Xtreme (group)


Xtreme was an American music group consisting of members Danny D and Steve Styles of Dominican descent. The group focuses on the Latin genre bachata. Xtreme was formed in 2003 and since then has enjoyed success among Hispanics in the United States. The original line up included another vocalist name Elvis Rosario, who was also a guitarist in the group. He left after 2005 or 2006.

History

The Beginning

The group was discovered in 2003 by Andre "Dre" Hidalgo. He is the owner and founder of the independent record label 2 Strong Music, which had started the careers of Bachata artists and groups like Aventura and Prince Royce. Dre discovered Danny D at age 17. Later on he added Elvis Rosario. Then came Steve Styles after many audition were held to find another member. Their original first album was "We Got Next". But they barely had recognition at the time for being underground. Also, when they signed to Sergio George's SGZ Entertainment, they had a knew start and made their self-titled album, Xtreme the debut album.

Albums and Achievements

The group's debut album, Xtreme was released in 2005 and reached #14 on the Billboard Top Latin Songs chart. A re-issued version was made in 2006 do to Elvis Rosario leaving the group.
Haciendo Historia, the group's second album, was released in late 2006 and peaked at #13 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart. The single "Shorty Shorty" has enjoyed similar success reaching #1 on the Billboard Latin Tropical Airplay chart and #2 on the Hot Latin Tracks chart.
Their latest album, Chapter Dos, was released in 2008. Their lead single "Through That Window " was a hit but did not perform as well as their previous single, "Shorty Shorty". "Lloro y Lloro" was therefore selected as a second single and given the success, an eight one, "Baby, Baby".
Their final concert was held at the 4th Annual Sydney International Bachata Festival 2011. While they were performing Te Extraño, Tanja “La Alemana” Kensinger and Jorge "Ataca" Burgos performed their famous Bachata routine.

Discography

On May 7, 2009, Xtreme premiered in a reality show for Spanish cable network Mun2, On The Verge. On the Verge had the highest rated premiere in 2009, among any of Mun2 original shows.