Alejandro Abad | |
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| Born | Alejandro Antonio García Abad (1962-09-22)22 September 1962 (age 63) Santiago, Chile |
| Occupation | singer-songwriter |
Alejandro Antonio García Abad (born 22 September 1962 inSantiago, Chile), better known asAlejandro Abad, is a Chilean-born Spanish singer-songwriter and music producer. As a singer-songwriter, herepresented Spain at theEurovision Song Contest 1994 with "Ella no es ella". As a songwriter he has won theOTI Festival forSpain twice:in 1993 with "Enamorarse" andin 1995 with "Eres mi debilidad".
During the second half of the 1980s, Alejandro Abad released three albums in Spain:Quédate con él,Buscando tu destino andConfidencias, the latter with labelPolyGram. Later on, he composed songs for several Spanish artists, including his friendDyango.
Dyango entrusted Abad with the musical career of his sonMarcos Llunas, whose first album was composed by Abad. Several songs from this album such as "Reconquistarte", "Hay algo en ti" or "Vale la pena" became hits in Latin America. He composed the winning song of theOTI Festival 1993 "Enamorarse", sung by Ana Reverte representing Spain.
In 1994, he was internally chosen byTelevisión Española (TVE) to represent Spain as a solo artist at the39th Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin with the self-penned song "Ella no es ella", and he recorded an homonym album, his fourth, with label Horus.
In 1995, he won theOTI Festival 1995 again as a songwriter with the song "Eres mi debilidad", sung byMarcos Llunas.
Abad was invited to several Latin American countries to act as a jury member in international events. In 2000, he contributed with several songs toRaúl's albumSueño su boca, of which 600,000 copies were sold in Spain. He also participated in the production ofPaulina Rubio's albumLo haré por ti, of which three million copies were sold worldwide.
The same year he discoveredDavid Civera in the TV showLluvia de estrellas; in 2001 Civera won theSpanish national final for theEurovision Song Contest 2001 with a song penned by Abad, "Dile que la quiero". The song finished sixth in the ranking inCopenhagen. In 2001 Abad, together with Susana Saura, founded a new company, Garsa Music, to manage David Civera's career. Abad has produced six albums for Civera. Also in 2001 he produced the song "Mi música es tu voz" for the contestants of talent showOperación Triunfo.
In 2003 he produced the song "Desde el cielo" for Sergio, a song that finished in second place in theJunior Eurovision Song Contest 2003. In 2004 he produced the first album of the winner of the third series ofOperación Triunfo, Vicente Seguí. He also composed the first single ("Sin Medida") of the winner of the fifth edition,Lorena, and has acted as a jury member of the contest.
In January 2017, Abad entered the reality showGran Hermano VIP 5, the fifth season of the Spanish version ofCelebrity Big Brother.
| Preceded by | Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 | Succeeded by |
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