Henry Santos

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.

Santos was born in 1979, in Moca, Espaillat, Dominican Republic.

He moved with his family to the Bronx, NY, aged 13.

Romeo and Henry met Lenny and Max in 1993.

The following year, they formed a band and called themselves Los Tinellers.

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.

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.

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".

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".

He made his debut as a solo artist in 2011.

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.

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.

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.

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, 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.