Andy Villalona better known as Andy Andy (born Angel Villalona in Azua de Compostela) is a Dominican musician from the famed Villalona family. He first started as a merenguero. He struggled with this type of music and the multinational record label Sony decided to cross over to bachata. Career Andy Andy is one of the most successful Dominican artists in the world, having sold over one million records in the United States to date, and held the Number 1 sales position for more than 39 consecutive weeks. He is the first Dominican artist in Latin music history to win three Billboard Awards in a single night. Multiple nominations: Latin Grammys, 7 nominations to Premio Lo Nuestro, Premios Casandra winner and others. He has also occupied multiple Top spots on a variety of important radio charts and other preferred media showcases in the country. He is the Music Producer of all his seven Bachata albums (Andy Andy en Bachata, Aquí Conmigo, Necesito Un Amor, Ironia, Tú Me Haces Falta, Mi Música... Dos Tiempos, Placer y Castigo). Creator of sound of Bachata with Accordion. Andy Andy has realized duets with important Latin international singers such as Tito "El Bambino", Milly Quezada, Angel y Khriz, Fernando Villalona, Luis Segura, LDA, Alex Matos, Bimbo and others. His first music album, Aquí Conmigo ("Here With Me"), was released in 2002. His second album, Necesito Un Amor ("I Need A Love"), was released in 2003 with the hits Voy A Tener Que Olividarte and Necesito Un Amor. His next album, Ironia ("Irony"), was released in 2005. His hit, Que Ironia, came in three forms: bachata, reggaeton, and ballad|balada, and his second hit, A Quien Le Importa, was featured in bachata and balada. Andy Andy has been popularly recognized for his music and his commitment to the Hispanic community. In 2002, Andy's debut album, Aqui Conmigo was nominated as best "New Artist Tropical Salsa Air Play Track of the Year" at the Billboard Awards. In that same year he won three Estrella Awards, and a Quisqueya Award. In 2003, Andy's second album, Necesito un Amor, was nominated for a Latin Grammy for "Best Contemporary Tropical Album of the Year". Also, he was nominated as "Tropical Traditional Artist of the Year" for Lo Nuestro Awards. Governor of New York honored him with a proclamation for his arduous work and development as an example for the Latin American youth;