Sunday, January 22, 2012

Alejandro Fernandez

By Octavio Mercas


Famous in Mexico as "El Portillo", Alejandro Fernandez became a household name mainly because not merely of his own capacity to attract many people yet his lively activities. With over twenty million albums sold worldwide, no wonder why he's obtained a lot of awards. He started out his career in the year 1977 where he first made an appearance in public performing with his father. They sang the song "Alejandra" jointly. However at age 19, he made a big breakthrough with his first solo album. He presented "Alejandro Fernandez" under Sony Music and managed to release 3 singles. And mainly because of his accomplishment, he toured the whole Mexico. His achievement didn't hold on there. He was able to launch Piel De Nina in 1993 released an album with 3 highly thriving tracks.

He reached more people with his skill to serenade girls and then in year 1994, he launched his fourth studio album, that's likewise become highly thriving. Almost all of his tracks within this music album were made by renowned Mexican songwriters and has obtained more following till he presented a brand new album the year after, titled,Que Seas MuyFeliz. It was introduced with a single which was internationally recognized as his very first hit overseas making him a household name in lots of nations outside of Mexico.

In the year 1996 with his own production , the rest of his songs became hit songs in most regions of Mexico as well as in several other Spanish-speaking countries on the globe. The Atlanta Olympics started in 1996 exactly where he recorded the theme song as well as other international and well-known Latin performers most notably Gloria Estefan,Ricky Martin and Jon Secada with the song titled "PuedesIlegar".

Within the year 2000, he presented his album "Entre tusbrasoz" and produced his song "Quiereme" that revealed most of his resourcefulness as a music artist. The year after, he recorded his 9th music album and in addition it became a hit in Mexico as well as in other places of the world. Being a major fan of ranchera tracks, he launched Un Canto De Mexico that contains twenty ranchera songs. Alejandro Fernandez went on a tour together with his daddy in 2003 in Mexico City. Over 60,000 music followers came to view him perform spectacularly.

Alejandro Fernandez is not just a talented vocalist yet also is a very versatile performer. On the year 2004, he acted in the film "Zapata: El sueno del Heroe". This movie was regarding the Mexican hero Emiliano Zapanta. Immediately after his remarkable achievement in acting, he went back to singing and released his music album Mexico - Madrid: En Directo Y Sin Escalas. It highlighted 13 new tracks that were all obtained from his live shows. It absolutely was in 2007 where he was able to do a duet together with the international pop singer Beyonce with the track "Amor Gitano" for the album "Viento A Favor". He started a tour within Madrid and produced another album entitled "De Noche: Clasicos A Mi Manera" with the greatest ballad he made. On his personal life, Alejandro Fernandez has three children from his former spouses Ximena Diaz and America Guinart.




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