Question 1

Does Romeo Santos write his own songs?

Accepted Answer

Yes, and he has done it from the start. He was the lead singer and composer for Aventura, the group whose bachata he wrote through the 2000s, and the ASCAP Latin Awards named him Latin Songwriter of the Year in 2012 and again in 2013. The solo career kept the same shape. On Better Late Than Never, his 2025 album with Prince Royce, he is the credited lyricist and composer on all thirteen tracks and the credited producer on all thirteen as well, with Prince Royce writing on four of them. He works with a fixed circle rather than a rotating cast of outside hitmakers: Isaiah Ennio Parker, his engineer and co-producer, composes on twelve of those thirteen songs, and the requinto player Alexander Caba on ten.

Question 2

What did he write for Aventura?

Accepted Answer

The group's ASCAP-winning songs came from him. 'Un Beso' took Songs of the Year at the ASCAP Latin Awards in 2007, 'Mi Corazoncito' took Latin Song of the Year in 2008, and 'Dile al Amor' took Song of the Year in 2011. He also wrote 'No, No, No' for Thalía and sang on it, and the pair won Pop Song of the Year at the Lo Nuestro Awards in 2007.

Question 3

Does he produce his own records?

Accepted Answer

On Better Late Than Never he produced every one of the thirteen tracks. Discogs also credits him as a performance arranger across the album and as the requinto player on the title track, so the production credit is not a courtesy line.

Question 4

Who are his regular collaborators?

Accepted Answer

Isaiah Ennio Parker and Alexander Caba are the two closest, both writing and playing across Better Late Than Never, with Parker recording and co-producing as well. D'Lesly Lora handles vocal production on twelve of the thirteen tracks. Mikaelin "Blue" BlueSpruce mixes and Dave Kutch masters. Outside the studio he built Utopía around bachata veterans, among them Luis Vargas, Frank Reyes, Raulin Rodriguez and El Chaval de la Bachata.

Question 5

Did he write his crossover hits?

Accepted Answer

The ASCAP Latin Awards handed him Tropical Song of the Year for 'Promise' with Usher in 2012 and 2013, and for 'Odio' with Drake in 2015, so his name sits on the writing of both. 'Propuesta Indecente' won him the same category in 2014 and the Lo Nuestro Video of the Year that year.

Question 6

How is the writing split with Prince Royce on Better Late Than Never?

Accepted Answer

Not evenly. Santos writes all thirteen. Prince Royce, credited as Geoffrey Royce Rojas, composes on four: the title track, 'Lokita Por Mí', 'Jezabel' and 'Mi Plan'. The album's published track listing names only his credit on the title track, and the other three come from the pressing's credit list.

Question 7

Is Romeo Santos the same person as the bachata singer Anthony Santos?

Accepted Answer

No, though the confusion is easy to make. Romeo Santos was born Anthony Santos in the Bronx in 1981. The Dominican bachata singer who records as Antony Santos is a different man, and Santos has named him as one of the artists who made him want to sing bachata after his father brought home a cassette.

Question 8

What has he won as a writer rather than a performer?

Accepted Answer

The ASCAP Latin Awards are where his authorship shows up directly. He took Songwriter of the Year there in 2012 and 2013, plus song awards for 'Un Beso', 'Mi Corazoncito', 'Los Infieles', 'El Perdedor', 'Por un Segundo', 'Su Veneno', 'Dile al Amor', 'El Malo', 'You', 'Promise', 'La Diabla', 'Mi Santa', 'Llévame Contigo', 'Loco', 'Propuesta Indecente', 'Eres Mía' and 'Odio'.

Question 9

How many Latin Grammys has he won?

Accepted Answer

One. Formula, Vol. 3 took Best Merengue/Bachata Album (2023). Golden was nominated for Best Contemporary Tropical Album (2018) and the documentary Romeo Santos: King of Bachata for Best Long Form Music Video (2022). His only Grammy nomination came for Formula, Vol. 1 in the Best Tropical Latin Album category (2013).

Question 10

Why is he called the King of Modern Bachata?

Accepted Answer

He was dubbed that, and the reason is the writing rather than the singing. He and the other members of Aventura are the creators of the urban style of bachata, and the main reason the genre is recognized worldwide. The group is also credited with producing the urban bachata artists who followed, Prince Royce and Leslie Grace among them.