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You would think that Enrique Iglesias has nothing left to prove. After all, the Madrid-born, Miami-raised singer has sold 40 million albums in little over a decade, becoming one of the most successful artists in the history of popular music. Then again, Enrique is not your average pop star. Consider this: the singer has spent the past three years crafting his latest album. Three years of non-stop traveling, writing, recording, pressing the 'delete' button, only to begin all over again until he's 100% sure that his vision is perfectly realized. Now, it finally has. Entitled "Insomniac," a humorous nod to Enrique's sleepless nights and obsessive artistic persona, the record is clearly the most ambitious project of his phenomenal career. "When I started this process, I wasn't really sure of the specific sound that I was looking for," Enrique says over breakfast at a posh hotel in Beverly Hills. "What I did know was that I wanted to have a respectable repertoire of songs to begin with. On my previous records, I would always start with a dozen ideas. This time, I wrote between 40 and 50 new tunes." Enrique also spent a long time pondering the specific qualities of the project's sound. Should it be seeped in hip-hop and electronic beats-- a prerequisite for commercial success in the new millennium? "I guess at first I did want to consciously make a record that had a cool sound to it," he says candidly. "But then I said to myself: 'fuck that. I don't want to take myself too seriously.' The truth is, I just want to write songs that I like. It's as simple as that.” Thus began the three year journey with stops in Miami, Los Angeles and Sweden, as well as the contribution of renowned producers such as Sean Garret, Max Martin, Kristian Lundin, Mark Taylor & Paul Barry, and Anders Bagge. "When I make a record, I work at night," says Enrique. "So basically I've spent three years working at night and sleeping during the day. I've been hyperactive all my life. The word insomniac was the first that came to mind when I was trying to come up with a suitable title for the album." Some of the record's highlights include "Push," a hip-hop flavored collaboration with rapper Lil' Wayne, as well as "Ring My Bell," a moody track that Enrique wrote in Los Angeles together with two of his favorite songwriting partners, Swedish composer Kristian Lundin (Savan Kotecha also collaborated on the track). "Do you know those moments in life when you stumble a little, and you accidentally discover something that changes you?," asks Enrique in his typically casual, unpretentious demeanor. "That's exactly what happened to me with 'Ring My Bell.' It wasn't a dramatic change, but the feeling of that song changed my opinion of what the album should be all about." "The recording of
About Enrique Iglesias
You would think that Enrique Iglesias has nothing left to prove. After all, the Madrid-born,
Miami-raised singer has sold 60 millio albums in little over a decade, becoming one
of the most successful artists in the history of popular music.
Then again, Enrique is not your average pop star.
Consider this: the singer has spent the past three years crafting his latest album.
Three years of non-stop traveling, writing, recording, pressing the 'delete' button, only to
begin all over again until he's 100% sure that his vision is perfectly realized.
Now, it finally has.
Entitled "
the record is clearly the most ambitious project of his phenomenal career.

Full Name: Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler
Birthdate: May 8,1975
Zodiac: Taurus
Height: 6'1"/1.90 Meters
Motto: "Try To Live Happy"
Colour: Black, White, Grey and Red
Actor: Anthony Hopkins and Keanu Reeves Actress: Meryl Streep
Movie: Raiders Of The Lost Ark
TV: MTV
Cartoon:b> Bugs Bunny
Month: May
City: Madrid, Miami, Mexico City and Buenos Aires
Home: Miami
Hobbies: Listening to music, learning about aviation and going to the movies
Fairy Tale: Pinochio
Singer: No Favourite loves them all!
