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"It's the feeling of having shared half a life with you..."

Alejandro is that light that gives brightness to our lives, he is the one who invites us to live with hope, dreaming our dreams.

The joy of reaching our fifth edition of "Siempre" is immense, looking back and seeing the road we have traveled alongside the one we most admire is very satisfying. Seeing how we have matured, how we have perfected our skills in each edition and how we have learned to mold and fit together is brilliant. Despite our limitations, we always try to be with our hearts aligned to overcome obstacles and deliver our best version to the magazine and to Alejandro Sanz, who is the engine.

What makes an artist successful is not only selling records and being at the top of the music charts, but, much more importantly, being able to touch the soul and change the story in someone's life and Alejandro is an expert in changing the lives of those who admire him. His compositions are embedded in our hearts in such a particular way that it is not possible to separate them once they meet.

A career marked by effort, commitment, dedication and hours locked in a room writing resulted in "Más", the best-selling album in the history of Spanish music.

In this edition we dedicate an exclusive article to the most powerful album released in Spain, we remember the celebration of twenty years with the show "Más es Más", and we celebrate June 24th: Day of FaM Sanzero.

He is so present in our lives that we can call him a friend and nothing more happy than being able to interview his friends. In our fifth edition we have the privilege of speaking with Txell Sust, which is part of the choirs of #LaBanda by Alejandro Sanz.

We dedicate a special article recalling the times that Alejandro sang and moved to Brazil.

It is always a journey with only one port: Alejandro Sanz.

He is like the light that illuminates the stars, like the warmth of the sun touching our faces.

We may walk through different places and face storms, but in the end any path chosen will bring us back to you, Alejandro.

Our eternal gratitude for having you by our side in this magazine so important and meaningful to all of us, Alejandro!

THANK YOU!

LARISSA FECHER – DIRECTOR AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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NOTES

CULT URAL

THERE'S A UNIVERSE OF LITTLE THINGS...

Undoubtedly, weeks of many emotions and good music await us, which we will continue to report on, always at the side of Team Sanz.

Best of luck Alejandro!

Presented by Eva González, 'La Voz' has started the recording of the third edition on Antena 3 in June, after having become an audience success.

Alejandro Sanz, Luis Fonsi, Malú, and Pablo Alborán will be the coaches of this powerful edition of 'La Voz' that promises more excitement, more spectacle and much more talent.

Four spectacular artists of the national and international scene that lead the charts and will be responsible for turning their chairs on the set of 'La Voz'. Alejandro Sanz, Luis Fonsi, and Malú already know the format and have been able to see how it is experienced from the inside in previous years. It will be, however, Pablo Alborán's first time as a coach of 'La Voz'. The successful artist thus becomes part of the family of the Antena 3 program.

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with

this

new

team

of

voices,

For Sale was released on May 19, 2020.

This song is included in the Colombian's Cumbiana album, Vives' fourteenth studio album, and the first collaboration between the two artists.

“Pero los secreto' de los dos no los presto ni los vendo y los recuerdo' de tu amor eso' me los llevo muy adentro”

Nominated at the Latin Grammy's for best song, in 2020, it is a romantic and discouraging theme, of heartbreak and loss, in which the two music stars exchange verses in a mix of cumbia, flamenco and Colombian vallenato, all mixed with Caribbean rhythms. It speaks of the kind of story that marks a man for the rest of his life.

It is about betting on love and dying trying to get it... but it leaves us with an important lesson: love is not built on material things. It is a broken heart, a puya de Gaita that went from the mountains of Maria to look for Alejandro Sanz there by Guadalquivir, to Sanlucar de Barrameda, Doñana. They tell me that the gypsies took it there and sent it with a note that said: To Nueva Andalucía", adds Carlos Vives.

The video clip, directed by Nuno Gomes, which has more than nineteen million reproductions, is fun and lively, with a lively and colorful aesthetic, in which Alejandro Sanz and Carlos Vives appear in a flea market where they put up for sale all the belongings of their ex-partner, in order to forget her, and get rid of everything but the secrets and shared memories that, as both artists sing, those "no los presto, ni los vendo" (I don't lend them, nor sell them). They star alongside Colombian actress Ana María Trujillo.

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Alejandro, on his social media, stated: "For Sale is much more than a song... it is a common project of illusions with my dear Carlos Vives, his team, Ana María Trujillo, Nuno Gómes and all those who contributed their grain of sand".

Alejandro Sanz and Carlos Vives are two international artists of enormous importance in Latin music. Both have been filling stages, creating music, playing and giving their fans unforgettable moments in front of the microphone for decades.

With For Sale they joined their voices to thrill all those who have admired them for so many years.

Andrés Calamaro invites Alejandro Sanz to the new version of "Flaca".

On May 13, Andres Calamaro presented "Flaca", together with Alejandro Sanz.

This song is a preview of his album "Dios los cría", which was released on May 27th, with CD and vinyl versions.

Flaca entered the homes of half the world twentyfour years ago thanks to Andrés Calamaro, who turned a heartbreak in love into an anthem. The song was part of the album 'Alta Suciedad', considered one of the best in the musical history of Argentine rock, and consecrated the solo career of the brilliant member of Los Rodríguez, a group that had decided to close its doors.

In "Dios los cría", Calamaro reverses some of his emblematic songs with special guests such as Julio Iglesias, Raphael, Milton Nascimento, Juanes, Julieta Venegas, and Leiva, among others.

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Andrés Calamaro now joins forces with Alejandro Sanz, probably the most influential and appreciated pop author of the last thirty years in this language, to sing hand in hand a new version of 'Flaca', which has fascinated both artists' fans. Together they embroider this reinterpretation of the mythical song of the Argentinean with a natural accomplice, mischievous, informal and elegant.

“Flaca” is an unmistakable song that is still fresh and is capable of making it clear that the struggle between love and indifference is eternal.

Alejandro Sanz joins forces with Santiago Cruz in 'Yo te Todo'.

Alejandro Sanz is in the mood for surprise. It's been a few days since the new version of Flaca, and now comes this song in which he accompanies Santiago Cruz. A song that belongs to his latest album "Dale".

"Yo te todo" is a song full of sensitivity and delivery.

And this collaboration has been like the peace that the world needs at this time.

It is a tenuous and subtle composition that in lyrics and music has been created by Santiago Cruz and Alejandro Sanz that, in addition, is released with a placid music video.

Alejandro joins his interpretation for Santiago Cruz's song 'Yo te todo', wrapped in that special sensitivity that moves us and fills us with light and calm.

"For

me,

'Pisando

discovering

Fuerte',

which

Alejandro was

the

Sanz

first

thing

with that

came from him to Colombia, was a revelation to be

able

genre,

to

make

such

as

authentic ballad

and

or

free

pop,

music which

in

a

had

somehow stagnated," said Cruz.

Cruz's first encounter, at the age of 15, with the compositions of the Spaniard was when he heard on a radio station in his native Ibagué, which translated into "a wonderful inspiration for the guitar that I already had in my hands and made it possible for me to write and interpret songs in a way that was very much my own," he confessed.

