In the United States, "Alejandro" debuted at number 72 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 for the issue dated April 17, 2010. The song also debuted on the Mainstream Top 40 chart at number 35, and the Hot Digital Songs chart at number 71, after selling 24,000 paid digital downloads according to Nielsen Soundscan. It reached number five on the Hot 100, becoming Gaga's seventh consecutive top ten hit in the United States. She became the second female artist to have her first seven singles reach top-ten in the United States, since R&B singer Monica did so from 1995–1999. "Alejandro" peaked at number four on the Mainstream Top 40 chart, becoming the first single by her not to reach the number one position there.
Chart performance
Alejandro (song)
Alejandro (song) | Chart performance
It debuted at number 72 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 for the issue dated April 17, 2010; debuted on the Mainstream Top 40 chart at number 35, and the Hot Digital Songs chart at number 71. It reached number five on the Hot 100, becoming Gaga's seventh consecutive top ten hit in the United States. In the United States, it debuted at number 72 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. Yes,  "Alejandro" debuted at number 72 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, it  debuted on the Mainstream Top 40 chart at number 35, and the Hot Digital Songs chart at number 71
what is the meaning of the song alejandro
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The song bids farewell to her lovers.
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whose song is it?
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Lady Gaga
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was it a single release or part of any album?
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It was part of her third EP, "The Fame Monster".
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where was it performed live?
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Yes, she performed at The Monster Ball Tour.
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did it perform well on charts?
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Gaga performed "Alejandro" on her 2009–2011 The Monster Ball Tour. It was the fourth song of the set list on the North American leg of the tour. However, on the European and British legs of the tour the song was performed towards the end of the show. The live performance saw her wearing a silver bodysuit and then being carried by her crotch by one of her male dancers and lowered onto another male dancer, engaging in a threesome with them. T'Cha Dunlevy from "The Gazette" said that "the song followed in fast order, with not quite enough to set [it] apart.
Alejandro (song) | Live performances
Gaga performed the song on the ninth season of "American Idol" and has performed it on all dates of The Monster Ball Tour and on all subsequent tours to date.
Alejandro (song) | Introduction
In May 2011, Gaga performed the song during Radio 1's Big Weekend in Carlisle, Cumbria. "Alejandro" was performed on Gaga's Born This Way Ball tour, in 2012–2013. The performance included her lounging on a couch made of meat and wearing her gun bra with half naked men dancing around her. For her 2014 tour, the , Gaga wore a green wig and leather hot pants for the performance of the song. In 2017, she performed "Alejandro" during her shows at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, while wearing a red crop-top sweatshirt. The song was also part of the setlist of the Joanne World Tour (2017–2018), where she performed it in a mesh leather cut-out bodysuit.
Alejandro (song) | Live performances
Through her account on Twitter, the singer remarked on the decision, "Alejandro is on the radio. Fuck it sounds so good, we did it little monsters." The single was officially sent to radio on April 20, 2010 in the United States.
Alejandro (song) | Composition and release
She entered the stage in a procession inspired by a Japanese wedding, and as the lights dimmed, she sat at her piano on the rotating stage and belted out "Speechless", which was followed by the performance of "Alejandro", where she was picked up by one of her dancers, who appeared to be covered in talcum powder. Gaga taped a medley of "Bad Romance" and "Alejandro" for the ninth season of "American Idol" on April 28, 2010. Her performance aired on the show's May 5, 2010 episode. The performance started with Gaga playing the piano for a slowed-down snippet of "Bad Romance".
Alejandro (song) | Live performances
Credits adapted from the liner notes of "The Fame Monster".
Alejandro (song) | Credits and personnel
She was dressed in a revealing-but-veiled black outfit, wielding a cape and was surrounded by shirtless dancers. Halfway through the performance, she shed her cape and began writhing on the floor. Over in one corner of the stage, a statue of the Virgin Mary had flames pouring out of the top of it, as Gaga sang the chorus. Fog filled the stage, as Gaga and her dancers performed an energetic dance routine. Luchina Fisher from ABC News called it a "thinly-veiled performance dripping with sex and violins" and "Gaga doing her best Madonna impression." On July 9, 2010, the song was performed on "The Today Show", where she sang it on a stage, outside the studio.
Alejandro (song) | Live performances
Gaga drives around the Monster Pit followed by choreography for the last chorus of the song. After "Bad Kids" an acoustic section follows with songs like "Hair", "Princess Die" and "You and I". The section concludes with "Electric Chapel" with a display of flashing lights before Gaga leaves the stage. After a Spanish guitar intro, she then returns in a recreation of the meat dress and performs "Americano". "Poker Face" is performed next and at the end of the song Gaga is lowered into a meat grinder. A moment later she emerges from the stage sitting on a meat couch and performs "Alejandro" with her gun bra and green trousers.
Born This Way Ball | Concert synopsis
Gaga has also performed "Alejandro" on her 2018–2020 Las Vegas residency show, Enigma.
Alejandro (song) | Live performances
In the United States, "Alejandro" debuted at number 72 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 for the issue dated April 17, 2010. The song also debuted on the Mainstream Top 40 chart at number 35, and the Hot Digital Songs chart at number 71, after selling 24,000 paid digital downloads according to Nielsen Soundscan. It reached number five on the Hot 100, becoming Gaga's seventh consecutive top ten hit in the United States. She became the second female artist to have her first seven singles reach top-ten in the United States, since R&B singer Monica did so from 1995–1999. "Alejandro" peaked at number four on the Mainstream Top 40 chart, becoming the first single by her not to reach the number one position there.
