More than half the shows on the tour sold out within days of going on sale, showing that fans still adore Julio. The remainder of 2003 and early 2004 featured a mega 10 month world tour which took Iglesias, fuled with the success of "Divorcio" from Europe and Asia to The United States, South America, and Africa. 2003 saw the release of the Spanish album "Divorcio." (Divorce) In its first day of sales, "Divorcio" sold a record 350,000 copies in Spain and quickly reached the #1 spot on the charts in Spain, Portugal, France,Italy, and Russia. Iglesias returned to the headlines in October, 2003, when he went to Argentina and kissed show host Susana Gimenez three times during a live telecast of her show. Julio is very amenable to signing autographs, although he can be a little difficult to reach sometimes, due to his and his family's security detail, which they have had since the 1985 kidnapping of Julio's father.
He is slowly stepping out of the limelight now and enjoying his son Enrique's popularity, together with his long-time companion Miranda and their 2 sons Miguel Alejandro (September 7, 1997), Rodrigo (April 3, 1999) and twin daughters Cristina and Victoria (May 1, 2001). Career 1990-today In the 1990s, Julio went back to his Spanish music roots, and in 1996, he released a CD nicknamed Tango. Stories of Julio's expensive private jets, boats, and houses became legendary during that decade, and his world tours took him to many countries and continents around the world performing in many sold out concerts among the vast women populations. He also recorded a duet with Stevie Wonder on "My Love" from his Non Stop album which achieved crossover success in 1988. Iglesias won a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album in the 1988 Grammy Awards for the album Un Hombre Solo ("A Single Man"). Julio feels there is a deep connection between him and Puerto Rico because one of his grandmothers was Puerto Rican. It was rumored in 1986 that Julio, perhaps seeking to get away from all the fame and hoopla for one week, was found walking around the streets of Cayey, Puerto Rico, after disappearing for seven days. That year he also recorded duets with Diana Ross and Willie Nelson. This prompted Julio, who had already divorced Preysler, to move his family to Miami, Florida, where they settled in a mansion at Miami Beach. In 1985, his father was kidnapped but found well and alive after two agonizing weeks. The album also featured "All of You", a hit duet with Diana Ross. The album sold three million albums in the US alone, with the first single "To All The Girls I've Loved Before", a duet with Willie Nelson reaching the top five on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1984, he released the smash hit album 1100 Bel Air Place, which gave him considerable fame in English-language markets. He had his first hit in English with a cover of "Begin the Beguine" and released a collection Julio in 1983 building his reputation. Peak of success 1978-1990 In 1978, he signed a contract for CBS International, adding English, French, Portuguese, German and Italian to his language repertoire.
It was during the 1970s that the Iglesias family's private life became very public, with Julio and the rest of the family frequently featured on the covers of various international magazines. During the 1970s he married the Spanish-mestiza Philippine socialite Isabel Preysler with whom he had three children: Chabeli Iglesias, who has been a show host and is now a news reporter in Washington D.C., Enrique Iglesias, now a world-famous singer who followed in his father's footsteps, and Julio José Iglesias, a model who has released two CDs. His entry was the song "Gwendolyne" which was his first recording. He represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1970, finishing fourth behind Northern Irish singer Dana Scallon, and the Welsh singer Mary Hopkin. In 1968, he won the Benidorm International Song Festival, a songwriter's contest in Spain, and signed a contract with a Columbia Records Latin music label, Discos Columbia. He received a certificate as a lawyer from Cambridge University a little later. He had an accident that dashed his hopes of becoming a great soccer player, but during his period in bed, he started to compose songs.
During this time, he also enrolled in law school.
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He was a professional football player with Real Madrid, where he played as goalkeeper. Early career to 1978 Julio was the son of Julio Iglesias Sr, a doctor. He thus far has performed approximately 5,000 concerts during his career. Julio Iglesias has sold over 250,000,000 records in different languages and released 77 records. Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva (born Septemin Madrid, Spain) is Spain's best selling singer and the best-selling Spanish language singer of all time.
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