Alejandro Sanz, born Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro on December 18 1968 in Madrid, is a Spanish pop/ballad musician.

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 Sanz 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.

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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.

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 four 2004 Latin Grammy Awards. It won Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year, 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). This is available in Siete Alejandro Sanz Woman and Siete Alejandro Sanz Man. The launch was in ME Hotel Madrid, Spain.

Sanz is a critic of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.

Awards and Sales

Sanz has won a total of 15 Grammy Awards (1 Regular Grammy Award and 14 Latin Grammy Awards) and has sold more than 21 million albums worldwide.

Discography

Main article: Alejandro Sanz discography

• 1989: Los chulos son pa' cuidarlos (Alejandro Magno)
• 1991: Viviendo deprisa
• 1993: Si tú me miras
• 1994: Básico
• 1995: Alejandro Sanz 3
• 1996: Alejandro Sanz 3 in Italian / Alejandro Sanz 3 in Portuguese
• 1997: Más
• 1998: Edición Especial Gira 98
• 1999: Best of Alejandro Sanz (only in USA)
• 2000: El alma al aire
• 2001: El alma al aire (edición especial)
• 2001: MTV Unplugged
• 2003: No es lo mismo
• 2004: No es lo mismo (edición especial gira)
• 2004: Grandes éxitos 91_04
• 2006: Reissue of all his albums (remasterized and 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

External links

• Alejandro Sanz's Official Site
• Alejandro Sanz's Official Label Site - Free music online
• Special Site Tour07 "El tren de los momentos"
• Alejandro Sanz's Website Biography, albums, photos, videos, tours, forum, chat, news.
• Alejandro Sanz' Official Club in Chile Biography,News,Contests,Photos,Lyrics and more...
• Alejandro Sanz at Rolling Stone

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