Alejandro Sanz
, born Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro
on December 18 1968 in Madrid, is an award winning, Spanish pop/ballad musician and singer-songwriter. Sanz is the recipient of 15 AN Latin Grammy Awards and two American Grammy's for a total of 17 Grammies, which no other Spanish artist in history has surpassed. Sanz also holds the record for the top selling Spanish music CD in history (21 million copies). He became worldwide known in 2005 after his collaboration with Colombian singer Shakira for her hit La Tortura
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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 the 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
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 on 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.
[1]
He is currently working on his first English language studio album which will include colaborations of
Alicia Keys and
Tommy Torres. It's expected to be released in
November 10,
2009.
Controversy
Alejandro has been associated with flamenco dancer 'Farruquito' who had been found guilty of killing a pedestrian with his car while driving without a driving license. He presented 'Farruquito' during one of his concerts in Madrid. This act wasn't planned for the concert beforehand.
On the 1st of December 2008 Interviu magazine published an article about Alejandro supposedly being involved with the Liechtenstein tax haven case. The article claims that Alejandro could have evaded up to 420000 euros only within the 2002 fiscal year.
[2]
Awards and Sales
Sanz has won a total of 15
Latin Grammy Awards and 2
Grammy Awards for a total of 17 Grammys, which no spanish artist has ever surpassed. He has sold more than 25 million albums worldwide.
Discography
Studio albums
- 1991: Viviendo Deprisa
- 1993: Si tú me miras
- 1995: 3
- 1997: Más
- 2000: El alma al aire
- 2003: No Es Lo Mismo
- 2006: El Tren De Los Momentos
- 2009: Express
References
- Hugo Chávez niega veto a Alejandro Sanz en Venezuela, PRENSA ASOCIADA. 22 February 2008.
- 'Interviú' revela que Alejandro Sanz oculta dinero en Liechtenstein, El Periodico. 1 of December 2008.