Today, 30 years later, he has achieved a dream with "Yo te todo", with the best expression of encouragement for a complicated moment in the country of the musician, who a year and a half ago invited the Madrid native to sing, who accepted to finish building the world of "Yo te todo", which has been an exciting gift for Cruz.

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Alejandro Sanz and Santiago Cruz are the authors of music and lyrics of a swing of positive intentions with multiple and concrete messages such as that clear "I will give you the winning goal at the last minute".

Thus, imbued with that necessary mysticism that encloses "Yo te todo" we also discover a videoclip excellently directed by Naty Agudelo.

What we are very clear about is that in these strange times we live in, we need to open our hearts and listen to voices that represent us.

Respect life above all else and share peace. This is exactly what Santiago Cruz and Alejandro Sanz achieve with "Yo te todo".

Siempre te todo, Alejandro!

He is one of the best known international singers in Brazil, with an extraordinarily brilliant career.

Alejandro took off in Brazilian lands with the success of "Corazón Partío" in 1997. His album "Más" sold more than three hundred and fifty thousand copies, solidifying itself as one of the best selling albums in Brazil at that time.

Alejandro Sanz's history with Brazil began a few years before the release of "Corazón Partío". It was in 1995, when the Spaniard's third studio album,

"3"

was

released

with

a

Portuguese

version. The album featured the participation of Brazilian Paula Toller, sharing her vocals on the song "Como um Olhar", originally known as "Si tú me miras".

When we talk about Sanz and Brazil, beautiful memories come to mind for the Brazilian fans. In addition to concerts, Alejandro was present in major TV shows, performed in soap operas, as well as having his songs present in several soundtracks.

In our fifth edition of "Siempre", a flame was lit in the heart of our director - who is Brazilian - with the desire to remember these moments with our beloved Alejandro Sanz. This is the privilege that all fans have in common: there are no limits when he dreams the same dreams as we do.

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Drawing: Matheus Arts

Alejandro Sanz's first concert in Brazil took place in September 1999. He performed in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo after an extensive schedule of presentations in Latin America, the United States, and Spain.

The success of "Corazón Partío" was so intense in Brazil that Alejandro could not fail to present his new album "Más" on Brazilian soil.

The audience went crazy when Alejandro sat down at the piano and sang "Sozinho", by Caetano Veloso, and then "¿Lo ves?".

When the first chords of "Corazón Partío" were played, there was no one standing still, everyone danced and enjoyed.

In São Paulo it was no different, once again, with the tickets sold out, Alejandro repeated the dose and thrilled everyone who was there that night of October 19. The surprise of the night was the presence of Ivete Sangalo, on this occasion she sang "Quisiera Ser".

After seven years, Sanz returned to Brazil to sing with singer Ivete Sangalo, who was in full and continuous ascension with her DVD at the Maracana Stadium. Rehearsals took place on December 14, 2006 and the show was recorded two days later. Alejandro felt the warmth of the Brazilian people again, took the stage, and sang "Corazón Partío".

Tour Paraíso landed in Brazil in 2010, it was one of the most awaited shows of the year. With all the tickets sold out, Alejandro performed on October 17 in Rio de Janeiro, with the collaboration of Daniela Mercury in the song "Desde Cuando".

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This time it took Alejandro almost no time at all to return to Brazil. Two and a half years later, three shows were announced for March 2013: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Porto Alegre.

On the 19th, Alejandro performed in Rio de Janeiro and on the 21st he performed in Porto Alegre, with all the tickets sold out. Alejandro ended his presentations in Brazil with the "La Música no se Toca'' Tour, leaving the public wanting more and more.

In the following Tour, "Sirope", Brazil was not present among the countries that received the tour.

In November 2018, we were surprised with wonderful news: Alejandro would once again accompany Ivete Sangalo in the recording of his new DVD, ''Live Experience'', which was recorded at the Allianz Parque stadium in São Paulo.

Alejandro Sanz arrived in Brazil on December 3rd.

His flight landed at RIOGaleão International Airport in Rio de Janeiro at 7:30 pm, the fans were waiting for him at the landing and gave him a warm welcome.

Sanz was in Rio de Janeiro to record the traditional

Christmas

Special

of

King

Roberto Carlos, which is broadcast every year

by

Rede

Globo

de

Televisão.

For

Alejandro it was a dream come true to be able to sing with RC.

They sang the song they recorded together "Esa Mujer" and then Roberto Carlos left the stage so that Alejandro could present his most recent release,

"No

tengo

Nada",

which

would

be

performed live for the first time.

We are always waiting for you with an open heart The first show that was to take place on Sunday (17) had to be postponed to Monday (18), as the instruments were not released in time by Brazilian customs. Not even this unforeseen event was able to stop the euphoria of the public eager to see Alejandro Sanz heal broken hearts.

around here, Alejandro. Brazil is your home too!

The concert was broadcasted on national network by the channel "Multishow", for the first time in history an international concert was broadcasted live on Brazilian television with exclusive coverage.

The complete show is available on Youtube, "Alejandro Sanz ao vivo no Multishow".

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In the first week of the telenovela's broadcast, the main theme was sung in Italian (by Laura Pausini); ow let's take a trip back in time and go back to 1998: the song "Corazón Partío" was part of the international soundtrack of the telenovela "Torre de Babel", which exploded as the theme song of the

couple

Shirley

participated

in

a

and

Adriano.

chapter

of

the

Alejandro telenovela

singing "Corazón Partío". It was one of the most watched chapters, even years later.

in the following weeks, in Hebrew (by Gilbert), Spanish (by Alejandro Sanz) and Portuguese (for Fama Coral) and the song "Cuando nadie me ve" was also part of the international soundtrack.

The song "Desde cuando" was also featured in the soap opera "Ti ti ti ti". More recently, the song recorded with Ivete Sangalo "Não me compares" was also the main theme of the plot in "Salve Jorge".

Since "Corazón Partío" literally exploded in Brazil, Alejandro has participated in countless television programs.

In 2003 Alejandro participated in the soap opera "Celebridades",

recorded

in

the

show

house

Garden Hall, in Barra da Tijuca, a very special participation for scenes of the soap opera. He sang the song "Regálame la silla donde te esperé", which was also part of the international soundtrack, and the song "Corazón Partío" to an audience of three hundred people, including extras and Sanz's fans.

In addition to the show, Alejandro recorded other scenes on the beach for the telenovela, which is available on Globoplay.

Alejandro's international

songs

have

soundtracks

always for

been

Rede

on

Globo's

telenovelas, as well as Torre de Babel (Corazón Partío)

and

Celebridades

(Regálame

la

silla

donde te Esperé). He sang the opening theme for the telenovela Esperança, which won versions in the four languages spoken by the immigrants in the plot.

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"Since 1998 when she performed in "Domingão do Faustão" dancing with Karina Barum who was the actress of the character whose song was the main theme, "Hebe Camargo", "Angel Mix", among other programs presenting the international hit of the moment in Brazil."

