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Leroy Sanchez: Better than his idols?

18/01/2017 written by Benedikt Lachenmeier
This boy dares to do something! Leroy Sanchez (25) covers Adele, Beyoncé and Sam Smith. Why? Because he knows he can sing damn well.

Leroy Sanchez discovered that he has the voice of an angel at the age of 16. Back then, the Spaniard uploaded his first cover song to YouTube, a cover of Kelly Clarkson's "Breakaway".


"Sorry for my terrible English", he writes today. Nevertheless, he insists that the 9-year-old video will not be deleted. His pronunciation is now better and the singer easily receives ten million clicks per video.

On stage with Prince

With his penetrating and warm voice, which easily hits both high and low notes, Leroy outshines his idols such as Shawn Mendes and Ed Sheeran. With the album "Man Of The Year", ernun wants to prove that he can also be successful with his own songs. His first own ballad "Little Dancer" brought him over 700,000 clicks, the dancey pop song "By My Side" 450,000. Not exactly the jackpot for Sanchez when you consider that his Adele cover "Hello" was viewed over 38 million times.

How Leroy Sanchez covered "Hello" by Adele


This video definitely made him a star. He is particularly proud of the fact that Prince once let him perform on his show. After an extensive tour throughout Europe, Leroy Sanchez now wants to conquer Switzerland - he will be visiting our country for the very first time at the end of January.

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