Julio Iglesias, a famous singer, released his first studio album in 1969 titled **"I Sing"**. In 1969, he won the International Song Festival of Benidorm with his song **"Life Goes On"**. In 1980, he released the album **"From Girl to Woman"**.
Little by little, he became fond of music and began composing his first songs. He stood out from a young age as an athlete. Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva is the singer who has released the most records in different languages and the most commercially successful European singer internationally.
He represented Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1970 with the song **"Gwendolyne"**, achieving fourth place. Considered his most successful song, **"Life Goes On"** is noted for its sales, popularity, and the number of languages in which it has been recorded.
Julio Iglesias has been married twice in his life. He has received several Grammy awards throughout his career and has recorded albums in 14 different languages since his beginnings in music in the late sixties. In 2015, he paid tribute to great Mexican composers with the album **"Mexico"**.
Born on September 23, 1943, in Madrid, Julio Iglesias has sung duets with numerous artists throughout his career, although he has not done so with Frank Sinatra. He played in the lower categories of Real Madrid and had a car accident in 1962 that left him semi-paralyzed, which led him to use music as therapy, and he was given a guitar to cope with loneliness.
