Comenzó interpretando temas con mariachi y música tradicional mexicana. Últimamente canta también música pop.
Alejandro Fernández (born April 24, 1971) is a popular Latin Grammy-winning Mexican singer nicknamed as "El Potrillo" ("The Little 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 Potrillo" (The Little Colt) was given to him by the media and his fans because of his being the son of Vicente, who is considered the most popular charro in Mexico.
Career
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 Fernandez. Since then, he has recorded 18 albums and sold a reported 15 million records, working with producers such as Emilio Estefan, Jr. and Kike Santander. His first public appearance was in 1976, 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, making it a very touching moment between Alejandro and his father.
In 1992, Alejandro Fernández released his debut, self-titled album, launching one of the most prolific, successful and memorable careers in Latin music. Since then, the son of legendary ranchera singer Vicente Fernández has done what few progeny of famous parents have ever been able to achieve: He’s followed in his father’s footsteps, but at the same time, he’s carved out his own, separate path, thanks to his skilled vocals and an unparalleled stage presence. Fernández also has portrayed the lead role in zapata: El sueño del héroe, a 2004 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.
While most Latin acts talk about crossovers from Spanish to English, Alejandro is one of only a handful of artists that have managed to become a superstar by crossing over from the world of traditional ranchera music to the world of pop. That duality began in 1997 with Me Estoy Enamorando, a collaboration with producer Emilio Estefan that sold 3 million copies worldwide and established Alejandro as an international star. In 1998, Alejandro performed along with the operatic tenor Placido Domingo and the French singer Patricia Kaas in Christmas in Vienna VI.
In 2004, 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 bold 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.
"A Corazón Abierto" is about love, but it’s hardly a staid album. Quite the opposite. Under the guidance of producers Kike Santander and Aureo Baqueiro, the sound of this record is taken beyond the traditional and is an album rich in instrumentation—rippling guitars, flowing strings and mariachi lines—that treads on folk, rock and ranchera elements with organic ease and conviction. The superb emotional and musical interpretations are the clincher. At times exuberant, "A Corazón Abierto" can also be an album of subtle understatement, unafraid to bare the singer in every sense of the word.
"Romanticism is something that will never die", says 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". It was something very honest. Not naked, but something deeper than that".
In 2005, Alejandro launches México - Madrid: En Directo Y Sin Escalas (in English: Mexico - Madrid: Nonstop). Featuring 13 tracks including one new song, this album is Fernández at his best - live and in concert! "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 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 moving version of "Como quien pierde una estrella", accompanied on cajon by famed Flamenco guitarist Niño Josele. That same year, Alejandro was chosen to sing along with the tenors Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo in a special concerto celebrating the opening of the "Forum Internacional de las Culturas" in Monterrey. Alejandro's 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.
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. They're all taken to wuthering heights by Fernandez's stellar vocal range, which goes from hushed whispers to booming intensity. First single "Te Voy A Perder" is an epic romance, and "Amor Gitano", a duet with performer Beyoncé Knowles. Closing tune "Cuando Estamos Juntos" is another surprise, an acoustic-flavored ode to simple joy.
He has five children, (Alejandro, Jr. and the twins, América and Camila) with his ex-wife, Mexican América Guinart, and two (Emiliano and Valentina) with his now ex-girlfriend, 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 Corazón
1997: Me Estoy Enamorando
1999: Mi Verdad
1999: Christmas in Vienna VI (Plácido Domingo, Patricia Kaas and Alejandro Fernández)
2000: entre tus brazos
2001: Orígenes
2002: Un Canto De México
2003: Niña Amada Mía
2003: En Vivo: Juntos Por Ultima Vez
2004: zapata: El sueño del héroe (Soundtrack)
2004: A Corazón Abierto
2005: México - Madrid: En Directo Y Sin Escalas
2007: Viento A Favor
2007: 15 Años De Éxitos
Website :www.alejandrofernandez.com
Si Te Vas
Alejandro Fernández Lyrics
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No es como ayer
Cuando naufragabas
Cada noche
Entre mis besos
Que tal vez el tiempo
Se ha robado tu ilusión
O en tu corazon
Dices que te marchas
Sin volver
Y que la distancia
Borrara mi sufrimiento
Y me dejaras
En una oscura soledad
Mi vida si te vas
Sera como un desierto
Amor
Como he de vivir sin ti
Tuyos son mis sueños
Y mi corazon
Dime como hacer
Para poder seguir vivendo
Cada noche sin tus besos
Ni el abrigo de tu cuerpo
Amor
Como he de vivir sin ti
Si estare muriendo
Sin hallar una razon
Para que palpite mas
Mi herido corazon
No podre vivir sin ti
Dices que te marchas
Sin volver
Y que la distancia
Borrara mi sufrimiento
Y me dejaras
En una oscura soledad
Mi vida si te vas
Sera como un desierto
Amor
Como he de vivir sin ti
Tuyos son mis sueños
Y mi corazon
Dime como hacer
Para poder seguir viviendo
Cada noche sin tus besos
Ni el abrigo de tu cuerpo
Amor
Como he de vivir sin ti
Si estaré muriendo
Sin hallar una razón
Para que palpite mas
Mi herido corazon
No podre vivir sin ti
In "Si Te Vas", Alejandro Fernandez sings about the pain of a love that is ending. The singer is pleading with his lover, who is preparing to leave, begging her to reconsider and stay with him. He tells her that he knows her love isn't like it was when they first fell in love, that she's lost her passion for him. He thinks that maybe time has robbed her of her excitement, or that all that's left in her heart are memories of what used to be. But he knows that if she goes, he'll be left in a lonely void, and he'll feel like his life is a desert.
The chorus repeats the idea of his love not being able to live without her. He begs her to tell him how he can keep living without her. The singer is lost and doesn't know how to continue his life without her, as he believes that his dreams and his heart belong to her. He knows that he won't be able to find happiness without her, and that his heart will stop beating if she leaves.
Overall, "Si Te Vas" is a song lamenting a love that is slipping away, with the singer begging his lover to stay and not abandon him. It's a beautiful and sad song that speaks to the universal experience of heartbreak and loss.
Line by Line Meaning
Dices que tu amor
You say that your love
No es como ayer
Is not like yesterday
Cuando naufragabas
When you were shipwrecked
Cada noche
Every night
Entre mis besos
Among my kisses
Que tal vez el tiempo
Perhaps time
Se ha robado tu ilusión
Has robbed you of your illusion
O en tu corazon
Or in your heart
Tan solo quedan los recuerdos
Only memories remain
Dices que te marchas
You say that you're leaving
Sin volver
Without coming back
Y que la distancia
And that distance
Borrara mi sufrimiento
Will erase my suffering
Y me dejaras
And you'll leave me
En una oscura soledad
In a dark loneliness
Mi vida si te vas
My life if you go
Sera como un desierto
Will be like a desert
Amor
Love
Como he de vivir sin ti
How can I live without you
Tuyos son mis sueños
My dreams are yours
Y mi corazon
And my heart
Dime como hacer
Tell me how to do
Para poder seguir vivendo
To be able to keep living
Cada noche sin tus besos
Every night without your kisses
Ni el abrigo de tu cuerpo
Or the comfort of your body
Si estaré muriendo
If I'll be dying
Sin hallar una razón
Without finding a reason
Para que palpite mas
For it to beat more
Mi herido corazon
My wounded heart
No podre vivir sin ti
I won't be able to live without you
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Foreign Imported Productions & Publishing
Written by: KIKE SANTANDER
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