Saturday, July 20, 2019

Sounds of Spain - Enrique Iglesias

In the music industry, there is a sense of title ownership while still attracting a global audience.  For example, Madonna is known as the queen of pop.  Aretha Franklin is known as the queen of soul.  Michael Jackson will forever define the king of pop.  

In this post, however, Enrique Iglesias is considered to the be the king of Latin pop.  I am, then, honoring Spain as a strong musical influence.

Enrique Iglesias 2011, 2.jpg

In essence, Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer.  His success is split between Latin America and the Hispanic audience in the United States.  

Point of interest -
As of 2015, Enrique works with Sony Music Latin for Spanish albums and RCA Records for English albums.

Genres considered - Pop, Latin Pop, Dance-Pop, Electro Pop

Enrique Iglesias' early life and music background are fairly extensive, so read more on Wikipedia.

Enrique's studio albums include -
Enrique Iglesias (1995)
Vivir (1997) ... Translate - Live
Cosas del Amor (1998) ... Translate - Things of Love
Enrique (1999)
Escape (2001)
Quizas (2002) ... Translate - Maybe
7 (2003)
Insomniac (2007)
Euphoria (2010)
Sex and Love (2014)

Point of intrigue -
The better majority of this post is an exhaustive list of awards and nominations.  Simply put - quite impressive.

Success -
100+ million records sold worldwide (albums and singles)
"...one of the best-selling Spanish-speaking artists ever..." (Wikipedia)
150+ number one songs on all Billboard charts ... Including Billboard Hot 100, Billboard Hot Latin Tracks, and Billboard Dance charts

Awards and Nominations -
VH1/Vogue Fashion - Won

Premio Ondas - Win 
- Translate - Award Waves

ACE Awards - 2 Wins
American Music Awards - 6 Nominations, 8 Wins
Latin American Music Awards - 2 Nominations, 10 Wins
ASCAP (Latin Music) - 20 Wins
Billboard Music - 10 Nominations, 5 Wins
Billboard Latin Music - 53 Nominations, 44 Wins
Billboard Year-End Charts - 73 Nominations, 18 Wins
Billboard Video Music - Won
Blockbuster Entertainment - 2 Nominations, 1 Win
BMI Awards - 14 Wins
BRIT Awards - 1 Nomination
Bulgaria's Fan TV Award - 1 Win
CCTV-MTV Music Honors - 1 Win
Canadian Fannie Awards - 2 Nominations
Comet Awards - Won
ECHO Awards - 2 Nominations
Ev. gerard Video Music Awards - 1 Nomination, 1 Win
The Record of the Year Award - 1 Nomination
Grammy - 3 Nominations, 1 Win
Latin Grammy - 6 Nominations, 5 Wins
Latin Music Italian Awards - 14 Nominations, 7 Wins

Lunas del Auditorio - 5 Nominations
- Translate - Auditorium Moons

iHeartRadio Music - 1 Nomination, 1 Win
International Dance Music - 2 Nominations, 1 Win
Ivor Novello - 1 Nomination 
Much Music Video Awards - 1 Nomination
My VH1 Music Awards - 4 Nominations

Premio Lo Nuestro - 25 Nominations, 22 Wins
- Translate - Reward Us
- 2019 accolades are pending

Premios Eres - 3 Wins
- Translate - Awards Are You

Premios Juventud - 22 Nominations, 15 Wins
- Translate - Youth Awards

Premios Tu Mundo - 1 Nomination, 4 Wins
- Translate - Prizes Your World

National Music Awards - Won
Juno Awards - 2 Nominations
Meteor Music Awards - 1 Nomination
MTV Asia - 2 Nominations
MTV Europe - 9 Nominations
MTV India - Won

Los Premios MTV Latinoamerica - 4 Nominations, 1 Win
- Translate - The Latin American MTV Awards

MTV Video Music - 7 Nominations
NRJ Music Awards - 9 Nominations, 2 Wins
Radio Music Awards - Won
People's Choice Awards - 2 Nominations
Teen Choice Awards - 6 Nominations

Premio Orgullasamente - 4 Nominations, 2 Wins
- Translate - Prize Proudly

Premios 40 Principales 
- Translate - 40 Top Prizes
- Nominations and Wins -
- Spain, America

Enrique Iglesias has been honored and nominated with more awards than can be continued in this post.  Refer to Wikipedia for the continued list.

I will conclude on this note.






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