Marco Antonio Muñiz Rivera, known by his stage name Marc Anthony, is an American singer,

actor, record producer and television producer.

Anthony is also the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. He is considered by many as “The
king of Latin Salsa”

The two-time Grammy Award and five-time Latin Grammy Award winner has sold more than
12 million albums worldwide.

He was born on September 16, 1968 in New York City. He is the last of eight brothers.

His parents are from Guayama, Puerto Rico. His mother Guillermina Rivera was a housewife
and his father Felipe Muñiz was a musician and hospital lunchroom worker.

His first love disappointment was when he was 11 years old. He was in love with a little girl
who lived on the second floor. He would serenade her and throw pebbles at her to get her
attention, but she would throw water at him!

When Marc was a small child, his father's musician friends came to his apartment every
Saturday night and played every hour.

At age 12, Marc and his sister Yolanda were hired by producer David Harris to sing as a backup
at demonstrations and commercials.

At school, he liked to make jokes to substitute teachers. He pretended that he was a Latin
student recently arrived from a South American country.

During his childhood, Marc stuttered when he spoke, but discovered that when he sang, that
problem disappeared.

When he was a teenager his parents separated, and he began to sing Freestyle, then changed
his name to avoid confusion with the singer Marco Antonio Muñiz.

Then, he created a musical duo with his friend Little Louie.

In 1991, they recorded an album called "When the night is over”

Anthony was initially reluctant to become a salsa musician and declined an offer to make a
salsa album when Ralph Mercado, president of RMM Records.

Anthony was in a taxi when he heard Juan Gabriel's hit song, "Hasta Que Te Conocí," which
influenced him to change his mind and ask Mercado if he could record it as a salsa tune.

Anthony released his debut in Spanish, Otra Nota, in 1993.