Alejandro (song) | Chart performance
It also debuted on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart at 40 and reached the top on the issue dated July 7, 2010. The song has sold 2.63 million digital downloads in the United States as of February 2019, making Gaga the only artist in digital history to amass seven consecutive two million sellers as a lead act. The track was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in October 2017. In Canada, "Alejandro" debuted at number 78 on the Canadian Hot 100 issue dated April 4, 2010, and reached a peak of number four, on the issue dated May 8, 2010.
Alejandro (song) | Chart performance
"Alejandro" is a song by American singer Lady Gaga. It was released as the third single from her third EP, "The Fame Monster" (2009). Co-written and produced by Gaga and Nadir "RedOne" Khayat, it was inspired by her "Fear of Men Monster". The singer bids farewell to her lovers over mid-tempo synth-pop music with a Europop beat. Contemporary critics predominantly gave "Alejandro" positive reviews and noted that it takes influence from the pop acts ABBA and Ace of Base. The song charted in the United Kingdom and Hungary due to digital sales following the album's release. Upon release, "Alejandro" charted again in the United Kingdom as well as in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden, and the United States while topping the Czech, Finnish, Mexican, Venezuelan, Polish, Russian, Bulgarian, and Romanian charts.
Alejandro (song) | Introduction
The lyrics talk about Gaga defending herself against a group of Latin men and has a number of ABBA allusions, including a reference to their 1976 song "Fernando", which Gaga cited as one of her influences. Originally, "Dance in the Dark" was planned to be released as the third single from "The Fame Monster", as a preference of Gaga's record label. The singer's own choice, "Alejandro", initially saw poor reception in terms of radio play, thereby was not seen as a viable choice for a single. A quarrel then arose between Gaga and her label where "Alejandro" was ultimately chosen to be released.
Alejandro (song) | Composition and release
It was one choreographed dance number after the next." Jeremy Adams from "Rolling Stone" commented that the performance was "[one] of several moments [...] that gave parents in the audience consternation." Jim Harrington from "San Jose Mercury News" compared Gaga's performance of the song with that of an erotic dancer. On the revamped show performances, Gaga moved to take bath in a fountain like architecture on the stage, a replica of the one present in New York's Central Park. On April 20, 2010, Gaga performed the song at the MAC AIDS Fund Pan-Asia Viva Glam launch in Tokyo where she wore a doily lace dress.
Alejandro (song) | Live performances
On April 5, 2010, "Alejandro" debuted at number 49 in Australia on the official ARIA Singles Chart, and moved to number 28 the next week. It ultimately peaked at number two, thus becoming Gaga's seventh top five hit in the country. "Alejandro" was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipment of 70,000 copies of the single. The song debuted at number 35 on the New Zealand Top 40 on April 19, 2010. It has peaked at number 11. With the release of "The Fame Monster", "Alejandro" charted on the UK Singles Chart at number 75, on November 29, 2009, due to digital sales.
Alejandro (song) | Chart performance
On Alejandro's official website, he announced that he will be a part of "Cap Roig Festival 2012" and will perform a concert. Then on his page on the festival's website, they announced that Alejandro will perform "No Me Compares" live for the first time on August 18 in the festival. After that he performed this music on so many stages including his recently worldwide tour and at the 13th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.
No Me Compares (song) | Live performances
She started performing "LoveGame", which ended with Gaga pointing towards her groin. Flames appeared on the video screens, as she got out of her ecto-skeleton outfit. After stripping down to a silver bodysuit she performed "Alejandro", and was carried by her crotch by one of her male dancers, and later lowered onto another one of them. The section was followed by a video interlude featuring snarling dogs and brooding ravens. The performance of "Monster" began with Gaga emerging in a black feathered jacket and performing dance moves reminiscent of Michael Jackson as the backdrops featured a black bird's wings. She continued with two songs from "The Fame Monster" titled "So Happy I Could Die" and "Teeth", after which she removed the feathered dress.
The Monster Ball Tour | Pre-revisions
On the May 16, 2010, chart, the song re-entered at number 95 and ultimately peaked at number seven. According to the Official Charts Company, "Alejandro" has sold a total of 436,000 copies as of February 2014, and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in 2020. They also revealed it as the 37th best-selling vinyl single in the UK for the 2010s decade. Across Europe, the song reached the top five in Austria, the Ultratop charts of Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland, while topping the charts in Finland, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania and Russia.
Alejandro (song) | Chart performance
Gaga debuted the song in Guadalajara, Mexico on May 3, 2011, during The Monster Ball Tour, where she performed it in an acoustic version. She later included "Americano" on the set list of her Born This Way Ball tour (2012–2013). During the performance the singer wore a modified version of her famous meat dress and sang the song while faux meat carcasses hung around her. Gaga was surrounded by her dancers who were semi-nude onstage. The sequence portrayed a wedding with an extended Spanish guitar intro and Gaga appearing on the meat counter as the bride in the meat dress.
Americano (song) | Live performances and media usage
Gaga co-wrote and co-produced "Alejandro" with RedOne. It was recorded at FC Walvisch Studios in Amsterdam. She told Fuse TV that the inspiration behind "Alejandro" was her "Fear of Men Monster". "Billboard" described "Alejandro" as a synth-pop song with a "stomping Euro-pop beat". The song is influenced by ABBA and Ace of Base, the latter being prominent in the beats of the song, the vocals, and the melody. The words are slurred in Gaga's vocal delivery while the composition consists of an uplifting melody. The song opens with the main melody from the Hungarian piece "Csárdás" by Italian composer Vittorio Monti played on violin, as a distressed Gaga (speaking in a Spanish accent) states: "I know that we are young, and I know that you may love me/But I just can't be with you like this anymore, Alejandro." The track then changes to a stomping Europop beat.
