Many 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 tonight, tomorrow and 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." SO NASTY!!!
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