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Alex Matos

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Biography

Alex Matos (Santo Domingo, February 12, 1976) is a Dominican salsa singer, known as "El salsero de ahora"

Alex Matos was born on February 12, 1976 in Santo Domingo. From a very early age he showed an inclination towards music, since at just 5 years he was the main singer of a small group formed by children of his sector.

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She started singing studies with the teacher Marianela Sánchez, where she defines her musical line: salsa and pop ballad. At that time he got the help of arranger Sandy Jorge with whom he made his first musical production entitled "Ponte en salsa", which has ten musical themes, eight of which are unpublished (seven of their authorship), an adaptation («Skin Of angel ") and a tribute to sonero Ismael Rivera.

In 2011, with the help of maestro Victor Waill, he released the song "Si entendieras", popularized by Anthony Ríos. This song was followed by "A night is not enough", "Love is like a flower", "Perfect love", "I want to tell you that I love you" and "What a pity you give me", the latter of his own authorship, As well as singer-songwriter.

In his first tour of Europe, he met Roberto Ferrante, president of Planet Records, who signed with him the production and distribution of his album "El salsero de agora", which is released in 2013, containing 12 tracks, 6 adaptations and 6 Unpublished, of which, 3 are authored by Matos. The promotion of the album begins on the East Coast of the United States, reaching position number 8 of the ranking Latin Tropical Album of the list of Billboard, and the position number 7 of Tropical Chart of Billboard with the song "Una noche is not enough"

Alex begins to acquire international notoriety when presenting in programs like "A new day", "Total Access", "Wake America", "Saturday Giant", Jaime "Bayly", among others.

Discography

Year Album Label

2011 Stand out in salsa Independiente

2013 The salsero of now Planet Records

Singles

Year Theme Album

2012 If you understood

2012 One night is not enough

2012 The affection is like a flower

2013 I want to tell you that I love you The salsero from now

2013 Tank of love The salsero of now

2013 Angel skin The salsero of now

2013 Three daggers The salsero of now

2013 Perfect Love The Salsero from now on

2015 The bad thing goes dancing

2015 I'm going to declare war

2016 All the bad things go dancing

2017 You

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