Johnny Marines
Websitehttp://www.romeosantosonline.com

Johnny Marines is an American music executive from New York City.

Biography

Marines is of Dominican descent, and grew up in the Lower East Side of New York City. He attended Seward Park Campus and John Jay College School of Criminal Justice. He worked as a police officer in the New York City Police Department from 1993 to 2009, retiring at the rank of sergeant.[1][2]

Music career

Marines first met Romeo Santos, lead singer/songwriter and co-producer of Aventura, in 2002 and initially performed security functions for the group. In 2003 Johnny became the group's manager. Under Marines' management, Aventura earned a Latin Grammy Award (2007), several Premio Lo Nuestro awards, Latin Billboard Music Awards, Premio Juventud awards, and an MTV Video Music Award for Latin Artist of the Year.

Romeo Santos began his solo career in 2011 with Marines as manager. Santos released the album Formula, Vol. 1 that year. The album went multi-platinum, had five hit singles, and won several awards. Santos released his second album, Formula, Vol. 2 in 2014, which was similarly acclaimed. Santos conducted multiple tours throughout this period, and played venues including Madison Square Garden and Yankee Stadium. In 2017, Santos' third solo album, Golden was released.

From June 2016 until July 2017, Johnny was the President of Roc Nation Latin, a newly formed division within the company.

Philanthropy

In conjunction with Aventura and Romeo Santos, Marines co-funded toy drives in New York and the Dominican Republic and donated turkeys to low-income families during the holidays.[3]

Awards and recognition

Marines was invited to be a guest speaker at Harvard's youth event the Latino Leadership Initiative, in 2011, 2012, and 2013.[4] He has also spoken at Columbia University, Lehman College, and Syracuse University. In 2012, Marines was interviewed to be a part of the "Famosos" section of About.com's celebrity section.[5]

In August 2015, he was named a "Top Latin Player" by Billboard in August 2015 for managing Romeo Santos [6]

Achievements and Awards

  • On May 2, 2013, Marines received the First Annual "Outstanding Leadership Award" from Harvard University's Dominican Students Association [7]
  • On December 6, 2014, Marines received the "Pino Serrano foundation Internacional Award 2014" [8]
  • On July 27, 2017, Marines received remarks in the Congressional Record by Representative Tony Cardenas of California [9]

References

  1. ↑ MONELL, RAY (15 July 2014). "Johnny Marines is force behind Romeo Santos' success". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
  2. ↑ LES Sports Academy Back to School Basketball Tournament and School Supplies Giveaway http://www.mannyzoom.com/fotos-reparticion-de-utiles-escolares-con-johnny-marines/ Archived 2020-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "betances se disfraza de papa noel" ESPN Deportes. December 23, 2014. http://www.espndeportes.com/news/story/_/id/2261743/betances-se-disfraza-de-papa-noel
  4. ↑ Villegas, Crystal. "Director musical de Aventura habló en Harvard sobre su vida y experiencia". PrimeroMomento.com. July 3, 2012. http://primermomento.com/?p=145911%5B%5D
  5. ↑ Rodriguez, Madelyn. "Johnny Marines de la música a la filantropía" About.com. April 21, 2012. http://famosos.about.com/od/generosos/a/Johnny-Marines-De-La-M-Usica-A-La-Filantrop-Ia.htm Archived 2012-05-07 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Billboard's Latin Power Players List's Top Managers Dish on the Meaning of Power" Billboard. August 4, 2015. http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/6655632/latin-power-players-top-managers-on-meaning-of-power
  7. ↑ "Manager of Romeo Santos Honored at Harvard." El Mundo Boston. May 16, 2013. http://issuu.com/elmundoboston/docs/2120-em051613/5
  8. ↑ "Pino Serrano Awards 2014 (Premios otorgan a personas de origen de la región del cibao) | Remolacha.net". Archived from the original on 2014-12-30. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
  9. ↑ "Congressional Record Extensions of Remarks Articles".

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