Charlie Zaa
{{short description|Colombian musician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Charlie Zaa
| image = Charlie zaa.png
| caption = Charlie Zaa in 2017
| birth_name = Carlos Alberto Sánchez
| alias = Charlie Zaa
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|1|30|mf=y}}
| instruments = Singing, Guitar
| genre = Salsa, Bachata, Bolero
| years_active = 1996–present
| label = Sonolux (1996-2001)
Ole Music (2002-2005)
Zaa Latino (2009-)
| Related_acts =
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Carlos Alberto Sánchez (born in Girardot, Colombia, January 30, 1974),"Charlie Zaa", Contemporary Musicians (2005). Gale. Retrieved from Galenet Biography Resource Center on Oct. 10, 2008. known professionally as Charlie Zaa, is a Colombian singer. Zaa is the son of singer Luis Humberto Sánchez.
Early and personal life
Zaa was a singer in two Colombian salsa orchestras: "Grupo Niche" and "Orquesta Guayacán". When he launched his career as a solo artist, he decided to switch to the bolero rhythm.{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4489713.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021232714/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4489713.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 21, 2012|title=Charlie Zaa at the Cinco de Mayo Festival |last=Emerick |first=Laura |date=May 3, 1999 |work=Chicago Sun-Times |accessdate=Oct 10, 2008}}Many of his hit songs are the work of Ecuadorian native Julio Jaramillo. "It was definitely a pan-American affair: a Mexican cultural celebration headlined by a Colombian singer [Charlie Zaa] who specializes in boleros ..." This career decision was made in the mid 90s.
On July 23, 2004, Zaa suffered a severe abdominal pain as he was about to begin a concert in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He couldn't perform that day, having to be taken to a local hospital. Zaa was then flown to Miami, Florida, where he remained hospitalized until he was diagnosed with a kidney condition. Soon after, his personal doctor corrected the problem in a surgery performed in his native Colombia.{{cite news| url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-96758511.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021232638/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-96758511.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=October 21, 2012| title=Singer Charlie Zaa Has Kidney Surgery |date=July 24, 2004 |publisher=AP Online |accessdate=Oct 10, 2008}}
Zaa's daughter Lauren Mia Sanchez was a survivor of the 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in which 17 people lost their lives, including one of her teachers.{{cite web |url=https://www.univision.com/entretenimiento/asi-habla-la-hija-de-charlie-zaa-del-profesor-que-murio-salvandola-en-el-tiroteo-de-parkland |title = Así habla la hija de Charlie Zaa del profesor que murió salvándola en el tiroteo de Parkland {{!}} Famosos {{!}} Univision}}
Music career
Charlie Zaa has recorded over 10 albums since launching his career as a solo artist. His record Sentimientos, in which he sings some past hit songs, sold over three million copies throughout Latin America and the United States. His albums Sentimientos and Un Segundo Sentimiento led to him winning the 1998 Artist of the Year award at the Billboard Latin Music Awards.{{cite news|url=http://www.rionegro.com.ar/arch200112/c17g05.html|title=Charlie Zaa regresa a los boleros y a la bohemia|date=December 17, 2001|publisher=Río Negro Online|language=Spanish|accessdate=Oct 10, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061105202159/http://www.rionegro.com.ar/arch200112/c17g05.html|archive-date=November 5, 2006|url-status=dead}} ""Es una música que une generaciones", afirmó el colombiano, que se consagró en este género con sus primeros discos "Sentimientos" y "Un segundo sentimiento", que le llevaron a ganar en 1998 el premio Artista Revelación del Año en los "Latin Billboard Award", entre otros reconocimientos." For his fourth album, Zaa returned to the Sonolux studios in Bogotá, where he made his first album Sentimiento, and to his original producer, Milton Salcedo, and recorded old romantic standards, boleros and waltzes, in an attempt to replicate the success of Sentimiento.{{cite news|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-retail-stores-not/4640922-1.html|title=Charlie Zaa Revisits Colombian Roots|last=Cobo|first=Leila |date=April 7, 2001 |work=Billboard |accessdate=Oct 10, 2008}} Zaa's album De Un Solo Sentimiento was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award in 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-retail-stores-not/4655325-1.html|title=Selected Nominees for the Third Latin Grammy Awards|work=Billboard |date=August 2, 2002|accessdate=Oct 8, 2008}} In 2011, Zaa's album De Bohemia reached the top of the Billboard Latin Albums chart.{{cite web |title=El colombiano Charlie Zaa sube al primer lugar con su disco "De Bohemia" |url=http://www.efeamerica.com/288_entretenimiento/1340503_el-colombiano-charlie-zaa-sube-al-primer-lugar-con-su-disco-de-bohemia.html |accessdate=November 7, 2011 |date=November 3, 2011 |language=Spanish |publisher=EFE |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407030321/http://www.efeamerica.com/288_entretenimiento/1340503_el-colombiano-charlie-zaa-sube-al-primer-lugar-con-su-disco-de-bohemia.html |archivedate=April 7, 2012 |df=mdy-all }} Some of Charlie Zaa's music was inspired by notable Ecuadorian singer and recording artist Julio Jaramillo.{{cite web|url=http://www.tropicanafm.com/bogota/2003/colombiano-charlie-zaa-anuncia-disco-con-exitos-julio-jaramillo-154016-167122.html|title=Colombiano Charlie Zaa anuncia disco con éxitos Julio Jaramillo|author=Tota|language=es|date=9 May 2003|publisher=Tropicana Bogotá|accessdate=5 January 2018}}
Discography
- Sentimientos (1996)
- Un Segundo Sentimiento (1998)
- Ciego de Amor (2000)
- De Un Solo Sentimiento (2001)
- Puro Sentimiento (2004)
- De Bohemia (2011)
- Mi Mejor Regalo (2015)
- Celebración (2017)
References
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Category:21st-century Colombian male singers
Category:Converts to Christianity
Category:Sony Music Latin artists