AP - Jan 19, 2007
Barry Manilow became one of the world s best-selling artists by making timeless classics out of unknown songs. But these days, he s more likely to rely on other people s classics than interpret new material...
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Spanish actress and singer Rocio Durcal, who found fame as one of Mexico s most popular folk singers, has died following a long battle against cancer, her family said on Sunday. Durcal, born Maria de...
More »Reuters - Dec 19, 2005
Julio Iglesias Puga, father of crooner Julio Iglesias and grandfather of pop heartthrob Enrique Iglesias, died on Monday aged 90, a Spanish hospital said. He was in the news in recent weeks when Hola...
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In LOS ANGELES story headlined Diana Ross ends 9-year absence from singles chart please read the headline as Diana Ross ends 6-year absence from singles chart and the first paragraph as ... a little...
More »Reuters - Oct 20, 2005
For the seventh week straight, Kanye West s Gold Digger featuring Jamie Foxx is in the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100. Chris Brown s Run It! is heating up the Hot 100 s top tier, advancing from No...
More »AP - Aug 18, 2005
Raul Midon s debut album, State of Mind, both defies genre classification and defines the main ingredient of his success. Midon, a classically trained musician, is legally blind. I m able to do what...
More »Reuters - Apr 30, 2005
In an effort to appeal to an increasingly segmented Latin radio market, Spanish Broadcasting System launched two radio shows last month in Miami that mark a wide departure from its traditional programming...
More »AP - Apr 26, 2005
Rudy Perez has crossed retirement off his 2005 to-do list. Instead, the producer and songwriter who s nominated for several honors at Thursday s Billboard Latin Music Awards says he won t rest until...
More »Reuters - Dec 18, 2004
Romantic and regional Mexican sounds helped drive Latin music in 2004, with two romantic Mexican icons -- Los Temerarios and Marco Antonio Solis -- logging in as the best-selling acts of the year. Los...
More »Reuters - Dec 18, 2004
The third chart entry proves to be the charm for Mario, who rises to a new career peak on the Billboard Hot 100 with Let Me Love You (3rd Street/J). The single moves 3-2, eclipsing the No. 4 peak of his...
More »E! Online - Sep 29, 2004
You oughta know, Alanis Morissette has canceled an upcoming concert in Indonesia amid terrorism fears. The Canadian-born songbird was set to perform Sunday in Jakarta. But she nixed the show after...
More »Reuters - Aug 7, 2004
Carlos Santana has begun collecting songs for his next studio album. I m going to complete the next Santana album with (BMG chairman/CEO) Mr. Clive Davis, Santana told Billboard. Right now we re collecting...
More »AP - May 15, 2004
To all the girls he s loved before, Julio Iglesias has a message: He s going to love only one girl from now on. The Spanish singer plans to marry his girlfriend of the past 14 years, Miranda Rijnsburger...
More »Reuters - Apr 29, 2004
It was a three-way split for supremacy Thursday night at the Billboard Latin Music Awards with Colombian heartthrob Juanes , late Salsa entertainer Celia Cruz and English/Spanish chart-topper Ricky Martin...
More »AP - Apr 12, 2004
Pop singer Enrique Iglesias arrived in India s entertainment capital to promote his latest album Seven, as thousands of fans lined up for last minute tickets ahead of Sunday s concert. This is my first...
More »AP - Apr 1, 2004
Robi Draco Rosa has been on the music scene for two decades, first as a member of the Puerto Rican teen dream group Menudo, then as a top producer and songwriter for Ricky Martin and others. Yet when...
More »AP - Jan 29, 2004
At 60, Julio Iglesias is still pining for love. Passion, emotion, a smooth voice and sex-symbol status have made Iglesias the best-selling Latin male artist ever. But he says it s his fans love that...
More »Reuters - Oct 23, 2003
Veteran Latin crooner Julio Iglesias will release his latest album, Divorcio, Nov. 4 via Sony International. Led by the radio single Corazon de Papel (Heart of Paper), the deeply personal Sony International...
More »USRN - Feb 18, 1998
(2/19/98) - Julio Iglesias, Jr., 24, has signed a record deal with Sony Music Entertainment s Epic label, making him the third member of the Iglesias clan to embark on a music career. Sony says Julio...
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