Over the years we have had many collaborations between Alejandro and Brazilian singers. Here is a list of them:

Esa Mujer, Roberto Carlos feat. Alejandro.

Com um Olhar, Alejandro feat. Paula Toller.

Não me Compares, Alejandro feat. Ivete.

Irrepetível, Alejandro feat. Ana Carolina.

Alejandro, always so loved wherever he goes, wrote his history in Brazilian television over the years, participating in promotions in Brazil during 2003, 2010 and 2012, and passing through the most important programs of the country's most important channels, such as "Domingão do Faustão", "Programa do Jô", "Altas Horas", "Hora do Faro", "Eliana", "Hebe Camargo", among many other programs. He participated and gave interviews with an open heart sharing his experiences and professional experiences.

Alejandro accepted an invitation from the program "Vídeo Show" to visit a Spanish restaurant in São Paulo and taste the dishes. They were fun moments, Sanz felt at home, he knew the main dishes, played, had fun in the kitchen and even met Argentinean fans who came to Brazil just to see him.

A special memory for the "Programa do Jô", where Alejandro was present many times and provided us with music, laughter, conversation, flamenco and a lot of love.

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Bailo con Vos, Alejandro feat. Roberta Sá.

Solo que me falta, A. Pires feat. Alejandro.

Llegaste, Ivan Lins feat. Alejandro.

The album :"La música no se toca" was released in two versions, one of which was special for the Brazilian public, with three songs recorded with Brazilian artists, Ivete Sangalo, Ana Carolina, and Roberta Sá.

Alejandro arrived in 2012 in Brazil to shoot video clips with the singers.

The album went gold in Brazil!

"We are looking forward to relive the unrepeatable, To go on the road just to give you a kiss, Alejandro.

Come back soon, we are waiting for you!"

T U R N S

6

Y E A R S

O L D

SIROPE... SIROPE Three years after releasing his last album, Alejandro Sanz has returned to the shelves of unreleased works with "Sirope".

the Billboard charts, was a Platinum Record in Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Argentina, five times in Spain, and a Gold Record in Chile and Colombia.

The CD was officially released, in digital and physical format, on May 4, 2015 in Spain, where in two weeks it had received three platinum discs, and in Latin America, debuting in several countries in first place.

The songs "A que no me dejas" and "Pero Tú", included in the album, served as main themes for the Mexican soap opera "A que no me dejas" winning the TVyNovelas award for best theme song for "A que no me dejas". At the LOS40 Music Awards he won two awards for Best Album for "Sirope" and Best Tour for "Sirope Vivo".

Today, six years later, the "effects" of the album go much further. In addition to being nominated for Album of the Year at the 16th Latin Grammy Awards and winning Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album, Sirope was also nominated for Best Latin Pop Album at the 58th Grammy Awards.

Successor of "La Música No Se Toca", throughout the thirteen songs, Alejandro risks his most experimental, which, in addition to the Grammy, was placed #1 on Photo: Alejandro Sanz Official Website

Alejandro Sanz told the media that with Sirope he had achieved "things he had been looking for in an album for a long time", working on it for eight months, designing bass lines, guitars, drums, etc., and then putting in arrangements so as not to lose any of its essence, to which we always surrender with emotion.

Sanz said at the presentation that he had sought musicality in this album, even when composing the lyrics, trying to make them work phonetically, even if he had to compose in some cases "in broken English" -he joked-.

The CD contains songs ranging from romantic songs to others that speak of social and political causes, such as "No Madura El Coco", which relates his relationship with "some people in Venezuela", as he himself pointed out... Alejandro was banned from singing in the country after expressing his opinion about the Venezuelan government's management. In "El Silencio de Los Cuervos", Sanz makes some good requests to the Three Wise Men for the coming year.

"La Vida Que Respira", on the other hand, seems to be a cult of women.

"Sirope is syrup and honey, it sweetens you and heals you."

According to Alejandro's definition, it contains three unreleased songs of his own authorship. "Suena la Pelota" features the participation of none other than Juan Luis Guerra and mixes Bachata with Flamenco.

But it is not only the award-winning Dominican singer who collaborates on the album. Alejandro's son Dylan, who was only three years old at the time, appears spontaneously on "Capitán Tapón". The Spaniard dedicated the song to his third son, telling everyday anecdotes about his little boy:

"When you're a parent, you get a little bit sugarcoated, your priorities change and you try to make society more favorable and kinder to them," he said.

Photos: Alejandro Sanz Official Website

Sirope settles his feet and hands on the other side of the Atlantic, though not his voice, which is still flamenco. But the overall tone of the album is more North American, oscillating between jazz, R&B, bluegrass and funk.

In fact, the artist explained that it was a James Brown-like war cry, which is clearly detected in songs like "La guarida del calor", which alludes to a warehouse where he used to participate in Jam Sessions with friends like Juanes or Lenny Kravitz.

Produced by Alejandro together with Argentine Sebastian Krys for Universal Music, the album features a mix of rhythms and sounds never before officially recorded by him.

In addition to those songs, and no less important, "Un Zombie a la intemperie", first single, Pero Tú (one of the most reminiscent of Sanz's previous works) and "Tú La Necesitas" also give life to this CD that only confirms why everyone in the music industry calls him maestro.

On November 27, 2015, the re-release of the album came out which was titled as "Sirope VIVO" which included the concert of the successful tour held on September 8 and 9 at the Palacio de los Deportes in Madrid, featuring the collaboration of Zucchero, Pablo Lopez, Vanessa Martin and Paula Fernandes, including the unreleased track "El cuaderno del alba".

"Alejandro says that he loves music above all else, that it is his way of expressing understanding

himself life,

and

and that

he

doesn't know how to live without it."

Listening to Sirope right now is a social-political journey to what we were living as a society in 2015, but reflected in 2021. At the same time, the mix of rhythms, smooth vocals and a plural production make the album fill you with energy from start to finish.

"Todo Huele a Ti" and "El Club de La Verdad", for example, have a very unusual chorus for the style we are used to in Latin music, "A Mi No Me Importa" takes us back to Funk, "La Guarida del Calor" is much more similar to Latin Rock, while "A Que No Me Dejas" seems like a tribute to the Mexican Mariachis and, at times, a tribute to the forty-three deceased Mexican students.

At that time the singer posted on his Twitter account "Cuando digo "NO" lo digo 43 benditas veces", and in the song he says "Te lo digo 43 veces a que no me dejas".

Photos: Alejandro Sanz Official Website

Photo: Alejandro Sanz Official Website

SEVILLE'S ADOPTED SON

SEVILLE... SEVILLE...

All the cities want Alejandro Sanz as their adopted son.

It's not strange.

It is a privilege for any corner of the world that the Maestro is their son. A son who always knows how to thank him with the humility and honesty that characterize Alejandro.

And Seville could not be left behind. It also wanted to be the adoptive mother of the artist, after Cadiz, and to receive a long-awaited and well-deserved tribute in the beloved town of his maternal blood, Alcalá de los Gazules, just a few days before.

Alejandro, born in Madrid, always had a strong connection with both Andalusian cities, where he spent part of his childhood and youth.

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"His father, Jesús Sánchez, was from Algeciras and his mother, María Pizarro, from Alcalá de los Gazules. Many of his summers have been spent in the province of Cádiz. And part of his youth and the beginning of his musical career have to do with the capital of Seville.

Thus, the government team of the city of Seville, after gestate that distinction, got an absolute consensus on the award to Alejandro, without it being difficult to achieve agreement.

On April 29, 2019, the mayor of Seville, Mr. Juan Espadas, announced in his social networks the event in this way:

"Recuerdo los rincones de Sevilla.

Y busco en la memoria aquel momento de besos y más besos en la orilla del río de mi vida y de mis sueños…”.

The ceremony, full of solemn emotion, was attended, in addition to the award winners, by numerous personalities from politics and public life, as well as a large number of FMAs who were waiting for him both at the entrance and at the exit of the theater and for whom, of course, Alejandro had hugs, photos and greetings.

"No hay palabra, canción, poema, ni pasión que explique lo que siento por ser hijo adoptivo de Sevilla, GRACIAS desde lo más profundo de mi alma".

Visibly moved, Alejandro Sanz, received the distinction as a privilege and pride, and although he was not scheduled to speak, he could not avoid it or wanted to, and shook the audience with a short speech of thanks in which he again made clear his love for Seville.

He even had the art and authenticity, unique in him, to invent a new verb dedicated to the city: Sevillar.

"Sevilla, digo Sevilla como quien dice amar. De la primera conjugación del corazón. Porque yo "Sevillo" desde que nací, tú "Sevillas" desde que te conocí, él "Sevilla" desde que te vio y ella "Sevilla" desde que te cantó.

Nosotros "Sevillamos" porque te queremos, vosotros "Sevilláis" porque la echáis de menos, y ellos "Sevillan" porque saben lo que es Sevilla.

Y Sevilla enreda corazones en sus mantillas"

The artist has always maintained a very special relationship with Seville, an express and public devotion, a city to which he has dedicated musical themes such as "Volver a Sevilla" or "Sevilla", composed by Arturo Pareja Obregón, and which they already shared on the set of Spanish radio television and which Alejandro recalled through his Instagram account, adding these beautiful words: Photos: Reproduced from the internet

Shortly after, on June 1st, Alejandro started the tour of his new album in Seville, at the Betis soccer stadium. Both events, so close together, raised an enormous expectation, which would not be disappointed at any time.

The Andalusian capital was also chosen for other important moments in Alejandro's professional career, such as the closing of the tour "No es lo mismo", "Sirope", many concerts in different tours, recordings of his live shows, etc., attracting the world's attention to Seville, to which he himself has confessed to owe a lot for having spent great moments there and having many of his great friends there. For him, it is much more than a geographical point.

Sanz has always been fond of Seville. He always pampers it. He always wants to mess it up. And Seville loves him like a son who loves to have his soul, his polka dots and the pins that gather his hair.

The objective of the program is to collaborate with social and environmental projects of different entities linked to the causes defended by the company.

With the support of DKV, it contemplates that the agents who participate will contribute an economic amount for each new policy to one of the selected social entities. In this way, in addition to contributing to the social objectives of these organizations, the mediators improve the bond with their clients by feeling that they are contributing to the company's purpose: to make the world a healthier place.

"Agentes Solidarios" has the support of Alejandro Sanz, who starred in the platform's presentation campaign, faithful to his solidary trajectory in support of different social projects.

Photo: Agentes Solidarios

Agentes Solidarios launches social, ecological and human development projects to build a fairer and more sustainable world through the great value of solidarity, together with a network of foundations and mediators who participate in the projects already initiated, such as "Fundación Universo Accesible", "Plant for the Planet", "Fundación ayuda en acción", "Fundación DKV Integralia", "Amigos de los mayores". The agents that have launched and are committed to this social initiative are Futureland, VRFA, Plus Contacto, LeanUp Development, EOS Marketing, Hispasalud Quality, Agencia B12, Valores Responsables, Grupo GSS, Spartan, Omniacc, Uniglobal, Parachrom, Comdata Group, Grupo V3, Grupo BeCall and OKdiga.

The Agentes Solidarios project will distribute more than €500,000 annually to the six entities involved.

The six main pillars of solidarity, of great social impact, in which they work, and which can be supported, are: - Social and labor integration of people with disabilities, with the Universo Accesible Foundation, which manages the prestigious Universo Santi Restaurant.

- Planting trees to combat climate change with the Plant for the Planet Foundation.

Thanks to the Plant for the Planet action, Spanish children and young people are trained and educated to teach them how to face the global climate crisis thanks to reforestation projects around the world, thus contributing to the health of the Earth. The action is motivating and wonderful because it is aimed at the younger population, trying to make them aware that they must work for our planet, as heirs of it.

- Guaranteeing the nutrition of the most vulnerable children and adolescents and preventing childhood obesity, with Ayuda en Acción.

- Training for labor inclusion for women with disabilities with the DKV Integralia Foundation.

- Accompanying elderly people who suffer from unwanted loneliness, with Amigos de los Mayores (Friends of the Elderly).

- Distribution of solidarity menus through DKV Integralia.

Universo Accesible, through its different initiatives, works constantly and powerfully for the employability of men and women with functional diversity, demonstrating that they are as or more capable than those who do not have it, thereby helping to increase the employment rate which is well below the average in this group.

Photos: Agentes Solidarios

Through Ayuda en Acción, Agentes Solidarios promotes proper nutrition for the most vulnerable children, in order to guarantee their food and prevent childhood obesity, organizing activities and training activities for the little ones, as well as school meals.

DKV Integralia facilitates continuous learning and training for this group, as one of its main objectives.

Women with disabilities to whom access to the labor market is facilitated.

Through the action of Friends of the Elderly, Agentes Solidarios fights and confronts a very common evil, unfortunately, and even more so in the stage we are going through: the unwanted loneliness of the elderly through volunteers who keep them company and help them not to fall into the dreaded social isolation.

Alejandro Sanz explained in his social media, last April 23, what were all the objectives of Agentes Solidarios, DKV, Activistas de la Salud, getting involved in the collaboration with these great initiatives and spreading them, to achieve that more sustainable world and inviting us to be part of theirs.

And you, are you one of ours?

High-quality menus are prepared and distributed to the most vulnerable people, especially the elderly, through the DKV Integralia Foundation.

Photos: Agentes Solidarios

Photo: Bernardo Doral

APACE BURGOS It is an association dedicated to the care of people affected by cerebral palsy and related disorders in Burgos and province.

It is a non-profit organization, founded in 1979 and declared of Public Utility.

APACE offers a series of services, which aim to achieve the integral development of the person: day center, residential center, job orientation and training, family care, family respite, leisure club, sports club, and a wide range of individualized treatments: speech therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, sensory integration, psychology, neuropsychology, and early care.

