TOBY LOVENative from South Bronx, Toby Love (Octavio Rivera) is an artist who loves mixing hip-hop and R&B with traditional dominican bachata.
A well-known artist in the Latin music scene already, his father was a member of the Conjunto Clasico, one of Puerto Rico’s most enduring and popular salsa bands. At the age of sixteen, the Aventura band invited him to a practice set, at first, Toby was hesitant since the music they were playing wasn’t his field of expertise, but after they explained what they were doing, mixing bachata with hip-hop, he decided to go ahead and give it a shot. From that moment on, Toby formally joined Aventura and was part of the group for over six years. During this milestone in his successful career, Toby traveled around the world, savored the sweet taste of success and grew as an artist.
In 2006, Toby begins his solo career with the release of his debut album, “Toby Love”, that positioned him as one of the most important singers of the Bachata genre. His first hit single, “Tengo Un Amor”, reached the first position on the Billboard Latin charts and stayed on top for two consecutive months. With this album, Toby Love received four nominations during the Billboard Latin Music Awards 2007 and won in two categories: Tropical Airplay Song of the Year, New Artist, for his smash hit “Tengo un Amor” and Latin Rap / Hip Hop Album of the Year for TOBY LOVE. The success of his debut album was followed by three more releases, "Toby Love" (2006), "Toby Love Reloaded" (2007), "Love is Back" (2008) and "La Voz de la Juventud" (2011).
This young and talented New York singer is ready to start the next chapter of his life with the release of his new album slated for Spring 2013. The first single from this new production is title, “Lejos”, a song written by him and co-produced by Sergio George which is already #1 at the Billboard Tropical USA.
(Last update: December 28th, 2012) |
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