Alejandro Sanz

Alejandro Sanz at a concert in Buenos Aires

Alejandro Sanz (born December 18, 1968 in Madrid ; actually Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro ) is a Spanish pop musician .

life and career

Sanz was born as the second son of María Pizarro Medina and Jesús Sánchez Madero. He started playing the guitar at the age of seven. Three years later he composed his first songs. At the age of 16, Sanz moved to Moratalaz and attended management courses there . During this time he also recorded his first album.

His first release on a major record label was the 1991 album Viviendo deprisa . On his second album Si tu me miras , which came out in 1993, he worked with musicians such as Nacho Maño , Chris Cameron and Paco de Lucía . His third album 3 was made in Venice .

His international breakthrough came with his next two albums, Más (1997) and El alma al aire (2000), both of which were able to place in the US Billboard charts. His album No es lo mismo (2003) was awarded a Grammy in 2004 for best Latin pop album .

In Germany, Sanz became known to a wider audience with the song La Tortura , a duet with the Colombian singer Shakira .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		IT	US	Latin
1991	Viviendo deprisa	IT48 × 9 Nine-fold platinum (2 weeks)IT	-	-	Chart entry in ES only in 2006
1993	Si tú me miras	IT99 × 5 Quintuple platinum (1 week)IT	-	-	Chart entry in ES only in 2006
1995	3	IT49 × 8 Eight times platinum (1 week)IT	-	-	Chart entry in ES only in 2006
1997	Más	IT1 × 22 22 times platinum (40 weeks)IT	US- gold US	Latin5 × 6 Six-fold platinum (74 weeks)Latin	Chart entry in ES only in 2006
2000	El Alma al Aire	IT79 × 13 13 times platinum (1 week)IT	US148 (2 weeks) US	Latin3 × 2 Double platinum (38 weeks)Latin	Chart entry in ES only in 2006
2003	No Es lo Mismo	IT1 × 8 Eight times platinum (66 weeks)IT	US128 (3 weeks) US	Latin2 platinum (29 weeks)Latin
2006	El tren de los momentos	IT1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (54 weeks)IT	US66 (2 weeks) US	Latin3 platinum (25 weeks)Latin
2009	Paraíso Express	IT1 × 3 Triple platinum (74 weeks)IT	US84 (1 week) US	Latin1 (20 weeks) Latin
2012	La música no se toca	IT1 × 5 Quintuple platinum (78 weeks)IT	US26 (4 weeks) US	Latin1 gold (51 weeks)Latin
2013	La música no se toca en vivo	IT3 platinum (41 weeks)IT	-	Latin9 (10 weeks) Latin
2015	Sirope	IT1 × 5 Quintuple platinum (102 weeks)IT	US83 (1 week) US	Latin1 (14 weeks) Latin
2019	#ElDisco	IT1 × 2 Double platinum (… Where.)IT	-	Latin36 (2 weeks) Latin

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More studio albums

• 1989: Los Chulos Son Pa 'Cuidarlos (as Alejandro Magno)

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		IT	US	Latin
2001	MTV Unplugged	IT- × 5 Quintuple platinum IT	-	Latin1 × 2 Double platinum (55 weeks)Latin
2007	El tren de los momentos - En vivo desde Buenos Aires	IT17 (6 weeks) IT	-	-
2010	Canciones para un paraíso - En vivo	IT14 (16 weeks) IT	-	-
2015	Sirope Vivo	-	-	Latin8 (2 weeks) Latin
2017	+ Es + El concierto	IT1 × 2 Double platinum (62 weeks)IT	-	Latin7 (5 weeks) Latin

More live albums

• 1994: Básico (ES:× 2Double platinum )

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		IT	US	Latin
2005	Grandes éxitos 91 04	IT3 × 3 Triple platinum (43 weeks)IT	-	Latin18 (8 weeks) Latin
2011	La Colección definitiva	IT7th gold (82 weeks)IT	-	Latin70 (1 week) Latin
2012	Álbumes de estudio - 1991–2009	IT75 (3 weeks) IT	-	-
2014	Original album series	IT79 (5 weeks) IT	-	-

More compilations

• 1998: Discografía Completa: Edición Especial Gira 98
• 2001: Lo Esencial de ... Alejandro Sanz

