![]() "I've chosen songs from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s that I believe will come to be regarded as the new standards," Iglesias stated in the album's sleeve notes. In September 2006, Iglesias released a new English-language album, which he titled Romantic Classics. They also collaborated with The Beach Boys ![]() It also featured "All of You", in vocal duet with Diana Ross, a Top Twenty Pop hit, that climbed to #2 on the Adult Contemporary Chart with the help of a popular video. The first single, "To All the Girls I've Loved Before", a duet with Willie Nelson, hit #1 on the Country charts and went Top Five in the Billboard Hot 100. It sold over three million albums in the United States alone. In 1984, he released 1100 Bel Air Place, the hit album which established him as a star in the English-speaking entertainment industry. From it came the first English-language hit of his career, a Spanish cover of "Begin the Beguine" which became number 1 in the United Kingdom he also released a collection, Julio (1983). Two years later, he released the album De niña a mujer, which he dedicated to his daughter, who appeared on the cover with him. In 1979, he moved to Miami, Florida, in the United States, signed a deal with CBS International and started singing in different languages such as English, French, Portuguese and German. He also sang in French: one of his popular songs in this language became "Je n'ai pas changé." In 1975, he found success in the Italian market by recording a song exclusively in Italian, called "Se mi lasci non vale" or "If You Leave Me, It Can't Be." Notable albums from this decade are A flor de piel (1974, with the European hit "Manuela"), El amor (1975), and Soy (1973). That single sold 1 million copies in Germany. His entry was the song "Gwendolyne." Shortly after, he had a number one hit in many European countries with "Un Canto A Galicia", sung in Galician, in honour of his father, who hailed from Galicia. He represented Spain in the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing in fourth place behind Ireland's winning entry, performed by Dana. The album spent 15 weeks in the Spanish charts and peaked at #3. He then signed a deal with Discos Columbia, the Spanish branch of the Columbia Records company, and released his first studio album, titled Yo Canto, or I Sing. ![]() In 1968, he won the Benidorm International Song Festival, a songwriter's event in Spain, with the song "La vida sigue igual" (meaning "Life Goes On The Same") which was used in the film La vida sigue igual about his own life. ![]()
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