The life of Alejandro Sanz: his divorces, his secret son and his current girlfriend

‘El Hormiguero’ closes its week with one of the most international Spanish singers on the music scene. Alejandro Sanz Visit Pablo Motos’ program this Thursday, January 23, to share details of his next project.

And the Spanish singer has an important legacy in music, both nationally and internationally, with renowned hits such as ‘Y, si fue ella?’, ‘Corazón partío’ or ‘Amiga mia’, which have made him sell more than 25 million records around the world and win 24 Latin Grammys.

In 2023, Alejandro Sanz decided to take a radical turn in his musical career by announcing that he was leaving Universal Musichis longtime record company, and signed with Sony Music. In this way, the singer began a new stage that is now taking off with the release of an album in the spring of this year which, according to the artist himself, moves away from typical ballads.

Beyond his meteoric career in music, Alejandro Sanz is also one of the most mediatic faces of the gossip press in Spain for his hectic personal life. And the singer’s love life always becomes news.

Their divorces and their secret son

Over the years, the singer has maintained different relationships. The first acquaintance, with the Mexican model and actress Jaydy Michelwith whom he married in 1999, although it was not legally recognized in either of their countries of origin.

As a result of this relationship, their first daughter was born in 2001, Manuela Sánchez Michelwho is currently studying Fashion Design and lives in Mexico with his mother. Four years after their wedding, Alejandro Sanz and Jaydy Michel divorced. 2005 was a turbulent year for the singer, who also suffered the death of his father after a long illness.

The separation of Alejandro Sanz and the model occurred amid rumors of infidelity. Some speculations which were later confirmed when, in 2006, it became public that the singer had a secret son three-year-old Alexander, the result of a fleeting relationship with Valeria Rivera, a fashion designer from Puerto Rico.

His second known partner was Raquel Pererawho was then working as his assistant. He was with her for 13 years and had his third and fourth children: Dylan (2011) and Alma (2014). They both got married in 2012 at the artist’s estate in Cáceres and, seven years later, they decided to end their marriage.

«We knew how to manage very well for thirteen years the difficult task of living together, sharing a bathroom and a pillow. AND The day we decided to separate was painful for both of us.. “I may have had the hardest part, but it was sad for both of us,” Raquel said.

His current girlfriend, a Spanish actress

The same year as his separation from Raquel Perera, Alejandro Sanz made his relationship with the Cuban artist public. Rachel Valdeswho accompanied him to the Latin Grammy Awards that same year. The relationship ended in 2023 and lasted almost four years.

However, both ended cordially. «I want to make it clear that Rachel Valdés is an incredible woman that I love, “I admire and about whom I can only say good things,” said Alejandro in a statement, who precisely then went through a mental health crisis that affected his career and managed to overcome it later thanks to therapy.

For a time the singer was related to the actress Monica CruzHowever, neither of them confirmed the romance. We had to wait until October 2024 to meet the singer’s new partner: the Valencian actress Candela Marquez36 years old, with whom he appeared at Paco León’s 50th birthday party.

Since then, the singer has attended different events accompanied by his new partner, showing that it is a very consolidated relationship. “We are very happy”Alejandro confessed at the ‘Vanity Fair’ gala, in addition to recognizing that Candela is “an incredible woman.”

In this way, the Spanish singer is living one of his sweetest moments, both on a professional level, with the upcoming release of his new album, and on a personal level, immersed in the beginnings of a relationship that does not rule out ending in a wedding: “Well, who knows.”