Alejandro Fernández
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Alejandro Fernández (born April 24, 1971) is a Mexican singer. Nicknamed as "El Potrillo" (The Colt) by the media and his fans, he has sold over 20 million albums worldwide. Alejandro is the son of the ranchera singer Vicente Fernández
Vicente Fernández
Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...

. He originally specialized in traditional, earthy forms of Mexican folk
Music of Mexico
The music of Mexico is very diverse and features a wide range of different musical styles. It has been influenced by a variety of cultures, most notably indigenous Mexican and European, since the Late Middle Ages...

 music, such as mariachi
Mariachi
Mariachi is a genre of music that originated in the State of Jalisco, in Mexico. It is an integration of stringed instruments highly influenced by the cultural impacts of the historical development of Western Mexico. Throughout the history of mariachi, musicians have experimented with brass, wind,...

 and ranchera
Ranchera
Ranchera is a genre of the traditional music of Mexico originally sung by only one performer with a guitar. It dates to the years of the Mexican Revolution in the early 20th century. It later became closely associated with the mariachi groups which evolved in Jalisco. Ranchera today is also played...

. However, his more recent work has focused on mainstream pop music
Latin pop
Latin pop generally refers to pop music that has what may be perceived a Latin American influence...

.

Alejandro Fernández has performed with artists like: Vicente Fernández
Vicente Fernández
Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...

, Plácido Domingo
Plácido Domingo
Plácido Domingo KBE , born José Plácido Domingo Embil, is a Spanish tenor and conductor known for his versatile and strong voice, possessing a ringing and dramatic tone throughout its range...

, Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy–winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads...

, José Carreras
José Carreras
Josep Maria Carreras i Coll , better known as José Carreras , is a Spanish Catalan tenor particularly known for his performances in the operas of Verdi and Puccini...

, Chayanne
Chayanne
Elmer Figueroa Arce , best known under the stage name Chayanne, is a Puerto Rican Latin pop singer and actor. As a solo artist, Chayanne has released 21 solo-albums and sold over 20 million albums worldwide.-Early life:...

, Amaia Montero
Amaia Montero
Amaia Montero Saldías , also known as the original vocalist of La Oreja de Van Gogh between 1996 and 2007, is a singer/songwriter from Basque Country, Spain. Including her work with the band, Montero has sold more than 7 million albums worldwide.-Background:Amaia Montero is the daughter of José...

, Joan Sebastian
Joan Sebastian
Joan Sebastian is a popular Mexican singer and songwriter. He has composed hundreds of songs and been a regular staple on the top-40 charts in Mexico since his career began in 1977. His music is a mixture of Latin pop, ranchera and grupera music...

, Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan
Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...

, Malú
Malú
Malú is a Spanish multi-selling singer.She is the niece of the famous flamenco composer and guitarist Paco de Lucía and is known for songs such as "Aprendiz", "Como Una Flor", "Toda", "Diles", "Si Estoy Loca" and "No Voy a Cambiar".-Discography:*”Aprendiz”*”Dondequiera que estés”*”Reflejo” *”Como...

, Julio Iglesias
Julio Iglesias
Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva , better known simply as Julio Iglesias, is a Spanish singer who has sold over 300 million records worldwide in 14 languages and released 77 albums. According to Sony Music Entertainment, he is one of the top 15 best selling music artists in history,...

, Patricia Kaas
Patricia Kaas
Patricia Kaas is a French singer and actress.Kaas is a very successful French-speaking singer, with an International following...

, Miguel Bosé
Miguel Bosé
Miguel Dominguín Bosé is a Latin Grammy-winning Spanish/Italian musician and actor.-Early life:Bosé was born in San Fernando Hospital in Panama City, Panama, the son of the famous Italian actress Lucia Bosé and the legendary bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín. He is also a cousin of Carmen...

, Mario Frangoulis
Mario Frangoulis
Mario Frangoulis is a Greek tenor and is best known for his song, "Vincerò, Perderò". He sings in Italian, Spanish, English, French, and Greek; he is fluent in all 5 languages.-Early life:...

, Ednita Nazario
Ednita Nazario
Ednita Nazario is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter who has achieved stardom both at home and abroad. She has been in the music business from a young age, and has released over twenty albums throughout her career....

, Yuri
Yuri (Mexican singer)
Yuri is a famous Mexican singer, actress, and TV host. She has maintained a significant presence in the entertainment business in Mexico for the last three decades...

