefits of exercising and a healthier lifestyle.[26] Subsequently, Santos represented his foundation in the popular Telemundo cooking competition Top Chef Estrellas with the purpose of spreading the message.[27]

On May 14, 2014, Santos was named the "Padrino" (Godfather) of the Latino Commission on AIDS in the United States, helping spread the word among Latin people on the fight against this illness. Subsequently, his voice and image were used on the CDC & MTV's Tr3s Campaign, "Una Conversation A La Vez" ("One Conversation at a Time"), educating Latin people on the prevention of HIV/AIDS.[28]

## Discography[edit]

### Studio albums[edit]

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

### Live albums[edit]

* The Live Album: Sólo Éxitos (2017)

### Karaoke albums[edit]

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

### Singles[edit]

Year  | Single  | Chart positions  | Album  | Certifications

|
|
|
|

U.S. Latin Tropical Airplay
[4]
2011  | "Poquito A Poquito"  |

Introducing Henry Santos

"Por Nada"  |

"Por Amor" (Mi Fiel Fanatica)  |

2013  | "My Way"  |

My Way

"Bésame Siempre"  |

2014  | La Vida
(featuring Maffio) |

2015  | "Y Eres Tan Bella"  |

The Third

2016  | "Quédate"  |

"Cuídame"  |

2017  | "Si Me Besa Tu Boca"
(Solo or with Leoni Torres) |

2018  | "Descarados"  |

Shut Up & Listen

"Tu Ego"  |

"Algo Estúpido"  |

"Aún No Es Tarde"  |

2019  | "Don Juan & Cupido"
(with Antony Santos) |

Friends & Legends

"Weekend"
(with Daniel Santacruz & Lirow) |

2020  | "Como Abeja A La Flor"
(with Alexandra La Reina) |

"Traiciónalo Conmigo"  |

"I'm So In Love"
(with El Prodigio) |

2021  | "Brindemos Por Ellas"
(with Ronny Mercedes) |

"Gisselle"  |

"Perdón"
(with Grupo Extra) |

"Cuando Vayas Conmigo"  |

"Mambo"
(with David Kada) |

"Mi Casa Es Tu Casa"
(with V Of Vossae & Adam Nazar) |

"No Me Tocó Morir Por Ti"
(with Joe Veras) |

"Una Mentirita"
(with Luis Vargas) |

"Bachata & Barra"  |

2022  | "¿Qué Pensabas?"  |

"Te Di" (Bachata Version) (with Pavel Núñez) |

| Non-album singles  |
"Cuando Te Toco" (with JFab and Poala Fabre) |

2023  | "Me Dejó"  |

| TBA |
"Nesesitaba Decirlo"  |

"La Excepción" (Solo and Duet Version with Kiko Rodríguez) |

"No Soy Nada Sin Ti" (with Frank Reyes) |

2024  | "Dominicano" (with Urbanda) |

"—" denotes a title that was not released or did not chart in that territory

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b AventuraWorldwide.com - Biography Page
2. ^ "Henry Santos' Biography". All Music.
3. ^ "Henry Santos talks about his last name being Jeter". Twitter.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Henry Santos Chart History (Tropical Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
5. ^ "HustleHard Entertainment About Us Page". HustleHard Entertainment.
6. ^ "Henry Santos - Reto: Canta Con Henry Santos Vol.1". Apple Music.
7. ^ "Romeo Santos Builds a Bachata Utopia With Nearly 60,000 in Attendance at MetLife Stadium". Billboard. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
8. ^ "Henry Santos - Reto: Canta Con Henry Santos Vol.2". Apple Music.
9. ^ "Latin Concerts Canceled Due to Coronavirus (Updating)". Billboard. April 3, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
10. ^ "Aventura Aventura 2021 Tour Schedule – Inmortal Tour Announcement". Ticket Talk. April 3, 2020.
11. ^ Jessica Roiz. "Aventura Launches Reunion Tour With Sold-Out Miami Show". Billboard.
12. ^ Monique Sowinski (July 20, 2021). "Aventura Becomes First Latin Act To Sell Out The Hard Rock Stadium In Miami". Live Nation Entertainment.
