My Life: The Greatest Hits

My Life: The Greatest Hits
My Life: The Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Julio Iglesias
Released	October 6, 1998
Recorded	2:25:52
Genre	Latin pop, pop
Language	English, Spanish
Label	Columbia Records
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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

My Life: The Greatest Hits is a double-CD greatest hits album by Julio Iglesias, released in 1998 on Columbia Records.^[2]

The album contains a special selection of 37 songs^[1] Julio Iglesias had recorded over four decades.

My Life is one of the five editions of the album released simultaneously in different languages for different world markets. In addition to the original version in Spanish, the album also saw Portuguese, Italian, and French releases. All editions of the album have some overlap in the track listings due to the inclusion of several tracks in Spanish and English in all the versions.

Reception

Having sold 6,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, My Life: The Greatest Hits debuted at number 4 in the Billboard Latin 50 (now Billboard Latin Albums) chart on the week of October 24, 1998.^[2]

Track listing

Disc 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"To All the Girls I've Loved Before" (feat. Willie Nelson)	Hal David Albert Hammond	3:32
2.	"Moralito (La Gota Fría)"	Ramón Arcusa Emiliano Zuleta	3:33
3.	"All of You" (feat. Diana Ross)	Cole Porter Tony Renis Cynthia Weil	4:00
4.	"Crazy"	Willie Nelson	3:15
5.	"My Love" (feat. Stevie Wonder)	Stevie Wonder	5:37
6.	"Can't Help Falling in Love"	Luigi Creatore Hugo Peretti George David Weiss	3:20
7.	"Vincent (Starry Starry Night)"	Don McLean	4:19
8.	"When I Need You"	Albert Hammond Carole Bayer Sager	4:19
9.	"Crazy in Love"	Randy McCormick Even Stevens	3:34
10.	"Fragile"	Sting	4:18
11.	"When You Tell Me That You Love Me" (feat. Dolly Parton)	John Bettis Albert Hammond	4:00
12.	"Caruso"	Lucio Dalla	5:49
13.	"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (feat. All-4-One)	Otto Harbach Jerome Kern	3:35
14.	"Summer Wind" (feat. Frank Sinatra)	Hans Bradtke Henry Mayer Johnny Mercer	2:31
15.	"Por el Amor de una Mujer"	Danny Daniel Sonny Marti	3:53
16.	"Moonlight Lady"	Albert Hammond Carole Bayer Sager	4:04
17.	"My Way (A Mi Manera)"	Paul Anka Claude François Jacques Revaux Gilles Thibault	4:24
18.	"Me Va, Me Va"	Ricardo Ceratto Albert Hammond	5:59

Disc 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Un Canto a Galicia"	Julio Iglesias	4:32
2.	"Soy un Truhán, Soy un Señor"	Ramón Arcusa Manuel de la Calva Julio Iglesias	3:01
3.	"Hey"	Ramón Arcusa Mario Balducci Giovanni Belfiore Julio Iglesias	4:59
4.	"Où Est Passée Ma Bohème? (Quiéreme Mucho)"	Michael Jourdan Gonzalo Roig	3:54
5.	"Momentos"	Ramón Arcusa Julio Iglesias Tony Renis	3:34
6.	"Amor"	Ricardo Lopez Mendez Gabriel Ruíz	3:20
7.	"De Niña a Mujer"	Ramón Arcusa Julio Iglesias Tony Renis	3:16
8.	"Que Nadie Sepa Mi Sufrir"	Angel Cabral Cabral Dizeo	3:20
9.	"Volver a Empezar (Begin the Beguine)"	Cole Porter	4:40
10.	"Ae, Ao"	Tony Renis Massimo Guantini Rhett Lawrence Debbie James-Chacon	3:18
11.	"Manuela"	Manuel Alejandro Ana Magdalena	3:38
12.	"Abrázame"	R. Ferro	3:17
13.	"Milonga Medley: Milonga Sentimental/Vivo"	Ramón Arcusa Homero Manzi Sebastián Piana	4:03
14.	"A Media Luz"	Edgardo Donato Carlos Cesar Lenzi	2:42
15.	"Ni Te Tengo Ni Te Olvido"	Luis Gardey	4:00
16.	"La Carretera"	Rafael Ferro Roberto Livi	5:06
17.	"Bamboléo"	Tonino Baliardo Jahloul "Chico" Bouchikhi S. Diaz Nicolás Reyes	4:40
18.	"La Cumparsita"	Pascual Contursi Enrique Pedro Maroni Gerardo Hernán Matos Rodriguez	2:35
19.	"Agua Dulce, Agua Salá"	Hal Batt Edgardo Donato Estéfano	4:24

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
UK (Official Charts Company)^[3]	18
US (Billboard Latin Pop Albums)^[4]	3
US (Billboard Top Latin Albums)^[5]	4