, Franco De Vita
Franco De Vita
Franco De Vita is a singer-songwriter of Latin music. His first disc as a solo artist garnered three Spanish-language hits in Venezuela. He signed with the Sony label in 1988, and in 1990, his album Extranjero had a song that reached No. 1 on the U.S. Latin charts and won an MTV Video Music Award...

, Diego El Cigala
Diego El Cigala
Diego Ramón Jiménez Salazar, known as El Cigala , is a famous Spanish Romani Flamenco singer...

, Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...

, Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin
Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...

 and Beyoncé Knowles
Beyoncé Knowles
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles , often known simply as Beyoncé, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child...

.

Early years

His first public appearance was in 1977, when his father presented him on one of his shows; he was meant to perform the song "Alejandra". In the middle of the song he forgot the lyrics, started crying and suffered a panic attack
Panic attack
Panic attacks are periods of intense fear or apprehension that are of sudden onset and of relatively brief duration. Panic attacks usually begin abruptly, reach a peak within 10 minutes, and subside over the next several hours...

, but then, his father got on stage and helped him, singing along the song.

Fernández released his first album, Alejandro Fernandez
Alejandro Fernandez (album)
Alejandro Fernandez is the debut self-titled album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández. Produced by Pedro Ramírez. The hit singles from this album are: "Necesito Olvidarla", "Equivocadamente" and "Brumas" .-Track-listing:# Todo Termino  – 2:54# Equivocadamente  – 2:49# Se Me...

, with Sony Music, that released hits such as "Necesito olvidarla", "Brumas" and "Equivocadamente". With this material, Alejandro began a tour in Mexico and some cities of the United States. In 1993, he performed with his father Vicente, in a concert at the Palacio de los Deportes
Palacio de los Deportes
Palacio de los Deportes is an indoor arena, located in Mexico City, Mexico, within the sports complex Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City, near the Mexico City International Airport and the Foro Sol, in which sports and artistic events are also celebrated. It is operated by Grupo CIE...

, continuing a season at the famous Teatro Blanquita of Mexico City. In 1993, he released Piel De Niña
Piel De Niña
Piel De Niña is the second album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández, this is an album with a romantic cut produced by Pedro Ramírez. He made a video for the song "Piel De Niña"...

, the production was directed by Pedro Ramires and became a success. The songs "Piel de niña", "A la vera del camino", and "Cascos ligeros" are some of the hits of the album. In 1994, he released the album Grandes Exitos A La Manera De Alejandro Fernandez
Grandes Exitos A La Manera De Alejandro Fernandez
Grandes Exitos A La Manera De Alejandro Fernandez is the third album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández. Produced by Pedro Ramírez. In this album he interprets classic songs of great composers like Luis Demetrio and Armando Manzanero. He shot a video for the song "A Pesar De Todo"....

, singing pieces of legendary composers such as Armando Manzanero
Armando Manzanero
Armando Manzanero Canché is a Mexican musician and composer of Maya descent, widely considered the premier Mexican romantic composer of the postwar era and one of the most successful composers of Latin America....

, Luis Demetrio and José Antonio Méndez.

1995–1998: "Como quien pierde una estrella", Me Estoy Enamorando

In 1995 he released the album Que Seas Muy Feliz
Que Seas Muy Feliz
Que Seas Muy Feliz is the fourth album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández. Produced by Pedro Ramírez. The song "Como Quien Pierde Una Estrella" becomes the most popular song of the moment, the radio stations play it with an unusual frequency, turning it into a new anthem for the genre...

, the song "Como quien pierde una estrella", became his first international hit, the song was very promoted on radio and television shows.

In 1996, the production Muy Dentro de Mi Corazón
Muy Dentro de Mi Corazón
Muy Dentro de Mi Corazón is the fifth album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández. Produced by Pedro Ramírez. He shoot videos for the songs "Nube Viajera" and "Abrazame". Other songs known from this album are "Moño Negro" and "Es La Mujer"...

 became a success; songs like "Moño negro", "Nube viajera" and "Abrazame" became hits in Mexico and several countries of Latin America. That same year he recorded "Puedes llegar", theme song for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, with singers like Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan
Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...