Photo: Apace Burgos

WHAT IS CEREBRAL PALSY? Cerebral palsy is a lesion to the brain, produced before its development and growth is complete (it can occur during gestation, during birth, or in the first years of life).

Characteristics of this brain lesion:

-It is permanent: the damaged cells cannot be repaired. It will accompany the person throughout his or her life.

-It is not progressive: the injured area of the brain is fixed and does not increase.

-It is irreversible: it does not decrease.

-It is not degenerative.

EXPRESSION OF THE BRAIN LESION

As a consequence of this lesion, we find above all a motor impairment. However, other higher functions such as perception, attention, memory, reasoning or language may also be affected.

INCIDENCE IN POPULATION:

THE

CURRENT

It is the most frequent disability in minors. It is estimated that 1 in 500 people in Spain are born with Cerebral Palsy.

Although today cerebral palsy "has no cure", it does allow people to lead a full life. And to fight for it, APACE exists.

BIRTH OF NEUROMÁS:

It is a center focused on the child and youth population, where it is committed to intensive neurorehabilitation treatments, formed by a team of highly qualified professionals.

Neuromás combines innovative therapies and treatments with technological support. We offer help to families with financial difficulties in accessing treatments.

Preventive services are promoted, seeking autonomy, quality of life and pain treatment. In addition, education, leisure and sports are the mechanisms to make this possible.

In Cerebral Palsy, the most important thing is to achieve an early diagnosis to be able to start from the first suspicions a comprehensive treatment.

Con esa finalidad, desde APACE, se creó NEUROMÁS en 2020.

Thanks to Jesús Sánchez Pizarro, and Unidos en Red, since 2017, APACE, has the great luck to belong to LA FUERZA DEL CORAZÓN, thus being a work supported by Alejandro Sanz.

From then until today, many are the roads they have traveled together hand in hand and several the stones that have helped them to jump on the road.

Photos: Apace Burgos

SIEMPRE: At what age did you discover that you wanted to dedicate yourself to music? What are your references?

SIEMPRE: How did Alejandro Sanz?

TXELL: I started singing... mmm, I

office to go to a casting, because

don't know exactly because I started singing behind everyone's back, and it was when I could lock myself in my room and do my

little

things,

or

wait

for

everyone to leave my house. So I guess around twelve, or around thirteen, or so, when I started to be alone at home, that's when I started to sing. But publicly, in a group, I started at nineteen.

And what references do I have?

Well, ahh, I started with Ella Fitzgerald, and Sara Vaughan, Whitney

Houston,

Aretha

Franklin, Bonnie Raitt? I think those are my references.

Well, and I wanted to finish with the fact that, for example, I also like Prince a lot, Michael Jackson for example, ahm... I like Quincy Jones' productions a lot, but in general music from the eighties, nineties are also a great reference for me.

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TXELL: Well,

I

met

you

meet

Alejandro

SIEMPRE: When and where did you perform with him for the first time?

because they called me from his several

people

gave

him

my

reference, so they called me.

Well, when I was able to go, I went to Madrid, I met with the musical director and there I was chosen to be in Alejandro's choir.

And when I saw Alejandro for the first time in person, it was when we did the first rehearsal in Madrid, and he came to listen to the rehearsal and that's when we met. Nothing romantic, I mean working, hahaha!

Well, to the question when and where I performed with him for the first time, I don't remember the place but it was the first concert of the "El Alma al Aire" tour, which is when I started with him in 2001."

SIEMPRE: How many tours have you participated in?

TXELL: Well, the tours, if I remember correctly, 2001 "El Alma al Aire", then we did something, a short tour for the album "Unplugged" that we did in Miami, then I think it was "No es lo Mismo", then "Tren de los Momentos", "Looking for Paradise" and I think it's up to now that I did the album "+ES+", well the concert "+ES+", and now "#LaGira". I think that's what I've done, I haven't left anything out I think.

SIEMPRE: Which has been the most special for you and why?

TXELL: All tours are special because of the fact that different people come each time, although the base has always been the same, and whenever someone changes, well, it makes things more special or less special, but I think that "No es lo Mismo" was a very nice tour, because we had a lot of fun with Guere, with Luisito, with Carlos, with Alfonso, with José Antonio, with Jon Robles, the truth is that we had a great time! I would say that this was... well, the most endearing, that would be the adjective! (laughs) Oh, and Mike too. Mike was also on that tour and that was also when I met him, and well, it was a very nice tour, that's for sure.

SIEMPRE: What is it like to work with Alejandro, and how is he as a friend? Tell us some anecdotes with him.

TXELL: Well, working with Alejandro is an honor, it's a privilege, it's a gift, it's lucky. I have always felt very fortunate to be able to work with him, I have always felt very comfortable working with him, and now that the years have passed that comfort becomes confidence and well, being able to work with someone of Alejandro's stature, with that feeling of trust, that we know each other, we know how we are, makes everything much better, much better. So I am delighted with life.

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Anecdotes? Oh, I'm terrible! I'm very bad at remembering anecdotes, I don't have any memory at all... I don't know, I don't have any specific one, there are many experiences together but... but a specific anecdote, well I don't know, I can't remember any right now... I'm sorry...

I can't remember!

SIEMPRE: How did you feel when you were called to be part of "Más es Más"?

TXELL: Well, when they called me for the concert "+ES+" I was very excited because I thought I was never going to work with Alejandro again. The moment they didn't count on me, I thought they would never count on me again. And the fact that "+ES+ el concierto" was based on the band of the "Más" tour and the band of the current tour, at that time Alejandro's, and I was not in either of them, but they still counted on me because I loved it because I felt part of the family, which is how I have always felt the whole Alejandro Sanz team. So, well, it was a tremendous gift and, well, I was very, very, very excited.

SIEMPRE: What other artists have you been lucky enough to work/collaborate with?

TXELL: Well, the way I have been involved with Alejandro I have never been with another artist.

They called me to be with Miguel Bosé after the first tour with Alejandro but I said no for several reasons: one because I had been with Alejandro and it didn't seem very ...I don't know, it didn't seem very good to me to go with another artist, besides that at that time they were... they were very good friends, they were in the same office, and well, it seemed better not to do it and also because I was trying, well doing my music, and having my

concerts as an artist and it seemed to me that it was not the right moment.

SIEMPRE: Besides music, tell us what other facets of art you enjoy.

But I've recorded backing vocals for La Unión, for Chenoa, sometimes I've done live performances, I've recorded, well I don't know, collaborated in concerts for Amaya Montero, El Sueño de Morpheo, mmm? well, more than that I surely don't remember because I'm quite...

I've already told you that I don't have much memory and I'm not at all mmm, I don't know how to remember things like that, I don't remember, I do things and then I don't remember what I've done, hehehehe.

Well, I love dancing, I love dancing, I love dancing, but I also love cinema, theater, painting.

These are, I think, the facets of art that I like the most".

SIEMPRE: Let's remember some of your works: Blue Time recording, 1995, Gran Hotel Habana, 1997 and Non Stop 2003.