Alejandro (song) | Composition and release
"Born This Way" and "You and I" was also sung on "Oprah" on May 6. After her Grammy performance, on February 19, 2011, Gaga added "Born This Way" to the setlist of The Monster Ball Tour, where she performed it as a second encore, in a very similar outfit and choreography as on the awards show. In May, she finished The Monster Ball Tour with concerts in Mexico, where she premiered "Americano" by performing the song on the piano, and closed the show with a performance of "Judas". After finishing the tour, Gaga performed on the Robin Hood Gala 2011 in New York (May 9).
Born This Way (album) | Live performances
Mikael Wood of "Los Angeles Times" called it bubbly and also went to compare with ABBA's style. Jon Dolan from "Rolling Stone" called it a "loving ABBA spoof". Scott Plagenhoef of Pitchfork Media noted that although "Alejandro" is an ABBA morph, "it comes off very modern, in part because U.S. pop and hip-hop is currently drawing heavily from Europop, Hi-NRG, and dance music." Brian R. Fitzgerland from "The Wall Street Journal" compared the song with Madonna's 1987 single "Who's That Girl". Robert Copsey of Digital Spy gave the song five out of five stars and compared it to Madonna's song "La Isla Bonita" and Ace Of Base songs, but felt that Gaga added "her own twist to hers".
Alejandro (song) | Critical reception
Her dancers conglomerate around her near the end and Gaga reveals herself to be covered with blood. She then states that the thing she hates more than money is the truth and performs "Teeth", while introducing her band. Gaga and her friends then find the Eternal Fountain, which pours out red colored liquid and Gaga explains that it bleeds for anyone. She starts singing "Alejandro" while jumping into the fountain and singing, as blood pours over her. Gaga then returns and sings "Poker Face" on the cat-walk. After the performance, she and her friends find themselves in a dark place, and after some dialogue, Gaga's friends run off, leaving her alone to deal with the Fame Monster, a giant angler fish.
The Monster Ball Tour | Post-revisions
Gaga is seen in a blonde bob and a similar outfit to one of Liza Minnelli's performance costumes. The video moves to a scene of her wearing a bra equipped with AR-15 rifle barrels and her dancers performing another dance routine. She is then shown in the empty club, scenes of war breaking out flash by, and the lone soldier appears again. Going back to the Joan of Arc scene, she struggles with her dancers and disrobes. The video ends with her dressed as the nun, the film burning away from her face outwards. Klein explained that the video was, "about a woman's desire to resurrect a dead love and who can not face the brutality of her present situation.
Alejandro (song) | Synopsis
He also praised the song's melodies describing them as "deceptively catchy" and the lyrics as "wistful".
Alejandro (song) | Critical reception
He was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco. His first public appearance was in 1976 in one of his father's shows. Alejandro was meant to perform the song "Alejandra" but in the middle of the song he forgot the lyrics, started crying, and suffered a panic attack. His father Vicente Fernandez got on stage and helped by singing along with him. Fernández released his first album, "Alejandro Fernandez" under Sony Music. The main hits were "Necesito olvidarla", "Brumas" and "Equivocadamente". With this material, Alejandro began a tour in Mexico and some cities of the United States. In 1993, he performed with his father in a concert at the Palacio de los Deportes, and he continued for a season at the Teatro Blanquita in Mexico City.
Alejandro Fernández | Early years
Critical response to "Americano" was mixed, and the song charted at number 17 on the US Dance/Electronic Digital Songs and number 98 on the South Korean Gaon International Download Chart. Gaga debuted the song in Guadalajara, Mexico on May 3, 2011, during her Monster Ball Tour performance. She later sang it on her Born This Way Ball tour (2012–2013), wearing an artificial replica of her infamous meat dress. The song was covered by actress Kate Hudson in the "Glee" episode "The New Rachel", and was included in the 2011 film, "Puss in Boots".
Americano (song) | Introduction
"Dance in the Dark" was intended by Gaga's record label to be the third single. However, Gaga chose "Alejandro" after a confrontation with her label and it was released on April 20, 2010. "Alejandro" reached the top five of the Australian and Canadian charts, as well as the top ten of the charts of other nations. In the United States, it reached number five, becoming her seventh consecutive top ten single on the "Billboard" Hot 100. "Dance in the Dark" was then released as the fourth and final single from "The Fame Monster" in Australia, New Zealand, and France on July 26, 2010.
The Fame Monster | Singles
Chris Ryan from MTV described the song as a "lush paean to a love that's 'hot like Mexico'." Evan Sawdey from "PopMatters "said that Gaga's vocals sounded like those of Shakira in the song's chorus. Ben Patashnik from "NME" called the song light-hearted. Michael Hubbard of MusicOMH complimented the song as "brilliantly catchy, deceptively simple and wonderfully melancholy," while Sarah Hajibagheri from "The Times" dismissed it for being a "painful Latino warble [and] a would-be Eurovision reject." "The Boston Globe"'s James Reed also gave a negative review of the song, writing that it is "a tepid dance track in which she trills the song's title over and over again as if she had nothing better to say." The song won Best Pop Dance Track at the Annual International Dance Music Awards, the major event held during the Winter Music Conference 2011.
Alejandro (song) | Critical reception
James Montgomery from MTV commented that "Gaga has created a world that, while oppressive, also looks great." In a separate piece Montgomery added that "... she may have finally reached the point in her career where not even "she" can top herself." "Rolling Stone"s Daniel Kreps called the video a "cinematic epic." Brad Wete of "Entertainment Weekly," liked the video; however, he had no idea what was going on: "I can’t wait to hear Lady Gaga explain her latest video, “Alejandro.” Mostly because after watching it (twice!), I have absolutely no clue what's going on beyond the obvious." Anthony Benigno from "Daily News" felt that "the shock songstress' new music video [...] is chock full of bed-ridden S&M imagery that makes it look like the softcore answer to "The Matrix".
