Quisiera Ser

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"Quisiera Ser"
Single by Alejandro Sanz
from the album El Alma al Aire
LanguageSpanish
Released20 October 2000
Genre Latin pop
Length5:30
Label WEA 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]

Contents

"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

YearChartTrackPeakWeeks on Chart
2000Billboard Hot Latin SongsQuisiera Ser1716 [10]
2000Billboard Latin Pop AirplayQuisiera Ser1323 [11]
2000Billboard Latin Tropical/Salsa AirplayQuisiera Ser915 [12]

Year-end charts

YearChartTrackPeak
2001Billboard Latin Pop AirplayQuisiera Ser25

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