Raised in a traditional Mexican home, there’s little wonder why Mexican sensation Alejandro Fernandez, the son of the wildly popular singer Vicente Fernandez, abandoned his planned career of designing buildings as an architect, instead opting to follow in his father’s footsteps.

The elder Fernandez encouraged his talented son to focus his attention on music; as a young boy Alejandro would share the stage at his father’s concerts, joining him for the popular duet “Amor de los dos,” which the father and son team would later go on to record together. Still, Alejandro focused his career goals on architecture until 1992 when he released his self-titled debut album, the first in a long line of successful albums.

While a self-admitted romantic, the Mexican crooner’s music is about much more than love. In fact, it’s steeped in Mexican folk tradition as the younger Fernandez today prefers the Mexican and Latin sound. In fact, Fernandez is backed by a traditional mariachi band.

Following his debut album, Fernandez became a sensation on both sides of the border, often playing to sold out crowds in Mexico and the United States, making Alejandro Fernandez concert tickets a white hot commodity.

Fernandez’s followed “Alejandro Fernandez” with a series of albums, within the next few years: “Piel de Nina” (1993), “Grandes Exitos a La Manera de Alejandro Fernandez” (1994), “Que Seas Muy Feliz” (1995), “Muy Dentro de Mi Corazon” (1997), “Mi Verdad” (1999), and “100 Anos de Musica Mexicana” (2003).

Fernandez’s single “Mi Verdad” won a Grammy for the Best Regional Song at the inaugural edition of the Latin Grammy Awards in 2000. To date, Fernandez has released more than a dozen albums, his latest the 2005 release “Mexico-Madrid: En Directo y Sin Escalas.”

If the past decade is any indication, Alejandro Fernandez is poised to be a familiar face on the music scene for many more years to come.