''Enrique Iglesias'' is the debut studio album recorded by Spanish singer-songwriter
Enrique Iglesias, it was released by
Fonovisa on 21 November 1995 (see
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). The album was a success and topped the Latin charts. It also won the
Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album
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at the
39th Annual Grammy Awards
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on 26 February 1997. The album received a Gold certification in
Portugal
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after a weeks of sales, and has sold more than 4 million copies worldwide.
In the United States it was certified Platinum on 18 November 1996, becoming one of the best selling latin albums of all times in that country. All singles of the album hit the number-one spot in the'' Billboard''
Hot Latin Tracks
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chart: "
Si Tú Te Vas", "
Por Amarte", "
No Llores Por Mí" and "
Trapecista", the most for any Latin album, beating
Selena
Selena Quintanilla Pérez (; April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995), known mononymously as Selena, was an American Tejano singer. Called the " Queen of Tejano music", her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mex ...
and
Jon Secada
Juan Francisco Secada Ramírez (born October 4, 1961), better known as Jon Secada, is a Cuban-born American singer. He has won two Grammy Awards and sold 15 million records, making him one of the best-selling Latin music artists. His music fu ...
with four chart-toppers, each.
Commercial performance
The album debuted in the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums chart at number 38 in the week of 23 December 1995, climbing to the Top Ten five weeks later. The album dethroned
Selena
Selena Quintanilla Pérez (; April 16, 1971 – March 31, 1995), known mononymously as Selena, was an American Tejano singer. Called the " Queen of Tejano music", her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mex ...
's ''
Dreaming of You'' in the week of 25 May 1996 (after being in the chart for 28 weeks),
[ ] spending ten consecutive weeks at pole position and an extra week after being kept off from the top spot by the
compilation album ''Macarena Mix''. The album spent 73 weeks inside the Top Ten (with at least two weeks in every position) and 100 weeks in the chart.
Track listing
Credits and personnel
*Gordon Lyon: Engineer and
mixer
*Victor McCoy:
Assistant engineer
*Paul McKenna: Engineer
*Frank Rinella: Assistant engineer
*Eric Ratz: Engineer
*Barry Rudolph: Engineer
*Miguel De La Vega: Engineer
*Brad Haehnel: Assistant engineer
*Tony Franco: Coordinator
*Christina Abaroa: Coordinator
*Stephan Ach: Photography
*Alan Silfen: Photography
*Fernando Martinez: Photography
*
Rafael Pérez Botija: Producer, arranger, keyboards,
Hammond organ
*Enrique Iglesias: vocals
*Scott Alexander: Bass
*
Gregg Bissonette
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: drums
*
Robbie Buchanan
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People Given name Robbie
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: Hammond organ
*Luis Conte: percussion
*George Doering: Guitar
*Christian Kolm: Guitar
*
Michael Landau: Guitar
*Roberto Morales: Guitar,
Advisor
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*Manuel Santisteban: Arranger, Keyboards
*Randy Waldman: Piano
*Francis Benítez: vocals,
choir
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*Leyla Hoyle: Vocals, choir
*Carlos Murguía: Vocals, choir
*Kenny O'Brian: Arranger, Vocals
*
Stephanie Spruill
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: Vocals
Charts
Certifications and sales
See also
*
1995 in Latin music
*
List of best-selling Latin albums
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*
List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums from the 1990s
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*
List of number-one Billboard Latin Pop Albums from the 1990s
Latin Pop Albums is a record chart
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References
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1995 debut albums
Enrique Iglesias albums
Fonovisa Records albums
Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album
Spanish-language albums