Enrique Iglesias (album)

Enrique Iglesias is the debut studio album recorded by Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias, it was released by Fonovisa on 21 November 1995 (see 1995 in music). The album was a success and topped the Latin charts. It also won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album at the 39th Annual Grammy Awards on 26 February 1997. The album received a Gold certification in Portugal after a weeks of sales, and has sold more than 4 million copies worldwide. In the United States it was certified Platinum on 18 November 1996, becoming one of the best selling Latin albums of all times in that country. All singles of the album hit the number-one spot in the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart: "Si Tú Te Vas", "Por Amarte", "No Llores Por Mí" and "Trapecista", the most for any Latin album, beating Selena and Jon Secada with four chart-toppers, each.

Commercial performance
The album debuted in the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart at number 38 in the week of 23 December 1995, climbing to the Top Ten five weeks later. The album dethroned Selena's Dreaming of You in the week of 25 May 1996 (after being in the chart for 28 weeks), spending ten consecutive weeks at pole position and an extra week after being kept off from the top spot by the compilation album Macarena Mix. The album spent 73 weeks inside the Top Ten (with at least two weeks in every position) and 100 weeks in the chart.

Credits and personnel

 * Gordon Lyon: Engineer and mixer
 * Victor McCoy: Assistant engineer
 * Paul McKenna: Engineer
 * Frank Rinella: Assistant engineer
 * Eric Ratz: Engineer
 * Barry Rudolph: Engineer
 * Miguel De La Vega: Engineer
 * Brad Haehnel: Assistant engineer
 * Tony Franco: Coordinator
 * Christina Abaroa: Coordinator
 * Stephan Ach: Photography
 * Alan Silfen: Photography
 * Fernando Martinez: Photography
 * Rafael Pérez Botija: Producer, arranger, keyboards, Hammond organ
 * Enrique Iglesias: vocals
 * Scott Alexander: Bass
 * Gregg Bissonette: drums
 * Robbie Buchanan: Hammond organ
 * Luis Conte: percussion
 * George Doering: Guitar
 * Christian Kolm: Guitar
 * Michael Landau: Guitar
 * Roberto Morales: Guitar, Advisor
 * Manuel Santisteban: Arranger, Keyboards
 * Randy Waldman: Piano
 * Francis Benítez: vocals, choir
 * Leyla Hoyle: Vocals, choir
 * Carlos Murguía: Vocals, choir
 * Kenny O'Brian: Arranger, Vocals
 * Stephanie Spruill: Vocals