Long time readers - or even short time readers who have looked at the archives - will know I am a fan of olde time music such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby and even Enrico Caruso.
This week I discovered a modern artist onto which I can apply my seal of approval. I found him by accident when searching for either “Enrico” (Caruso) or “Marta” (a Bing crosby song), I ended up a discography of one Enrique Iglesias who happens to have a song called “Marta”, gee wiz Batman the internet truly is a door opener.
Enrique Iglesias (1975-) is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award-winning Spanish-born, Miami-based singer. He is the son of the famous Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, whose work I am already a semi-fan of. He is not to be confused with Ricky Martin.
Iglesias’s career started on Indie label Fonovisa who helped turn him into one of the most popular artists in Latin America and in the Latin market in the United States selling more Spanish albums than any other artists in that period of time. Just before the turn of the millennium he made a crossover into the mainstream English market and signed a unique multi-album deal with Universal Music for an unprecedented USD 48m with Universal Music Latino to release his Spanish albums and Interscope to release English albums.
Iglesias has had five Billboard Chart #1 singles in English and holds the record for most ever Spanish language #1s on Billboard’s Hot Latin Tracks with Seventeen. He is also the best selling Latin act in the United Kingdom as well the Best Selling International Artist in India
In 1995, he released his first album Si Tu Te Vas, but it is his 2001 Album Hero that was his first major success. The titular track was adopted by producers of9-11 montages and entered the public consciousness as a staple.
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