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		IT	US	Latin
1997	Y, Si Fuera Ella? Más	-	-	Latin13 (8 weeks) Latin
1998	Corazon Partio Más	-	-	Latin3 (20 weeks) Latin
	Amiga Mia Más	-	-	Latin2 (10 weeks) Latin
	Aquello Que Me Diste Más	-	-	Latin9 (8 weeks) Latin
	Siempre Es De Noche Más	-	-	Latin40 (1 week) Latin
2000	Cuando Nadie Me Ve El Alma Al Aire	-	-	Latin12 (11 weeks) Latin
	Quisiera ser El Alma Al Aire	IT4 (10 weeks) IT	-	Latin17 (16 weeks) Latin
2001	El Alma Al Aire El Alma Al Aire	-	-	Latin40 (1 week) Latin
	Y Solo Se Me Ocurre Amarte MTV Unplugged	-	-	Latin10 (14 weeks) Latin
2002	Aprendiz MTV Unplugged	-	-	Latin13 (11 weeks) Latin
	Toca Para Mi MTV Unplugged	-	-	Latin38 (7 weeks) Latin
2003	No Es Lo Mismo, No Es Lo Mismo	-	-	Latin4 (17 weeks) Latin
	Regal name La Silla Donde Te Espere No Es Lo Mismo	-	-	Latin23 (8 weeks) Latin
2004	Eso No Es Lo Mismo	-	-	Latin25 (7 weeks) Latin
	Do No Tienes Alma	-	-	Latin18 (10 weeks) Latin
2006	A la primera persona El Tren de los Momentos	-	US100 (1 week) US	Latin1 (20 weeks) Latin
2007	Te Lo Agradezco, Pero No El Tren de los Momentos	-	-	Latin1 (17 weeks) Latin	feat. Shakira
2009	Looking for Paradise Paraíso Express	IT1 platinum (27 weeks)IT	-	Latin1 (20 weeks) Latin	feat. Alicia Keys
	Desde cuando Paraíso Express	IT5 gold (28 weeks)IT	-	Latin18 (17 weeks) Latin
2010	Nuestro amor será leyenda Paraíso Express	IT11 (23 weeks) IT	-	Latin25 (14 weeks) Latin
	Lola soledad Paraíso Express	IT31 (17 weeks) IT	-	-
2012	No me compares La música no se toca	IT1 gold (25 weeks)IT	-	Latin1 (20 weeks) Latin
	Se vende La musica no se toca	IT3 (10 weeks) IT	-	Latin23 (11 weeks) Latin
	La música no se toca La música no se toca	IT42 (1 week) IT	-	-
2013	Mi marciana La música no se toca	IT10 (15 weeks) IT	-	Latin32 (12 weeks) Latin
	Camino de rosas La musica no se toca	IT18 (4 weeks) IT	-	-
	This game is over	IT9 (2 weeks) IT	-	-	feat. Jamie Foxx / Emeli Sandé
2015	Un zombie a la Intemperie Sirope	IT4th gold (27 weeks)IT	-	Latin19 (15 weeks) Latin
	Que no me dejas sirope	IT46 (21 weeks) IT	-	Latin32 (9 weeks) Latin	feat. Alejandro Fernandez
2016	Deja que te bese	IT6th × 3 Triple platinum (50 weeks)IT	-	Latin21 (18 weeks) Latin	feat. Marc Anthony
2018	Déjala que baile	IT15th × 3 Triple platinum (53 weeks)IT	-	-	Melendi with Alejandro Sanz and Arkano
	Llueve alegría Oxígeno	IT80 (1 week) IT	-	-	with Malú
	No tengo nada #ElDisco	IT19 (3 weeks) IT	-	-
2019	Back in the City #ElDisco	IT20 (5 weeks) IT	-	-	with Nicky Jam
	Mi Persona Favorita #ElDisco	IT22nd platinum (24 weeks)IT	-	Latin- gold Latin	with Camila Cabello
	El Trato #ElDisco	IT76 (1 week) IT	-	-
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2015	Capitán Tapón Sirope	IT51 (2 weeks) IT	-	-
	Pero tú sirope	IT54 (1 week) IT	-	-
	A mí no me importa sirope	IT52 (2 weeks) IT	-	-
	Suena la pelota sirope	IT73 (1 week) IT	-	-	with Juan Luis Guerra
	La guarida del calor sirope	IT80 (1 week) IT	-	-
	Todo huele a ti sirope	IT82 (1 week) IT	-	-
2019	Te Canto un Son #ElDisco	IT43 (2 weeks) IT	-	-