Song: Changes everyday
Music: All from the 80's
CD's: The ones that he has on his night table
Fruit: Spanish Melon
Fast Food: McDonalds and Burger King
Drink: Coca Cola
Day: Friday
Sport: Soccer
Para Enrique Iglesias la música es mucho más que un negocio, es más bien un arte que refleja y expresa su pasión. Pero con casi 40 millones de discos vendidos mundialmente, los números resumen su historia: siete discos de oro y siete discos multi- platino (3 en español y 4 en inglés), primeros lugares desde América a Japón y Sudáfrica a la India donde es el artista internacional que más a vendido discos en la historia. Nacido en Madrid el 8 de mayo de 1975, Enrique se crió inmerso en tres culturas: la latina, la europea y la americana. Sus padres se divorciaron cuando tenía tan solo 3 años y a los 8, su madre decidió enviar a sus hijos a vivir junto a su padre en Miami. Su primer disco homónimo en español, editado en 1995, vendió más de un millón de discos en los primeros tres meses (mas de siete millones hasta la fecha). En 1997 lanzó su segundo álbum, Vivir, que vendió más de cinco millones y entro al mercado de Estados Unidos entre los Top 40. Su siguiente tour en 1998 apoyó su álbum Cosas Del Amor. En cuestión de tres años Enrique se convirtió en el artista de habla hispana más vendido en el mundo. En total Enrique tiene 16 discos números uno en Billboard- más que cualquier artista en la historia. Cada álbum fue nominado y ganador del Grammy en la categoría de Mejor Intérprete Pop Latino, además de ganaer premios Billboard, Lo Nuestro y American Music Awards, entre otros. En 1999 la versión europea de Bailamos (We Dance) se convirtió en la canción más pedida en la radio entre los mercados principales de los Estados Unidos. Después vino el álbum Enrique, su primer disco en inglés. Este disco fue un gran éxito en países como Canadá, Alemania y Taiwán. El álbum incluía la canción Rhythm Divine y el dueto con Whitney Houston Could I Have This Kiss Forever, que logró oro y platino en 32 países. En el 2001 salió Escape, un disco totalmente en inglés que colocó a Enrique como una superestrella a nivel mundial. Quizás, su cuarto álbum en español, consiguió también gran éxito y le valió un Grammy en el 2003 por Mejor Álbum Pop. Enrique ha sido uno de los pocos artistas que alguna vez haya ganado un álbum múltiplatino en inglés (Escape) seguido por un disco múltipla tino en español (Quizás). En Noviembre del 2003 Enrique lanzó su séptima producción titulada apropiadamente 7. Como siempre Enrique escribió todas las canciones en el álbum y como sus pasados discos sumó varios éxitos y reconocimientos. En 2006 Enrique fue la imagen de la loción para hombre True Star Men de Tommy Hilfiger. A fines de 2007 lanza "Insomniac", que marca el regreso a los escenarios con canciones nuevas. En 2008,lanza su primer CD de exitos titulado "95/08" que recopila las canciones número 1 del - ! artista, que han hecho historia y sale ala venta en todo América, España, Europa, Asia, Austria, Grecia, Finlandia, Bélgica, Holanda y Taiwan entre muchos más.

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-Once Upon a Time in Mexico is a 2003
action film written, edited and directed by Robert Rodriguez. It is the final film in the "Mariachi Trilogy", which also includes El Mariachi and Desperado. Antonio Banderas reprises his role as El Mariachi. The film also stars Johnny Depp, Salma Hayek, Willem Dafoe, Enrique Iglesias, Mickey Rourke, Eva Mendes and Rub�n Blades.
The film received positive reviews but was criticized for reducing El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas) to an almost secondary character in his own trilogy, and also for having a convoluted plot. In the special features of the film's DVD, Robert Rodriguez has explained that this was intended, as he wanted this to be the The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the trilogy.
The film holds the box office record for being the most improved second sequel of all-time grossing 122% more than Desperado. This film was shot before Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over in order to avoid a potential Screen Actors Guild strike. It was the first film Rodriguez ever shot in HD.
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Plot
The plot centers on El Mariachi (Banderas), who is recruited by CIA Agent Sands (Depp) to kill General Marquez. Marquez had murdered El Mariachi's wife and child and has been hired by Mexican drug lord Armando Barillo to assassinate the Mexican President. Sands wants El Mariachi to kill Marquez after Marquez has killed the President. Sands recruits retired FBI Agent Jorge Ramirez to kill Barillo, as Barillo had been responsible for the death of Ramirez's partner, Agent Archuleta. Sands also hires AFN Agent Ajedrez to tail Barillo.
