Julio Iglesias is one of the most complete artists in the history of Spanish music. The singer, who rose to fame in 1968 after sweeping the Benidorm festival and achieving victory with the song Life is still the same, has had an incredible career in which he has sold more than 300 million records worldwide. all over the world, he has published more than 60 studio albums and has participated in dozens of collaborations and music programs.
Next Saturday, September 23, the musician who dreamed of being a footballer will turn 80, a figure that, far from scaring him, makes him happy due to everything he has achieved in his life and how well surrounded he is today.
Although many may believe that the composer is going to prepare a big event to celebrate his eight decades of life, the magazine HELLO! He has announced that Iglesias prefers to be calm and celebrate this moment in privacy with those closest to him.
The interpreter of Gwendolyne, I forgot to live and With the same stone will blow out the candles in his house in the Bahamas, the home where he has resided since he retired from public life when the coronavirus pandemic broke out. On this occasion, the musician will bring together his wife Miranda and his children to spend a pleasant and quiet evening.
On the occasion of his eightieth anniversary, Iglesias has sent a very special letter to the gossip magazine HELLO! (which he defines as ”his soul magazine”) in which he appreciates the media’s treatment and takes stock of his life in general and his career in particular.
Iglesias explains in the writing that he does not believe in destiny, but rather trusts in circumstances and that, after having played for Real Madrid, having studied Law at university and having suffered an accident that almost cost him his life, a guitar changed his life completely: ”I was not born to be a singer; In reality, I don’t know why I was born.”
”I am turning 80 and my gratitude and that of my family is forever. Thank you,’ says the father of Enrique Iglesias and Julio Iglesias Junior, explaining that the tabloid magazine has been a fundamental media support in his career.
Although it is a writing that Isabel Preysler’s ex-husband has sent to the magazine personally, this medium wanted to share it with its readers to pay tribute to the musician and celebrate the good relationship that unites them after so many decades.
