''Bailamos: Greatest Hits'' is the first greatest hits album, and fifth overall release, from
pop
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Albums
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singer
Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (; (born 8 May 1975) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. He started his recording career in the mid-1990s on the Mexican indie label Fonovisa and became the bestselling Spanish-language act of the decade. By the ...
. The album was released by
Fonovisa after Iglesias had left them, and signed a deal with
Interscope
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, who promptly sued Fonovisa for using the song "
Bailamos", when it was recorded on their label.
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Despite the title of ''Greatest Hits'', the album contains mostly album tracks that were never released as singles. "Nunca Te Olvidaré
"Nunca Te Olvidaré" () is a song by Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias for his third studio album '' Cosas del Amor'' (1998). It was written by Iglesias with Rafael Pérez-Botija handling its production. A power ballad, it is a confessional song ...
" and " Esperanza" were both hits for Iglesias, but appear here as radically altered remixes. Also included on the album was the then rare recording of the English version of " Sólo En Ti". Despite the album not being endorsed by Iglesias or his management, the album sold reasonably well, going Gold in the United States
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and going on to sell over a million copies worldwide. The album was released during the period in which Iglesias was recording his English debut album, and it has been speculated that many bought the album mistakenly thinking that it was his English crossover album, an understandable mistake given the album shared its main title with Iglesias's first English crossover hit. The album does not contribute to Iglesias' official record sales and is considered apocryphal by some fans. After this release, Fonovisa released another compilation album, the properly titled '' The Best Hits'', which contained Iglesias' best performing Spanish-language singles at the time, but it was quickly removed from shelves due to the substantially larger sales of ''Bailamos Greatest Hits''.
Track listing
Certifications and sales
See also
*List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums from the 1990s
The ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums chart, published in ''Billboard'' magazine, is a record chart that features Latin music sales information. The data is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan from a sample that includes music stores, music department ...
* List of number-one Billboard Latin Pop Albums from the 1990s
References
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Enrique Iglesias compilation albums
1999 greatest hits albums
Fonovisa Records compilation albums