Research Paper On Julio Iglesias

Introduction & Background Latinos in the United States have a long and complicated history and the same goes for Latino American music and the role the United States played. The U.S has been a playing ground for Latinos to created new music for instance, in New York salsa was first created, Tejano music in Texas and many others. However, while the United States may have helped Latin America develop their music, it’s difficult for Latinos to fit into the United States mainstream. Numerous Latino artists have decided to change their name to resemble a more English name. For instance, the singer from the song “La Bamba”, Ritchie Valens change his last name from Valenzuela to Valens, in order for his music to sell, as Mexicans were considered

Julio Iglesias started his career in 1968 and throughout the years he started singing in the seven languages he knows. Despite having fame in various countries, Iglesias was determined to enter the U.S market and he began by learning more about the United States and its people. Julio Iglesias made duets with famous American singers such as Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross and Willie Nelson. In addition, Iglesias was, invited by Ronald Reagan to be part of the Christmas celebration at the White House. His impact across the world has won him various important awards such as a Grammys, Latin Grammy, Billboard Awards and more. Furthermore, his impact in the United States can be seen by the star he has since 1985 on the Hollywood Walk of

Iglesias became big during 1980’s and at the time there was a greater acceptance of immigrants, so while Julio Iglesias had an accent he was able to still reach the top of the U.S mainstream. After 9/11 Americans took a negative look towards immigrants and that’s one of the reasons that it was impressive for Shakira and other Latino artist to be accepted as easily as they did into the U.S mainstream. It’s also impressive for both artists to succeed as well as they did while both of them having accents and created a sense of