Alejandro sanz biography trivia

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He has received the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year three times. Born in Madrid to parents from Andalusia , Sanz began playing guitar at age seven, taking influence from his family's flamenco roots. Sanz released his debut album at age nineteen, although he did not gain commercial success in Spain until his second release, Viviendo Deprisa El Alma al Aire followed in , selling more than a million copies in its first week.

His collaboration with Shakira on the single "La Tortura" reached number one on several charts worldwide. He grew up in the neighborhood of Moratalaz in eastern Madrid. Sanz recalled that "Back then, kids grew up on the street I was a bit like the group troubadour ; the one who played the guitar and sang. That kept me out of a lot of trouble.

He pursued the instrument with an intensity that eventually frustrated his mother, who broke his guitar one morning after his playing kept the family from sleeping. He was exposed to traditional flamenco music as a child while vacationing each summer in his parents' native Andalusia in southern Spain.