Leroy Sanchez

Leroy Sanchez (born September 1, 1991, in Abetxuko, Spain) is a Spanish-American singer-songwriter.

Early life Leroy Sanchez was born in Abetxuko, Vitoria, Spain, and moved to the USA where he taught himself to play guitar, which is why he has no accent. At the age of 15, Sanchez uploaded his first cover song on YouTube, and his videos have since received more than 600 million views and he has over 4.37 million subscribers. In 2010, Sanchez met producer Jim Jonsin, who brought him to Miami. Sanchez is currently based in Los Angeles, California.

Career Leroy released two singles in 2014, "By My Side" and "Little Dancer".

In 2016, he was nominated for a Premios Juventud Award, and a Teen Choice Award.

Sanchez is an independent artist. He headlined the Man of the Year Tour, his first international run, from January to March 2017 and his Elevated Tour, from September to November 2017. Sanchez released his debut EP, Elevated, on August 4, 2017. He also released the Christmas song "It Ain't Christmas Without You".

Leroy's most viewed video on his YouTube channel is his cover of Adele's "Hello" with over 54 million views.

In 2018, he released a single called "Preacher." Following Preacher in 2020, he released his first Spanish single, "Miedo", along with an official acoustic version. On November 11, 2020, he released a Christmas EP called The Greatest Gift.

He composed the song "Voy a quedarme" alongside Blas Cantó, Dangelo and Dan Hammond for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, which was sung by Blas Cantó representing Spain. Following this, he released an English version of the song called "I'll Stay".

On 24 September 2021, Leroy released a song called "Out My Way" and a few weeks later he released "Proud", one of his most personal songs. On 19 November 2021, Leroy released an EP called Standby with five songs: "Out My Way", "Proud", "River Lie", "Save This Love" and "Stay for A While".

In 2021, Sanchez was one of the songwriters for the song "SloMo", sung by Chanel, which represented Spain for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

On April 4, 2025, Leroy released his debut studio album, Sorry For The Chaos.

Discography

Studio albums

2025: Sorry For The Chaos

EPs

2017: Elevated 2020: The Greatest Gift 2021: STANDBY 2022: STANDBY (Español) 2024: Strings Version - Live from Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Singles

2014: Little Dancer 2015: By My Side 2017: Beauty and the Beast (with Lorea Turner) 2017: Perfect 2017: Man of the Year 2017: Love In The Dark 2018: Preacher 2019: Until I Reach You 2019: Bridges 2020: Miedo 2020: The Place Where I Belong 2021: Afterglow 2021: Driver License 2021: Leave The Door Open 2021: I'll Stay 2021: Voy a quedarme 2021: Out My Way 2021: Proud 2021: Save This Love 2022: Til Death Do Us Part 2022: Unchained Melody 2022: Bla, Bla, Bla

Songwriting credits +TitleYearArtist(s)Album"SloMo"2021Chanel

Awards and nominations

Results +YearAwardNominationWorkResultRef.2016Premios Juventud AwardsDe Cover A CoverHimself Teen Choice AwardsChoice Music: Next Big Thing

Tours

Headlining

2017: Man Of The Year Tour 2017: Elevated Tour 2022: STANDBY - Live In Concert

Supporting Act

2016: Be Somebody World Tour (for Boyce Avenue)