Edition single Happy World, 1998 No. 1 in sales for five weeks in Spain and the CD The Blue Experience, 1999 containing some of the songs of the BSO of the movie Goomer.

You write, record and perform in the 1999-2000 Freixenet Christmas commercial with Ketama, Montserrat Caballé, Carlos Núñez, etc.

Tell us about all this.

TXELL: About the works you mentioned in your question, well, I'll tell you that the first albums "Non Stop", "La Habana", and "Blue Time" were the first ones I made with August Tharrats' band, which is a jazz/blues band that I've had for more than 25 years, that we continue doing concerts and recording albums, the last one was... ammm, what is it called? ...Jazz Nature, ayayayayaaay! you see how my memory is terrible? And then they, well! it's my group since my whole life, and that I always carry in my heart, and I keep working with them, with August Tharrats and them of course. So nothing, it's part of my musical family.

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About Freixenet, yes, it's very anecdotal that they called me. The people who produced the 2000 ad, they called me to write the lyrics for the ad because the music was already done, but they needed someone to write the lyrics. And I went to an interview to, well, to write the lyrics and all that, and when they met me, I don't know, I think they thought I was funny and they said to me: Oh, why don't you go out singing as a Freixenet bubble? And I said, well come on, okay! And I never say no to anything, so..., well, to almost anything, I signed up for a bombing, and nothing, I appear in the advert singing the lyrics I wrote, and well, I can always say that my lyrics were sung by Montserrat Caballé, Ketama, and all the artists who appear in the advert.

And about Happy World and all that, well, Blue 4U, in 1998 I joined a more commercial pop music project and well, two singles came out, they appeared in a commercial, in several Estrella Damm commercials, for a beer and, of course, they were played everywhere during several summers, and well, it was a very nice feeling to do these concerts.

Well yes, everything was nice, ahhhm but well, it was also a very concrete stage.

SIEMPRE: How many solo albums do you have? Tell us about these works.

TXELL: About my solo work, I have a first album that I think I'm right... that I recorded in 2001 with producer Jean Paul Dupeyron, who also helped write the songs. And the second one, the one called Ciudadana Universal which I think is from 2010 and which I produced completely by myself, that is to say, not only at the executive production level but also I got involved in creating a record label, which has only released that album, hehehehehehe.

SIEMPRE: What is your next artistic project?

TXELL: My next work is... I would like to be able to make an EP with four or five songs. In fact, I already have a few written and a half to do, but I never find the time to finish them. So nothing, I'm going to have to get my act together and do something, but this is the idea.

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From the hand of the director…

SI HAY DIOS Songs are the showcase of the soul, who we are and what we feel. A song has the power to express what we are not able to do with words... and, if there is God, he surely understands emotion. This is perhaps the most difficult article to write, because that's when you have to look inside and "Si Hay Dios" brings out the inexpressible in me. A song can tell a thousand different stories and be incorporated into life situations like a cry from the soul.

If there is God... a prayer to a God who surely understands emotion, who has the power and energy that can move everything within us, from what is good to what causes pain and anguish.

The cry of a poet in the face of his spiritual concerns and the need to cling to that energy that can give him the hope he needs in the midst of an internal hurricane and at the same time can take away any desire to continue searching for the balance between reason and internal events in that energy that the poet defines as God.

“Podría haberte dicho que me importas. Eso y un millón de cosas, pude hacerlo y no lo hice y no sé por qué.”

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After the opening sentence, a person for whom he felt immense love appears. We ask to see the importance of her by the proportion of the pain described in the song, perhaps a friend who was going through difficult times... but until that moment he had not been able to convey his worry that was choking in his throat and consuming him from the inside. He blamed himself for not being able to truly show what he was suffering, but it was always easier for him to write than to convey his worries and concerns.

The feeling of helplessness leaves him paralyzed in the face of a situation he cannot control, leading the poet to lose himself along the way, a kind of desperation for not depending on him to stop and eliminate the pain they were feeling, his spiritual and hers physical. There are situations in life, similar to what the poet is feeling, in which we lose control becoming helpless, and many times that helplessness leads us to a path of darkness and confession of our physical and spiritual weaknesses....

“Aunque en mi actitud no soy tan evidente, no puedo sufrir más… Que el dolor cuando es por dentro, es más fuerte, no sé alivia con decírselo a la gente…”

After venting, comes a statement that at that moment was stronger than the pain they were feeling: “a tu lado, en cada golpe, como lo hacen las orillas y la mar, como lo hace el campo y el agua que lloverá."

“Podría haber llorado un mar de lágrimas saladas, arrojarme a los abismos y partirme en dos el alma…”

Even though some might walk away, nothing mattered...because he would always be by her side, physically as long as she was here and spiritually at the moment of her departure.

The poet returns to prayer... “Podría ser más educado, pero el alma sólo entiende de emoción.” He could have relied more on that energy to find strength, hope and a way forward, but at that moment the soul understands only emotion.

And God surely understood him... Who better to understand us, than the one who knows best who we really are inside and understands the concerns of the soul, no matter how coarse they may be, without judging us.

The song is also a message about the existence of a God who is simply love.

Alejandro Sanz's songs transmit life and lead us to an understanding of ourselves that we could not reach in any other way than through his music.

The poet desperately confesses his anger and anguish. Perhaps anger at not being able to be by her side when she needed him most... and now it might be too late for her.

The loudest verse of the song is charged with a feeling that we have all gone through at some point in our lives: when the pain is so overwhelming that we do not feel relief even talking to people.

We feel consumed by pain, as if we were drowning without the strength to react and fight.

This is how the poet felt when he declared that he could suffer no more...

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Sometimes a slight breeze of hope is enough to touch our face so that we can see the light again.

MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS MÁS

á s M

ESPECIAL

MÁS

MÁS...

THE ALBUM THAT FOREVER CHANGED THE HISTORY OF SPANISH-LANGUAGE MUSIC. Released in 1997, "Más" is the best-selling album of Alejandro Sanz's career. Months after its release, on May 28, 1998, it became the best-selling album in the history of Spanish music, an honor it still holds today.

After

the

success

of

"3",

which

consolidated

Alejandro as the most important artist of the country, the next work of the Spanish phenomenon would be the most awaited of the year 1997.

Alejandro: "There were ten songs chosen out of some

thirty

or

forty

that

made

up

the

initial

repertoire, I had to leave out many songs that I liked. Rather than everyday stories, real life stories, which is what I used to do in my songs, I wanted to talk a little more about feelings, stories from the heart."

"Hay tanto de melódico en tu fantasía y un toque de misterio, mi límite..."

Nobody better than Alejandro to talk about feelings and stories of the heart, isn't there? They are ten songs that are deeply rooted in us, it is impossible to listen to any of the ten songs and not feel anything, there is always something going on inside us that moves the structure of our feelings.

Songs included in the album: "Y, ¿si fuera ella?"; "Ese último momento"; "Corazón partío"; "Siempre es de noche"; "La Margarita dijo no"; "Hoy que no estás"; "Un charquito de estrellas"; "Amiga mía"; Si hay Dios" and "Aquello que me diste".

