Alejandro Fernández
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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.
Alejandro originally specialized in traditional, earthy forms of Mexican folk and country music, such as mariachi and ranchera. However, his more recent work has focused on mainstream pop music. He is the son of Vicente Fernández, also a popular Mexican country singer. His nickname "El Potro" (the colt) was given to him by the media and his fans because of his being the son of Vicente, who is nicknamed "El Gran Garañón" (the stallion).
Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, he trained as an architect but turned to singing in 1991, encouraged by his father. A year later, he released his first album, titled Alejandro Fernández. Since then, he has recorded 13 albums and sold a reported 15 million records, working with producers such as Emilio Estefan and Kike Santander. Fernández also has portrayed the lead role in Zapata: The Dream of a Hero, a 2003 movie about the Mexican revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata by filmmaker Alfonso Arau, which proved to be one of the greatest disappointments in the Nuevo Cine Mexicano era, spending 7 million dollars in production and publicity but faring poorly at the box office.
Alejandro is rumored to be a romantic ladies' man and has been photographed and linked with many women. He had three children (Alejandro, Jr. and the twins, América and Camila) with his wife, Mexican América Guinart, whom he left for his now ex-girlfriend, Colombian model Ximena Díaz. He has two children with her, Emiliano and Valentina. Alejandro was recently involved in another infidelity scandal after having been photographed in compromising positions with 25-year-old Linda Alarcón at the Delano Hotel in Miami Beach. He has since denied any involvement with the Mexican model. He received his Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in December 2005.[1]
[edit] Discography
- Alejandro Fernandez' (1992)
- Piel De Niña (1993)
- Grandes Exitos (1994)
- Que Seas Muy Feliz (1995)
- Muy Dentro de Mi Corazón (1996)
- Me Estoy Enamorando (1997)
- Mi Verdad (1999)
- Christmas In Vienna (Plácido Domingo, Patricia Kaas, and Alejandro Fernández) (1999)
- Entre tus brazos (1996)
- Orígenes (2001)
- Un Canto De México (2002)
- Niña Amada Mia (2003)
- Juntos Por Ultima Vez (2003)
- Zapata: El sueño de un héroe (soundtrack, 2003)
- A Corazón Abierto (2004)
- México >> Madrid: En Directo Y Sin Escalas (2005)
- "Amor Gitano": Just recently, he made a duet with Beyonce
