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Alejandro Sanz was born in Madrid, Spain. He began playing guitar at the age of seven and composing his first songs three years later. 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. His third album, aptly titled 3, was 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 and “Una noche” for the spanish and latinamerican edition from the 2001 Corrs’gratest hits album.

In 2001, he became the first Spanish artist to record an Unplugged for MTV. In 2003, he recorded the album “No Es lo Mismo”, which won five 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.

Alejandro Sanz has won a total of 17 Grammys Awards (2 Regular Grammy Award and 15 Latin Grammy Awards) and has sold more than 25 million albums worldwide.