Julio Iglesias Research Paper

Latino music and artist adapting to fit mainstream

Introduction & Background Latinos have had a long history in the United States and the same goes for Latin American music. As history has shown, Latinos in the Unites States have created new music for Spanish speaking countries, for example salsa was created in New York, Tejano music in Texas and many more music styles. While the United States have helped Latin America develop their music, for Latinos from or outside the U.S it’s difficult for them to fit into the United States mainstream can extremely difficult. Many Latino artists 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, so that his music will sell, because during the 50’s Mexican were considered second class. This still happens nowadays, many artists change their name to avoid being stereotyped like Bruno Mars, Freddy …show more content…
Julio Iglesias started his career in 1968 and throughout the years he started singing in Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German and more. However, Iglesias was determined to enter the U.S market and he began by analyzing the United States and its people. His duets with famous American artist such as Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross and Willie Nelson made him be seen as a singer in the United States and in the 1988 he won a Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album. While he had fame in the United States, he created other albums in Filipino, Indonesian and others. Iglesias also, got invited to the White House from Ronal Reagan to perform during Christmas. In 1983, Iglesias was the most recorded artist in more languages in the world. His impact across the world has won him various important awards such as Grammys, Latin Grammy, Billboard Awards and more. Iglesias also, has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame since