Alejandro Sanz

Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro, better known as Alejandro Sanz (Spanish pronunciation: [aleˈxandɾo ˈsanθ]; born 18 December 1968), is a Spanish musician, singer and composer. He has won four Grammy Awards and twenty-four Latin Grammy Awards, including three Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year and Person of the Year in 2017. The singer is notable for his flamenco-influenced ballads, and has also experimented with several other genres including pop, rock, funk, R&B and jazz. Sanz has sold over 20 million records worldwile, becoming one of the most successful Spanish singers being honored with the Billboard Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award (2024), the Los 40 Golden Music Awards (2017) and the ASCAP Latin Heritage Award (2011).

Sanz released his debut album at age nineteen, although he did not gain commercial success in Spain until his second release, Viviendo Deprisa (1991). His next two records, Si Tú Me Miras (1993) and 3 (1995) also fared well commercially, but it was his 1997 breakthrough album Más that garnered international success. El Alma al Aire followed in 2000, selling more than a million copies in its first week and generate his first two Latin Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, and his first Grammy Award nomination. In 2002, he became the first Spanish artist to record an MTV Unplugged album, his second record to win the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year.

His collaboration with Shakira on the 2005 single "La Tortura" reached number one on several charts worldwide and was recognized with the Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year. He experimented with more diverse styles of music with the albums No Es lo Mismo (2003) and El Tren de los Momentos (2006), and Paraíso Express (2009), all three were honored with the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album. Sanz signed to Universal Music Group in 2011 and released his tenth studio album, La Música No Se Toca, in 2012, followed by Sirope in 2015. In 2019 he published his twelfth studio album #El Disco wich became his fourth album to won the Grammy Awards for Best Latin Pop Album, promoted by the collaboration "Mi Persona Favorita" with Camila Cabello. In 2021 he published his thirteenth studio album Sanz, followeby ¿Y ahora qué? in 2025, promoted by his second collaboration with Shakira "Bésame".