Alejandro (song) | Reception
The single was performed live many times. On many stages, Alejandro performed this music by himself, like the original version and on few stages, Alejandro Performed it with a guest artist. For example, once Sanz invited Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes to Miami, Flo. to performe this music with him. or at 2011 Viña del Mar International Song Festival, Sanz invited Argentinian singer Noel Schajris to do a duet on this song. Interesting fact is that both Juanes and Noel Schajris had some mistakes during their performances.
Lola Soledad | Live performances
Alejandro also performed in concerts organized by Cibao's Academy of Music. Alejando González has performed in concerts the music of Bach, Scarlatti, Handel, Francisco Tárrega, Manuel de Falla, Mangoré, Miguel Llobet, Antonio Lauro, Ñico Rojas, Leo Brouwer, among others.
Alejandro González (guitarist) | Tours and concerts
Rachel Alejandro first entered the world of showbiz at the age of 12, when she was a host on the popular TV show "That's Entertainment". At 15, following her successful TV stint, Alejandro recorded her first album, "Just a Minute", for Alpha Records. The album spawned several hit songs including the No. 1 single "Mr. Kupido", as well as "K.S.P. (Kulang Sa Pansin)" and "Kay Tagal". The album went gold and Alejandro's recording career then took off. Her second album, "Watch Me Now", featured a revival of "Nakapagtataka", the signature song of her father, pop icon Hajji Alejandro. Her powerful rendition of the song earned her the Awit Award for Best Performance by a Female Recording Artist and the Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Foundation Award for Best Female Singer/Entertainer.
Rachel Alejandro | Career
From September 22–23, 2001, Lopez performed a set of two concerts in Puerto Rico, entitled Let's Get Loud. These served as the first concerts of her career, in which she was "flanked by a 10-piece orchestra, a five-person choir and 11 dancers." "Ain't It Funny", among other songs, was included on the concerts' set list. In December 2001, Lopez, Kid Rock and Ja Rule headlined a concert for the USO troops in a German military base. Lopez opened her set with "Ain't It Funny". After emerging from a center-stage trapdoor, she performed the song while backed by a line of male dancers "outfitted in military garb".
Ain't It Funny | Live performances
The same concert was aired by TNT on 9 December 2011. The song was not included on the set list of El Dorado World Tour (2018), the singer's sixth concert tour. A reviewer of Spanish daily newspaper "El Comercio" expressed disappointment over the omission of some of Shakira's most successful singles, such as "Las de la Intuición", "Ciega, Sordomuda" and "Ojos Así".
Las de la Intuición | Live performances
"Me Estoy Enamorando" sold 2.2 million copies worldwide and was nominated for Best Latin Pop Performance at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards. In December 1998, he recorded "Christmas in Vienna VI" with the tenor Plácido Domingo and Patricia Kaas. His performance was praised by the critics but it did not achieve much popularity among the audience.
Alejandro Fernández | 1995–1998: "Que Seas Muy Feliz", "Me Estoy Enamorando"
During the revamped Monster Ball shows, Gaga performed the song on a piano that was caught on fire, while wearing bra and knickers. Gaga was the opening performer of the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards on January 31, 2010. She appeared in a green outfit with glittery shoulder pads. After performing "Poker Face", she was thrown into a flaming bin with the word "Rejected" written on it. Seconds later she re-appeared on stage joined by Elton John, with both of them covered in ashes. They sat at opposite sides of a double piano and sang the track as a medley with John's "Your Song".
Speechless (Lady Gaga song) | Live performances
Across Europe, the DVD reached the top of the charts in France and Italy, the former region it was also certified double platinum by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP) for shipment of 30,000 copies of the release. It reached the top-ten of the charts in other nations.
Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden | Chart performance
Gaga bids her ex-lovers farewell with a bitter-hearted pre-chorus where she sings: "You know that I love you, boy/Hot like Mexico, rejoice!/At this point I've got to choose/Nothing to lose." By the end of the song, the three protagonists—Alejandro, Fernando, and Roberto—are bidden farewell by Gaga. According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the song is set in the time signature of common time, with a moderate tempo of 99 beats per minute. It is composed in the key of B minor with Gaga's vocal range spanning from F to G. The song has a basic sequence of Bm–D–Fm as its chord progression.
Alejandro (song) | Composition and release
The song was performed as the final song of her Born This Way Ball tour (2012–2013), where she played on a keytar during the song, and usually invited audience members onstage to join her for the finale.
Marry the Night | Live performances
Maricarmen performed the song on several television shows to promote it. One of her most notable performances was in the show Yo Soy where she was also a judge.
¿Por Qué Te Fuiste? | Live performances
A portion of the video is dedicated to the Broadway musical "Cabaret". The video begins with soldiers in black leather uniforms in a cabaret with a close-up of a soldier passed out in female fishnet stockings and heels as another lone soldier stares into the distance. The scene then cuts to male dancers performing elaborate choreography while marching forward with a Star of David. As the intro of the song begins, Gaga is shown leading a funeral procession, carrying the Sacred Heart on a pillow. When the lyrics begin, she sits on a throne wearing an elaborate headpiece and binocular-like eyepieces, with a smoking pipe in her hand, watching her dancers perform a rigorous routine in the snow.
Alejandro (song) | Synopsis
"Judas" was part of the setlist of the Born This Way Ball (2012–2013) concert tour. After a speech about betrayal and loyalty, Gaga performed the track atop a turret of the big castle prop. The song contained elements of the DJ White Shadow Remix. On the tour's venue in Manila, Philippines, Gaga faced threats of incarceration and lawsuits from nearly 200 Christians from the Biblemode Youth Philippines organization. The group marched to protest about her "blasphemous" music, taking particular offense to the song "Judas", which they asserted as demeaning Jesus Christ. Responding to the protests, Gaga said in an official statement, "I'm not a creature of your government, Manila" and performed "Judas".
