is García and the second or maternal family name is Abad.
Alejandro Abad
Born
22 September 1962
Nationality
Chilean and Spanish
Occupation
singer
Known for
1994 Eurovision Song Contest
Alejandro Antonio García Abad (born 22 September 1962 in Santiago, Chile), better known as Alejandro Abad, is a Chilean-born Spanish singer-songwriter and music producer, known for participating at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest.
Biography
During the second half of the 1980s, Alejandro Abad released three albums in Spain: Quédate con él, Buscando tu destino and Confidencias, the latter with label PolyGram. Later on, he composed songs for several Spanish artists, including his friend Dyango.
Dyango entrusted Abad with the musical career of his son
Valencia
, "Enamorarse", sung by Ana Reverte.
In 1994, he was internally chosen by broadcaster
Ella no es ella
", and he recorded an homonym album, his fourth, with label Horus.
Abad was invited to several Latin American countries to act as a jury member in international events. In 2000, he contributed with several songs to Raúl's album Sueño su boca, of which 600,000 copies were sold in Spain. He also participated in the production of Paulina Rubio's album Lo haré por ti, of which three million copies were sold worldwide.
The same year he discovered
Operación Triunfo
.
In 2003 he produced the song "Desde el cielo" for Sergio, a song that finished in second place in the
Operación 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 show
Gran Hermano VIP 5, the fifth season of the Spanish version of Celebrity Big Brother
