Julio Iglesias Biography

Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva (born September 23, 1943 in Madrid, Spain, Sign: Libra not Virgo ! ) is Spain's best selling singer and the best-selling Spanish singer of all time. Julio Iglesias has sold over 250 million records in different languages and released 77 records. He thus far has performed approximately 5,000 concerts during his career.

Julio is the son of Dr. Julio Iglesias, Sr. and Rosario de la Cueva y Periñon. He has one brother named Carlos. He was a professional football player with Real Madrid, where he played as goalkeeper.

If not for a car accident, he may have never had a music career:"I had a car accident, very, very strong car accident," remembers Iglesias. I had what they call paraparexia, which is not a paraplegic. It's a compression in the cord, in the sense of the neck … my spinal cord, and I was very, very ill for three years." Doctors thought the young man would never walk again. But slowly, he started to recover. And to increase dexterity in his hands, he began to play the guitar.

In June 2001 he finished his law degree at Madrid Spain's Complutense University, fulfilling the promise he made to his then 84-year-old father that he would eventually graduate after dropping out 35 years ago to pursue his music career. He received a certificate as a lawyer from Cambridge University .

During the 1970s he met the Spanish-mestiza Philippine socialite Isabel Preysler, and just 7 months later they married. Together their children are:

This list contains all albums of original material plus notable collections.