Leroy Sanchez

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Leroy Sanchez (born September 1, 1991, in Abetxuko, Spain) is a Spanish-American singer-songwriter.

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Early life

Leroy Sanchez was born in Abetxuko, Vitoria, Spain, where he taught himself to play guitar. At the age of 15, Sanchez uploaded his first cover song on YouTube, and his videos have since received more than 600 million views and he has over 4.37 million subscribers. [1] In 2010, Sanchez met producer Jim Jonsin, who brought him to Miami. Sanchez is currently based in Los Angeles, California.

Career

Leroy released two singles in 2014, "By My Side" and "Little Dancer".

In 2016, he was nominated for a Premios Juventud Award, [2] and a Teen Choice Award. [3]

Sanchez is an independent artist. He headlined the Man of the Year Tour, his first international run, from January to March 2017 and his Elevated Tour, from September to November 2017. [4] Sanchez released his debut EP, Elevated, on August 4, 2017. He also released the Christmas song "It Ain't Christmas Without You".

Leroy's most viewed video on his YouTube channel is his cover of Adele's "Hello" with over 54 million views.

In 2018, he released his a single called "Preacher". Following Preacher in 2020, he released his first Spanish single "Miedo" along with an official acoustic version. On November 11, 2020, he released a Christmas EP called The Greatest Gift.

He composed the song "Voy a quedarme" alongside Blas Cantó, Dangelo and Dan Hammond for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, which was sung by Blas Cantó representing Spain. Following this, he released an English version of the song called "I'll Stay".

On 24 September 2021, Leroy released a song called "Out My Way" and a few weeks later he released "Proud", one of his most personal songs. On 19 November 2021, Leroy released an EP called Standby with five songs: "Out My Way", "Proud", "River Lie", "Save This Love" and "Stay for A While".

In 2021, Sanchez was one of the songwriters for the song "SloMo", sung by Chanel, which represented Spain for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. [5]

Discography

EPs

Singles

Songwriting credits

TitleYearArtist(s)Album
"SloMo"2021 Chanel Non-album single

Awards and nominations

Results

YearAwardNominationWorkResultRef.
2016 Premios Juventud Awards De Cover A CoverHimselfNominated [6]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Music: Next Big ThingNominated [7]

Tours

Headlining

Supporting Act

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References

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  11. Sanchez, Leroy [@IamLeroySanchez] (August 24, 2016). "It's happening! Going on tour with @BoyceAvenue very soon!! Can't wait to see you! https://t.co/5KbjTptO5r" (Tweet). Archived from the original on May 20, 2022. Retrieved September 29, 2022 via Twitter.