''Enrique Iglesias'' is the debut studio album recorded by Spanish singer-songwriter

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 ...

, 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

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at the

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on 26 February 1997. The album received a Gold certification in

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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''

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chart: " Si Tú Te Vas", "

Por Amarte "Por Amarte" (English: ''To Love You'') is the title of the third single released by Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias from his eponymous debut studio album ''Enrique Iglesias (album), Enrique Iglesias'' (1995), It was released by Fonovi ...

", "

No Llores Por Mí "No Llores Por Mí" (English: ''Don't Cry for Me'') is the fourth single released by Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias from his eponymous debut studio album ''Enrique Iglesias'' (1995), It was released by Fonovisa on 6 May 1996 (see 199 ...

" and "

Trapecista "Trapecista" (English: ''Trapezist'') is the sixth and last single released by Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias from his eponymous debut studio album ''Enrique Iglesias'' (1995), It was released by Fonovisa on 16 September 1996 (see 19 ...

", the most for any Latin album, beating

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and

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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

'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

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''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 *

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: Producer, arranger, keyboards,

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*Enrique Iglesias: vocals *Scott Alexander: Bass *

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: drums *

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: Hammond organ *Luis Conte: percussion *George Doering: Guitar *Christian Kolm: Guitar *

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: Guitar *Roberto Morales: Guitar,

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*Manuel Santisteban: Arranger, Keyboards *Randy Waldman: Piano *Francis Benítez: vocals,

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*Leyla Hoyle: Vocals, choir *Carlos Murguía: Vocals, choir *Kenny O'Brian: Arranger, Vocals *

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: Vocals

Charts

Certifications and sales

References