, Jon Secada
Jon Secada
Jon Secada is a Cuban-American singer and songwriter. Secada was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Hialeah, Florida. He has won two Grammy Awards and sold 20 million albums since his English-language debut album in 1992. His music fuses funk, soul, pop and Latin percussion...

 and Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin
Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...

. In 1997, he recorded the album Me Estoy Enamorando
Me Estoy Enamorando
Me Estoy Enamorando is the sixth album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández. Produced by Emilio Estefan, Jr. and Kike Santander, this album marks a strong change in his career with a new merger of bolero, ballads and the essence of the mariachi...

, produced by Emilio Estefan, Jr. The music of the album is a fusion of bolero
Bolero
Bolero is a form of slow-tempo Latin music and its associated dance and song. There are Spanish and Cuban forms which are both significant and which have separate origins.The term is also used for some art music...

, romantic ballad, orchestral arrangements and a touch of Mexican mariachi that became popular in the Latin music. "Si tu supieras" became the most outstanding hit of that production, and became the theme of the hit soap opera of the time, "Maria Isabel", it also conquered the U.S. market being seven weeks at the top of Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

 Hot Latin Tracks, he became the first Latin singer to hold first place with three hits followed,"Si tu supieras", "En El Jardín
En El Jardín
"En El Jardín" is a single released by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández featuring American singer Gloria Estefan. The song was written and produced by Kike Santander and was released as the second single of Fernández's Grammy-nominated album Me Estoy Enamorando...

" (with Gloria Estefan) and "No se olvidar". Me Estoy Enamorando sold 2.2 million copies worldwide. In December 1998, he recorded Christmas in Vienna VI, with the tenor Plácido Domingo
Plácido Domingo
Plácido Domingo KBE , born José Plácido Domingo Embil, is a Spanish tenor and conductor known for his versatile and strong voice, possessing a ringing and dramatic tone throughout its range...

 and Patricia Kaas
Patricia Kaas
Patricia Kaas is a French singer and actress.Kaas is a very successful French-speaking singer, with an International following...

, his performance was praised by the critics but, however, it did not achieve much popularity among the audience.

1999–2003: Mi Verdad, Entre tus brazos, Orígenes

With the album Mi Verdad
Mi Verdad
Mi Verdad is the seventh album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández. Produced by Pedro Ramírez, this album marks the return to the genre that opened the doors him for the success. Videos were created for the songs "Loco" and "Nadie Simplemente Nadie". The songs "Loco", "Nadie Simplemente...

 of 1999, Fernández returned to ranchera music genre. "Si he sabido amor" became a big hit and was played as the central theme of the hit soap opera Infierno en el paraíso.

In 2000, released the album titled Entre tus brazos
Entre tus brazos
Entre tus brazos is the eighth album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández again in collaboration with the famous producer Emilio Estefan, Jr. and Kike Santander. This album marks the debut of Alejandro Fernández as a composer with the song "Entre Tus Brazos"...

, the eighth in his career, and the second time with Emilio Estefan, Jr. as the producer. "Quiéreme" was the first single, a moved pop song that showed his musical versatility. For the first time in his career a song was from his own inspiration: "Entre tus brazos". The album contains mostly romantic balladas with moved Latin rhythms. That same year, he recorded with Julio Iglesias
Julio Iglesias
Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva , better known simply as Julio Iglesias, is a Spanish singer who has sold over 300 million records worldwide in 14 languages and released 77 albums. According to Sony Music Entertainment, he is one of the top 15 best selling music artists in history,...

, the song "Dos corazones, dos historias" that was contained on Julio's album Noche de Cuatro Lunas.

In 2001, he recorded Orígenes
Orígenes
Orígenes is the ninth album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández. Produced by Kiko Campos and Pedro Ramírez, with this album he returns to his "origins" recording an album of Mexican music, but this time with his own style...

, the single "Sin tantina pena" (a moved mariachi bolero) became an international hit. In 2002, he launched his production Un Canto De México
Un Canto De México
Un Canto De México is the tenth album by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández. It was recorded during a performance in the concert hall of the "Palacio de Bellas Artes"...

, which contains twenty-two classic ranchera songs, it was recorded live at the Palacio de Bellas Artes
Palacio de Bellas Artes
The Palacio de Bellas Artes is the most important cultural center in Mexico City as well as the rest of the country of Mexico...

