Enrique Iglesias Rules Latin Pop with “Sex and Love”

With “Sex and Love” Enrique Iglesias continues to re-define Latin pop. He mixed Spanish, English, Bachata, Flamenco, Latin and electro pop, and Latin rap, which kept at the top of the Latin pop charts for months.

“Sex and Love” is Enrique Iglesias’ 10th studio album. It is a well crafted Latin music project worthy of an artist at the top of his craft. “Sex and Love” not only has great music, it also has great collaborations. Additionally, it has a well timed released of several singles that has kept it relevant for months in the Latin music charts.

Various “Sex and Love” Singles

By the time of its March 14 release, Enrique Iglesias had already released 5 singles of Sex and Love. “Loco” and “El Perdedor” (both songs in Spanish) reached #1 on the Billboard “Hot Latin Songs” chart.

“Turn the Night Up” was the 1st single released. It climbed to #30 in “Pop songs” and #30 in “Dance/electronic songs” charts. “Loco” was the 2nd single released, followed by “Heart Attack”. The latter peaked to #88 in the Billboard “Hot 100” chart. “El Perdedor” (featuring Marco Antonio Solis) was the 4th single released, and “I’m a Freak” (featuring Pitbull) was the 5th single. Again, the latter made it to the Top 10 in several European countries, and to #38 in the US “Top 40” chart.

What I Like About “Sex and Love”

Good Latin pop – Enrique Iglesias understood what makes popular music viral. In “Sex and Love” Iglesias continues to depart from his ballads past to explore more danceable music. He did this very well in his previous album “Euphoria”.

Music Variety – Enrique Iglesias mixes it up as much as he can in “Sex and Love”. There are Spanish ballads “El Perdedor”, Bachata song with bachata king Romeo Santos (“Loco”) and a bachata remix of “El Perdedor”, electro-pop with rap (“I’m a Freak”). There are also songs of pop with great guest artists like reggueton star Yandel, India Martinez (in a pop version of “Loco”, Flo Rida (“There Goes My Baby”), Mexican great Marco Antonio Solis (“El Perdedor”), a Flamenco-pop with Gente D’ Zona (“Bailando”), and even Kylie Minoque (“Beautiful”).

I believe the variety of pop in English and Spanish, along with the great guest artists, is one of the greatest reasons that make “Sex and Love” enjoyable.

Opportunities for “Sex and Love”

I really can’t see any opportunities Enrique Iglesias didn’t take advantage of. Needless to say, this is a very commercial album and is really designed to sell as much as possible. This is regardless of Enrique Iglesias talent to sing ballads or anything else.

My Recommendation on “Sex and Love”

Enrique Iglesias is a pop music international star for a reason. And the reason is directly related to releasing albums like this one. Enrique has dominated all aspects of pop music. Additionally, he has been wise enough to mix English and Spanish in the same album.

I really enjoyed “Sex and Love”. The reason is because there is hardly a dull moment in this album. The guest artists and the good variety of pop music keep it that way.

Enrique Iglesias Video of “Bailando” featuring Gente D’ Zona

Here is the official video of “Bailando”, the 6th single of “Sex and Love”. This is a sort of Flamenco pop song that is very moving. Check out the video below: