''Quizás'' (English: ''Perhaps'') is the sixth studio album and fourth full-
Spanish-language
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album 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 ...
. The album was released by
Universal Music Latino
Universal Music Latin Entertainment, a division of Universal Music Group, is a record company specialized in producing and distributing Latin music in Mexico, the United States, and Puerto Rico. UMLE includes famous Latin music labels such as Uni ...
on 17 September 2002.
''Quizás'' was Iglesias first album in Spanish in four years, his last being ''
Cosas del Amor'' in 1998. This was also his last full-length Spanish album of his career as his next albums would be English and
bilingual
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exclusively. The album has a fragile and delicate sound compared to his previous three Spanish albums, which were based on pop songs with light rock instrumentation and consists mainly of middle of the road
Latin pop
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ballads. It is his most personal release to date as it deals with topics such as the strange relationship with his father, singer
Julio Iglesias
Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva (; born 23 September 1943) is a Spanish singer and songwriter. Iglesias is recognized as the most commercially successful Spanish singer in the world and one of the top List of best-selling music artists, reco ...
, and other personal dilemmas.
Enrique Iglesias won the
Latin Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Album at the
4th Annual Latin Grammy Awards on 3 September 2003.
Making of ''Quizás''
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 ...
wrote or co-wrote every track on the album and co-produced several of the tracks with the exception of "Tres Palabras" and the cover version of "
La Chica de Ayer" originally recorded by
Nacha Pop. Iglesias was the executive producer of the album alongside best friend Andrés Restrepo. The title track of the album talks about Iglesias' strained relationship with his father. The album was released on 17 September 2002.
Commercial performance
''Quizas'' topped the ''Billboard'' Latin Albums Chart, debuting at No. 1 and shot to No. 12 on the ''Billboard'' 200, the highest position for a Spanish album at the time and fastest-selling Spanish album in five years. All three singles released from the album ("Mentiroso", "Quizás" and "Para Qué La Vida") topped ''Billboards Hot Latin Tracks Chart. In Spain however the first single "Mentiroso" was not released. In its place, the song "La Chica de Ayer" was released as promotional single. The album also entered at 200 on the UK album charts, the highest entry for a Spanish album that year as well as performing well across Latin America going platinum in counties like Mexico and
Argentina
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. The album sold over a million copies worldwide by the end of 2002.
Track listing
Charts
Certifications and sales
References
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2002 albums
Enrique Iglesias albums
Universal Music Latino albums
2000s Spanish-language albums
Latin Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Album