A cantata (literally 'sung', derived from the Italian word 'cantare') is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir.

The meaning of the term changed over time, from the simple single voice madrigal of the early 17th century, to the multi-voice 'cantata da camera' and the 'cantata da chiesa' of the later part of that century, from the more substantial dramatic forms of the 18th century (including the 200-odd church and secular cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach) to the usually sacred-texted 19th-century cantata, which was effectively a type of short oratorio.

Historical context

The term originated in the early 17th century simultaneously with opera and oratorio. Prior to that all "cultured" music was vocal. With the rise of instrumental music the term appeared, while the instrumental art became sufficiently developed to be embodied in sonatas. From the beginning of the 17th century until late in the 18th, the cantata for one or two solo voices with accompaniment of basso continuo (and perhaps a few solo instruments) was a principal form of Italian vocal chamber music.

A cantata consisted first of a declamatory narrative or scene in recitative, held together by a primitive aria repeated at intervals. Fine examples may be found in the church music of Giacomo Carissimi; and the English vocal solos of Henry Purcell (such as Mad Tom and Mad Bess) show the utmost that can be made of this archaic form. With the rise of the da capo aria, the cantata became a group of two or three arias joined by recitative. George Frideric Handel's numerous Italian duets and trios are examples on a rather large scale. His Latin motet Silete Venti, for soprano solo, shows the use of this form in church music.

Differences from other musical forms

The Italian solo cantata tended, when on a large scale, to become indistinguishable from a scene in an opera, in the same way the church cantata, solo or choral, is indistinguishable from a small oratorio or portion of an oratorio. This is equally evident whether we examine the unparalleled church cantatas of Bach, of which nearly 200 are extant (see list of cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach), or the Chandos Anthems of Handel. In Johann Sebastian Bach's case many of the larger cantatas are actually called oratorios; and the Christmas Oratorio is a collection of six church cantatas actually intended for performance on six different days, though together forming as complete an artistic whole as any classical oratorio.

Baroque

Cantatas were in great demand for the services of the Lutheran church. Sacred cantatas for the liturgy or other occasions were not only composed by Bach but also by Dieterich Buxtehude, Christoph Graupner, Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel and Georg Philipp Telemann, to name a few. Many secular cantatas were composed for events in the nobility. They were so similar in form to the sacred ones that many of them were parodied (in parts or completely) to sacred cantatas, for example in Bach's Christmas Oratorio.

Classical and romantic period

The term cantata came to be applied almost exclusively to choral works, as distinguished from solo vocal music. In early 19th-century cantatas the chorus is the vehicle for music more lyric and songlike than in oratorio, not excluding the possibility of a brilliant climax in a fugue as in Ludwig van Beethoven's Glorreiche Augenblick, Carl Maria von Weber's Jubel-Kantate, and Felix Mendelssohn's Die erste Walpurgisnacht. Mendelssohn's Symphony Cantata, the Lobgesang, is a hybrid work, partly in the oratorio style. It is preceded by three symphonic movements, a device avowedly suggested by Beethoven's ninth symphony; but the analogy is not accurate, as Beethoven's work is a symphony of which the fourth movement is a choral finale of essentially single design, whereas Mendelssohn's Symphony Cantata is a cantata with three symphonic preludes. Robert Schumann wrote the cantata Paradise and the Peri. The full lyric possibilities of a string of choral songs were realized by Johannes Brahms in his Rinaldo, that—like the Walpurgisnacht—was set to a text by Goethe. Other cantatas, Beethoven's Meeresstille, works of Brahms and many notable small English choral works, such as cantatas of John Henry Maunder and John Stanley, find various ways to set poetry to choral music. The competition for the French Prix de Rome prescribed that each candidate submit a cantata. Hector Berlioz failed in three attempts before finally winning in 1830 with Sardanapale. While almost all of the Prix de Rome cantatas have long since been forgotten (along with their composers, for the most part), Debussy's prize-winning L'enfant prodigue (1884, following his unsuccessful Le gladiateur of 1883) is still performed occasionally today. Late in the century, Gustav Mahler wrote his early Das klagende Lied on his own words, between 1878 and 1880, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor created a successful trilogy of cantatas The Song of Hiawatha between 1898 and 1900.

