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JULIO IGLESIAS

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Julio JosÃ© Iglesias de la Cueva (born September 23, 1943 in Madrid) is a Spain|Spanish singer who has sold over 250 million albums<ref>[http://www.hellomagazine.com/specials/iglesiascomparison/comparison.html Iglesias dynasty]. ''Hello Magazine''.</ref> in 14 languages and released 77 albums. While Iglesias rose to international prominence in the 1970s and 1980s as a performer of romantic ballads and as an iconically suave Latin gentleman, his success has continued as he crossed musical and linguistic barriers. Thus far, he has performed approximately 5,000 concerts<ref>http://www.julioiglesias.com/mainen.htm</ref>.

Background
Julio is the eldest son of Julio Iglesias, Sr.|Dr. Julio Iglesias Puga from Galicia (Spain)|Galicia and Maria del Rosario de la Cueva y Perignat. His younger brother is Carlos. When Iglesias himself was 61, his 87-year-old father had more children. Half brother Jaime was born 18 May 2004, and half-sister Ruth on 26 July 2006. Julio's half-siblings were born from the second marriage of Dr. Julio Iglesias Puga and Ronna Keitt.

While attending law school in Madrid in the early sixties, he was, for a short period, a goalkeeper for one of Real Madrid C. F.|Real Madrid's youth soccer teams. In 1963, his career as a football athlete was cut short after a car accident. If not for a car accident, on 22nd September 1963, he may hav... read all