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Enrique Iglesias is one of the most famous artist in the music industry today throughout the world. His original name is Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler, was born in Madrid, Spain on 8th May, 1975.

He is now a Miami based singer while his albums sell in millions. Buy tickets for his concerts from us.

Sales of albums of Enrique Iglesias have today crossed over 40 million thus becoming on of the best selling artist in the world. He collaborated with songwriter Guy Chambers for writing "Un Nuovo Giorno". It was the lead single in the first pop album of Andrea Boccelli. The English version of song is called "First Day Of My Life". This song was a massive hit in Europe along with featuring on number one spot in many countries. He had written four songs for the album of a UK group The Hollies.

He released his first album called 'Enrique Iglesias' in Spanish in 1995. The album was a collection of light rock ballads apart from featuring such hit numbers like "Experiencia Religiosa", "Si Tú Te Vas" and others. The album in its first week alone sold about half a million copies. It also won a Grammy award as Best Latin Artist to Iglesias.

In 1997 he released 'Vivir' meaning To Live. It put him among the other music superstars of English language for sales in that year. The three singles in the album "Miente", Solo en Tí" and "Enamorado por Primera Vez", featured as top numbers in the Latin Singles Chart and many other countries speaking Spanish language. After the success of the album he started with his tour concerts. The same year he performed in 16 countries before a sold- out audience.

In 1999 he became a successful crossover artist by entering the English-language music market. His song "Bailamos" in the movie of Will Smith, Wild Wild West was another huge hit. After the success of this song many mainstream record labels became anxious to sign him. After signing the deal with Interscope he released " Enrique" the fist full CD in English. The album had duet with "Could I Have this Kiss Forever" with Whitney Houston and cover of "Sad Eyes" which was Bruce Springsteen's song.

Iglesias another album in 2001 'Escape' was another massive hit. The album till date has been the biggest commercial success. It displaced the album of Michael Jackson "Invincible" from the chart position and soon sold more copies than it. The singles "Don't Turn Off the Lights" and "Escape" regularly played on the radios. They topped many charts in North America and elsewhere. He soon went on the "One-Night Stand World Tour" in 16 countries. The tour consisted of 50 sold -out shows.

In 2002 he released "Quizás" meaning Perhaps in his native language Spanish. The album had more polished music as compared to his earlier Spanish albums. It had more introspective songs while the albums title track depicted the strain relationship between Iglesias and his father. "Quizás" started as number 12 on the Billboard's Album Chart. Within a week it sold about million copies.