Leroy Sanchez (born September 1, 1991, in

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) is a Spanish singer-songwriter.

Early life

Leroy Sanchez was born in

, 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 4.35 million subscribers. In 2010, Sanchez met producer

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, who brought him to Miami. Sanchez is currently based in

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Career

Leroy released two singles in 2014, "By My Side" and "Little Dancer". In 2016, he was nominated for a

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Award, and a

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. 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. 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

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channel is his cover of

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" 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

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, which was sung by

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representing Spain. Following this, he released an English version of the song called "I'll Stay". On 24th 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 19th 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", sang by

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, which represented Spain for the

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Discography

EPs

* 2017: ''Elevated'' * 2020: ''The Greatest Gift'' * 2021: ''STANDBY'' * 2022: ''STANDBY'' ''(Español)''

Singles

* 2014: ''Little Dancer'' * 2015: ''By My Side'' * 2017: ''Beauty and the Beast'' (with Lorea Turner) * 2017: ''Perfect'' * 2017: ''Man of the Year'' * 2017: ''Love In The Dark'' * 2018: ''Preacher'' * 2019: ''Until I Reach You'' * 2019: ''Bridges'' * 2020: ''Miedo'' * 2021: ''Afterglow'' * 2021: ''I'll Stay'' * 2021: ''Voy a quedarme'' * 2021: ''Lofis'' * 2021: ''Calm'' * 2021: ''Out My Way'' * 2021: ''Proud'' * 2022: ''Til Death Do Us Part'' * 2022: ''Unchained Melody'' * 2022: ''Bla, Bla, Bla''

Songwriting credits

Awards and nominations

Results

Tours

Headlining

* 2017: ''Man Of The Year Tour'' * 2017: ''Elevated Tour'' * 2022: ''STANDBY - Live In Concert''

Supporting Act

* 2016: ''Be Somebody World Tour'' (for

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)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanchez, Leroy 1991 births Living people Basque musicians People from Vitoria-Gasteiz Singers from Los Angeles 21st-century American singers