Antonio José: voice, technique and why the Cordoban from Eurojunior and La Voz became the most listened to flamenco pop in Spain

Antonio José —Antonio José Sánchez Mazuecos— has spent his entire life between indoor soccer and the microphone: at the age of ten he came second in Junior Eurovision 2005 with I bring you flowers, dedicated to his recently deceased grandmother; At twenty he won La Voz singing Aprendiz from Malú before the jury itself; and in the following decade he became the best-selling emerging male pop in Spain, with #1 albums (Antídoto, 2019), platinum in Tú me obligaste alongside Cali and El Dandee and more than 190 million accumulated views on VEVO/YouTube according to his official website. In 2026 he published Luz, his ninth studio album. This profile, the nineteenth of Voices that make magic, reviews his instrument: a pop tenor with a flamenco soul from Córdoba who learned to emote on television before on Spotify and who today continues to dominate the Latin ballad with the same projection of the boy who almost won Hasselt.

Voice: flamenco pop tenor with competition school

Wikipedia remembers that Antonio José was born in Palma del Río, land of singing and guitar, and that his mother took him to castings while his father—a soccer coach—dreamed of a sports career. The singing and guitar classes left a base of tuning and rhythm that he later mixed with pop, teen rock (Everything starts again, 2009) and new flamenco on his debut Te Traigo Flores (2005).

Its functional register is of pop tenor with flamenco color: round center in intimate verses, agile transition to the mix in choruses and contained melismas that do not overload the melodic line. In La Voz (2015) he chose Aprendiz —theme of his coach Malú— for the final and convinced the televote with a dramatic interpretation that El Mundo covered the next day: “winner of The Voice,” although he confessed that it was his mother who called the program to sign him up.

In the Andalusian vocal geography of the series, its timbre dialogues with Pastora Soler in the coplera root and with Abraham Mateo in generational Spanish pop —although Antonio José adds the urban-Latin record of collaborations with Arcángel, Juan Magán or Luis Fonsi. He is not a tablao singer, but the flamenco inflection is still audible in ballads like Me tús culpa or in duets with Miguel Poveda.

From Hasselt to Luz: two decades of voice in the front row

On November 26, 2005, at the age of ten, Antonio José represented Spain in Hasselt (Belgium) with I bring you flowers and lost the victory by three points against Belarus —146 to 149—. RTVE received him "like a winner" in Palma del Río; That child was already singing with the maturity that would later lead to El viaje (2015), Senti2, A un millimeter de ti and Antídoto—the best-selling album in Spain in the week of its release (2019).

After Fénix (2021) and El Pacto (2023), 2026 closes the circle with Luz —self-titled album with a single released in October 2025 on its official channel— and songs like Inevitable. Two consecutive Dial Awards, repeated sold outs and the status of the first Spanish artist to top iTunes with Despacito at #1 confirm that his voice was not a reality phenomenon: it was the beginning of an author's career.

Repertoire that best shows your voice

• I bring you flowers — Junior Eurovision 2005; flamenco-pop origin.
• Aprendiz (Malú) — final of La Voz 2015; dramatic belt.
• You forced me (with Cali and El Dandee) — video clip above (~55 M).
• I miss you — ballad 2017; video clip above (~32M).
• Antidote (with Greeicy) — album #1 Spain (2019).
• The perfect night (with Daviles de Novelda) — flamenco-urban fusion (2023).
• Luz (2025–2026) — current stage of the self-titled album.

Why it fits into Voices That Make Magic

Antonio José is the complete arc of the Spanish voice on television: child prodigy, winner of La Voz and streaming star without losing the Córdoba accent. His career links with Pastora Soler in the flamenco south and with Blas Cantó in the Eurovision and reality generation. Listening to him in Tú me obligaste, live on tour or in Luz is to listen to a pop tenor who has been demonstrating for twenty years that competition technique and flamenco emotion can coexist in the same chorus.

In summary

Voice? Pop tenor with flamenco roots from Cordoba. Technique? Belt in ballads, controlled melismas and Latin phrasing. YouTube? You forced me (~55 M) and I need you (~32 M). Why does it matter? Eurojunior, La Voz and a decade of #1 in Spain. Next step? More profiles in Voices that make magic.