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Alejandro Fernández is a popular Mexican singer who specializes in traditional, earthy forms of Mexican folk and country music, such as mariachi and ranchera. He is the son of Vicente Fernández, also a popular Mexican singer.
Though he trained as an architect, Fernández turned to singing in 1991. A year later, he released his first album. Since then, he has recorded 13 albums and sold a reported 20 million records, working with producers such as Emilio Estefan and Kike Santander. Fernández also has portrayed the lead role in Zapata, a 2003 movie about the Mexican revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata by filmmaker Alfonso Arau.
Although he has many publicized female companions, it is rumored that he and Ricky Martin have been romantically involved; bisexual singer Miguel Bosé has also neither confirmed nor denied a 2004 tabloid report that he and Fernández have been involved as well. Although Fernández has been quoted as saying that he is not homosexual, a Chicago based Univision reporter stated that Fernandez visited a popular gay club, The Man-Hole, during his 1996 visit to perform at the UIC Pavillion in Chicago.
In 2005, Fernandez and his father, Vicente and his brother Vicente Jr., made history by becoming the first Latin American singers to appear as cartoons in a video, for Vicente Sr.'s song, Al Mayor de los Fernandez (To the Oldest Fernandez), dedicated to Vicente Sr.'s father.