Many mainstream music listeners may not know about Aventura. However, this week the Bachata boys are making history by not only out selling the new avant garde sensation Lady Gaga, but they’re also the first Latino group ever to snag four dates at New York City’s Madison Square Garden with shows two shows in January and two shows on Feb. 1 and 2; putting them in a league with the likes of Madonna.
While Aventura toplines the 19,000-strong Madison Square Garden, Lady Gaga is performing down the street at Radio City Music hall, a 6,000 capacity venue, for an equal number of shows. That puts Aventura on track to sell more than three times the number of tickets La Gaga can.
By that measure, it may seem odd that, of the two, it’s Gaga who gets all the press. To that,Romeo had this to say:
“We don’t mind that she’s treated differently. We’re in a different world. Artists (like Lady Gaga) have a major label and lots of marketing behind them. But it’s even more exciting for us to know that we’re accomplishing these things without having that machine.”
For 21 weeks, Aventura’s most recent CD, “The Last,” has sat atop Billboard’s Latin Music Chart, spawning three No. 1 singles while supporting a tour that ranks among the three top-grossing road shows of ‘09, right behind Miley Cyrus’ and Britney Spears’.
With this type of success, rumors of a crossover album plague the Bronx born Bachata crooners.Romeo weighed in on the ongoing controversy:
“Personally I would never separate Spanish and English. I don’t want to say we don’t care about a crossover. But we’re not saying ‘Oh, we got to do it.’ We’re doing things that, honestly, a lot of Anglos can’t — like four Garden shows. For us, that’s enough.” (NYDailyNews)
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