Alejandro Sanz

Alejandro Sanz (born Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro on December 18, 1968), is a Spanish singer-songwriter and musician. Sanz has won 15 Latin Grammy Awards and two Grammy Awards and has sold more than 25 million copies worldwide.

Sanz has won a total of 15 Latin Grammy Awards and 2 Grammy Awards. He has won the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year three times, more than any other artist. He has sold more than 25 million albums worldwide. all of his albums have been certified Platinum. He has released a total of 10 Albums and 6 DVDs.

• 11 albums released
• 6 DVDs
• 25 million copies sold
• 200 platinum recordings
• 15 Latin Grammy Awards
• 2 Grammy Awards

Sanz was married to Jaydy Michel, a Mexican fashion model and actress with whom he had a daughter. Sanz and Michel married in Bali on December 30, 1999; however, this marriage was never legally recognized in either of their home countries. The couple divorced in 2005. Their daughter, Manuela Sánchez Michel, was born in 2001.

While married to Michel, Sanz had a son called Alexander with Valeria Rivera, a Puerto Rican fashion designer. Over the years, Sanz has refused to registry his son with Rivera, interviewed by the media the fashion designer has asked Sanz to legally recognise Alexander as his son and develop a close relationhsip with him.Valeria Rivera videointerview by the Mexican newspaper El Universal (Mexico City), January 2010.

• 1989: Los Chulos Son Pa' Cuidarlos

• 1991: Viviendo Deprisa

This was the first hit in Alejandro Sanz's career. The single "Pisando fuerte" helped him enter Latin American markets In Spain, Viviendo deprisa reached ten platinum recordings (1.000.000 copies sold).

• 1993: Si tú me miras

Produced by Miguel Ángel Arenas, Si tú me miras is a step forward in the composer's process of artistic maturity.

• 1993: Básico

• 1995: 3

Sanz starts a series of collaborative efforts with musician and producer Emanuele Ruffinengo, who co-produces the album with Miguel Ángel Arenas.

• 1997: Más

2 million copies of Más have been sold in Europe (the album has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide to date).

• 2000: El alma al aire

It was nominated in the category of "Best Latin Pop Album" in the 43rd edition of the Grammy Awards; and it was the absolute winner in the 2nd edition of the Latin Grammy Awards, being granted four awards: Recording of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Male Pop Vocal Album and Album of the Year.

• 2003: No Es Lo Mismo

• 2006: El Tren De Los Momentos

• 2009: Paraíso Express

It is Alejandro Sanz's eighth studio album. This new album is a return to the key great compositions of Alejandro's career in the vein of his unforgettable MAS album. It returns to his beginnings by recreating the beautiful energy of that moment without forgetting the lessons learned.

In his records you can listen to the sound of cities, of objects, of his own family. Alejandro's parents, Jesús Sánchez Madero and María Pizarro Medina, born in Algeciras and Alcalá de los Gazules (Cádiz-Spain), opened for him the gate of sound, as their life was coming and going (Jesús was member of two bands). From Andalucía and its endless fiesta to Madrilenian districts like Pueblo Nuevo and Moratalaz, Alejandro's childhood was rooted in straightforward flamenco, in an atmosphere of bulerías, farrucas and martinetes; but he also lived the playful side of this genre, sevillanas, rumbas, tanguillos and alegrías. All of this forged his musical spirit, a spirit that has definitely infected the best international pop music.

His first toy was an "exin castillos", but his favorite toy was a tape-recorder. His parents gave him a guitar when he was 7 - he would torture everybody playing it everynight - however he was very convinced that he wanted to be a shoemaker. His more interesting living were when he was a child in his parents' country, Andalucia, where he went each summer. " I don´t know how old I was, because I was still a child, but my oldest memory is about Alcalá de los Gazules, my mother's town: we were there, in the town square, playing hide-and-seek with my brother and other friends when I realized that everybody started to pick a fight with a girl, I don't know why, but the poor girl was having a bad time. I didn´t think twice and I went to defend her and face everybody. I felt like the brave prince, I was happy because people went away and they left her in peace, we were very good friends from that moment".

When he was 13 he would moved Madrid, Moratalaz neighborhood when he'll became a normal boy with usual friends " I always got angry with my girlfriends about boys things, I remember that with the first one, Marta, I was always because she liked going upper-class discos and I and my friends hated them and I was always with my guitar, trying to play Paco de Lucia's songs. My two favorite songs were ' Pongamos que hablo de Madrid ' and ' Dejame ' of ' Los Secretos '. I don't know how many versions I did ! I was singing them to my neighborhood friends all day and they were listening to them down in the street ever and more everyday."

Alejandro has felt devotion for his family. He has his family photos in his wallet. He bought a Mercedes for his father when he could afford it and he set up a hairdresser for his mother. In 1994 he left Moratalaz and he moved a luxurious neighborhood in the north of Madrid, with secret address that his fans would find it soon. A big house with 600 m2 in 4 floors. He is still living with his family.

One of his biggest frustrations is that he could have had more formal education. He loves reading and his favorite writers are Becquer, Tagore, Rosalia de Castro. He has got almost as a rule reading and writing before going bed. Well, he is writing almost every time he always takes a little notebook or a tape-recorder because he can have an inspiration any time. He writes sheets and sheets of paper. " You need write a lot if you want what you write was good" and he has a discipline. " My favourite time working is at late night. I spend my time at home many days, I go out a couple of hours at night to meet my friends, and at one or two I go back my room and I start working."

His musical likings are very varied and get pop or melody songs, Flamenco, Jazz, etc. His favorite cities are Madrid and Sevilla. He doesn't read horoscope, but superstitious he is a bit, he doesn't let anybody from his team wear yellow on the stage. He's untidy but very punctual. He has got a place where he can be close to sun in his house, because he likes having a sunbath. He likes big salads, with rice, oysters, fideua, shellfish and he hates all kind of entrails. He drinks isotonic drinks in concerts "It's an idea I took from Sergio Dalma" and he takes a shower and changes his clothes every time he goes in and out of his house. He likes going to a gym everyday and he loves tennis, his favorite sport. To travel he prefers train over car or plane.