. In 2003, Alejandro began a Latin American tour with his father Vicente, and recorded the show called "En Vivo: Juntos Por Ultima Vez
En Vivo: Juntos Por Ultima Vez
En Vivo: Juntos Por Ultima Vez is the twelfth album by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández. Recorded live in a concert with his father Vicente Fernández in Mexico City that concludes their extensive tour that took them through Center and South America, the final concert that lasted more than 5...

", which was witnessed by thousands of fans, culminating in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

 at the Foro Sol, with over five hours of music in front of nearly 60,000 spectators. That same year he recorded his next album Niña amada mía
Niña Amada Mía
Niña Amada Mía is the eleventh album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández. Produced by Pedro Ramírez this is a Ranchera album that contains beautiful melodies of big composers like Armando Manzanero and Jorge Massias...

, that released the song with the same name which became a hit and the theme of a popular soap opera of that name. That same year, Alejandro toured Latin America and United States. Later he participated in the Christmas special En mi país broadcasted by Telemundo
Telemundo
Telemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....

, and recorded in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

. Fernández did a duet with Ednita Nazario
Ednita Nazario
Ednita Nazario is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter who has achieved stardom both at home and abroad. She has been in the music business from a young age, and has released over twenty albums throughout her career....

 on the song "Triste Navidad" ( "Sad Christmas").

2004–2006: A Corazón Abierto, México - Madrid

In 2004, he played the lead role in Zapata: El sueño del héroe
Zapata: El sueño de un héroe
Zapata: El sueño del héroe, also titled simply Zapata, is a Mexican motion picture first released in 2004....

, a movie about the Mexican revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, which broke out in 1910, and which was initially directed against the president Porfirio Díaz. He formed and commanded an important revolutionary force, the Liberation Army of the South, during the Mexican Revolution...

 by filmmaker Alfonso Arau
Alfonso Arau
-Biography:Arau was born in Mexico City, the son of a doctor. He directed the films Zapata: The Dream of a Hero, Like Water for Chocolate , A Walk in the Clouds with Keanu Reeves and Anthony Quinn, and the Hallmark Hall of Fame production A Painted House, adapted from the John Grisham novel of the...

.That same year, A Corazón Abierto reunites Alejandro with Grammy-winning producer and songwriter Kike Santander
Kike Santander
Dr. Flavio Enrique Santander Lora, commonly known as Kike Santander, is a Colombian composer, record producer, arranger and entrepreneur. He is considered to be one of the principal Latino composers of the day, having worked with artists such as David Bisbal, Christian Castro, Thalía, Chayanne,...

, who penned his greatest hits from Me Estoy Enamorando. But it also finds him singing the songs of a new generation of songwriters, including Gian Marco, Leonel García (one half of pop duo Sin Bandera
Sin Bandera
Sin Bandera was a Latin pop duo based in Mexico that consisted of Leonel García, and Noel Schajris. They became one of the most popular artists after their debut album "Sin Bandera" was released in 2001.-Biography:...

), Reyli Barba
Reyli
Reyli Barba , most commonly known as Reyli, is a well-known Mexican singer-songwriter who has reached staggering success in the past few years all over Latin America and the Latin U.S....

 (former member of pop band Elefante) and Mexican group Tres De Copas.

"Romanticism is something that will never die", declared Alejandro Fernández, explaining his choice of songs on A Corazón Abierto, his breakthrough recording about lost love, love that is never forgotten and the capacity to always love again. "I'm super, ultra passionate. We're releasing an album that's an x-ray of myself. That's why it's titled "A Corazón Abierto" ("In Open Heart"). It was something very honest. Not naked, but something deeper than that". The album released the singles: "¿Que voy a hacer con mi amor?", "Qué lastima", "Me dediqué a perderte" and the smashing hit "Canta corazón".

