Alejandro Reyes is a Chilean-born Swiss singer and songwriter. He released his debut studio album Alejandro Reyes in September 2015. In January 2018, he was confirmed as one of the artists cometing in ESC 2018 – Die Entscheidungsshow.

Early life

Reyes was born in Chile, but due to a medical issue during his birth he was left with a disability in his left hand, but that did not stop him from playing the guitar and creating music.^[1] He moved to Switzerland at the age of 10 and began his musical career when a friend gave him a guitar. He gets inspiration for his songs from real life situations.^[2]

Career

2013–16: Early beginnings and Alejandro Reyes

He released his debut single, "Lovely Season" on 11 February 2013.^[3] In 2014, he took part in season 3 of the French television series The Voice: la plus belle voix. In the blind auditions, he sang "Wake Me Up!" by Avicii, he was eliminated with no coach pressing their button. He released "The Only One" as the lead single from his debut album on 27 April 2015.^[4] His self-titled debut studio album was released on 25 September 2015 by HitMill Records.^[5] The album peaked at number 36 on the Swiss Albums Chart. On 21 October 2015, he released the single "Momento" with Snook, Make Plain and Anna.^[6] The song peaked at number 13 on the Swiss Singles Chart. On 8 January 2016, he released the single "Malaika".^[7]

2018–present: Eurovision Song Contest

On 9 January 2018, he was confirmed as one of six acts taking part in ESC 2018 – Die Entscheidungsshow, the Swiss national final that will select Switzerland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, he will sing "Compass", he co-wrote the song with Laurell Barker and Lars Christen. He also features as one of the songwriters of Naeman's song "Kiss Me". The show will take place on 4 February 2018 at SRF's Studio 1 in Zürich, hosted by Sven Epiney. The winning entry will be determined by a 50% public televote and 50% international jury vote.

Discography

Albums

Singles