Judas (Lady Gaga song) | Live performances
On November 17, 2019, Lali performed "Laligera" for the first time on television at the "Susana Giménez" talk show. The singer was also expected to perform her single "Como Así" with CNCO that night, though it was impossible as one of the boy band's members was not able to enter the country.
Laligera | Live performances
During her Let's Get Loud concerts which took place in San Juan, Puerto Rico at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum (which was also her first concert), Lopez performed "Cariño". The heavily salsa and Latin influenced performance began with Lopez's male dancers. Lopez, clothed in a red dress, then emerges and performs the song, which includes a dance-break.
Cariño (song) | Live performance
He sees them as superior beings even when he takes on the persona of the disdained lover." Laura Emerick wrote a mixed review of his performance at the Rosement Theatre. She felt that even though Fernández is focused on being independent from his father, "young Alejandro remains a pony, not a stylistic stallion like his father. He lacks the vocal finesse and stage presence that make Vicente such a galvanizing force." She observed that the mariachi band "looked bored". Emerick however praised his ranchera tunes.
Me Estoy Enamorando (album) | Singles and promotion
She wore a golden gown, with the words: "Love... It's a journey and I still have questions" appearing in a screen behind her. Lopez began to break down, appearing as though she was about to cry. She then paused, looked up and shed most of her clothes for a performance of "Papi". Critics noted the "fake breakdown" to be poking fun at her breakdown during her performance of the song at the Mohegan Sun casino a month earlier. The performance was compared to Britney Spears's music video for "Toxic" and Lopez's performance during the 2001 American Music Awards. "Until It Beats No More" was included on the set list of Lopez's debut concert tour, the Dance Again World Tour, in 2012.
Until It Beats No More | Live performances
The first song from "Born This Way" performed by Gaga live was "You and I", at the 2010 White Tie & Tiara Ball at Elton John's house, on "The Today Show" at Rockefeller Center in New York and during The Monster Ball Tour. In 2011, she embarked on promotional tours and live performances for "Born This Way" in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. It began with a live performance of the album's lead single on February 13, 2011, at the 53rd Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. On April 28, Gaga performed "Judas" for the first time on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show".
Born This Way (album) | Live performances
In addition, Alejandro Lerner was consolidating his skills as a performer while working with well-known Argentine singers Leon Gieco and Sandra Mihanovich.
Alejandro Lerner | Introduction
It's a celebration and an admiration of gay love—it confesses my envy of the courage and bravery they require to be together. In the video I'm pining for the love of my gay friends—but they just don't want me to be with them." A snippet of the video was shown on "Larry King Live" on June 1, 2010. The clip was from the portion of the video in black-and-white, where Gaga and her dancers perform variations on a sharp military march throughout. Kara Warner of MTV said that it seemed reminiscent of Madonna's "Vogue" video and Christina Aguilera's "Not Myself Tonight", but stated that in "Alejandro", Gaga's style was more cutting, masculine and militant in contrast to Madonna's.
Alejandro (song) | Development and release
Hajji still performing since 1976 and also celebrating his 45th anniversary showbiz in 2018.
Hajji Alejandro | Career
Digital download The Remixes EP French CD single / iTunes EP
Alejandro (song) | Track listing and formats
On January 15, 2010, Gaga performed "Monster" as part of a three-song medley on "The Oprah Winfrey Show". The performance began with Gaga appearing on the stage wearing a dress, that looked both like a pantsuit and dress. Her hair was in spikes and she held a spiked ball and chain in her hand. "Monster" was the first song of the medley that she performed, others being "Bad Romance" and "Speechless". She also performed the song on all legs of The Monster Ball Tour. The performance was preceded by a video interlude featuring snarling dogs and brooding ravens. "Monster" began with Gaga emerging in a black feathered jacket and performing dance moves reminiscent of Michael Jackson.
Monster (Lady Gaga song) | Live performances
Emphasis was given on the main music and the vocals sung during the concert, while adjusting them against the screaming and the cheering of the crowd. The release was a commercial success, reaching the top of the music DVD charts in the United States, France and Italy and the top-ten in other nations. It received double Platinum certifications in Australia and France, while in the United Kingdom, it was certified Gold.
Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden | Introduction
A more afro-punk oriented version of "Objection (Tango)" was performed and featured instrumentation from bongos. As an intro to "Rules", Shakira played the harmonica, guitar, and drums. She also played an electric guitar during the performance of "Fool". "Whenever, Wherever" was included in the encore segment of the shows and was "made to feel even more celebratory by the massive amount of confetti shot on the crowd midway through." Shakira also performed covers of "Dude Looks Like a Lady", a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith, and "Back in Black", a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. Many performances made use of pyrotechnics and "six-foot flames that shot from the stage." In 2004, a live album of the tour was released as "Live & Off the Record".
Laundry Service | Tour
During the song's initial release Lopez did not perform the song live at any moment in time until her acceptance at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2018 where she performed a small section of the song in her 10 minute long medley including recreating the video moment in which a bucket of water is splashed onto her from above while dancing (a hologram light replacing the water during the performance).
I'm Glad | Live performances
That same year, Alejandro was chosen to sing along with the tenors José Carreras and Plácido Domingo in a special concert celebrating the opening of the "Forum Internacional de las Culturas" in Monterrey. At first his father Vicente was invited but he turned it down. Alejandro showed his skilled vocals and operatic tenor range, singing pieces of opera such as "Granada"; his performance was praised by the audience. He also recorded a duet with the tenor Mario Frangoulis called "Hay más" from the album Follow Your Heart. After that, Alejandro went on tour with two Latin American stars: Marc Anthony and Chayanne, passing through several major U.S.