In 2005, Alejandro launches México - Madrid: En Directo Y Sin Escalas (Mexico - Madrid: Nonstop). Featuring 13 tracks including one new song. Produced by Aureo Baquiero and filmed in front of a live audience at Spain's "Palacio de Congresos IFEMA", the production features Fernández performing some of his biggest hits accompanied by a 28-piece orchestra and some of Spain's most important voices on three of the songs: Amaia Montero
Amaia Montero
Amaia Montero Saldías , also known as the original vocalist of La Oreja de Van Gogh between 1996 and 2007, is a singer/songwriter from Basque Country, Spain. Including her work with the band, Montero has sold more than 7 million albums worldwide.-Background:Amaia Montero is the daughter of José...

 from La Oreja de Van Gogh
La Oreja de Van Gogh
La Oreja de Van Gogh is a Latin Grammy-winning and Grammy-nominated Spanish pop band from Donostia-San Sebastian. The name of the band refers to the famous post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh who cut off the lobe of his own ear...

 joins him on "Me dediqué a perderte"; Malú
Malú
Malú is a Spanish multi-selling singer.She is the niece of the famous flamenco composer and guitarist Paco de Lucía and is known for songs such as "Aprendiz", "Como Una Flor", "Toda", "Diles", "Si Estoy Loca" and "No Voy a Cambiar".-Discography:*”Aprendiz”*”Dondequiera que estés”*”Reflejo” *”Como...

 duets with him on "Contigo aprendí", and with flamenco
Flamenco
Flamenco is a genre of music and dance which has its foundation in Andalusian music and dance and in whose evolution Andalusian Gypsies played an important part....

 star Diego El Cigala
Diego El Cigala
Diego Ramón Jiménez Salazar, known as El Cigala , is a famous Spanish Romani Flamenco singer...

 perform a moved version of "Como quien pierde una estrella", accompanied on cajón
Cajón
A cajón is a box-shaped percussion instrument originally from Peru, played by slapping the front face with the hands.-Origins and evolution:...

 by famed flamenco guitarist Niño Josele
Niño Josele
Niño Josele is a Spanish guitarist, and exponent of the New Flamenco style.His first two albums show a vibrant, pure, modern flamenco style....

. That same year, Alejandro was chosen to sing along with the tenors José Carreras
José Carreras
Josep Maria Carreras i Coll , better known as José Carreras , is a Spanish Catalan tenor particularly known for his performances in the operas of Verdi and Puccini...

 and Plácido Domingo
Plácido Domingo
Plácido Domingo KBE , born José Plácido Domingo Embil, is a Spanish tenor and conductor known for his versatile and strong voice, possessing a ringing and dramatic tone throughout its range...

 in a special concerto
Concerto
A concerto is a musical work usually composed in three parts or movements, in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra.The etymology is uncertain, but the word seems to have originated from the conjunction of the two Latin words...

 celebrating the opening of the "Forum Internacional de las Culturas" in Monterrey
Monterrey
Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...

. At first his father Vicente was invited, but turned down. Alejandro showed his skilled vocals, and operatic tenor range
Vocal range
Vocal range is the measure of the breadth of pitches that a human voice can phonate. Although the study of vocal range has little practical application in terms of speech, it is a topic of study within linguistics, phonetics, and speech and language pathology, particularly in relation to the study...

, singing pieces of opera such as "Granada"; his performance was praised by the audience. He also recorded a duet song with the tenor Mario Frangoulis
Mario Frangoulis
Mario Frangoulis is a Greek tenor and is best known for his song, "Vincerò, Perderò". He sings in Italian, Spanish, English, French, and Greek; he is fluent in all 5 languages.-Early life:...

 called "Hay más" from the album Follow Your Heart. After that, Alejandro went on tour with two Latin American stars: Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony is an American singer-songwriter, actor and producer. Anthony is the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy and three-time Latin Grammy–winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. He is best known for his Latin salsa numbers and ballads...

 and Chayanne
Chayanne
Elmer Figueroa Arce , best known under the stage name Chayanne, is a Puerto Rican Latin pop singer and actor. As a solo artist, Chayanne has released 21 solo-albums and sold over 20 million albums worldwide.-Early life:...

, passing through several of the most important cities of the U.S. On December 2, 2005, Los Angeles, gave him a star on the legendary Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Walk of Fame consists of more than 2,400 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along fifteen blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California...

, on Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard
-Revitalization:In recent years successful efforts have been made at cleaning up Hollywood Blvd., as the street had gained a reputation for crime and seediness. Central to these efforts was the construction of the Hollywood and Highland shopping center and adjacent Kodak Theatre in 2001...

.

