America (Julio Iglesias album)

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America
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Studio album by
Released1976
Genre Latin pop
Label Alhambra
Julio Iglesias chronology
El amor
(1975)
America
(1976)
Ein Weihnachtsabend Mit Julio Iglesias
(1976)

America is 1976 album by Julio Iglesias. [1] It was released on the Alhambra label. [2] In December, 1976, it was No.2 on the Billboard chart in New York. [3]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Caminito"Juan de Dios Filiberto; Gabino Coria Peñaloza3:30
2."Recuerdos de Ypacarai"Zulema de Mirkin; Demetrio Ortíz3:57
3."Historia de un Amor"Carlos Eleta Almarán3:18
4."Obsesion"Pedro Flores2:22
5."Sombras"Carlos Brito3:30
6."Mañana de carnival"Luiz Bonfá; Antônio Maria3:20
7."Jurame"María Grever4:07
8."Guantanamera"J. Fernández; H. Angulo; P. Seeger; José Martí3:50
9."Vaya Con Dios"Larry Russell; Buddy Pepper; Inez James3:04
10."Moliendo Café"Hugo Blanco (credited to José Manzo Perroni)3:38
11."Ay, ay, ay"Osmán Pérez Freire2:45
12."Alma Llanera"Pedro Elías Gutierrez2:38

Charts

Weekly charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF) [10] Gold200,000 [10]
Japan123,890 [7]

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