As the plot unfolds, informants begin to turn on Sands. On the day of the coup against the President, Sands is captured, tortured, and blinded; his eyes having been carved out by his captors. With the help of a young gum-selling boy, however, he manages to exact his revenge. Meanwhile, El Mariachi recruits his two friends, Lorenzo and Fideo, to assist him in rescuing the President. Much like Quino and Campa from Desperado, Lorenzo and Fideo also wield weapon guitar cases; in this case, Lorenzo wields a flame thrower, while Fideo has an RC Remote Bomb, which are able to destroy heavy armored vehicles. El Mariachi kills Marquez by shooting both his kneecaps and then shooting him in the head, avenging his lost wife and daughter, and goes on to assist Ramirez in killing Barillo - who falls off a balcony when El Mariachi shoots him with a lupara.
As the coup begins, the people begin rising up to protect the President, permitting the three Mariachis to gain access to the President.
Ultimately, Lorenzo and Fideo walk away with the loot that Barillo was using to pay Marquez, and escort the President to safety. Sands begins his new life as a blind man in Mexico. Agent Ramirez, his job accomplished, walks away.
The movie ends with El Mariachi walking on a desert road into the sunset.
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Directed by Robert Rodriguez
Produced by Robert Rodriguez
Elizabeth Avellan
Carlos Gallardo
Written by Robert Rodriguez
Starring Antonio Banderas
Salma Hayek
Johnny Depp
Willem Dafoe
Mickey Rourke
Eva Mendes
Danny Trejo
Enrique Iglesias
Marco Leonardi
Cheech Marin
Julio Oscar Mechoso
with Rub�n Blades
Music by Robert Rodriguez
Cinematography Robert Rodriguez
Editing by Robert Rodriguez
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Dimension Films
Release date(s) September 12, 2003 (USA)
Running time 102 min.
Country United States
Language English
Spanish
Budget $29,000,000
Gross revenue $98,185,582
Preceded by Desperado
Biography At the dawn of the new millennium, Enrique Iglesias was the best-selling Latin recording artist in the world. The son of multi-million-selling singer Julio Iglesias, Enrique was born in Madrid, Spain, where he lived with his mother, his brother %Julio, and his sister %Chabeli. In 1982, his mother sent them to live in Miami with their father. While there, Enrique was exposed to three different cultures and musical influences: Hispanic, European, and American.Iglesias' own career started when he was still attending Gulliver Private School, a very prestigious school in Miami. He made his singing debut in a production of +Hello, Dolly, after which he began practicing his singing without his parents knowing. After a year studying business at the University of Miami, he decided to follow his passion for music. In 1995, he sang in person for his soon-to-be manager, who at Iglesias' insistence of not wanting to use his family name, first shopped his demos as an unknown Central American singer named Enrique Martinez. It wasn't until he earned a record deal with Fonovisa that Enrique told his father and mother of his aspirations. Then he flew to Toronto, where no one knew him and he could concentrate just on music, to record for five months.That first album, Enrique Iglesias (1995), sold more than a million copies in three months (it earned him his first gold record in Portugal in a mere seven days) and to date has sold more than six million worldwide. The second album, Vivir (1997), enjoyed global sales of more than five million discs and launched his first world tour, backed by sidemen for Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, and Billy Joel. In a mere three years, Iglesias had sold more than 17 million Spanish-language albums, more than anyone else during that period. (The U.S. was his biggest market.) He also won the 1996 Grammy for Best Latin Performer, 1996's Billboard Artist of the Year, Billboard's Album of the Year for Vivir, two American Music Awards, a World Music Award, eight Premio Lo Nuestro awards, two ACE Performer of the Year awards, and ASCAP prizes for Best Composer of 1996 and 1997, in addition to countless accolades around the world.With 1998's Cosas del Amor, Iglesias moved to more mature content; his earlier material had been written when he was 17 years old. Then came Enrique, his first Interscope album and first in English. It achieved gold or platinum status in 32 countries and brought his global album sales to a total of more than 23 million. In 2001 he released the follow-up, Escape. Iglesias alternated Spanish- and English-language albums during the next two years, first offering the ballad collection Quizás in 2002, then the mainstream English record 7 in 2003. Four years later the single "Do You Know (The Ping Pong Song)" announced the coming of his 2007 album Insomniac. ~ Ed Nimmervoll, All Music Guide