Alejandro Sanz biography
Alejandro Sanz, born Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro on December 18 1968 in Madrid, is an Award winning, Spain pop music/ballad musician and singer-songwriter who has won a record 17 Latin Grammy, more than any other Spanish musician in history.
Biography
Alejandro Sanz is the second son of María Pizarro Medina from Alcalá de los Gazules, and Jesús Sánchez Madero from Algeciras. He began playing guitar at the age of seven and composing his first songs three years later. The young musician started attending management classes after moving from the neighborhood of Pueblo Nuevo to Moratalaz.
At the age of 16, Alejandro Sánchez recorded
Los Chulos Son Pa' Cuidarlos. However, his official debut, called
Viviendo Deprisa, came in 1991 after signing up with Warner Music.
Si Tú Me Miras followed in 1993, featuring contributions from Nacho Mañó, Chris Cameron and Paco de Lucía. His third album, aptly titled
3, was recorded in Venice, Italy, and produced by Miguel Angel Arenas and Emanuele Ruffinengo.
1997's
Más and 2000's
El Alma Al Aire, the Spanish singer/songwriter achieved international top-selling status.
He also appeared in the film clip for The Corrs' English translation of their duet, "Una Noche" ("One Night") as Andrea's love interest. The video is included in The Corrs' DVD version of
Best of The Corrs. In return, The Corrs sang "The Hardest Day" with him and "Una noche" for the Spanish and Latin American edition from the 2001 Corrs' greatest hits album.
In 2001, he became the first Spanish artist to record an
Unplugged for MTV.
In 2003, he recorded the album
No Es Lo Mismo, which won five 2004 Latin Grammy Awards. It won Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year, and Best Engineered Album with Mick Guzauski, Pepo Sherman, and Rafa Sardina as engineers.
In 2005, Sanz worked with Shakira in the hit single "La Tortura".
On September 25, 2006, Sanz released the song "A La Primera Persona". It was the first single from his new album
El Tren de los Momentos which was ultimately released in November 7, 2006. The album also produced another hit duet with Shakira titled
Te lo Agradezco, Pero No.
On October 2, 2007, Alejandro Sanz launched his own fragrance called "Siete" (Seven).
A korean rendition of Sanz's "Y Si Fuera Ella" is featured on K-pop boyband SHINee's first album of 2008.
Sanz is a critic of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.
Personal life
In 1995 Alejandro Sanz met Mexican model Jaydy Mitchel, they married in a private ceremony in Bali in 1998.
On July 2001 the couple welcomed their first daughter, Manuela, in Madrid.
In 2005 Alejandro and Jaydy split up, and he moved to Miami.
At the end of 2006, Alejandro Sanz went public with the news that he had a 3 year old son, Alexander, with designer Valeria Rivera. The reason why he told the media was because he was being blackmailed by two former employees.The case is still in the courts.
He currently resides in Miami and visits his daughter regularly.
Awards and Sales
Sanz has won a total of 17 Grammys Awards (2 Regular Grammy Award and 15 Latin Grammy Awards) and has sold more than 25 million albums worldwide.
Discography
- 1989:
Los Chulos Son Pa' Cuidarlos as Alejandro Magno
- 1991:
Viviendo Deprisa- 1993:
Si Tú Me Miras- 1994:
Basico (Alejandro Sanz album)- 1995:
Alejandro Sanz 3- 1996:
Alejandro Sanz (Italian album) /
Alejandro Sanz (Portuguese album)- 1997:
Más (album)- 1998:
Discografía Completa: Edición Especial Gira 98- 2000:
El Alma Al Aire- 2001:
El Alma Al Aire Edición Especial- 2001:
Lo esencial de... alejandro sanz
- 2001: MTV Unplugged (Alejandro Sanz album)
- 2003: No Es Lo Mismo
- 2004: No Es Lo Mismo Edición Especial Gira
- 2004: Grandes Éxitos 1991-2004
- 2006: Viviendo Deprisa Re-Release (Edición 2006 with extra content)
- 2006: Si Tú Me Miras Re-Release (Edición 2006 with extra content)
- 2006: Alejandro Sanz 3 Re-Release (Edición 2006 with extra content)
- 2006: Más (album) Re-Release (Edición 2006 with extra content)
- 2006: El Alma Al Aire Re-Release (Edición 2006 with extra content)
- 2006: No Es Lo Mismo Re-Release (Edición 2006 with extra content)
- 2006: El Tren de los Momentos
- 2007: El Tren de los Momentos Edición Especial
- 2007: El Tren de los Momentos En Vivo desde Buenos Aires
Alejandro Sanz in the news
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