"No Llores Por Mí" (English: ''Don't Cry for Me'') is the fourth single released 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 label Fonovisa where he released three Spanish albums ''Enrique Iglesias (album), Enrique ...

from his eponymous debut studio album ''

'' (1995), It was released by Fonovisa on 6 May 1996 (see

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The track was written by Enrique Iglesias and co-written by Roberto Morales, produced by Rafael Pérez-Botija, and became Iglesias fourth consecutive chart topper in the U.S. In 1996, "No Llores Por Mí" was performed as a duet with Mexican singer

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for a televised music special aired in Mexico and the United States. Only two albums achieved four number-one singles in the ''Billboard''

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before: ''

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'' by

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and ''Otro Día Más Sin Verte'' by

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. This record was broken by Iglesias with his following single "Trapecista". The singer won an

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award for "No Llores Por Mí" in 1996.

Chart performance

The track debuted in the United States ''Billboard''

chart at number 28 on 3 August 1996, and rose to number 1 eight weeks later. The single spent twelve weeks in the top ten.

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