Spanish singer and composer Julio Iglesiasicon of romantic songs and performer of classics such as “I forgot to live”, “Gwendolyne” and “Agua dulce, agua salá”, will be the subject of a biographical series produced by the streaming platform Netflix about his personal and professional career.
According to specialized sites, the 80-year-old artist, who will be part of the creative development of the project, promised through a press release to “share everything about his life and his incredible musical journey.”
What the series about Julio Iglesias will be about
The series “will tell the story of how Julio Iglesias became the first non-English speaking artist to enter the North American and Asian markets and a universal star who is among the five best-selling artists in the world”, having sold 300 million copies in his more than five decades of career.
During that time, the statement continues, Iglesias “recorded and sang in twelve languages and connected with fans from all over the planet,” which positioned him as “the first Spanish artist with global reach.”
“After many speculations, books and documentaries in which I was not involved, for the first time I decided to tell the truth about my life in a company as large as Netflix. Through much deliberation, I received a very moving letter from (the executive) Bela Bajaria, which was enough to convince me that the platform was ideal to develop this project. I feel grateful to many people from many countries who have supported and encouraged me.“said the singer in the same message.
The life of Julio Iglesias
Away from the stage since 2019, when he received the honorary Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award that only artists such as Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and The BeatlesIglesias turned eight decades old on September 22 of last year and received greetings from 460 celebrities from 28 countries through a video in which figures of the stature of Rafael Nadal, Alejandro Sanz, Susana Giménez and Infanta Elena de Borbónamong others, shared some memory or anecdote with him.
Born Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva on September 23, 1943, into a wealthy family in Madrid, the beginning of his career was marked by fatality: a car accident that he suffered in 1962 and marginalized him from a football career. promise that he already had as a goalkeeper on the Real Madrid professional team.
During a recovery in which he was not even assured that he would be able to walk again, Iglesias began to play a guitar and compose his first songs.
That impulse was rewarded in 1968, when he won the International Song Festival in Benidorm with the song he had composed during his convalescence, “Life goes on”. Two years later, he composed “Gwendolyne”dedicated to his first great love and with which he came fourth in the 1970 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Since then, Iglesias edited more than a hundred plates. Although various sources differ on a definitive figure, it is estimated that she recorded some 67 studio albums, 41 compilations and 200 singles.
Source: Ambito
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