Alejandro Sanz, born Alejandro SÃ¡nchez Pizarro on December 18, 1968 in Madrid, Spain, is a Spanish pop/ballad musician. The second son of MarÃa Pizarro Medina from AlcalÃ¡ de los Gazules, and JesÃºs SÃ¡nchez Madero from Algeciras, Sanz began playing guitar at the age of seven and composing his first songs three years later. After moving to Moratalaz from the neighborhood of Pueblo Nuevo at age 16, he began attending management classes. At the same time, he recorded his first album. Music Career In 1991, Sanz released his official major label debut, Viviendo Deprisa, with Warner Brothers, becoming a well-known singer in Spain thanks to his hit Pisando fuerte.
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