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Juanes To Helm Peace Concert In Cuba

Billboard - Found Jun. 28, 2009
... and Venezuela drew 100,000 people to watch performances by Juanes, Carlos Vives, Ricardo Montaner, Alejandro Sanz, Miguel Bose, Juan Luis...

Posted on June 28, 2009, 9:46 am

Juanes To Helm Peace Concert In Cuba

Billboard - Found Jun. 28, 2009
... and Venezuela drew 100,000 people to watch performances by Juanes, Carlos Vives, Ricardo Montaner, Alejandro Sanz, Miguel Bose, Juan Luis...

Posted on June 28, 2009, 9:12 am

International Songwriting Competition Entry Deadline Approaching

Cybergrass - Found Jun. 26, 2009
Winner Adele, Grammy Winner Kings of Leon, Grammy Nominee Robert Earl Keen, Americana Artist Alejandro Sanz, Grammy Winner The complete list...

Posted on June 26, 2009, 4:57 am

SGAE Signs With eMusic

Billboard - Found Jun. 15, 2009
The catalogs include works by Latin and Spanish artists such as Caetano Veloso, Juan Luis Guerra, Ricardo Arjona, Alejandro Sanz and Joaqun Sabina.
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Posted on June 15, 2009, 12:16 pm

Shakira Fights for the Youth

Latina.com - Found Jun. 8, 2009
... writes about a flight from Miami to San Salvador in which he joined Shakira and Spanish vocalist Alejandro Sanz, who were flying over to...

Posted on June 8, 2009, 1:44 pm

Thalia helps launch Fiesta Tour McDonald's.

HispanicAd.com - Found Jun. 11, 2009
... s to the present, the exhibit includes items from Celia Cruz, Ricky Martin, Daddy Yankee, Alejandro Sanz, Pepe Aguilar, Cristian Castro, Beto...

Posted on June 11, 2009, 12:52 pm

Magazine Preview: Shakira?s Children

New York Times - Found Jun. 4, 2009
At the back of the eight-seater plane was the Spanish megastar Alejandro Sanz, scratching out his own speech, his girlfriend next to him, in a...

Posted on June 4, 2009, 8:55 am

Shakiras Children

New York Times - Found Jun. 3, 2009
At the back of the eight-seater plane was the Spanish megastar Alejandro Sanz, scratching out his own speech, his girlfriend next to him, in a...

Posted on June 3, 2009, 2:18 am

Chart Beat: Yoko Ono, Taylor Swift, Marilyn Manson

Billboard - Found Jun. 4, 2009
... have inhabited the top spot longer, led by Shakira's 25-week reign with "La Tortura," featuring Alejandro Sanz, in 2005. 'END' BEGINS: 20...

Posted on June 4, 2009, 3:44 am

Another Banner Year For The Sony Ericsson Open

US Olympic Team - Found May. 6, 2009
Sandy 'Pepa' Denton, Gloria Estefan, Enrique Iglesias, William 'WAK' King, Kelly Rowland, Paulina Rubio, Alejandro Sanz, and Shakira;

Posted on May 6, 2009, 6:18 am

Alejandro Sanz Biography

Alejandro Sanz
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Alejandro Sanz
Concert in Santiago de Compostela (2007)
Concert in Santiago de Compostela (2007)
Background information
Birth name Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro
Born December 18, 1968 (1968-12-18) (age 40)
Origin Madrid, Spain
Genre(s) Latin Pop
Occupation(s) Singer, Songwriter
Instrument(s) Singing, Guitar, Piano
Years active 1991–present
Label(s) Warner Music Benelux
Website AlejandroSanz.com

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 - the most successful Spanish language song ever.

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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).

An english 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, Beyoncé, Roger Sanchez and Tommy Torres. It's expected to be released in November 17, 2009.

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. He currently resides in Miami and visits his daughter regularly.

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 'Farrquito' during one of his concerts in Madrid, surprisingly since his 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 Awardsfor a total of 17 Grammies, which no spanish artist has ever surpassed. He has sold more than 25 million albums worldwide.

Discography

Studio albums

References

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