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Euphoria (2010)

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Iglesias' ninth studio album was his first bilingual record, with songs sung in both English and Spanish.

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Euphoria: ninth studio album by Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias
Joint release by Universal Republic and Universal Music Latino
Released 5 July 2010 internationally, and 6 July 2010 in the US
Contains songs in both English and Spanish
Guest appearances by Akon, Usher, Juan Luis Guerra, Pitbull, Nicole Scherzinger, Wisin & Yandel and Ludacris
Mastered by Brian Gardner

Iglesias' first bilingual album
He said the album is the first he has released that is split 50-50 between English and Spanish
He said he had been writing the album for a year and a half
He said he did not want to make a double album
An Euphoria Tour was announced for the end of 2010 in support of the album

1	I Like It	3:52
2	One Day at a Time	4:05
3	Heartbeat	4:17
4	Dirty Dancer	3:35
5	Why Not Me?	3:39
6	No me digas que no	4:31
7	Ayer	3:34
8	Cuando me enamoro	3:21
9	Dile que	3:41
10	Tú y yo	4:02
11	Heartbreaker	4:06
12	Coming Home	3:59
13	Everything’s Gonna Be Alright	3:48
14	No me digas que no	4:06

Debut Spanish album Enrique Iglesias (1995) sold half a million copies in its first week and won a Grammy for Best Latin Pop Performance.
Followed by Vivir (1997) and Cosas del Amor (1998), making him the bestselling Spanish-language act of the decade.
1999 hit "Bailamos" (Wild Wild West soundtrack) peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and opened his English-language crossover.
Escape (2001) was certified Diamond for over 10 million copies; its single "Hero" was a UK number-one.
Signed to Universal, then Republic Records in 2010, then Sony Music in 2015.
Sex and Love (2014) and the hit "Bailando" were major successes; Final (Vol. 1) and Final (Vol. 2) followed in 2021 and 2024.
Holds the record for the most number-one songs on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart; estimated sales exceed 100 million albums.

Digital Spy's Robert Copsey gave the album 3 stars out of 5 and called it a mixed bag that tries a little too hard to please the different parts of Iglesias' fanbase
Sputnik Music's Doug Belfast also described it as a mixed bag, saying it tries too hard to be different, to recapture the past and to attract a new fanbase
AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave 3 stars out of 5 and wrote that the album is as bright as its title and a firm return to romance
Erlewine said the heart of the album lies in Iglesias' romantic balladeering and that the tracks slip between Spanish and English without much notice
About.com Latin Music's Carlos Quintana said the album consolidates Iglesias as a leading figure in Latin Pop
Billboard's Leila Cobo gave a positive review and said the album aims unabashedly for all-out fun

Billboard 200 debut at number 10 with 27,000 copies, the second-highest new entry that week
Became his best-selling album in years
Seventh number-one on U.S. Top Latin Albums
Spent 11 weeks at number one on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart
UK Albums Chart debut at number 6, with first-week sales of 20,000
European Top 100 Albums debut at number 5
Number one in Spain and Mexico; number 5 in the Netherlands and Switzerland; number 10 in France and Ireland
Certified 2× Platinum (Latin) in the United States on 23 September 2011
The album and its singles sold 1 million copies in the UK alone
Nominated for a Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year
Won the Billboard Music Award for Top Latin Album

The lead Spanish single "Cuando me enamoro" reached number one on the Hot Latin Songs chart
"I Like It" featuring Pitbull reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and later hit number one on the Dance Club Play chart
Iglesias performed "No me digas que no" at the 2010 Latin Grammy Awards
The music video for "Heartbeat" premiered on 9 September 2010
The 2007 album Insomniac debuted at number 17 on the Billboard 200 with 45,000 copies sold in its first week
Iglesias' previous album Insomniac was the baseline for comparing Euphoria's debut