Alejandro Sanz
Alejandro Sanz, born
Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro on
December 18 1968 in
Madrid, Spain, is a
Spanish pop/
ballad musician. The second son of María Pizarro Medina from
Alcalá de los Gazules, and Jesús Sánchez Madero from
Algeciras, Sanz began playing guitar at the age of seven and composing his first songs three years later. After moving to
Moratalaz from the neighborhood of Pueblo Nuevo at age 16, he began attending
management classes. At the same time, he recorded his first album.
In
1991, Sanz released his official major label debut,
Viviendo Deprisa, with
Warner Brothers, becoming a well-known singer in Spain thanks to his hit
Pisando fuerte. The album sold a million copies and made Sanz a star in his homeland. He released
Si Tu Me Miras in
1993, with contributions from
Nacho Maño,
Chris Cameron, and
Paco de Lucía. In 1994 he releases
Basico, a remix album of the best songs from the previous ones. In 1995, he recorded
3 in
Venice, Italy.
His next album,
Más (
1997), launched him internationally, with famous singles such as
Corazón partío and
Amiga mía. It also became the best selling album of all time in
Spain, with almost 3 million copies sold. The album stayed for 77 weeks on the top of many
Spanish and
Latin-American charts. He won the World Music Award for Best Selling Spanish Artist in 1999 in
Montecarlo. In
2000 he released
El Alma Al Aire which broke into the
Billboard Hot 200 in the
United States for the second time, as
Más had done before. In 2001 he recorded live in
Miami a
MTV Unplugged album. His
2003 album
No Es Lo Mismo won a
2004 Grammy Award for best Latin Pop Album, after selling two million copies in two months following its release. The year 2004 saw also the release of his
Greatest Hits album. This 3-CD album came with some previously unreleased songs.
In 2005 he and
Colombian singer
Shakira became the first
Latin duet to perform live at the
MTV awards ceremony in
Miami, with the performance of their hit
La Tortura. La Tortura became one of the most popular Latin songs of 2005 and was a hit throughout Latin America, Europe and even in America.
He has also recorded the single "Una Noche" with the
Irish band
The Corrs in 2000 as well as "Me Ire", and with
Lena in 2005 the song "Tú Corazón".
He has the bull head from
Pablo Picasso's
Guernica tattooed on his left arm.
He has won 14
Grammy Awards (1 Regular Grammy Award and 13
Latin Grammy Awards).
Discography
Videography
*1998
Tour Mas 98*1998
Sanz: Los Videos*2001
El Alma Al Aire: En Directo*2004
Gira No Es Lo Mismo*2005
Los Conciertos*2005
Grandes Exitos: Los Videos*
Alejandro Sanz's Official Site*
Alejandro Sanz's Fan Site
