Alejandro Antonio García Abad (born 22 September 1962 in

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, Chile), better known as Alejandro Abad, is a Chilean-born Spanish singer-songwriter and music producer, known for participating at the 1994

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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

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. Dyango entrusted Abad with the musical career of his son

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, 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. In 1993 he composed the winning song of the

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held in

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, "Enamorarse", sung by Ana Reverte. In 1994, he was internally chosen by broadcaster TVE to represent Spain as a solo artist at the 39th 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 the

again as a songwriter in

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with the song "Eres mi debilidad", sung by

. 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

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's album ''Lo haré por ti'', of which three million copies were sold worldwide. The same year he discovered

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in the TV show '' Lluvia de estrellas''; in 2001 Civera won the Spanish national final for the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest with a song penned by Abad, " Dile que la quiero". The song finished sixth in the ranking in

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. 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 show '' Operación Triunfo''. In 2003 he produced the song "Desde el cielo" for Sergio, a song that finished in second place in the

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. In 2004 he produced the first album of the winner of the third series of '' 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 ''

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External links

Official site
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