Twentieth century and beyond

Cantatas, both of the chamber variety and on a grand scale, were composed after 1900 as well. In the early part of the century, secular cantatas once again became prominent, while the 19th-century tradition of sacred cantatas also continued. Ralph Vaughan Williams composed both kinds: "festival" cantatas such as Toward the Unknown Region (1907), Five Mystical Songs (1911), and Five Tudor Portraits (1936), and sacred cantatas including Sancta civitas (1926), Benedicite (1930), Dona nobis pacem (1936), and Hodie (1954). Joseph Ryelandt also composed secular and sacred cantatas, such as Le chant de la pauvreté Op.92 in 1928 and Veni creator Op.123 in 1938. Béla Bartók composed the secular Cantata Profana, subtitled "The Nine Splendid Stags" and based on a Romanian folk tale, in 1930. Of Anton Webern's last three compositions, two are secular cantatas: Cantata No. 1, op. 29 (1938–39), and Cantata No. 2, op. 31 (1941–43), both setting texts by Hildegard Jone. Webern had begun sketching a Third Cantata by the time he was killed in 1945. Sergei Prokofiev composed Semero ikh (1917–18; rev. 1933), and in 1939 premiered a cantata drawn from the film music for Alexander Nevsky.

Patriotic cantatas celebrating anniversaries of events in the Revolution or extolling state leaders were frequently commissioned in the Soviet Union between 1930 and the middle of the century, though these occasional works were seldom among their composers' best. Examples include Dmitri Shostakovich's Poem of the Motherland, op. 47 (1947) and The Sun Shines over Our Motherland, op. 90 (1952), and thee works by Prokofiev, Zdravitsa! [Hail to Stalin] (1939), along with two festival cantatas, the Cantata for the Twentieth Anniversary of the October Revolution, op. 74, and Flourish, Mighty Homeland, op. 114, for the thirtieth anniversary of the same event. Dmitry Kabalevsky also composed four such cantatas, The Great Homeland, op. 35 (1941–42), The Song of Morning, Spring and Peace, op. 57 (1957–58), Leninists, op.63 (1959), and About Our Native Land, op. 82 (1965).

In 1940, the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos created a secular cantata titled Mandu çarará, based on an Indian legend collected by Barbosa Rodrigues. Igor Stravinsky composed a work titled simply Cantata in 1951–52, which used stanzas from the 15th-century "Lyke-wake Dirge" as a narrative frame for other anonymous English lyrics. Hans Werner Henze composed a Cantata della fiaba estrema (1963), as well as a number of other works that might be regarded as cantatas, such as Kammermusik (1958, rev. 1963), Muzen Siziliens (1966), and El Cimarrón (1969–70). Momente (1962–64/1969), one of the most important works of Karlheinz Stockhausen, is often described as a cantata. Benjamin Britten composed at least three works he designated as cantatas: the Cantata Academica, op. 62 (1959), the Cantata Misericordium, op. 69 (1963), and Phaedra, op. 93 (1975). Alberto Ginastera also composed three works in this form: the Cantata para América Mágica, op. 27 (1960), Bomarzo, op. 32 (1964), and Milena, op. 37 (1971), and Gottfried von Einem composed in 1973 An die Nachgeborenen based on diverse texts, the title taken from a poem of Bertolt Brecht. Mikis Theodorakis composed the cantatas According to the Sadducees and Canto Olympico. Ivan Moody wrote in 1995 Revelation. Cantatas were also composed by Erik Bergman, Osvald Chlubna, and Dimitri Nicolau.

References

Timms, Colin, Nigel Fortune, Malcolm Boyd, Friedhelm Krummacher, David Tunley, James R. Goodall, and Juan José Carreras. 2001. "Cantata". 2001. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.