Alejandro Fernández | 2004–2006: "A Corazón Abierto, México – Madrid"
Ivy Queen along with Ken-Y also performed the remix to the song as a part of the setlist of her 2008 World Tour which was held from the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, known as the Coliseum of Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico as well on R.K.M & Ken-Y's "" Tour in 2009.
En Que Fallamos | Introduction
In the final chorus of the song Gaga returns and kills the monster with the sparks from the bra. The song was part of the setlist of Gaga's 2012–2013 tour, the Born This Way Ball. Gaga was notably absent from stage for the first two minutes of the song, and "Mother G.O.A.T.", a floating mechanical head performed it instead of her. Gaga then emerged on stage, and concluded the song while shooting the head, making it to cry blood. During the tour (2014), Gaga performed "Paparazzi" dressed up in a polka-dotted rubber outfit with tentacles growing out around her waist and her head.
Paparazzi (Lady Gaga song) | Live performances
She performed "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" on her first headlining concert tour, The Fame Ball Tour, wearing a black-and-white leotard, and during the first legs of The Monster Ball Tour, while standing inside a giant gyroscope.
Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) | Introduction
During the release of "Judas", the second single from "Born This Way", Lady Gaga confirmed in an interview that she would embark on a concert tour in 2012, which would visit Latin American countries for the first time, like Brazil, and would return to Mexico. In November 2011, producer DJ White Shadow asserted that Gaga was "doing [preparations] for the next round of touring", adding that the singer's main objective in the following year was to continue preparing for the Born This Way Ball, as well as create new songs for her next studio album. Fernando Garibay, who began collaborating with Gaga in "The Fame Monster" (2009), felt that "Born This Way" was one of his most personal moments.
Born This Way Ball | Background and development
The track debuted on the United States "Billboard" Hot Latin Tracks chart at number 28 on 30 November 2002, and rose to number 1 twelve weeks later, spending one week at the summit. The single spent 23 weeks in the chart.
Quizás (Enrique Iglesias song) | Chart performance
At the 2002 Grammy Awards, Sanz performed "Quisiera Ser" as a duet with Destiny's Child, with both Spanish lyrics and English lyric adaptation "I'd Like To Be Your Laughter".
Alejandro Sanz | 1997–2002: "Más", "El Alma al Aire", and "MTV Unplugged"
The pain of living without your true love."
Alejandro (song) | Synopsis
In Chile, ticket sales were higher than in the rest of the South American countries. However, the show wasn’t able to sell all the locations immediately, and the production company for the concert had to make special offers 2 weeks before the show to sell more tickets. This included a 2x1 offer in stand locations, and reducing the price in most of the tickets. In Peru, tickets were sold in the original price. The North American leg of the tour additionally experienced strong ticket sales. By the time the final 21 dates of the tour had been canceled on February 13, the entire leg had been nearly sold out.
Born This Way Ball | Commercial performance
Comparisons with Swedish pop music groups ABBA and Ace of Base's work were constant in reviews. Paul Lester from BBC felt that "[Alejandro] moves at an Ace of Base pace." Lindsey Fortier from "Billboard" compared it to Ace of Base's "Don't Turn Around" and ABBA's "Fernando", adding that: "By the song's end, Alejandro, Fernando and Roberto aren't the only ones sent packing—the listener is dancing out right behind them". Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine also made an Ace of Base connection calling the song a homage to them. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic denoted the song as an "updated ABBA revision".
Alejandro (song) | Critical reception
Lopez and Anthony performed the song at the final show of Lopez's Dance Again World Tour.
No Me Ames | Promotion
Shakira included the song on her 2000 Tour Anfibio, being performed as an encore. She also performed "Ojos Así" on the first-ever Latin Grammy Awards on September 13, 2000, giving a "wildly" choreographed performance against a "Survivor"-like backdrop of tiki torches and images of water as she writhed about in a red pantsuit. It was the opening number of her 2002–03 Tour of the Mongoose, with Shakira wearing tight black leather pants, a black belly dancing scarf, and a black bra. The performance of the song was included on the "Live & off the Record" live release in 2004. Shortly before the start of her tour, Shakira performed the song during the Rock in Rio festival in Lisbon, Portugal, on 26 May 2006.
Ojos Así | Live performances
Elsewhere in Europe, it peaked at ten in Belgium, Finland, the Republic of Ireland, Sweden and Switzerland.
Play (Jennifer Lopez song) | Chart performance
Alejandro Fernández is the debut self-titled album recorded by Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández. Produced by Pedro Ramírez. The hit singles from this album are: ""Necesito Olvidarla"", ""Equivocadamente"" and ""Brumas"" (for the latter Alejandro Fernández shot a music video). It was nominated for Regional Mexican Album of the Year at the Lo Nuestro Awards of 1993.
Alejandro Fernández (album) | Introduction
After the first performance of "You and I" at Elton John's White Tie and Tiara Ball, Gaga performed the song live on the television program "Today" on July 9, 2010, before an estimated crowd of 18,000–20,000 people, the largest ever to pack Rockefeller Plaza. It was next performed on the July 31, 2010, Phoenix stop of The Monster Ball Tour, where Gaga protested Arizona's immigration law SB 1070—which mandates that state police officers "question any person they suspect to be an illegal immigrant and imprison any aliens not carrying one of four allowed forms of proper identification"—and dedicated her performance of "You and I" to a boy whose family had been affected by the law.
You and I (Lady Gaga song) | Live performances
The song peaked at number 13 on the Swiss Singles Chart. On 8 January 2016, he released the single "Malaika".
