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Alejandro Sanz Profile |
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Birth Date: December 18, 1968
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Birth Place: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Birth Name: Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro
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Height: 5'8"
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Biography |
Alejandro Sanz, born Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro on December
18, 1968 in Madrid, is a Grammy Award winning, Spanish
pop/ballad musician and singer-songwriter.
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 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).
Sanz is a critic of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.
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.
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. |
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Other Information |
Daughter, Manuela, with partner Jaydy Michel, was born in
Madrid in July 2001.
Spain's best-selling pop singer. His work shows mixed
influences of Spanish light flamenco and Italian-style
romantic ballads, and lyrics with a certain intimist, poetic
depth.
Carried his guitar practically everywhere he went from age
15 on, and played at local parish functions in the
working-class Madrid neighborhood where he lived, later
graduating to performances at bars and clubs.
Best friends with actor and singer Miguel Bosé.
Has sold millions of records and won several Grammy Awards.
Ex-partner is Mexican model Jaydy Michel. Their daughter,
Manuela, was born in Madrid, Spain on July 2001. They
separated in 2004.
He has released several albums: Viviendo deprisa (1991), Si
tú me miras (1993), Básico (1994), 3 (1995), Mas (1997), El
alma al aire (2000), No es lo mismo (2003) and El tren de
los momentos (2006).
Has a son, with Valeria Rivera, named Alexander, who was
born in 2003.
Girlfriend since 2007 is Raquel Pereda. |
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since June 16, 2008