Euphoria (Enrique Iglesias album)
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| Released | 5 July 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2009–2010 | |||
| Genre | Latin pop | |||
| Length | 54:36 | |||
| Language | English, Spanish | |||
| Label | Universal Republic, Universal Music Latino | |||
| Producer | El Nasi, Fernando Garibay, La Mente Maestra, Carlos Paucar, RedOne, Lenny Medina, Mark Taylor | |||
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Euphoria is the ninth studio album by Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias. The album is a joint-release by Universal Republic and Universal Music Latino and was released on 5 July 2010 internationally and in the US on 6 July 2010. The album features guest appearances by Akon, Usher, Juan Luis Guerra, Pitbull, Nicole Scherzinger, Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel and Ludacris. The album consists of songs in English, and Spanish.[1]
The album spawned seven singles, three in Spanish and four in English. The album's first single "Cuando me enamoro" reached number-one on the Hot Latin Songs Chart, while the album's second single "I Like It", reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100. Upon its release, the album debuted at number ten on the Billboard 200, with sales of 27,000 copies. The album has produced three top Billboard Hot Dance Club Play tracks in the form of "I Like It", "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" and "Dirty Dancer". The album was nominated for Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year and has won Billboard Music Award for Top Latin Album.[2]
The album and its singles have sold 1 million copies in the UK alone.[3] It was certified 2× Platinum (Latin) in United States on 23 September 2011.[4]
Background
Euphoria is Iglesias' first bilingual album. He described the album by saying, "It's the first album I've ever released that's 50-50, [...] I thought that when it came down to it artistically, it would help me because it would put the Spanish songs against the English. I've created a little competition inside my head. I do not want to do a double album, and I've been writing this album for a year-and-a-half, [...] So I want to make sure it's the very best I can give fans."[5] It was announced that at the end of 2010 Iglesias would set off on his Euphoria Tour in support of his latest album.
Musical content
Iglesias stated that this album is different from his previous albums by saying, "To my 'religious experience', my first album is magic because I have a lot of care and because it has a level of honesty for me unique compared to what I've done. But when people hear this record is obvious that you will find that it has nothing to do with many of the songs I've done in the past, [...] What we want is that the audience grows with you and that is very difficult to achieve. That failing, you do it only occasionally. With these failures can be learned, but it is not easy."[6] On the album's style "I Like It", he explained, that "It taps into so many different styles of music - it's been really exciting for me to experiment and explore new territory. [...] It's a song that when I wrote it and not much thought was more by sound."[6] "Heartbeat" (feat. Nicole Scherzinger) was described as a "raw" and "upbeat" song.[7]