Certification


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[6]	Gold	50,000^{^}
Greece (IFPI Greece)^[7]	Gold	15,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[8]	Gold	100,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[9]	2× Platinum (Latin)	200,000^{^}
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)^[10]	Platinum	1,000,000^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ ^a ^b Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "My Life: The Greatest Hits [#1] - Julio Iglesias". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
^ ^a ^b Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (24 October 1998). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 56–. ISSN 0006-2510. Mi Vida: Grandes Éxitos. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^ "JULIO IGLESIAS - full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
^ "Julio Iglesias - Chart history (Latin Pop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
^ "Julio Iglesias - Chart history (Top Latin Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
^ "Canadian album certifications – Julio Iglesias – My Life". Music Canada. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
^ "Julio - Greek Gold" (PDF). Music & Media. 6 October 1999. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
^ "British album certifications – Julio Iglesias – My Life - The Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 September 2019. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type My Life - The Greatest Hits in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
^ "American album certifications – Julio Iglesias – My Life". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
^ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 1998". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved April 1, 2020.

[AllMusic_review-1] Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "My Life: The Greatest Hits [#1] - Julio Iglesias". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-12-12.

[Billboard_24_October_1998-2] Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (24 October 1998). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 56–. ISSN 0006-2510. Mi Vida: Grandes Éxitos. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)

[3] "JULIO IGLESIAS - full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-12-12.

[4] "Julio Iglesias - Chart history (Latin Pop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-12-13.

[5] "Julio Iglesias - Chart history (Top Latin Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-12-13.

[CanadaJulio_IglesiasMy_LifealbumCertRef-6] "Canadian album certifications – Julio Iglesias – My Life". Music Canada. Retrieved 12 September 2019.

[7] "Julio - Greek Gold" (PDF). Music & Media. 6 October 1999. Retrieved 7 October 2019.

[United_KingdomJulio_IglesiasMy_Life_-_The_Greatest_HitsalbumCertRef-8] "British album certifications – Julio Iglesias – My Life - The Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 September 2019. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type My Life - The Greatest Hits in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

[United_StatesJulio_IglesiasMy_LifealbumCertRef-9] "American album certifications – Julio Iglesias – My Life". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 12 September 2019.

[EuropeJulio_IglesiasGreatest_HitsalbumCertRef-10] "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 1998". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved April 1, 2020.

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Discography
Studio albums	Yo canto (1969) Gwendolyne (1970) Un canto a Galicia (1972) Por una mujer (1972) Soy (1973) Así Nacemos (1973) A flor de piel (1974) A México (1975) El amor (1975) America (1976) A mis 33 años (1977) Aimer la vie (1978) Emociones (1978) Sono un pirata, sono un signore (1978) À vous les femmes (1979) Hey! (1980) De niña a mujer (1981) Zärtlichkeiten (1981) Momentos (1982) Momentos (Brazil) (1982) Momenti (1982) Amor (1982) Et l'amour créa la femme (1982) 1100 Bel Air Place (1984) Libra (1985) Un hombre solo (1987) Tutto l'amore che ti manca (1987) Non Stop (1988) Raíces (1989) Starry Night (1990) Calor (1992) Crazy (1994) La carretera (1995) Tango (1996) Noche de cuatro lunas (2000) Ao Meu Brasil (2001) Divorcio (2003) En français... (2004) L'Homme que je suis (2005) Romantic Classics (2006) Quelque chose de France (2007) 1 (2011) México (2015)
Live albums	En concierto (1983)
Compilation albums	Da Manuela a Pensami (1978) Begin the Beguine (1981) Julio (1983) My Life: The Greatest Hits (1998) Mi vida: Grandes éxitos (1998) Love Songs (2003) 1: The Collection (2014)
Singles	"Chiquilla" (1970) "Gwendolyne" (1970) "Cucurrucucú paloma" (1975) "Pauvres diables" (1979) "Begin the Beguine" (1981) "Yours (Quiéreme Mucho)" (1981) "Amor" (1984) "All of You" (1984) "The Air That I Breathe" (1984) "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" (1984) "I've Got You Under My Skin" (1985) "Lo Mejor de Tu Vida" (1987) "Que No Se Rompa la Noche" (1987) "My Love" (1988) "Bamboléo" (1989) "Vincent" (1990) "Can't Help Falling in Love" (1990) "Crazy" (1994) "Oye Cómo Va" (1994) "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" (1994) "Agua Dulce, Agua Salá" (1995) "El Choclo" (1996) "La gota fría" (1998) "Everybody's Talkin'" (2006)
Concert tours	Julio Iglesias World Tour (1984–85)
Family	Julio Iglesias Puga (father) Julio Iglesias Jr. (son) Enrique Iglesias (son) Chabeli Iglesias (daughter) Isabel Preysler (first wife)