External links

Dolmetsch music dictionary: C–Car

Multimedia Dictionary: Cantata at Virginia Tech

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Name	Alejandro Fernández
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Alejandro Fernández Abarca
Aka	El Potrillo, The Colt
Born	April 24, 1971
Origin	Guadalajara, Mexico
Genre	Bolero, latin pop, mexican pop, mariachi, ranchera
Occupation	Singer
Voice type	Tenor–Baritone
Years active	1991–present
Url	http://www.alejandrofernandez.com/

Alejandro Fernández (born April 24, 1971) is a popular Latin Grammy-winning 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 legendary ranchera singer Vicente Fernández. He originally specialized in traditional, earthy forms of Mexican folk music, such as mariachi and ranchera. However, his more recent work has focused on mainstream pop music.

Alejandro Fernández has performed with artists like: Plácido Domingo, Marc Anthony, José Carreras, Chayanne, Amaia Montero, Joan Sebastian, Gloria Estefan, Malú, Julio Iglesias, Patricia Kaas, Miguel Bosé, Mario Frangoulis, Ednita Nazario, Yuri, Franco De Vita, Diego El Cigala, Nelly Furtado and Beyoncé Knowles.

Musical career

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

Fernández released his first album, Alejandro Fernandez, 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, continuing a season at the famous Teatro Blanquita of Mexico City. In 1993, he released 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, singing pieces of legendary composers such as Armando Manzanero, 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, the song "Como quien pierde una estrella", became his first international hit, the song was very promoted on radio and television shows. 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, Jon Secada and Ricky Martin. In 1997, he recorded the album Me Estoy Enamorando, produced by Emilio Estefan, Jr. The music of the album is a fusion of bolero, 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 Hot Latin Tracks, he became the first Latin singer to hold first place with three hits followed,"Si tu supieras", "En El Jardín" (with Gloria Estefan) and "No se olvidar". "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, 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, the song "Dos corazones, dos historias" that was contained on Julio's album Noche de Cuatro Lunas.

In 2001, he recorded Orígenes, the single "Sin tantina pena" (a moved mariachi bolero) became an international hit. In 2003, Alejandro began a Latin American tour with his father Vicente, and recorded the show called "", which was witnessed by thousands of fans, culminating in Mexico City 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, 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, and recorded in Puerto Rico. Fernández did a duet with Ednita Nazario on the song "Triste Navidad" ( "Sad Christmas").

2004–2006: A Corazón Abierto, México - Madrid

In 2004, he played the lead role in , a movie about the Mexican revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata by filmmaker Alfonso Arau.That same year, A Corazón Abierto reunites Alejandro with Grammy-winning producer and songwriter Kike Santander, 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), Reyli Barba (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 (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 from La Oreja de Van Gogh joins him on "Me dediqué a perderte"; Malú duets with him on "Contigo aprendí", and with flamenco star Diego El Cigala perform a moved version of "Como quien pierde una estrella", accompanied on cajón by famed flamenco guitarist Niño Josele. That same year, Alejandro was chosen to sing along with the tenors José Carreras and Plácido Domingo in a special concerto celebrating the opening of the "Forum Internacional de las Culturas" in Monterrey. At first his father Vicente was invited, but turned down. Alejandro showed his skilled vocals, and operatic tenor range, 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 called "Hay más" from the album Follow Your Heart. After that, Alejandro went on tour with two Latin American stars: Marc Anthony and Chayanne, 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, on Hollywood Boulevard.

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

In 2007, launches Viento A Favor features tunes written by Leonel García and Noel Schajris (better known as emotive Latin-pop duo Sin Bandera) and Mexican singer Reyli Barba. The first two singles were "Te Voy A Perder", and "Amor Gitano", a duet with Beyoncé Knowles. After that "Cuando Estamos Juntos" and "No Se Me Hace Fácil" became hits; "Eres" was the last single of the album.

In 2008, Alejandro started a tour on Spanish land covering cities such as Madrid, Valencia and La Coruña. He released the album , 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 invited Alejandro to sing a duet with her for her new album Mi Plan. The song "Sueños" was recorded in Miami.

Dos Mundos (Two Worlds), is a double production, releasing two albums simultaneously: . One of them is pop, produced by Aureo Baqueiro, and the other of ranchera and mariachi, produced by Joan Sebastian. 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". He recently released the videos of the singles "Me Hace Tanto Bien" and "Bandida". On November 22, 2010, Alejandro released the live album that includes live versions of songs from his album Dos mundos: Evolución / 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.

