The Spanish singer, who has sold more than 300 albums in different languages, is starting his Brazil tour with concerts Saturday and Sunday at Sao Paulo’s HSBC Theater. His current tour includes a stop in Olinda, a city in the northeastern state of Pernambuco, “which is the poorest, but it gets rid of its ills with song,” Iglesias said. The rest can be done,” Iglesias said.Īfter the United States, Brazil is the country where Iglesias has appeared the most. “There is a crisis, but music and artists are always going to exist. The album is hitting the market amid an economic downturn that is affecting music sales. The 68-year-old singer’s album will feature songs like “Hey,” “Me Olvide de Vivir” and “Manuela,” as well as some versions sung in Portuguese.
“You only get better with time and I’ll be even better in 10 years,” Iglesias told the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper. SAO PAULO – Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, who is on an eight-concert tour of Brazil, said in an interview that he “was a bad singer” when he recorded his first songs and had decided to re-record them for the “Volume I” album.
Julio Iglesias: I “Was a Bad Singer” when I Started Out
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Since the start of the singer’s illustrious musical career in 1986, when he won the Benidorm International Song contest in Spain with his entry, “La vida sigue igual”, Iglesias has released more than 80 albums in numerous languages and is the only musician ever to be awarded the Diamond Disc by the Guinness Book of World Records for selling more records in more languages than any other musical artist in history.įans of the “To All The Girls I’ve Loved Before” singer should hold on to their tickets until new dates have been announced, though according to a press release from PR company Penny Stein Promotions, all ticket holders for Iglesias’s shows are entitled to an immediate, full refund from Computicket outlets. Once a promising goal keeper for one of Real Madrid’s soccer teams before suffering a spinal-compression injury in a car accident, he began practicing the guitar to improve his fine motor dexterity.
Having garnered international fame from his singing career, Iglesias’s beginnings are often forgotten. Both Iglesias and Big Concerts have apologised to fans for any inconvenience and a new tour schedule is being discussed for performances next year. The concerts have been “postponed until further notice”, apparently because Iglesias recently contracted “a serious ear infection”, from which the crooner is still recovering. Enrique’s dad, who according to Sony Music Entertainment is one of the top 30 bestselling musicians in history, was scheduled to perform at the Big Top Arena at Carnival City, Jo’burg, on November 5 and 6, before moving on to Cape Town’s GrandWest Casino on November 8. "And he added: "Tomorrow I will believe it has all been a dream."įrom: Event organiser Big Concerts has announced that Spanish crooner Julio Iglesias will not be performing in South Africa after all. Julio said he was "grateful to the critics, to friends and to the people who, anywhere in the world, have bothered to go to a store or to a concert. It is an honor and also a great decision by my country to honor him today". Julio is the person who called me in my most difficult moments, and he took a plane to sing at the presentation of my Foundation. I admire him not only for his music, but also for his desire to excel, because even after a lifetime of achievements, he keeps going forward. I can attest to that, because, wherever I go, whether dining in Japan or in the USA, at some point one of his songs is playing. Rafa's words about Julio were very emotional: "Julio can win the hearts of everyone in the world. I am also very moved that my father and my mother are not here, as they are the very direct cause of this effort and of the passion that they gave me for life". It is the one that moves me, most deeply moves me. Julio Iglesias: "Undoubtedly, this is the most important day of my career. The album generated four hit singles in the Spanish charts.Julio Iglesias received yesterday, at the Cervantes Institute in Madrid, two historic awards: the Latin artist who has sold more albums in history (300 million) and the artist who has sold more albums in Spain (23 million).īoth awards were given to him by Rafa Nadal in a very emotional ceremony. The album spent 15 weeks in the Spanish charts, and peaked at No. Yo canto is the debut album by Spanish recording artist Julio Iglesias, released in 1969.