13. ^ Rose Johnson (November 8, 2021). "Historical: Aventura sold all the tickets for the Olympic Stadium in just three days". Blaze Trends.
14. ^ Rose Johnson (November 14, 2021). "Wish granted! Aventura will have a second show on Sunday, December 19". Blaze Trends.
15. ^ "Henry Santos & Pavel Núñez - Te Di (Bachata Version)". YouTube Music.
16. ^ "Pavel Núñez - Paso A Paso". Apple Music.
17. ^ "Henry Santos, JFab, & Paola Fabre - Cuando Te Toco". YouTube Music.
18. ^ "Henry Santos nos presenta el nuevo sencillo 'Cuando Te Toco' junto a JFab & Paola Fabre". Latinos Unidos. May 20, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
19. ^ ""Cuando te Toco", el sencillo que une a JFab y Paola Fabre con Henry Santos". Noticias RC. July 7, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
20. ^ "Henry Santos - Me Dejó". YouTube Music.
21. ^ "Henry Santos - Necesitaba Decirlo". YouTube Music.
22. ^ "Henry Santos' Biography". IMDb.
23. ^ EAStaff (August 23, 2012). "Univision Announces First Stars For "¡Mira Quién Baila!" Season Three". Entertainment Affair. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
24. ^ a b EAStaff (September 5, 2012). "Univision Premieres Season Three of Its Hit Reality Show/Dance Competition "¡Mira Quién Baila!"". Entertainment Affair. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
25. ^ Mandy Fridmann (November 18, 2012). "'Mira Quién Baila': gana Henry Santos (VIDEO)". HuffPost. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
26. ^ Tyler Everett (November 7, 2014). "Hangin With ... Latin Musician Henry Santos". Sports Business Journal. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
27. ^ ""Top Chef Estrellas 2": El ritmo de Henry Santos". Telemundo. January 23, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
28. ^ Francis Rodríguez (May 29, 2014). "Cielo Latino Shines". Telemundo. Retrieved June 23, 2022.

Awards and achievements

Preceded by

Adamari Lopez

|  Mira Quien Baila winner
2012  | Succeeded by

Johnny Lozada

* v
* t
* e

Henry Santos

Studio albums|

* Introducing Henry Santos
* My Way
* The Third
* Shut Up & Listen
* Friends & Legends

Live albums|

* The Live Album: Sólo Éxitos

Singles|

* "Poquito A Poquito"
* "Por Nada"
* "My Way"
* "Bésame Siempre"
* "La Vida"
* "Y Eres Tan Bella"
* "Quédate"
* "Mambo"

Related articles|

* Aventura

* v
* t
* e

Aventura

* Romeo Santos
* Henry Santos
* Lenny Santos
* Max Santos

Studio albums|

* Trampa de Amor
* Generation Next
* We Broke the Rules
* Love & Hate
* God's Project
* The Last

Live albums|

* Unplugged
* K.O.B. Live
* Kings of Bachata: Sold Out at Madison Square Garden

Compilation albums|

* 14 + 14
* Sólo Para Mujeres
* Todavía Me Amas: Lo Mejor De Aventura

Singles|

* "Cuándo volverás"
* "Obsesión"
* "Hermanita"
* "Llorar"
* "Angelito"
* "Ella y Yo"
* "Un Beso"
* "Los Infieles"
* "Mi Corazoncito"
* "El Perdedor"
* "Por un Segundo"
* "All Up 2 You"
* "Su Veneno"
* "Dile al Amor"
* "El Malo"
* "Inmortal"
* "Volví"

Featured singles|

* "Noche de Sexo"

Other charted songs|

* "El Desprecio"
* "La Curita"

Tours|

* The Last Tour
* Aventura Reunion In NYC
* Inmortal Tour

Related articles|

* Discography
* Toby Love
* Judy Santos

* v
* t
* e

¡Mira Quien Baila!

Seasons|

* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7
* 8
* 9
* 10
* 11

Celebrity winners|

* Vadhir Derbez
* Adamari López
* Henry Santos
* Johnny Lozada
* Dayanara Torres
* Greeicy Rendón
* Clarissa Molina
* Kiara Liz

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States

Artists|

* MusicBrainz

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