Tango (Julio Iglesias album)

Tango
Studio album by Julio Iglesias
Released	19 November 1996
Genre	Pop Latino tango
Length	33:55
Label	Columbia
Julio Iglesias chronology
La carretera (1995) Tango (1996) My Life: The Greatest Hits (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Tango is a studio album released by Spanish singer Julio Iglesias on 19 November 1996. This album became his first number-one set on the Billboard Top Latin Albums and the recipient of a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album. ^[2]

Julio went on to win an American Music Award for Tango in the summer of 1998 when he was up against Luis Miguel and son Enrique Iglesias.

Track listing

The information from Billboard. ^[3]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"La Cumparsita"	Enrique Pedro Maroni, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, Pascual Contursi	2:33
2.	"El Día Que Me Quieras"	Carlos Gardel, Alfredo Le Pera	3:00
3.	"A Media Luz"	Carlos Cesar Lenzi, Edgardo Donato	2:41
4.	"Volver"	Carlos Gardel, Alfredo Le Pera	3:33
5.	"Yira, Yira"	Enrique Santos Discépolo	2:42
6.	"Mano a Mano"	Carlos Gardel, Esteban Celedonio Flores, José Razzano	2:48
7.	"El Choclo"	Carlos Catan, Santos, Angel Villoldo	2:47
8.	"Adiós, Pampa Mía!"	Mariano Mores, Francisco Canaro, Ivo Pelay	3:06
9.	"Cambalache"	Enrique Santos Discépolo	2:49
10.	"¡Uno...!"	Mariano Mores, Enrique Santos Discépolo	2:51
11.	"Caminito"	Juan de Dios Filiberto, Gabino Coria Peñaloza	2:26
12.	"Mi Buenos Aires Querido"	Carlos Gardel, Alfredo Le Pera	2:39

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Tango Chart (1996–1997) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) [4] 16 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [5] 49 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [6] 10 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [7] 14 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [8] 16 European Albums ( Music & Media ) [9] 9 French Albums (SNEP) [10] 5 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11] 35 Greek Albums ( IFPI ) [12] 1 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [13] 38 Italian Albums ( FIMI ) [14] 6 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [15] 37 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [16] 21 Portuguese Albums ( AFP ) [17] 2 Spanish Albums (AFYVE) [18] 1 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [19] 13 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [20] 28 US Billboard 200 [21] 84 US Top Latin Albums (Billboard) [22] 1 US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard) [23] 1

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Tango Chart (1996) Position Spanish Albums (AFYVE) [24] 2 Chart (1997) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) [25] 98 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [26] 88 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [27] 45 European Albums ( Music & Media ) [28] 33 French Albums (SNEP) [29] 32 Spanish Albums (AFYVE) [30] 11 US Top Latin Albums (Billboard) [31] 1 US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard) [31] 1

Sales and certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF) [32]	4× Platinum	240,000^
Australia (ARIA) [33]	Platinum	70,000^
Belgium (BRMA) [34]	Gold	25,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [35]	Platinum	250,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [36]	Gold	50,000^
Central America (CFC) [35]	Platinum
Chile [35]	5× Platinum
Colombia [35]	Platinum
France (SNEP) [37]	Platinum	300,000*
Italy (FIMI) [35]	Platinum	170,000 [38]
Mexico (AMPROFON) [35]	Gold	100,000^
Netherlands (NVPI) [39]	Platinum	100,000^
Philippines (PARI) [35]	Gold
Portugal (AFP) [35]	Platinum	40,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [18]	6× Platinum	650,000 [40]
South Korea (KMCA) [35]	Gold
Sweden (GLF) [41]	Gold	40,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [42]	Gold	25,000^
Taiwan (RIT) [35]	Gold
Thailand [35]	Platinum
United Kingdom (BPI) [43]	Silver	60,000^
United States (RIAA) [44]	6× Platinum (Latin)	600,000^
Venezuela [35]	2× Platinum
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [45]	Platinum	1,000,000*
Worldwide	—	4,000,000 [46]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums from the 1990s
• List of number-one Billboard Latin Pop Albums from the 1990s
• List of best-selling Latin albums

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