I want my breath to be long, that my lungs have sufficient capacity to let the air out and that people never forget me.Today’s disco discovery: Never in a million years did I think I would become besotted by a Julio Iglesias song. My magnum opus is having been able to raise my family as a musician and that my children have music as a priority in their soul. Before, I’d do the impossible, now I do only what is possible. Right now, I don’t do anything I can’t physically do. Sometimes I’m nice, other times I am not. Is there any recognition you still haven’t received? Is there anything you’d wish would happen to you? That is important for me.Īccording to statistics, you are one of the most successful artists of all time: over 300 million albums sold. It’s been almost 10 years since I last had a record in the top 5 for two months. With this last one, we didn’t measure sales because they are not what they used to be, but it will remain forever. I did tango in my own fashion, and it is a record that sold 14 million copies around the world. That’s how I did Tango (1996), without the accordion or the piano, which the Argentinean people naturally have. Therefore, what I try and do is not change the assonances in music or on my life. Thus, Frank decided to do an album with him, but he didn’t quite get to where he wanted. Quincy had just produced Michael Jackson, who was very much in vogue and was a genius. Is My Lady (1984), which is not that good, because it was not his type. In those days, I remember he tried to do an album with Quincy Jones, L.A. We sang together in many concerts, did duets, and knew him very well. I spent a lot of time with Frank Sinatra, because Eliot Weisman was his manager and he very generously decided to introduce us. I’ll tell you a few little stories that are good for people like you, whose specialty is music. Were you tempted to take a different road?
Rather than including new sounds, you’ve turned to something more classic, with orchestras and your voice affected with reverb. I imagine that Latin people like to remember the songs that their fathers and grandfathers used to sing. I like the record also because people are enjoying it and because it did well in Spain. We’ve done an album of duets about Mexican music that became an immediate classic since it had Plácido Domingo, Joaquín Sabina, Pablo Alborán or Thalía singing historical music from the ’50s and the ’60s. Very important, generous people, who have given so much. I’m happy because people I really care about participated. Here, Iglesias talks to Billboard Argentina about his latest album and what’s most important to him in life as he ages:Īfter your first album dedicated to Mexico, you decided to add some friends and artists of all types.
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