2007–present: Viento a Favor, "Mañana es para siempre", Dos Mundos

In 2007, launches Viento A Favor
Viento a Favor (Alejandro Fernández album)
Viento A Favor is the title of the fifteenth studio album released by Mexican pop singer Alejandro Fernández.-Album information:Was produced by Aureo Baqueiro and the singer works again with the composers: Gian Marco, Reyli Barba and Leonel García. And this time, he invites Fonseca and the other...

 features tunes written by Leonel García and Noel Schajris (better known as emotive Latin-pop duo Sin Bandera
Sin Bandera
Sin Bandera was a Latin pop duo based in Mexico that consisted of Leonel García, and Noel Schajris. They became one of the most popular artists after their debut album "Sin Bandera" was released in 2001.-Biography:...

) and Mexican singer Reyli Barba
Reyli
Reyli Barba , most commonly known as Reyli, is a well-known Mexican singer-songwriter who has reached staggering success in the past few years all over Latin America and the Latin U.S....

. The first two singles were "Te Voy A Perder
Te Voy A Perder
"Te Voy A Perder" is a song written by Aureo Baqueiro and Leonel García, recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández.-Song information:...

", and "Amor Gitano
Amor Gitano
"Amor gitano" is a latin pop duet song by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández and American R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles. The song contains a mixture of cultures, mostly influenced by the exotic language of Fernández, that is Spanish, and Knowles' pop and R&B influences...

", a duet with Beyoncé Knowles
Beyoncé Knowles
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles , often known simply as Beyoncé, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child...

. After that "Cuando Estamos Juntos" and "No Se Me Hace Fácil
No Se Me Hace Fácil
"No Sé Me Hace Fácil" is a song written by Gian Marco, recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández, and released as the second single from Viento a Favor. The song was the theme song for the Mexican telenovela Tormenta en el Paraiso.-Music video:The music video for this single was directed by...

" became hits; "Eres
Eres (song)
"Eres" is a song written by Juan Fernando Fonseca, recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández, and included on the album Viento a Favor.-Release:...

" was the last single of the album.

In 2008, Alejandro started a tour on Spanish land covering cities such as Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

, Valencia and La Coruña. He released the album De Noche: Clásicos A Mi Manera, that contains classic romantic ballads and boleros such as "El Reloj" and "Regálame esta noche", songs that he recorded previously in his career but never released.

In 2009, his voice is the theme of Mañana es para siempre, the most successful Mexican soap opera of the year. The Grammy-winning singer, composer and producer Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...

 invited Alejandro to sing a duet with her for her new album Mi Plan
Mi Plan
Mi Plan is the fourth studio album by Canadian recording artist Nelly Furtado and the first she has released in Spanish. It was first released on September 11, 2009 by Furtado's own record label, Nelstar Entertainment...

. The song "Sueños" was recorded in Miami.

Dos Mundos
Dos Mundos (Alejandro Fernández album)
Dos mundos is the seventeenth studio album recorded by Mexican pop singer Alejandro Fernández.-Album information:Dos Mundos is a 2-disc CD by Alejandro Fernández featuring two different genres on each CD. Dos Mundos: Evolución features songs recorded in Latin Pop while Dos Mundos: Tradición...

 (Two Worlds), is a double production, releasing two albums simultaneously: Dos Mundos: Evolución + Tradición. One of them is pop, produced by Aureo Baqueiro, and the other of ranchera and mariachi, produced by Joan Sebastian
Joan Sebastian
Joan Sebastian is a popular Mexican singer and songwriter. He has composed hundreds of songs and been a regular staple on the top-40 charts in Mexico since his career began in 1977. His music is a mixture of Latin pop, ranchera and grupera music...

. He is the first Latin artist to do something similar. On November 11, 2009 he released simultaneously the videos of the singles "Estuve" and "Se Me Va la Voz
Se Me Va la Voz
"Se Me Va la Voz" is a spanish language song by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández released as the lead single from his seventh studio album, Dos Mundos: Evolucion. The music video of the song was released on YouTube in December 2009...

". He recently released the videos of the singles "Me Hace Tanto Bien" and "Bandida". On November 22, 2010, Alejandro released the live album Dos Mundos: Revolución that includes live versions of songs from his album Dos mundos: Evolución / Dos mundos: Tradición
Dos Mundos (Alejandro Fernández album)
Dos mundos is the seventeenth studio album recorded by Mexican pop singer Alejandro Fernández.-Album information:Dos Mundos is a 2-disc CD by Alejandro Fernández featuring two different genres on each CD. Dos Mundos: Evolución features songs recorded in Latin Pop while Dos Mundos: Tradición...

