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| Alejandro Sanz, Famous Spanish singer.Alejandro SanzAlejandro Sanz, born Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro on December 18, 1968 in Madrid, Spain, is a Grammy Award winning Spanish pop/ballad musician and one of the most famous singers in Spain. The second son of María Pizarro Medina from Alcalá de los Gazules, and Jesús Sánchez Madero from Algeciras.Alejandro Sanz 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 neighbourhood 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. With 3, 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. In 2001, he became the first Spanish in recording 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 her hit single "La Tortura". On September 25, 2006, the song A La Primera Persona was released, it was the first single from his new album El Tren de los Momentos (November 7, 2006), which was highlighted by Te lo Agradezco, Pero No, a duet with Shakira. He has won 15 Grammy Awards (1 Regular Grammy Award and 14 Latin Grammy Awards) and has sold more than 21 million albums worldwide. |
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