Alejandro Sanz

Alejandro Sanz, born Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro on December 18 1968 in Madrid, Spain, is a Spanish pop/ballad musician.

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December 18 - 1968 - Madrid, Spain - Spanish - Pop - Ballad

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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 attenting management classes. At the same time, he recorded his first album.

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Alcalá de los Gazules - Algeciras - Moratalaz - Management

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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. He released Si Tu Me Miras in 1993, with contributions from Nacho Maño, Chris Cameron, and Paco de Lucía. He recorded 3 in Venice, Italy.

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1991 - Viviendo Deprisa - Warner Brothers - Si Tu Me Miras - 1993 - Nacho Maño - Chris Cameron - Paco de Lucía - Venice, Italy

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His next album, Más (1997), launched him internationally, with famous singles such as Corazón partío and Amiga mía. It also became the most sold record of all time in Spain, with almost 3 million copies sold. In 2001 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. His 2003 album No Es Lo Mismo won a 2004 Grammy Award for best Latin pop album.

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Más - 1997 - Spain - 2001 - El Alma Al Aire - Billboard Hot 200 - United States - 2003 - No Es Lo Mismo - 2004 - Grammy Award

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He has the bull head from Pablo Picasso's Guernica tattooed on his left arm.

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Pablo Picasso - Guernica

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In 2005, the song "La Tortura" was displayed to the public, a duet by Sanz and Colombian songstress, Shakira.

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2005 - Colombian - Shakira

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