Alejandro Sanz
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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 at age 16, he began attenting management classes, and the young musician started attending management classes after moving from the neighborhood of Pueblo Nuevo to Moratalaz. At the same time, he recorded his first album
In 1991, Sanz released his official major label debut, Viviendo Deprisa, with Warner Brothers. 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. His next albums, Más (1997), and El Alma Al Aire (2000) were top-selling internationally, with both albums breaking into the Billboard Hot 200 in the United States. His 2003 album No Es Lo Mismo won a 2004 Grammy Award for best Latin pop album.
He's got the bull head from Pablo Picasso's Guernica tattooed on his left arm.
In 2005, the song "La Tortura" was displayed to the public, a duet by Sanz and Colombian songstress, Shakira.es:Alejandro Sanz