Por Amarte

For another song of the same name, see Los Prisioneros.

"Por Amarte"
Single by Enrique Iglesias
from the album Enrique Iglesias
Released8 January 1996 (1996-01-08)
Recorded1995
Genre
Length4:00
LabelFonovisa
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Rafael Pérez-Botija
Enrique Iglesias singles chronology
"Experiencia Religiosa"
(1995) 		"Por Amarte"
(1996) 		"No Llores Por Mí"
(1996)

"Por Amarte" (English: To Love You) is the title of the third single released by Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias from his eponymous debut studio album Enrique Iglesias (1995), It was released by Fonovisa on 8 January 1996 (see 1996 in music).[1]

Song information

The track was written by Enrique Iglesias and co-written by Roberto Morales, produced by Rafael Pérez-Botija, and became Iglesias’ third consecutive chart topper in U.S. The song also was featured on the Mexican telenovela Marisol (1996), produced by Juan Osorio, starring Eduardo Santamarina and Erika Buenfil. with a few changes in the lyrics. Instead of Por amarte daría mi vida ("To love you, I’d give my life"), the words were: Por amarte Marisol, moriría ("To love you, Marisol, I’d die"). The singer won an ASCAP award for Por Amarte in 1996 and at the 9th Lo Nuestro Awards received a nomination for "Pop Song of the Year", losing to Iglesias own "Experiencia Religiosa".[2]

Chart performance

The track debuted in the United States Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart at number 8 on 18 May 1996, and rise to number 1 in only three weeks (the fastest for the singer) and spent eight weeks at pole position. The single spent twelve weeks in the Top Ten and also peaked at number 1 in Mexico for two weeks. Por Amarte peaked at number-one one week after the album Enrique Iglesias climbed to number-one in the Top Latin Albums chart for the first time.[citation needed] According to the newspaper El Siglo de Torreón, the music was well performed in cities of Bolivia.[3]

Charts

See also

References

  1. ^ Nimmervoll, Ed. "Enrique Iglesias – Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Premios a Lo Mejor De La Música Latina". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Casa Editorial El Tiempo S.A. 8 April 1997. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Discos populares en Latinoamérica". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish): 46. 16 March 1996. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Enrique Iglesias Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Enrique Iglesias Chart History (Latin Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Enrique Iglesias Chart History (Regional Mexican Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Enrique Iglesias Chart History (Tropical Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  8. ^ a b "1996: The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 52. Nielsen Business Media. 28 December 1996. p. YE-64, 68. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 26 September 2016.


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