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At the beginning of the recording process of "Más", Alejandro left the neighborhood of Moratalaz to live in Toronga street, in a neighborhood located in the northwest of Madrid. There he built a soundproof studio where he spent hours and hours working.

Alejandro: "I worked at night in a studio I had in the same room where I slept and where I dreamed, the dream factory."

"Más" became a powerhouse never seen before.

The producer of this fourth studio album was the same of his previous album "3", Emanuele

Ruffinengo,

after

the

huge

success achieved, Alejandro was confident to continue with the same team.

Alejandro was always very dedicated to his music,

he

had

the

desire

to

produce

something great; at that time he was in full search of finding his definitive sound, the way he wanted to sing, compose, how to express himself in the album, and for that, he isolated himself in his room for a year, there he started an immeasurable journey of

which

touching

we our

can

still

faces...

feel

and

the

breeze

reaching

our

hearts.

It was a seven-year experience that was gaining shape and musical identity.

After the composition period in his private studio, where Alexander's "dream factory"

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The technology, the experience, the understanding that between Alejandro and Emanuele was maturing, the freedom to work, were undoubtedly important for the growth of both during the recording.

became a reality, the recording of "More" would

take

Rome.

It

place

was

inspiration

of

between

more two

a

Milan

question

historical

and

of

and the

strong

cities at the time for the music industry. So I could add a lot of romantic beauty to the

If

we

trace

a

timeline

from

the

beginning

of

this

album,

everything was different and prompted a movement never seen before, Alejandro's complete dedication to the composition of numerous songs, between thirty and forty, trusting and continuing with the same team that brought to the top of success to the album "3", with the conviction that everyone could raise the level

album.

of recording to another dimension with technologies that were In

general,

the

recording

of

"More"

was

more sustained than the recording of "3" with

many

similar

Italian connection.

aspects,

including

the

little known and sophisticated at that time and that were not available recording,

to

everyone

editing

and

worldwide.

They

programming.

before it became a "record".

worked

"More"

was

digitally genius

in

even

ESPECIAL

MÁS

In the recording of "3" Emanuele Ruffinengo did not

speak

Spanish,

he

understood

it,

but

still

could not express himself as he wanted; now in "Más" he began to understand the lyrics and the play

on

words,

he

understood

better

the

way

Alejandro expressed himself in his songs and what he wanted to transmit.

Alejandro: "The most interesting thing about "Más" was Emanuele's elegant mix between acoustic and machines.

I had written arrangements, but it was Emanuele who overflowed them."

Alejandro and Emanuele worked together on the songs and possible versions for a long time, now with knowledge of Spanish, they also decided on the selection of songs.

"Más" was the protagonist of an end of cycle between

Alejandro

and

Miguel

Angel

Arenas

"Capi", the famous talent scout who was present in

Alejandro's

career

from

the

beginning

and

knew him better than anyone, in the middle of the recording, he decided to return to Spain. At that moment,

Alejandro

and

Emanuele

had

such

a

strong musical connection that Capi did not want to break that magic.

Capi: "Más is the culmination of a stage. It is, let's say, the synthesis of everything inside the album".

"Más"

is

a

different

album,

different

from

everything we knew up to that moment, a success in every aspect. We can listen to it ten, twenty or more

times

in

a

row,

each

song

continues

to

speak to our heart in an extraordinary way. There is nothing more beautiful than listening to a song and seeing the reflection of its history sung by the voice

of

one

of

the

most

important

names

music, not only in Spain, but all over the world.

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in

"When I finished "Más", when I emptied myself of the emotions, the melodies, the harmonies..., I already knew the record I had made."

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Singles

- Corazón Partío -

- Y, ¿si fuera ella? -

The second single needs no introduction, "Corazón Partío"

The first single from "Más" was "Y,

¿si

fuera ella?",

is

a

universal

song

that

has

become

an

anthem.

this song triumphed as number 1 at the beginning of September. At that time, "Más" settled in the first

It remained for seventy weeks as number 1 in the

position and no one could beat it, even with great

music charts.

releases every week. This single was accompanied by

one

of

the

most

spectacular

music

videos

to

date.

The story of the song was born in Mexico and ended in Madrid, it was an extensive and complex process to reach perfection and deliver everything that the song

deserved.

The

path

followed

was

not

the

easiest, every second of Alejandro's effort to find what he wanted to transmit was worth it, today the song is exactly what it is: an incomparable success.

There are many songs that are on the lips of people around the world, but few like "Corazón Partío". That impact that this song achieved and generated, is something that humanly can never be explained... maybe someday in the history books of a Roman philosopher (laughs).

“<<Y, ¿si fuera, ella?>>talks about the people who go through one's life. When a relationship ends, you never know if the person you are letting go was the person in your life, if it is the most important thing at that moment.

But that eternal doubt remains, the question of whether that person could have been the one who made you the happiest in the world. " - Alejandro Sanz The lyrics are one of the strongest of “Más”, with particularities,

moments

in

which

only

voice

and

piano are heard, moments in which the song gains explosion, it is also one of Alejandro's songs that is most difficult to sing.

Throw "What if it were her?" as the first single it was a

well-defined

strategy,

Partío” would come.

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because

then

“Corazón

We

all

have

memories

linked

to

"Corazón

Partío" at some point in our lives, whether on the

day

of

its

release

or

twenty

years

later;

what was built in the musical world through this song is impressive.

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MÁS

Launch of "Más"

- Amiga Mía After the success of the second single, it was the

After the wonderful weeks of singles releases and

turn

the

of

"Amiga

Mía",

a

ballad

reserved

to

be

released as the third single of the album.

great

songs

success,

to

the

it

was

market.

time

The

to

release

complete

all

the

album.

"3"

released in 1995 was a great success in Spain, but not internationally. With "Más" the priority at that time was to launch Alejandro to the international market.

"When we listened to the first four songs, we shit ourselves, because we didn't have to study much to know that this was the album to sell internationally as much or more than in Spain."

- Íñigo Zabala

The

worldwide

Mexico, victims

but of

planned.

presentation

even

the

chance, An

of

biggest

even

with

unexpected

"Más" and

everything

event

began

best

can

in be

carefully

paralyzed

the

promotion of the album: on August 31, 1997, Lady Di died in Paris after a traffic accident. In that week it

"Amiga Mía" is the story of a friend who falls in love with a famous artist who is married, and she can't get anything and she knows it, because he is not going to leave his wife. She tells Alejandro about it and he gives her his advice, but she doesn't want to take it for granted: "What else can I do, my friend, you go on your own and you listen to me like someone who listens to the news"". - La Tata The success of "Amiga Mía" is evident, even after more than twenty years. As in 1997, the song lives on as the first time we heard it.

"More" could quietly have other singles, songs with deep and exciting lyrics, such as "Si Hay Dios", "That which you gave me", "Today you are not" or "It is always night".

