Toby Love
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Octavio Rivera better known by his stage name
Toby Love, is a Puerto Rican
bachata musician. Love is known for performing a style of bachata music that combines traditional and urban singing and production.
Toby Love was a originally a backup singer for the bachata band Aventura before beginning a solo career with his 2006 LP, Toby Love
, released on Sony Records. In 2008, he received four nominations to the Billboard Latin Music Awards
for songs included in his debut album. Love won awards for two categories, Tropical Airplay Song of the Year, and Latin Rap / Hip Hop Album of the Year.
Toby Love is recognized as the artist that made the subgenre of crunkchata popular. As the result of having recorded half of his debut album in Miami, Love became a fan of crunk
music, and incorporated it into his bachata music.
Love produces the majority of the music used in his albums, along with co-producer Eddie Perez.
, Santo Domingo
, and New Jersey
. Love hopes to begin working as an actor, in addition to his career as a musician.
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
Toby Love, is a Puerto Rican
Puerto Rican people
A Puerto Rican is a person who was born in Puerto Rico.Puerto Ricans born and raised in the continental United States are also sometimes referred to as Puerto Ricans, although they were not born in Puerto Rico...
bachata musician. Love is known for performing a style of bachata music that combines traditional and urban singing and production.
Background
Toby Love was born and raised in The Bronx, New York. While both of his parents are Puerto Rican, his mother eventually married a Dominican man. As a result, Toby was raised listening to bachata music.Toby Love was a originally a backup singer for the bachata band Aventura before beginning a solo career with his 2006 LP, Toby Love
Toby Love (album)
Toby Love is the self-titled first album by Toby Love, released in 2006.-Track listing:#Introduction - Who Put This Together#Tengo Un Amor#Playa Fa Sho#Don't Cry#Morir Amando#Interlude- No Snitchin'#We Got It - featuring Voltio...
, released on Sony Records. In 2008, he received four nominations to the Billboard Latin Music Awards
Billboard Latin Music Awards
The Billboard Latin Music Awards grew out of the Billboard Music Awards program from Billboard Magazine, an industry publication charting the sales and radio airplay success of musical recordings. The awards began in 1990...
for songs included in his debut album. Love won awards for two categories, Tropical Airplay Song of the Year, and Latin Rap / Hip Hop Album of the Year.
Toby Love is recognized as the artist that made the subgenre of crunkchata popular. As the result of having recorded half of his debut album in Miami, Love became a fan of crunk
Crunk
Crunk is a music style that originated in Memphis, Tennessee in the mid-to-late 1990s and gained mainstream success around 2003–2004. Performers of crunk music are sometimes referred to as crunksters. An archetypal crunk track most frequently uses a drum machine rhythm, heavy bassline, and...
music, and incorporated it into his bachata music.
Love produces the majority of the music used in his albums, along with co-producer Eddie Perez.
Personal life
In addition to living in New York, Toby Love also spends his time between homes in Puerto RicoPuerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
, Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
, and New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. Love hopes to begin working as an actor, in addition to his career as a musician.
Studio albums
- Toby LoveToby Love (album)Toby Love is the self-titled first album by Toby Love, released in 2006.-Track listing:#Introduction - Who Put This Together#Tengo Un Amor#Playa Fa Sho#Don't Cry#Morir Amando#Interlude- No Snitchin'#We Got It - featuring Voltio...
(Sony BMG, 2006) US Billboard Heatseekers #36, US Latin Albums #27 - Toby Love ReloadedToby Love ReloadedToby Love Reloaded is the second album by Toby Love, released on 17 July 2007 by Sony Music Entertainment.-Track listing:#Tengo un Amor #La Mujer Perfecta...
(Sony BMG, 2007) - Love Is Back (2008)
- La Voz De La Juventud (Slated for May 2011 release)
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
U.S. Hot Latin Tracks | U.S. Latin Tropical Airplay | ||
| 2006 | "Please Don't Cry" | - | #13 | #22 |
| 2006 | "Tengo Un Amor" | #100 | #2 | #3 |
| 2007 | "Amores Como El Tuyo" | - | - | - |
| 2008 | "Llorar Lloviendo" | - | #22 | #2 |
| 2008 | "Lloras Por Mi" - J.Flo Ft. Toby Love (Remix) | - | #4 | - |
Featurings
- Tito El BambinoTito El BambinoEfraín David Fines Nevares age 30 known professionally as Tito "El Bambino" is recording artist from Puerto Rico. He rose to fame as Tito of the duo Héctor & Tito....
: La Busco - Alexis & Fido - Soy igual que tu
- Grupo Yankees - Jasmine
- Chosen Few Movement - Grind It Up (featuring Toby Love & Lumidee)
- OmegaOmegaOmega is the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet. In the Greek numeric system, it has a value of 800. The word literally means "great O" , as opposed to omicron, which means "little O"...
- Tu No Ta Pa Mi (Remix) - Magic JuanMagic juanMagic Juan is an American merengue hip hop artist of Dominican parentage. He was born in Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York City and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey.-Background:...
- La Otra Noche - Aventura - Enséñame A Olvidar (Sold Out At Madison Square Garden)
- Aventura - Por Que No [Reggaeton]
- Tony CJ - Mi Primer Amor (Salsa Version)
- Fanny LúFanny LuFanny Lucía Martínez Buenaventura , known professionally as Fanny Lú, is a Colombian singer-songwriter and actress from Santiago de Cali, Colombia.-Early life:...
- Y si te digo (bachata, 2007)
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External links
- MET Agency Booking
- Official Website