Alejandro Sergi

Alejandro Gustavo Sergi Galante (born October 5, 1971) is an Argentine singer, songwriter and producer.

He rose to fame as a member of the electropop band Miranda!, alongside Juliana Gattas.

Alejandro Gustavo Sergi Galante was born in Haedo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 5, 1971.

His father was a lawyer while his mother was a piano teacher.

His taste for music began when he was little, after his parents gave him his first guitar when he was in kindergarten.

Once he finished high school, he began his work stage in a cookie company.

Sergi ended up resigning, and decided to focus on finding an occupation more focused on the artistic field.

That's how he got a job as sound manager for The Beatles tribute group called The Beats.

Later he got jobs in his same function in a company of artistic events and in political acts, in addition to participating in electronic parties in various dance centers.

He was even a sound engineer for the voiceovers of Argentine presidents Raúl Alfonsín, Carlos Menem and Fernando de la Rúa.

In the early 1990s, he started out as a guitarist for a funk group known as Mama Vaca.

He began to venture into singing, being the leading voice in several of the group's songs with great approval from the public.

He was also part of the band Mama Vaca between 1995 and 1997, and is currently a vocalist for Meteoros and Satélite 23.

Mama Vaca recorded two albums, Hombre Verde (1995) and Mama Vaca (1997), and ended up dissolving by decision of its members.

After that, Sergi dedicated himself exclusively to being a sound engineer for musical events and a recording technician for bands.

Sergi with musicians Gori Leva and Juliana Gattas formed a trio called Los 3 Lirios, where Leva and Sergi were programmers and Gattas the singer, reversing jazz songs in an electronic style.

For their presentations, which were held at Cemento, Sergi wrote the first song called "Imán", and received positive reviews, including from guitarist Leandro Fuentes.

Months later, they formed the band.

In 2001, Sergi teamed up with Gattas, Fuentes and Bruno de Vincenti to form Miranda!, labeling their style as melodramatic electropop.

Named after Argentinian actor Osvaldo Miranda, the group finally met the actor in December 2002 during the Buen Dia Arriba Festival in Palermo.

The group's first two studio albums, Es Mentira and Sin Restricciones were released independently by Secsy Discos.

The last one was the one that brought the band to fame, being certified Platinum in Argentina, Colombia and Mexico.

The band gained popularity in Latin American countries and Spain.

Several songs, such as "Don" and "Yo Te Diré" were successful and Sergi stood out "for his voice and appearance."

After signing with Pelo Music in 2005, the band released the albums El Disco de Tu Corazón (2007) and Miranda Es Imposible! (2009).

The former topped the Argentine chart and was nominated for the Latin Grammy Awards for Best Pop Album by a Duo or Group with Vocal.

Sergi was nominated for the Fashionista Award — Male category at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica.

In 2010, Sergi got the role of Salvador in the movie Miss Tacuarembó, starring Natalia Oreiro.

He was also in charge of the soundtrack.

Miranda's album Magistral was released in 2011.

The following year, Sergi participated in the film Las mariposas de Sadourní as the doctor.

He was also a judge with Juliana Gattas for the first season of La Voz Argentina.

In the same year, he released the album Choque with Marcelo Moura, with the name Moura Sergi.

In 2013, he was a substitute judge of Tu cara me suena replacing Cacho Castaña, in addition to playing himself in the television series Wake Up with No Make Up.

In 2014 the album Safari by Miranda!

was released, which included the singles "Extraño", "Fantasmas" and "Nadie como tú".

The following year, he was a judge in the television show Elegidos, la música en tus manos, with Gattas.

Between 2015 and 2016 Sergi formed two new bands: Meteoros, together with Julieta Venegas, Cachorro López and Didi Gutman, and Satélite 23, together with Diego Poso and Gabriel Lucena.

Both bands' self-titled albums were released in 2015 and 2017 respectively.

Fuerte, Miranda's seventh album, was released in 2017 after signing with Sony Music.