"Yo quiero regalarte una poesía, tú piensas que estoy dando las noticias..."

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was all the media talked about and at that moment there was no room for anything else but the princess' death.

Subsequently,

Alejandro

became

the

artist

of

the

moment in Mexico, selling more than one and a half million records.

Alejandro's

success

was

imminent,

spreading

to

several Latin American countries, such as Argentina, Chile, Peru and Ecuador.

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MÁS

At that time, those countries were not very receptive to

the

music

coming

from

Europe,

especially

in

Argentina, they were very closed because they had their

own

rock

conquered

in

Spanish.

Alejandro

forget. After 13 concerts in Mexico City, Alejandro

enormous success wherever he set foot. Everybody

met

wanted

singing until the wee hours of the morning. When

to

consolidated

Something great was happening in "El Auditorio de México": Alejandro gave us a lesson we will never

close

and

time

strongly in the market of each country, obtaining an

be

space

With

himself

to

his

A Historical Night...

Alejandro,

they

wanted

to

touch him, to listen to his songs live....

selling

also

conquered

more

than

the

North

600,000

his

musicians

and

Pancho

Cespedes,

Alejandro woke up, he had no voice and that day he had

"Más"

with

American

records.

It

market,

didn't

take

a

people

concert and

with

all

the

the

presence

media

of

watching

important

Sanz's

every

move.

Alejandro long to start doing concerts in the United States.

"That Corazón Partío opened its doors in many countries, including Brazil, which has always been a difficult market to enter. He achieved what no other artist had ever achieved, selling 360,000 records in Brazil. And it didn't stop there: Alejandro participated in a Rede Globo

TV

soap

opera

"Torre

de

Babel"

concert

Alejandro

was

lost

his

very

special,

voice

and

because

was

on

the

verge of failing. He was devastated, and I frankly didn't know if I could help". - Íñigo Zabala

singing

Corazón Partío, an appearance that caused a stir

It was a drama, there were more than ten thousand

among Brazilian fans. The music became an anthem

people waiting for Alejandro to enter and he had no

in

voice to speak.

Brazil.

Years

later

great

artists

such

as

Milton

Nascimento recorded it in other rhythms.

There is no Brazilian who does not have at least the chorus of "Corazón Partío" on his lips.

"I went out on stage, went to sing the first line and couldn't. I went inside and left the band playing the song." Alejandro

In a short time Alejandro consolidated his positio A

situation

impotence

that of

was

not

totally

being

out

able

to

of

control,

sing

the

consumed

Alejandro's energies at that moment, but as always, even without having the conditions to sing, he came back and gave an emotional and historic concert, an unforgettable night. At the beginning he still had no voice, and the audience sang for him; during the show

the

medication

took

effect;

Alejandro

recovered his voice and at the end, he sang "Y,

¿si

fuera ella?" with his lungs, driving the ten thousand people present to madness.

A day that turned into a magical night. Alejandro was applauded and carried on the shoulders of his musicians in a warm and emotional farewell to the stage.

Alejandro

was

on

the

front

page

of

all

the

newspapers, magazines, all of him was news, he was highlighted on the front pages. "El País" described that magical night as a "lesson of pundonor".

Photo: Reproduced from the internet

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ESPECIAL

MÁS

Tour Más After

the

release

of

"Más"

in

1997

and

all

the

promotion stage in several countries, an Alejandro consolidated

in

the

international

market

started

"Tour Más" in 1998.

The tour went through countries such as Dominican Republic,

Ecuador,

Venezuela,

Colombia,

Mexico,

Argentina and the United States, selling out all the tickets

many

months

in

advance,

it

was

not

surprising, Alejandro was the most desired artist by the public after the success of "Más" and "Corazón Partío". This sequence was relentless, Sanz landed in Spain for fifty-six shows, becoming the first artist to perform in a single tour four times at the Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas in Madrid and three times at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona with all tickets sold out.

How to explain the inexplicable? More than a million and a half people were able to see Sanz's concert live, overcoming language barriers and any other obstacle.

The

young

Alejandro

international

singer

became of

the

the

most

moment,

important

and

"Más"

became the biggest album in the history of Spain... the best selling, the most powerful.

It is impossible to write and not feel a whirlwind of emotions looking

and

back

hold and

back

seeing

tears all

of

the

emotion

effort

and

when road

traveled by Alejandro, his tireless team that worked so hard overcoming all kinds of possible adversities.

Brave and dreamers, today after almost 24 years, "MÁS" is still the best selling album in the history of Spain and all the songs on this album are sung as if it were the first time.

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++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + ES + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ THE CONCERT ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ To the uninformed, it might seem like a Latin music award, a grand celebration of the great talents of Spanish-language music, or a party that just happened to bring together more than twenty renowned artists.

I'd say it was all that and a little more.

In 2017, to commemorate 20 years since the release of the album Más, Alejandro Sanz gave a historic show with more than fifty thousand people at the Vicente Calderón Stadium.

But before going into details about the 2017 concert we have to go back to the origin of it all, the album that deserved the tribute and made history in Spanish and Spanish music, "Más", released on September 9, 1997, sold more than two million copies and, to date, is the best-selling album in Spain. Yes, twenty-three years later, no other work reached the record of Alejandro, who at that time was not even thirty years old and was already releasing his fifth album.

And, Si Fuera Ella?, the song that opened the album in 1997, also opened, re-released, the era of commemorations for the twentieth anniversary of the work that boosted Sanz's career. On May 19, 2017, together with seventeen artists and friends, the hit was re-released accompanied by a video clip in which the voices were performed by children characterized as the artists. Today, the video has already surpassed forty million views on YouTube and was the prelude to what would become the most anticipated show of the year.

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As long as I breathe...

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Life is a constant whirlpool of emotions, between ups and downs, and what prevails are the feelings anchored in the heart.

My heart was invaded by joy.

Once again I managed to express myself exactly how I wanted. I have been able to convey all my love and admiration for you, Alejandro, in every detail of our magazine.

A love that is as deep as the sea.

A clock marks the hours but time cannot be stopped and in this madness of months that pass as if they were days, you present yourself as a

You are more beautiful than anyone.

I have never read a poem as beautiful as your smile.

Facing some storms would not be possible if your music did not exist, Alejandro ...

Your music guides me over the bridge of hope.

You make happy days even happier.

When it rains, the rain smiles, because you are singing about it.

I cannot imagine my life without you being present in it, because every time I have stopped to look for a memory, you were there.

sweet and soft singing bird caressing my soul.

As long as I breathe ... you will be the blood that pumps my heart.

Between a few tears and a smile, you are.

As long as I breathe ... you will be my strength.

Tears for that "love that has no explanation" and that fills me with pride ... and a smile for knowing that you are there, that you are always there.

Among all natural phenomena, you are the most

As long as I breathe… I'll be here writing for you.

My favorite song will always be the timbre of your voice.

I love you from here to Mars.

pure, intense and constant.

LARISSA FECHER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE MAGAZINE

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Photo: Alejandro Sanz Official Website