, two unreleased tracks "Tu Sabes Quien", "Felicidades" and the song "Vamos a darnos tiempo" originally performed by the iconic singer José José
José José
José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz , known by his artistic name José José, is a Mexican singer.Referred in the entertainment world as "El Príncipe de la Canción" , José José is best known for his romantic ballads and renowned for his vocals...

. On August 1, 2011, Alejandro released the song "Bajo un mismo sol" theme of the 2011 Pan American Games
2011 Pan American Games
The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, Puerto Vallarta, Lagos de Moreno and Tapalpa...

.

Sony Music controversy

The international record label Sony Music was sued by Alejandro Fernández after they tried to release an album with some of his unreleased songs after his contract with the label had ended. Mexican Federal Police arrived at the Sony headquarters in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

 and seized about 6,000 copies of the album. The song "Diferente", was released on the internet as the first single of the album.

Personal life

Alejandro was born in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

 and raised in Guadalajara
Guadalajara
Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco...

. He studied to become an architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

, but turned to singing in 1991, encouraged by his father. He is the youngest son of his family. Has two older brothers, Vicente, Jr. and Gerardo, and a sister, Alejandra. Alejandro and his brothers are known in Mexico as "Los tres potrillos" (The three colts).

In the late 1990s, his older brother Vicente, Jr. was kidnapped by a powerful band of organized crime
Organized crime
Organized crime or criminal organizations are transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals for the purpose of engaging in illegal activity, most commonly for monetary profit. Some criminal organizations, such as terrorist organizations, are...

.
The kidnappers cut off one of his fingers and sent them to his father as a warning. After Vicente Fernández
Vicente Fernández
Vicente Fernández Gómez is a Mexican singer, producer and actor. Known as Chente or El rey de la canción ranchera throughout the Latin world, Vicente Fernández, who started his career singing for tips on the street, has become a cultural icon, recording more than 50 albums and contributing to...

 paid a huge sum of money, Vicente, Jr. was released. The exact amount was never announced.

Alejandro is co-owner of the shopping center in Guadalajara, called "Unicenter", where there are different types of businesses, creating jobs for over 170 people.
He participated with his family in the construction of "Lienzo Charro
Lienzo charro
A lienzo charro is an arena where charros hold the events of charreada, torneo de colas and bull riding. A lienzo has two areas: one and a second, circular area in diameter. Charreada is a team competition in which teams go head-to-head to win points in different competitions. The team with the...

 y Centro de Espectáculos Don Vicente Fernández Gómez" or Arena VFG
Arena VFG
Arena V.F.G. is an indoor arena located in Guadalajara, Mexico. The arena can accommodate between 3,500 and 15,000 people. It is mainly used for sporting events and concerts.-Name:...

, with capacity for 11,000 people it is basically dedicated to music shows and eventually will be used for massive charreria competitions. He is an expert in horse riding and charreria. Alejandro supports the Mexican soccer team Atlas.

He has five children: three (Alejandro, Jr. and the twin girls América and Camila) with his ex-wife, América Guinart; and two (Emiliano and Valentina) with his ex-girlfriend, the Colombian model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

 Ximena Díaz.

Discography

  • 1992: Alejandro Fernandez
    Alejandro Fernandez (album)
    Alejandro Fernandez is the debut self-titled album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández. Produced by Pedro Ramírez. The hit singles from this album are: "Necesito Olvidarla", "Equivocadamente" and "Brumas" .-Track-listing:# Todo Termino  – 2:54# Equivocadamente  – 2:49# Se Me...

  • 1993: Piel De Niña
    Piel De Niña
    Piel De Niña is the second album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández, this is an album with a romantic cut produced by Pedro Ramírez. He made a video for the song "Piel De Niña"...

  • 1994 : Grandes Exitos A La Manera De Alejandro Fernandez
    Grandes Exitos A La Manera De Alejandro Fernandez
    Grandes Exitos A La Manera De Alejandro Fernandez is the third album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández. Produced by Pedro Ramírez. In this album he interprets classic songs of great composers like Luis Demetrio and Armando Manzanero. He shot a video for the song "A Pesar De Todo"....

  • 1995 : Que Seas Muy Feliz
    Que Seas Muy Feliz
    Que Seas Muy Feliz is the fourth album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández. Produced by Pedro Ramírez. The song "Como Quien Pierde Una Estrella" becomes the most popular song of the moment, the radio stations play it with an unusual frequency, turning it into a new anthem for the genre...

