Julio iglesias biography discography
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Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva (born September 23, in Madrid, Spain) is Spain's best selling singer and the best-selling Spanish language singer of all time. Julio Iglesias has sold over ,, records in different languages and released 77 records. He thus far has performed approximately 5, concerts during his career.
Early career to
Julio was the son of Julio Iglesias Sr, a doctor. He was a professional football player with Real Madrid, where he played as goalkeeper. During this time, he also enrolled in law school. He had an accident that dashed his hopes of becoming a great soccer player, but during his period in bed, he started to compose songs. He received a certificate as a lawyer from Cambridge University a little later.
In , he won the Benidorm International Song Festival, a songwriter's contest in Spain, and signed a contract with a Columbia Records Latin music label, Discos Columbia. He represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest in , finishing fourth behin
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Iglesias, Julio
Singer
Tragedy Inspired Talent
Created English Seduction
Family Entertainment and Fine Wines
Selected discography
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Dubbed the Spanish Frank Sinatra, Julio Iglesias became one of the most popular singers in the world during the s. His suave, romantic image and music inspired and allured audiences all over the world. By the mids, he became the first artist to receive the Diamond Disc Award from The Guinness Book of World Records, and one reviewer estimated that a Julio Iglesias song was playing somewhere in the world every 30 seconds. My goal is to make people dream, Iglesias told Gerald Clarke in Time magazine. When they see me onstage, their fantasy of me and the reality meet. I seduce them. But I must seduce myself first.
Julio is a true artist, former Tonight Show host Johnny Carson told Bob Thomas in Billboard. He has a stage presence that is just incredible, and I have rarely seen anyone whose
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Julio Iglesias
Julio José Iglesias dem la Cueva (born 23 September ) is a Spanish singer-songwriter who has sold over million records worldwide. According to Sony Music Entertainment, he fryst vatten the best selling Latin music artist in history. He fryst vatten also one of the world's best-selling artists of all time.
Honours and awards
[change | change source]Honours
[change | change source]Spanish National Honours
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[change | change source]Discography
[change | change source]See the main article: Julio Iglesias discography