Alejandro Fernández
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Alejandro Fernández (born April 24, 1971) is a popular Mexican singer nicknamed as "El Potrillo" ("The Colt") by the media and his fans.
Alejandro specializes in traditional, earthy forms of Mexican folk and country music, such as mariachi and ranchera. He is the son of Vicente Fernández, also a popular Mexican singer. His nickname "El Potro" (the little horse) was given to him by the media and his fans because of him being the son of Vicente.
Born in Mexico City he trained as an architect but, encouraged by his father, turned to singing in 1991. A year later, he released his first album titled "Alejandro Fernández". Since then, he has recorded 13 albums and sold a reported 20 million records, working with producers such as Emilio Estefan and Kike Santander. Fernández also has portrayed the lead role in Zapata, a 2003 movie about the Mexican revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata by filmmaker Alfonso Arau.
Alejandro is rumored to be a romantic ladies man and has been photographed and linked with many women even while being married. Officially he has been married twice. He had three children (Alejandro Jr and the twins América and Camila) with his first wife mexican América Guinart whom he left for his now current wife, 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 but her parents manitain that the two have been in a relationship for a year.[1]
Discography
- Alejandro Fernández (1992)
- Piel de Niña (1993)
- Grandes Exitos a la Manera de Alejandro Fernandez (1994)
- Que Seas Muy Feliz (1995)
- Muy Dentro de Mi Corazon (1996)
- Me Estoy Enamorando (1997)
- Mi Verdad (1999)
- Christmastime in Vienna (Plácido Domingo, Patricia Kaas and Alejandro Fernandez) (1999)
- Entre Tus Brazos (2000)
- Origenes (2001)
- Niña Amada Mia (2003)
- Un Canto de Mexico en Vivo Desde Bellas Artes (2003)
- Vicente Y Alejandro Juntos Por Ultima Vez (2003)
- Zapata: El sueño de un héroe (soundtrack, 2004)
- 100 Años de Música Mexicana en Vivo (2004)
- A Corazon Abierto (2004)