Pop singer Alejandro Sanz marries Raquel Perera

Raquel Perera married singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz.

Story highlights

  • Alejandro Sanz and Raquel Perera marry in Barcelona
  • The newlyweds baptize their son, Dylan, days later
  • Sanz was born in Madrid and raised in the country's southern Andalusia region
  • Sanz's popular music is inspired by Spain's flamenco tradition
Spaniard pop singer Alejandro Sanz has married Raquel Perera in a private ceremony in Barcelona, Spain, the couple announced Wednesday.
The newlyweds, who married on May 23, then baptized their son, Dylan, on Saturday, the parents said in a statement.
"It was a very beautiful day, unique and moving and everything went as we had dreamed," the couple said in a statement about their wedding.
Sanz, 43, who was born in Madrid and raised in Cadiz in the Andalusia area of Spain, is a singer-songwriter and guitarist known for his flamenco-inspired music.