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 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 and raised in Guadalajara. He studied to become an architect, 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. The kidnappers cut off one of his fingers and sent them to his father as a warning. After Vicente Fernández 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 y Centro de Espectáculos Don Vicente Fernández Gómez" or Arena VFG, with capacity for 11,000 people it is basically dedicated to music shows and eventually will be used for massive charreria competitions. Alejandro is an expert in horse riding and charreria.

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 Ximena Díaz.

Discography

1992: Alejandro Fernandez

1993: Piel De Niña

1994 : Grandes Exitos A La Manera De Alejandro Fernandez

1995 : Que Seas Muy Feliz

1996 : Muy Dentro de Mi Corazon

1997 : Me Estoy Enamorando

1999 : Mi Verdad

1999 : Christmas in Vienna VI

2000 : Entre tus brazos

2001 : Orígenes

2002 : Un Canto De México

2003 : Niña Amada Mía

2003 :

2004 :

2004 : A Corazón Abierto (album)

2005 :

2007 : Viento A Favor

2007 : 15 Años de Éxitos

2008 :

2009 : Dos mundos: Evolución / Dos mundos: Tradición

2010 :

2010 :

2010 : ''

References

External links

Official website

Alejandro Fernández at Univisión

Foro Alejandro Fernández at Univisión

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Name	Alejandro Sanz
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro
Born	December 18, 1968
Origin	Madrid, Spain
Instrument	Singing, Guitar, Piano
Genre	Latin Pop
Occupation	Singer, Songwriter
Years active	1988–present
Label	Warner Music Benelux
Associated acts	Juanes, Shakira, Alicia Keys
Url	AlejandroSanz.com

Alejandro Sanz (born Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro on December 18, 1968), is a Spanish singer-songwriter and musician. Alejandro Sanz has won a total of 15 Latin Grammy Awards and 2 Grammy Awards. He has won the Latin Grammy for Album of the Year three times, more than any other artist. He has released a total of 10 albums and 6 DVDs.

Early life

Alejandro lived in Madrid's district of Moratalaz. According to his childhood friends, he was always really fond of music, in fact, he used to sing on top of the bridge connecting Moratalaz to La Estrella, another district of Madrid, imagining he was on stage. This bridge is currently named "The bridge of the broken heart" after one of his most famous songs. He says he used to play guitar so much, that one day his mother, tired of all the noise, broke his guitar. To fix it, he stamped the photo of a bird from a camera commercial, after which his friends started calling him "the boy with the little bird".

Recording career

Sanz's career began in the late 88's when he recorded the album "Los chulos son pa' cuidarlos" (roughly "cocky guys are to be looked after") under the name of Alejandro Magno (spanish for "Alexander the Great"). The album, which back then went unnoticed, is nowadays reassessed. It is full of simple and unelaborated melodies, flamenco vocal moanings in a tone of humor, techno-rumba in-da-house with exciting, free and easy lyrics, all of which are absolutely not comparable to his posterior work. The album's cover shows Alejandro Sanz suited with a bullfighter's jacket, while the album's back cover shows Alejandro suited with another "traje de luces" (traditional clothing worn by Spanish bullfighters) on top of a T-shirt stamped with a smiley face (the emblem of acid house). A little later, in 1990, Alejandro worked together with Tino Casal in the second album of Juan Carlos Valenciaga "Como un placer" (like a pleasure). When Tino Casal died, one of his friends gave Alejandro a methacrylate walking stick that Casal used on the time of «Eloise» and which Alejandro keeps with utmost care in his house.

Personal life

Sanz was married to Jaydy Michel, a Mexican fashion model and actress with whom he had a daughter. Sanz and Michel married in Bali on December 30, 1999, but this marriage was never legally recognized in either of their home countries. The couple divorced in 2005. Their daughter, Manuela Sánchez Michel, was born in 2001.

While married to Michel, Sanz had a son named Alexander with Valeria Rivera, a Puerto Rican fashion designer. Over the years, when interviewed by the media, Rivera has asked Sanz to legally recognize his son and develop a closer relationship with him, but Sanz has refused to do so.

