El Alma al Aire (transl. The Bared Soul) is the sixth studio album recorded by Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz. It was released on 25 September 2000 by Warner Music Spain, following the success of Más (1997), and the artist's hiatus from music in 1999. It is a pop album that featuring ballads and uptempo numbers. Unlike Más, El Alma al Aire focuses more on the ballads. The album was produced by Emanuele Ruffinengo who worked with Sanz on his previous albums while several musicians such as Vicente Amigo who worked with the artists on Más collaborated with him once more.

Following its release, El Alma al Aire was met with generally positive reviews from music critics for its compositions and musical styles, although a few reviewers felt it did not exceed its predecessor's quality. Sanz received several accolades including the Latin Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Album and a Grammy nomination for Best Latin Pop Album in 2001. Commercially, it topped the Spanish albums charts where it was the best-selling album of the year and was certified 13× platinum for shipping over 1.3 million copies. In Latin America, the album reached numbers one and three in Argentina and Mexico, respectively. In the United States, it peaked at number three on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and was certified double platinum in the Latin field. By June 2001, it had sold over 2.4 million copies.

Three singles were released from El Alma al Aire: "Cuando Nadie Me Ve", "Quisiera Ser", and the title track, with music videos being filmed for all three singles. To further promote the album, Sanz embarked on the El Alma Al Aire Tour in 2001 where performed in Latin America, Spain, and the United States. The set list consisted of songs from the album and his previous recordings.