  • 1996 : Muy Dentro de Mi Corazon
    Muy Dentro de Mi Corazón
    Muy Dentro de Mi Corazón is the fifth album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández. Produced by Pedro Ramírez. He shoot videos for the songs "Nube Viajera" and "Abrazame". Other songs known from this album are "Moño Negro" and "Es La Mujer"...

  • 1997 : Me Estoy Enamorando
    Me Estoy Enamorando
    Me Estoy Enamorando is the sixth album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández. Produced by Emilio Estefan, Jr. and Kike Santander, this album marks a strong change in his career with a new merger of bolero, ballads and the essence of the mariachi...

  • 1999 : Mi Verdad
    Mi Verdad
    Mi Verdad is the seventh album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández. Produced by Pedro Ramírez, this album marks the return to the genre that opened the doors him for the success. Videos were created for the songs "Loco" and "Nadie Simplemente Nadie". The songs "Loco", "Nadie Simplemente...

  • 1999 : Christmas in Vienna VI
    Christmas in Vienna VI
    Christmas in Vienna VI is the seventh album in a series of Christmas concerts recorded in Vienna with Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo. The concert that the recording comes from was the seventh Christmas in Vienna show that Domingo held since 1992, and the sixth concert recording to be released by...

  • 2000 : Entre tus brazos
    Entre tus brazos
    Entre tus brazos is the eighth album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández again in collaboration with the famous producer Emilio Estefan, Jr. and Kike Santander. This album marks the debut of Alejandro Fernández as a composer with the song "Entre Tus Brazos"...

  • 2001 : Orígenes
    Orígenes
    Orígenes is the ninth album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández. Produced by Kiko Campos and Pedro Ramírez, with this album he returns to his "origins" recording an album of Mexican music, but this time with his own style...

  • 2002 : Un Canto De México
    Un Canto De México
    Un Canto De México is the tenth album by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández. It was recorded during a performance in the concert hall of the "Palacio de Bellas Artes"...

  • 2003 : Niña Amada Mía
    Niña Amada Mía
    Niña Amada Mía is the eleventh album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández. Produced by Pedro Ramírez this is a Ranchera album that contains beautiful melodies of big composers like Armando Manzanero and Jorge Massias...

  • 2003 : En Vivo: Juntos Por Ultima Vez
    En Vivo: Juntos Por Ultima Vez
    En Vivo: Juntos Por Ultima Vez is the twelfth album by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández. Recorded live in a concert with his father Vicente Fernández in Mexico City that concludes their extensive tour that took them through Center and South America, the final concert that lasted more than 5...

  • 2004 : Zapata: El sueño del héroe (soundtrack)
    Zapata: El sueño del héroe (soundtrack)
    zapata: El sueño del héroe is the Soundtrack for the Mexican film zapata: El sueño del héroe and was released in May 2004, to accompany the release of the film...

  • 2004 : A Corazón Abierto (album)
  • 2005 : México – Madrid: En Directo Y Sin Escalas
  • 2007 : Viento A Favor
    Viento a Favor (Alejandro Fernández album)
    Viento A Favor is the title of the fifteenth studio album released by Mexican pop singer Alejandro Fernández.-Album information:Was produced by Aureo Baqueiro and the singer works again with the composers: Gian Marco, Reyli Barba and Leonel García. And this time, he invites Fonseca and the other...

  • 2007 : 15 Años de Éxitos
    15 Años De Éxitos
    15 Años De Éxitos is the first greatest hits album from Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández this album contains 15 successful tracks from 8 of his previous albums in addition to the newly recorded track "El Lado Oscuro Del Amor"...

  • 2008 : De Noche: Clásicos A Mi Manera
  • 2009 : Dos mundos: Evolución / Dos mundos: Tradición
    Dos Mundos (Alejandro Fernández album)
    Dos mundos is the seventeenth studio album recorded by Mexican pop singer Alejandro Fernández.-Album information:Dos Mundos is a 2-disc CD by Alejandro Fernández featuring two different genres on each CD. Dos Mundos: Evolución features songs recorded in Latin Pop while Dos Mundos: Tradición...

  • 2010 : Dos Mundos: Revolución

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