Mi Vida: Grandes Éxitos

Mi Vida: Grandes Éxitos
Mi Vida: Grandes Éxitos
Greatest hits album by Julio Iglesias
Released	13 October 1998
Recorded	1969–1996
Genre	Latin; pop; Latin pop;
Length	147:32
Language	Spanish; English;
Label	Columbia
Producer	Rudy Pérez; Julio Iglesias; Roberto Livi; Albert Hammond; Tony Renis; Richard Perry;
Julio Iglesias chronology
Singles from Mi Vida: Grandes Éxitos
	"La Gota Fría"; Released: 16 November 1998;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	No rating^[1]

Mi Vida: Grandes Éxitos is a double-CD greatest hits album by Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, released on 13 October 1998 through Columbia Records.^[2]

The album contained a special selection of 38 songs Julio Iglesias had recorded over four decades.^[1]

Four other versions of the album were issued simultaneously for the English, Portuguese, Italian, and French-speaking markets. These regional editions mostly included songs performed by Iglesias in the languages specific to those markets, although all versions included tracks in Spanish and English that overlapped with the track listing of the original Spanish album.

Track listing

Disc 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"La Gota Fría" (New song)	Emiliano Zuleta	3:33
2.	"Soy un Truhán, Soy un Señor" (From the album 33 Años)	Ramón Arcusa Manuel de la Calva Julio Iglesias	3:01
3.	"Me Olvidé de Vivir" (From the album Emociones)	Pierre Billon Iglesias Jacques Revaux	4:50
4.	"Quijote" (From the album Hey!)	Ramón Arcusa de la Calva Roger Eno Iglesias	4:01
5.	"Momentos" (From the album Momentos)	Ramón Arcusa Iglesias Tony Renis	3:32
6.	"La Nave del Olvido" (From the album Hey!)	Dino Ramos	4:11
7.	"Que Nadie Sepa Mi Sufrir" (From the album De niña a mujer)	Angel Cabral Cabral Dizeo	3:20
8.	"Nathalie" (From the album Moments)	Arcusa Iglesias	3:53
9.	"De Niña a Mujer" (From the album De niña a mujer)	Arcusa Iglesias Tony Renis	3:14
10.	"Ni Te Tengo Ni Te Olvido" (From the album Libra)	Luis Gardey	4:00
11.	"Felicidades (featuring D. Pedro Vargas)" (From the album Libra)	Ray Girado	3:46
12.	"Que No Se Rompa La Noche" (From the album Un hombre solo)	Manuel Alejandro Ana Magdalena	4:25
13.	"Lo Mejor De Tu Vida" (From the album Un hombre solo)	Manuel Alejandro Marian Beigbeder	4:16
14.	"Milonga Medley: Milonga Sentimental/Vivo" (From the album Calor)	Arcusa Homero Manzi Sebastián Piana	4:02
15.	"Agua Dulce, Agua Salá" (From the album La carretera)	Hal Batt Edgardo Donato Estéfano	4:24
16.	"Vuela Alto" (From the album La carretera)	Beatriz Alvarez Marian Beigbeder Sandra Beigbeder	3:09
17.	"Baila Morena" (From the album La carretera)	Rafael Ferro Roberto Livi	3:49
18.	"La Cumparsita" (From the album Tango)	Pascual Contursi Enrique Pedro Maroni Gerardo Matos Rodriguez	2:34
19.	"Bamboleo" (From the album Raíces)	Tonino Baliardo Jahloul "Chico" Bouchikhi S. Diaz Nicolás Reyes	4:39

Disc 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Un Canto a Galicia" (New recording of the song in the album Por Una Mujer)	Iglesias	4:30
2.	"Hey" (From the album Hey!)	Arcusa Mario Balducci Giovanni Belfiore Iglesias	4:58
3.	"La Vida Sigue Igual" (New recording of the song in the album Yo canto)	Iglesias	2:16
4.	"Abrázame" (New recording of the song in the album El amor)	Rafael Ferro Iglesias	3:16
5.	"To All the Girls I've Loved Before (featuring Willie Nelson)" (From the album 1100 Bel Air Place)	Hal David Albert Hammond	3:32
6.	"33 Años" (New recording of the song in the album A Mis 33 Años)	Iglesias	3:33
7.	"Manuela" (New recording of the song in the album A Flor De Piel)	Manuel Alejandro Ana Magdalena	3:37
8.	"All of You (featuring Diana Ross)" (From the album "1100 Bel Air Place")	Cole Porter Renis Cynthia Weil	3:58
9.	"Ae, Ao" (From the album "Non-Stop")	Renis	3:17
10.	"Caruso" (From the album Crazy)	Lucio Dalla	5:49
11.	"A Media Luz" (From the album "Tango")	Edgardo Donato Carlos Cesar Lenzi	2:41
12.	"La Carretera" (From the album La Carretera)	Ferro Roberto Livi	5:04
13.	"Can't Help Falling in Love" (From the album Starry Night)	Luigi Creatore Hugo Peretti George David Weiss	3:19
14.	"Crazy" (From the album Crazy)	Willie Nelson	3:15
15.	"When You Tell Me That You Love Me (featuring Dolly Parton)" (From the album Crazy)	John Bettis Albert Hammond	3:59
16.	"Por el Amor de Una Mujer" (New recording of the song in the album A Flor De Piel)	Danny Daniel Sonny Marti	3:51
17.	"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (feat: All-4-One)	Otto Harbach Jerome Kern	3:35
18.	"My Way [A Mi Manera]" (feat: Paul Anka)	Paul Anka Claude François Jacques Revaux Gilles Thibault	4:24
19.	"Me Va, Me Va" (From the album 1100 Bel Air Place)	Ricardo Ceratto Albert Hammond	5:59

Charts

Chart (1998–1999)	Peak position
Spain (PROMUSICAE)	1
US (Billboard Latin Pop Albums)^[3]	11
US (Billboard Top Latin Albums)^[4]	21

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)^[5]	2× Platinum	120,000^{^}
Central America (CFC)^[6]	Gold
Chile^[6]	Gold
Colombia^[6]	Gold
Spain (PROMUSICAE)^[7]	5× Platinum	~ 600,000^[8]
Peru^[6]	Gold
Uruguay (CUD)^[9]	Gold	3,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ ^a ^b Jon O'Brien. "Mi Vida: Grandes Exitos - Julio Iglesias". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
^ 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 - Chart history (Latin Pop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
^ "Julio Iglesias - Chart history (Top Latin Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
^ "Discos de oro y platino" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Julio's Gold And Platinum Success". Billboard. 27 May 2000. p. 108. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. p. 951. ISBN 8480486392.
^ "A Spanish Success Story". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 22. 27 May 2000. p. 94. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
^ "Premios – 1999" (in Spanish). Cámara Uruguaya del Disco. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[AllMusic_review-1] Jon O'Brien. "Mi Vida: Grandes Exitos - Julio Iglesias". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-12-11.

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

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

[5] "Discos de oro y platino" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2019.

[wwcerts-6] "Julio's Gold And Platinum Success". Billboard. 27 May 2000. p. 108. Retrieved 3 May 2022.

[7] Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. p. 951. ISBN 8480486392.

[8] "A Spanish Success Story". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 22. 27 May 2000. p. 94. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

[UruguayJulio_IglesiasMi_VidaalbumCertRef-9] "Premios – 1999" (in Spanish). Cámara Uruguaya del Disco. Retrieved 5 August 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)