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		IT	DE	AT	CH	US	Latin
2005	La Tortura Fijación Oral Vol. 1	IT1 (19 weeks) IT	DE4 (24 weeks) DE	AT3 (27 weeks) AT	CH2 (37 weeks) CH	US23 (31 weeks) US	Latin1 (45 weeks) Latin	Shakira feat. Alejandro Sanz
2013	Next to Me	IT47 (1 week) IT	-	-	-	-	-	Emeli Sandé feat. Alejandro Sanz
2016	No soy una de esas Un Besito Más	IT84 (18 weeks) IT	-	-	-	-	Latin22 (20 weeks) Latin	Jesse & Joy feat. Alejandro Sanz

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Argentina 1993: for the album Viviendo Deprisa 2004: for the album Grandes Éxitos 1997-2004  Brazil 1999: for the album Más 2005: for the album MTV Unplugged  Italy 2019: for the single La tortura  Mexico 2004: for the video album MTV Unplugged 2005: for the album Grandes Éxitos 1991–1996 2008: for the ringtone Te Lo Agradezco Pero No. 2012: for the album La Collecion Definitiva 2020: for the single Déjala que baile Platinum record  Argentina 1993: for the album Si Tú Me Miras 1996: for the album Básico 2000: for the album Alejandro Sanz (4 CD box) 2001: for the video album Los Videos 2003: for the video album MTV Unplugged 2005: for the video album Grandes Éxitos 1997-2004 Los Videos 2006: for the album El Tren De Los Momentos  Mexico 2009: for the album Paraíso Express 2016: for the album Sirope 2017: for the single Deja Que Te Bese  Europe 2000: for the album El Alma Al Aire

3 × gold record  Mexico 2006: for the album El Tren De Los Momentos 2013: for the album La Música No Se Toca 2017: for the single A Que No Me Dejas 2 × platinum record  Argentina 2001: for the album MTV Unplugged  Europe 1999: for the album Más  Mexico 2002: for the album MTV Unplugged 2002: for the album No Es Lo Mismo 5 × gold record  Mexico 2000: for the album El Alma Al Aire

3 × platinum record  Argentina 1995: for the album Alejandro Sanz III 2000: for the album El Alma Al Aire 2003: for the album No Es Lo Mismo  Mexico 1999: for the album Más 7 × gold record  Mexico 2017: for the single Un Zombie A La Intemperie 5 × platinum record  Argentina 1997: for the album Más

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	2 × gold2	23 × platinum23	1,154,000	capif.org.ar AR2
Brazil (PMB)	2 × gold2	-	150,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Italy (FIMI)	gold1	-	25,000	fimi.it
Europe (IFPI)	-	3 × platinum3	(3,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Mexico (AMPROFON)	10 × gold10	18 × platinum18th	2,315,000	amprofon.com.mx
Spain (Promusicae)	4 × gold4th	105 × platinum105	8,740,000	elportaldemusica.es ES2
United States (RIAA)	3 × gold3	12 × platinum12	1,280,000	riaa.com
All in all	22 × gold22nd	161 × platinum161

Awards

• 1997: Premio Amigo (Spain) - Mejor Artista Masculino (German: best male artist)
• 1997: Premio Ondas (Spain) - Mejor Artista Nacional (German: best national artist)
• 1997: Premios de la Música (Spain) - Mejor Artista Nacional (German: best national artist)
• 1998: Premio Amigo (Spain) - special award
• 1998: Premio Ondas (Spain) - Homenaje Especial (German: best song ( Corazón partío ))
• 1999: World Music Awards - Best Selling Spanish Artist
• 2000: Premio Ondas - Mejor Artista Español (German: best Spanish artist)
• 2001: MTV Video Music Awards - winner of a competition broadcast on MTV in Spain with the album El alma al aire .
• 2004: Grammy for No es lo mismo ( best Latin pop album )
• 2008: Grammy for El tren de los momentos (best Latin pop album)
• 2011: Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes , Spanish Medal of Merit in Gold of Fine Arts
• 2011: Grammy for Paraíso Express (best Latin pop album)
• 2020: Grammy for #Eldisco (best Latin pop album)

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1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: ES1 ES2 DE AT CH US

Web links

Commons : Alejandro Sanz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• http://www.alejandrosanz.com/ (Spanish)
• Alejandro Sanz fan website