Alejandro Reyes (singer) | 2013–16: Early beginnings and "Alejandro Reyes"
The song debuted on the United States "Billboard" Hot Dance Club Songs at number 49 on September 18, 2010, before moving to its highest position of number 29 on October 9, 2010, where it remained for another week. It fell off the chart after eight weeks. On the Latin Pop Airplay chart, the song was initially seen at number 32, and later peaked at number 22. "Monster" spent 14 weeks on the chart. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the song has sold 207,000 digital downloads in the US.
Monster (Lady Gaga song) | Chart performance
The track was released as the third single from the album "Viento a Favor" while the singer performed on his world tour.
Eres (Alejandro Fernández song) | Release
This table only counts performances scored on a 50-point scale.
El Artista del Año (season 3) | Average score chart
She had a sold-out show in Guayaquil's Estadio Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera with over 42,000 people, becoming the only one female singer playing a show there. In Santiago, her first show in Movistar Arena was quickly sold out and she later added a second show in the National Stadium which went completely sold out as well.
Oral Fixation Tour | Commercial reception
She sang a sample of "Lambada" while sitting on a raised throne, a song that was sampled in her song "On the Floor", which she performed directly after. Lopez's encore was a performance of "Dance Again"; the opening of the song featured a video clip in which a masked Lopez declared "You will live, you will love...and you will Dance Again". After a 50-minute intermission, Iglesias's set began with the words "It's My Time! Are you ready?" appearing on a screen. He then emerged in jeans and a t-shirt, opening with "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)"; he sung the song through auto-tuned vocals.
Enrique Iglesias &amp; Jennifer Lopez Tour | Concert synopsis
American talk show host Ellen DeGeneres took notice of her from emails and petitions requesting for Aragon's appearance on the show and eventually invited Aragon to appear on her show on February 21, 2011, where Aragon again performed "Born This Way" on the piano earning a standing ovation from the audience. On March 29, 2011, Aragon performed "Born This Way" at her home for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. She and Harper also performed a duet of John Lennon's song "Imagine".
Maria Aragon | 2011: Career beginnings, "The Monster Ball Tour" with Lady Gaga and "Maria Aragon"
Alex, Jorge y Lena held a promotional tour in Spain and Latin America.
Alex, Jorge y Lena | Recording and release
To date, it is Lorie's more successful single in this country.
Sur un air latino | Chart performance
Ha*Ash included "30 de Febrero" on her "Gira 100 Años Contigo" (2018–2019) as the finish track.
30 de Febrero (song) | Live performances
"New York" said the video "reeked" of Madonna. James Montgomery of MTV News defended Gaga against the Madonna comparisons, saying, "Just to say, 'Oh, 'cause it's in black and white and she has a bowl haircut at one point, it's Madonna,' that's sort of selling their vision short." He also said that the music video for "Alejandro" is "not the best video in the world." In an article for "The Sunday Times", Camille Paglia wrote "Gaga has borrowed so heavily from Madonna (as in her latest video-Alejandro) that it must be asked, at what point does homage become theft?"
Alejandro (song) | Reception
On February 5, 2012, she promoted the album at SM City Baguio as part of the mall tour, where she performed "Dance" and other "Stay Alive" songs. She also sang her number-one hits "Love Moves in Mysterious Ways" and "Someday".
Dance (Nina Girado song) | Live performances
"May Minamahal", which contained the award-winning single "Babalik-balikan", became Alejandro's first platinum album in 1992. That same year, her career got another boost when she competed at the Golden Stag International Song Festival in Brasov, Romania, winning the award for Best Interpretation of a Romanian Song. Her 1994 album, "Sentimental", featured the multi-awarded song "Paalam Na" which Alejandro co-wrote with then-boyfriend Dingdong Avanzado. In 1996, Alejandro celebrated her 10 years in showbiz by releasing an anniversary album and appearing in her first major concert, with guests Janno Gibbs, Ogie Alcasid and the Street Boys. As Alejandro said in an interview with Maryo B Labad, "In the past years, siguro halos lahat nasubukan ko na as far as the entertainment scene is concerned.
Rachel Alejandro | Career
Rachel Jingco Alejandro (born February 18, 1974) is a Filipino singer and actress.
Rachel Alejandro | Introduction
A.CHAL released his debut EP, "Ballroom Riots", in 2013. The album found some success, which he parlayed into a publishing deal with Sony ATV. In June 2014, Alejandro managed to compose and produce the song "Never Satisfied" by the actress, singer, dancer, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, business woman, television producer, choreographer, American perfumer of Puerto Rican origin, Jennifer Lynn Lopez Rodríguez, better known as Jennifer Lopez. This song belongs to the album A.K.A. of the singer.
A.Chal | Career
In the United States, it entered "Billboard"s Top Music Video chart at the top, selling 26,000 copies of the DVD—the greatest total for a music video since Beyoncé' "I Am... World Tour" live CD/DVD sold 37,000 and 31,000 copies in its first two weeks in November and December 2010, and held this title until the release of Adele's "Live at the Royal Albert Hall". Its final appearance on the chart was for the issue dated November 30, 2013, where upon it tallied a total of 64 weeks inside the chart. "Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden" became the fourth best-selling music video of 2011 in the United States.
Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden | Chart performance
The special ends with another black-and-white backstage scene where Gaga and her backup singers perform "Born This Way" a capella.
Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden | Content
Following this up, "Amarillo" comes, with her playing a drawing-decorated acoustic guitar, which is raised at the end of song, revealing a picture of her partner, the Spanish football player Gerard Piqué, along with their 2 sons, Milan and Sasha. She takes off the Taragan jacket soon as her smash hit duet with Alejandro Sanz, "La Tortura," starts. Both Sanz (in-off) and Menéndez do the male lyrics. Soon, Shakira brings most part of her band to the B-stage to join her to perform altogether an early tune of hers, "Antología," in a reminder of the same song rendition at selected dates of the Oral Fixation Tour.