He has been dating his personal assistant Raquel Pereda, since 2007.

Discography

Studio albums

1989: Los Chulos Son Pa' Cuidarlos

1991: Viviendo Deprisa

1993: Si tú me miras

1993: Básico

1995: 3

1997: Más

In 1997 Sanz received one Amigo Award (best national male artist), the Ondas Award (best national artist), and was granted several Spanish Music Awards, as Best National Artist, Best Composer, Best Album for Más, and Best Single and Best Video for "Corazón Partío". One year after the release of Más, Sanz was granted another Amigo Award in the category of Special Tribute, and received a new Ondas Award for Best Song for "Corazón Partío".

In 1999 Sanz was named Best Selling Spanish Artist at the World Music Awards. He was awarded a Gold Recording and a Platinum Recording in the USA and launched a DVD which sold more than 500,000 copies in Spain. "Corazón Partío", the third single taken from this album, became an international hit, topping charts in 18 countries. For 67 weeks, it was the best-selling album in Spain, where Sanz gave 56 concerts (four of them at Madrid's Las Ventas Bullring). He also started a tour through Latin America and received his second Platinum Europe Award in Brussels, presented by former President of the European Community Romano Prodi, after having sold 2 million copies of Más in Europe. The album has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide to date.

2000: El alma al aire

This release broke all selling records in the Spanish recording market, selling one million copies in the first week. It was nominated in the category of "Best Latin Pop Album" in the 43rd edition of the Grammy Awards; and it swept the 2nd edition of the Latin Grammy Awards, being granted four awards: Recording of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Male Pop Vocal Album and Album of the Year.

In 2001, El Alma Al Aire was released in a special edition including Sanz's duets with Irish band The Corrs.

The worldwide tour of El Alma Al Aire started on February 17, 2001 in Caracas, Venezuela. For two months, Sanz visited numerous Latin American stages, with shows in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Argentina, to huge success. He offered 24 concerts, 9 of them at the prestigious Auditorio Nacional in México City, attended by 100,000 people. The first stage of the tour ended in Argentina, where 35,000 people packed Vélez Sarsfield Stadium in Buenos Aires. In May, Sanz toured throughout the USA, playing in such legendary stages as New York's Radio City Music Hall, where the concert was sold out. Other towns included in his American tour were Miami, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, Houston, McAllen and El Paso.

In June Sanz started touring in Spain, playing in the main Spanish capitals. He achieved unprecedented attendance at these shows; more than 400,000 people pressed together in football stadiums. One of his most popular concerts was held at Madrid's Vicente Calderón Stadium, where, some days before the show, the 60,000 tickets for the concert were sold out.

2003: No Es Lo Mismo

In 2002, Sanz was granted the Oye Award for Best Male Pop Artist at Mexico City's Auditorio Nacional. With MTV Unplugged he gathered 3 Latin Grammy Awards (Album of the Year, Recording of the Year and Song of the Year for "Y Sólo Se Me Ocurre Amarte"). After having sold more than 250,000 copies of his MTV Unplugged album in the USA and after having the No. 1 in the "Top Latin Albums" Billboard chart, Sanz returned to touring with four shows in the USA in June 2002.

For the second time in a year, he held a concert at the Radio City Music Hall in New York, gaining critical applause and praise from the audience. The rest of the concerts were held in Los Angeles (Greek Theatre), Miami (James L. Knight Center) and San Diego (SDSU Open Air Theatre) and were completely sold out.

Alejandro Sanz was also awarded 3 Spanish Music Awards (Best Song for "Y Sólo Se Me Ocurre Amarte," Best Album for MTV Unplugged and Best Video for "El Alma Al Aire"), the Luna Award (México) for Best International Ballad and the Gardel Award (Argentina) for the Best Male Artist and the Album of the Year for MTV Unplugged.

2006: El Tren De Los Momentos

2009: Paraíso Express

References

Alejandro Sanz Biography

External links

Alejandro Sanz's Official Site Alejandro Sanz's Official Red

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