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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Alejandro Fernandez

By Octavio Mercas


Called in Mexico as "El Portillo", Alejandro Fernandez became a household name mainly because not merely of his own capacity to charm many people yet his lively performances. With more than twenty million albums sold worldwide, no surprise why he's collected numerous awards. He started his career in the year 1977 where he first made an appearance in public performing along with his dad. They sang the song titled "Alejandra" together. Yet at age 19, he created a huge breakthrough together with his 1st solo music album. He released "Alejandro Fernandez" under Sony Music and managed to release three singles. And simply because of his own achievement, he toured the whole Mexico. His achievement did not stop there. He managed to launch Piel De Nina in 1993 launched an album with three highly good songs.

He reached many people along with his talent to serenade women and then in year 1994, he launched his fourth studio album, which has also become very successful. Nearly all of his tracks within this album were made by well-known Mexican composers and also has acquired even more following until he launched a brand new album the year after, titled,Que Seas MuyFeliz. It was introduced with a single which was worldwide known as his first ever hit overseas making him a household name in many nations outside of Mexico.

In the year 1996 with his own production , the rest of his songs started to be hits in most parts of Mexico as well as in some other Spanish-speaking countries on the globe. The Atlanta Olympics came in 1996 exactly where he recorded the theme song as well as other global and well-liked Latin singers most notably Jon Secada, Ricky Martin and Gloria Estefan with the song titled "PuedesIlegar".

Within the year 2000, he introduced his album "Entre tusbrasoz" and produced his song "Quiereme" that proved much of his overall flexibility as a musical performer. The year after, he recorded his ninth music album and it also turned out to be a great hit throughout Mexico and also in other places of the planet. Being a great supporter of ranchera tracks, he launched Un Canto De Mexico containing 20 ranchera tracks. Alejandro Fernandez started a tour together with his daddy in the year 2003 within Mexico City. More than 60,000 music supporters arrived to watch him perform.

Alejandro Fernandez isn't just a talented singer but is also a versatile actor. In the year 2004, he acted in the movie "Zapata: El sueno del Heroe". This film was regarding the Mexican hero Emiliano Zapanta. Right after his unparalleled achievement in acting, he returned to music and singing and launched his music album Mexico - Madrid: En Directo Y Sin Escalas. It presented 13 great new song titles which were all obtained from his live shows. It was in 2007 exactly where he was able to do a duet with the intercontinental pop performer Beyonce with the track "Amor Gitano" for the music album "Viento A Favor". He began a music tour in Madrid and released one more music album entitled "De Noche: Clasicos A Mi Manera" with the greatest ballad he ever made. On his personal existence, Alejandro Fernandez has 3 little ones with his ex- spouses Ximena Diaz and America Guinart.




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