El Dorado World Tour | Concert synopsis
He stated that "One of the best things about this concert is despite its artifice, even its artificiality, there's absolutely no question that Lady Gaga is actually singing. What a novel idea for a live concert, and one that seemed especially refreshing after having just sat through the "" concert Blu-ray, where Brit's live voice was all but buried in the pre-records."
Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden | Development
Mask by Phillip Treacy, Sculpture by Nick Knight, Music by Lady Gaga. We miss you." She started the performance by announcing "This is for Alexander McQueen." Gaga was dressed in a complete white outfit with a huge Marie Antoinette-style wig. The whole performance was low-key in comparison to her previous ones. Gaga added the song to The Monster Ball Tour's setlist, for the 2010–11 leg. She was dressed in black underwear and imitated a phone call with Beyoncé at the beginning of the performance, yelling "Beyoncé? You shady bitch!" to her cell phone. She then started singing the track while doing its choreography on an extended catwalk from the main stage.
Telephone (song) | Live performances
Upon checking under the vehicle's bonnet, Gaga revealed a keyboard and began to play the opening notes of "Just Dance". Gaga then performed "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich" while scaling various pieces of scaffolding and subsequently "The Fame" where she rose from beneath the stage and played her keytar Emma, wearing a giant red cape. "LoveGame" saw the beginning of the "Subway" section, with Gaga wearing a translucent nun's habit, and a skeletal hand. The song was performed with the aid of a gilded subway car and a "disco stick" while her next number "Boys Boys Boys" featured muscly male dancers cavorting in spandex shorts.
The Monster Ball Tour | Post-revisions
Between June and August 2011, he went on his . On 1 August 2011, Alejandro released the song "Bajo un mismo sol" theme of the 2011 Pan American Games. He toured Latin America along with fellow singer Marc Anthony in a series of concerts named "Dos Mundos, un Concierto" "(Two Worlds, one Concert)". Alejandro collaborated with Christina Aguilera on a cover of the song "Hoy Tengo Ganas de Ti", released as the theme song for the soap opera "La tempestad". After only 17 days, the song was certified Platinum in Mexico, for sales of 65,000 digital downloads. On 27 August 2013, he released the album "Confidencias", it includes the duet with Christina Aguilera "Hoy Tengo Ganas de Ti", and duets with Vicente Fernández and Rod Stewart.
Alejandro Fernández | 2011–present: "Hoy Tengo Ganas de Ti", "Confidencias, Rompiendo Fronteras"
Patrick's Cathedral in New York in July 2003. This scene was replayed numerous times in the ensuing days on Spanish-language television. Manuelle had performed the song for Cruz, with full orchestra, at a televised tribute concert for her, the last concert at which she ever performed on stage.
Víctor Manuelle | 1990s–2000s
Alex, Jorge y Lena held a promotional tour in Spain and Latin America.
Alex, Jorge y Lena (album) | Album information
It was also present on the set list of Gaga's Monster Ball Tour (2009–2011). On the original version of the show, she wore multiple donned braided extensions and was perched atop a railing. From each of her braids, a dancer was attached on the stage. A backdrop of stars were shown during the performance. During the revised Monster Ball shows, Gaga changed the concept and the performance of the song. She wore an emerald green dress by Thierry Mugler, and was attacked by a giant, mechanical Angler fish. Gaga then removed the dress to reveal a leotard of the same color and during the bridge she is lowered beneath the stage to acquire her pyro-technic bra.
Paparazzi (Lady Gaga song) | Live performances
In January 2010, it was reported that Gaga was holding casting calls for the music video of "Alejandro" and was eager for David Walliams to appear in the video alongside his wife Lara Stone. On March 23, 2010, "Women's Wear Daily" reported that photographer Steven Klein would direct the music video, which Gaga confirmed herself. While touring Australia with The Monster Ball Tour, Gaga was interviewed by Australian radio station, Melbourne's Nova 100, where she confirmed that the clip would not be a follow-up of the music video for "Telephone". After confirming that Klein was directing her video, Gaga explained that she "doesn't know what [the video is] going to look like until it's finished", and commented that "[Steven Klein is] a very good friend of mine and I love him so much, [...] I have so much respect for him.
Alejandro (song) | Development and release
The event was telecast live on multiple broadcast and cable television networks. At each of the balls, the Obamas' dance song remained "At Last". "At Last" was included in the set list of Beyoncé's third concert tour I Am... World Tour (2009–2010). It was performed in the penultimate section of the concert when Beyoncé appeared on stage wearing a long gold sparkly gown with lights at her from all around the arena. During the performance, footage of her performing the song at Obama's inauguration, video images of civil rights era footage, and snippets from her performance of the song in the movie "Cadillac Records" were all shown on the screens behind her.
At Last | Live performances
In 2002 and 2003, Shakira performed the song live on her Tour of the Mongoose. However, the song was performed only on the Spanish-speaking countries which were visited for the tour. In 2006 and 2007, Shakira performed the song on every concert of her Oral Fixation Tour. In 2010 and 2011, Shakira performed the song on every concert of her The Sun Comes Out World Tour.
Te Dejo Madrid | Live performances
I Did It Again World Tour. It was critically appreciated for Spears' energy and performance, as well as the band. She then followed this with the Dream Within a Dream Tour in 2001–02, visiting Japan and Mexico for the first time. The performances were accompanied by many special effects, the "pièce de résistance" being a water screen that pumped two tons of water onto the stage during the encore performance of "...Baby One More Time." In a show in Miami, Britney stopped the show three songs into the setlist because it was too dangerous to perform in the rainstorm. The Onyx Hotel Tour (2004) was her comeback tour after a 2-year break from music following her split from Justin Timberlake.
List of Britney Spears live performances | Introduction