It was said beforehand that the elder Iglesias would walk out if he did not win the award. Along with his father and Luis Miguel, Iglesias was nominated for an American Music Award in the first-ever awarded category of Favorite Latin Artist. Three singles released from Vivir ("Enamorado Por Primera Vez", "Sólo en Ti" and "Miente") topped the Latin singles chart as well as those in several Spanish-speaking countries. Throughout all of his concerts Enrique would bring up a fan to the stage and serenade her with one of his ballads (on many occasions acoustically.) This tour is considered to be the biggest tour by a non-English speaking act of that time. Some of the concert's highlights included him being suspended by a crane without the use of a safety harness over thousands of screaming fans. This move heighted the pandemonium his career had experienced up until then. Enrique would also refuse the use of personal bodyguards and against his managements wishes would allow his fans to flock alongside of him when on the stage performing. This tour would also go on to show Enrique's ability as an entertainer where he displayed his dedication to his performances and to his fans. In fact the sound equipment alone needed to be transported from location to location by the use of two Jumbo Jets. The tour made good use of the latest pyrotechnics, video displays and sound equipment.
Beginning the tour in Odessa, Texas the tour went on to three consecutive nights in Mexico's Plaza de Toros, two consecutive nights at Monterrey's Auditorio Coca Cola and two at the Estadio River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina to over 130,000 people as well as 19 arenas in the U.S. Insisting on stadiums, that summer, Enrique, backed by sidemen for Elton John, Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel, played to sold-out audiences in sixteen countries. The album also included a cover version of the Yazoo song "Only You", translated into Spanish as "Solo en Tí". In 1997, Iglesias' star continued to rise with the release of Vivir (To Live), which put him up with other English language music superstars in sales for that year.
The album went on to win Iglesias a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance. The CD also yielded Italian and Portuguese editions of the album, with most of the songs translated into those languages.įive singles released from this album, such as "Por Amarte", "No Llores Por Mí", and "Trapecista" topped the Latin charts. His song " por Amarte" was included in Televisa's telenovela Marisol, but with a twist: 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 record sold half a million copies in its first week, a rare accomplishment then for an album recorded in a language other than English.
On July 12, 1995, Iglesias released his first album titled Enrique Iglesias, a collection of light rock ballads, including such mega-hits as "Si Tú Te Vas", "Experiencia Religiosa", and others.