Spanish star
Enrique Iglesias
will be honored as the
Billboard Top Latin Artist of All Time
for his countless achievements, popularity and contributions to Billboard's Latin music charts,
Telemundo
and
Billboard
announced today
.
Iglesias
will receive the recognition during the ceremony of the
Billboard Latin Music
Awards, the longest running and most prestigious award in the Latin music industry that will air live on
Wednesday, October 21 on Telemundo,
from the BB&T Center in Sunrise , Florida beginning with “The Billboard Awards Carpet” at 7 pm/6c and followed by the awards ceremony at 8 pm/7c.
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Enrique Iglesias' amazing chart accomplishments include:
A total of 27 titles at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart, achieving the record for the artist who has reached the top of this list the most times in history, and the record for the most number of top 10 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart, with 39.
The Spanish star also leads as the artist with the most No. 1 titles in Latin Airplay, with 31 and with the most top 10 in Latin Airplay, with 40.
In addition, he holds the record with the most No. 1 titles in Latin Pop Airplay, with 24, and with the most top 10 in Latin Pop Airplay, with 43. It is for this dominance on the charts that he has been praised as the King of Pop.
On the Billboard Dance Club chart, Enrique Iglesias also holds the record for the most number of titles at No. 1 among Latino artists, with 14, and the record for the most number of top 10 among Latin performances, with 25. .
He has made 25 entries on the Hot 100 chart, with two titles at No. 1 and five in the top 10;
14 entries on the Billboard 200 chart, with three in the top 10;
and a title at No. 1 on the Pop Songs Airplay chart, with seven in the top 10.
Enrique Iglesias has also won the highest number of awards in the history of the Billboard Latin Music Awards, with 47.
Celebrating 25 years of experience,
Enrique Iglesias
maintains a list of unstoppable hits, condensed into more than 180 million albums sold, more than 16 billion views of his music videos and 18 billion broadcasts of his songs, of which a large part They correspond to the US market, apart from an impressive list of awards achieved in his career as both a singer and as an author.
His first songs "Si tú te vas", "Don't cry for me", "Trapeze artist", "Religious experience" and "Vivir", are mixed in his career with hits adapted to modernity such as "El loser", "Bailando" and “Súbeme la Radio”, which show the evolution of an artist, who has not hesitated to join the best of his time in duets such as Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie, Marco Antonio Solís, Usher, Juan Luis Guerra, Pitbull, Nicky Jam , Wisin & Yandel, Anuel AA and Lil Wayne and that put him at the fore as one of the greatest of all time.
In addition to his music, he has enthusiastically supported Save The Children's efforts with the disaster relief fund.
Enrique and his fans around the world have worked to support the cause through online donations, auctions,
merchandising
and hangouts with fans that have raised more than $ 400,000 to date and counting.
With nine studio albums, several world tours and 10 million tickets sold, the outstanding artist is celebrating his 25-year career with the label # enriqueiglesias25years and also happily enjoying his fatherhood.
The
Billboard Top Latin Artists of All-Time
ranking
is based on performance on the weekly Hot Latin Songs chart (since the first issue dated October 4, 1986) and the Top Latin Albums charts (since its inception July 10, 1993) to the Billboard charts dated October 10, 2020. Artists are ranked according to a reverse scoring system.
Weeks at No. 1 get the highest value and weeks at the low end get the least.
For the full list of artists on the Billboard Top Latin Artists of All Time chart, click HERE.
The Billboard Latin Music Awards
2020
match
Latin Music Week
(Music Week) of
Billboard
, a virtual three -
day experience dedicated to music, culture and entertainment Latino.
Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the event will take place October 20-23 and will feature intimate conversations with artists, panels with industry personalities, exclusive performances and more.
For more information and to reserve your spot, visit BillboardLatinMusicWeek.com.
For the latest news, visit Billboard.com/Latin.
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The
Billboard Latin Music Awards
will also be broadcast simultaneously on the Hispanic entertainment cable channel, Universo and throughout the Americas on Telemundo Internacional.
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