Quisiera Ser

"Quisiera Ser"
Single by Alejandro Sanz
from the album El Alma al Aire
LanguageSpanish
Released20 October 2000
GenreLatin pop
Length5:30
LabelWEA Latina
Songwriter(s)Alejandro Sanz
Alejandro Sanz singles chronology
"Cuando Nadie Me Ve"
(2000) 		"Quisiera Ser"
(2000) 		"El Alma al Aire"
(2001)
Music video
"Quisiera ser" on YouTube

"Quisiera Ser" (I Would Like to Be) is a song by Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz from Sanz's sixth studio album El Alma al Aire.[1] It was released as a single on October 20, 2000, by WEA Latina. The song is included on an EP consisting of four tracks: "Quisiera Ser", "Cuando Nadie Me Ve" and two additional mixes of "Quisiera Ser".[2] The music video for the song was directed by Alejandro Toledo and features Spanish model Esther Cañadas.[3]

"Quisiera Ser" is included on MTV Unplugged, the second live album by Sanz, produced by Humberto Gatica and released in 2001. In 2002, "Quisiera Ser" was performed live at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards as a duet between Sanz and Destiny's Child with Spanish and English lyrics.[4]

Grammy performance

In 2002 at the 44th Annual GRAMMY Awards, Sanz performed "Quisiera Ser" onstage with Destiny's Child. The song was performed in Spanish with English lyrics sung as a solo by Beyonce in the bridge section of the song.[4][5][6][7] A plan for an Anglo album by Alejandro Sanz which was to include the English version of "Quisiera Ser" was abandoned with Beyonce filming "Goldmember" at that time.

Sanz was honored as the 2017 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year event with a performance of "Quisiera Ser" by Camila Cabello with Juanes.[8]

Compilation records & videos

Alejandro Sanz' "Quisiera Ser" has appeared on compilation records and videos of Alejandro Sanz and various artists released on the WEA International and in 2017, by Universal Music.[9]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year Chart Track Peak Weeks on Chart
2000 Billboard Hot Latin Songs Quisiera Ser 17 16[10]
2000 Billboard Latin Pop Airplay Quisiera Ser 13 23[11]
2000 Billboard Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay Quisiera Ser 9 15[12]

Year-end charts

Year Chart Track Peak
2001 Billboard Latin Pop Airplay Quisiera Ser 25

References

  1. ^ "El Alma al Aire - Alejandro Sanz | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Quisiera Ser - Alejandro Sanz | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  3. ^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (25 November 2000). "Las Mujeres de Alejandro Sanz". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  4. ^ a b LOS40 (7 August 2017). "El día que Beyoncé fue corista de Alejandro Sanz en los Grammy". LOS40 (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Bessman, Jim (16 March 2002). Turning Foreign Verse Into English Prose. Billboard, Nielsen Business Media.
  6. ^ "Beyoncé's Showstopping Grammy-Awards Style". Vanity Fair. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  7. ^ Archive-Teri-vanHorn. "Aguilera To Co-Host Latin Grammys; Destiny's Child To Perform". MTV News. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Alejandro Sanz". GRAMMY.com. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Quisiera Ser - Alejandro Sanz | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Alejandro Sanz Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Alejandro Sanz Chart History (Latin Pop Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Alejandro Sanz Chart History (Tropical Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 25 June 2022.