Spanish-Filipino singer
In this
Spanish name
, the first or paternal
surname
is
Iglesias
and the second or maternal family name is
Preysler
.
Julio Iglesias Jr.
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![Iglesias Jr. in 2014](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Latin_Lovers_M6_Live_2014_%28cropped1%29.JPG/220px-Latin_Lovers_M6_Live_2014_%28cropped1%29.JPG) Iglesias Jr. in 2014
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Birth name
| Julio Jose Iglesias Preysler
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Born
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1973-02-25
)
25 February 1973
(age 51)
Madrid
, Spain
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Genres
| Pop
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Occupation(s)
| Singer, model
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Years active
| 1999?present
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Labels
| EMI
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Spouse(s)
|
Charisse Verhaert
(
m.
2012;
sep.
2020)
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Musical artist
Julio Iglesias Jr.
(born
Julio Jose Iglesias Preysler
; 25 February 1973) is a Spanish singer-songwriter.
Early life
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Julio Iglesias Jr. was born Julio Jose Iglesias Preysler in
Madrid
,
Spain
, the son of Spanish singer
Julio Iglesias
and
Filipina
socialite
Isabel Preysler
.
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
He is the younger brother of
Chabeli Iglesias
and the older brother of
Enrique Iglesias
. His parents divorced in 1979. Iglesias Jr. and his siblings moved to Miami to live with their father. Iglesias Jr. went to college near San Francisco at
Menlo College
in
Atherton, California
. He won a chance to participate in
NBC
's
Out of the Blue
and he worked for the
Travel Channel
, where he hosted a travel show that took him to Latin America.
Career
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Iglesias Jr., with the help of his friend and manager Darius Jordi Lassus, first got into show business as a model. It was his manager that negotiated an exclusive male modeling agreement with Joey Hunter (at the time he was the president of the Male Model division) at the
Ford Models
Agency in New York. It was through Joey Hunter, that Iglesias Jr. was discovered by photographer
Bruce Weber
.
[5]
He went on to campaign for
Versace
. Shortly after, Iglesias Jr. signed on with publicity executive Ruben Malaret who began a press campaign to further gain exposure of Iglesias Jr. to the English speaking entertainment industry. Some of his notable accomplishments was his participation on
Oprah Winfrey
's talk show and was featured in an advertisement for
Gap
and he modeled for designer John Bartlett VII on Sixth Fashion Show.
He was offered two soap opera jobs, one at
Televisa
and one in the ABC soap opera
All My Children
. Iglesias Jr. also received an offer from the Producers of the Broadway show
Grease
to star as Danny, but decided to turn down these job offers because he wanted to focus on his music. Iglesias Jr. signed a recording agreement with
Epic Records
and he traveled to Miami where he began to record his first album,
Under My Eyes
, with Rodolfo Castillo. Released in 1999, the recording of this album took them to New York City and Los Angeles, two songs released from this English language album are "One More Chance" and "Under My Eyes". Among promotional appearances for the album, Iglesias Jr. performed "One More Chance" at the
Miss Universe 1999
Pageant and opened for
Cher
on her tour of North America. The album failed to gain success in the United States and soon after Iglesias Jr. departed from Epic Records.
Iglesias Jr's. second album,
Tercera Dimension
, was released in 2003 on the
Warner Music Group
and featured Spanish pop rock songs with the singles "Los Demas" and "Dejame Volar". Both albums received public interest from the
Hispanic
media in the United States but attained minority success.
He worked for
Hola Magazine
, appearing in several photoshoots. More recently he has taken part in a series in Spain called
Club de Flo
, in which Spanish politicians and celebrities have to present a comedy routine. The show was unsuccessful and cancelled after several episodes. He has moved back to Spain and is living with his mother Isabel Preysler.
[6]
He appeared on the Spanish version of
Dancing with the Stars
called "¡Mira quien baila!" but was voted out in the thirteenth week. He has played the lead role in a drama film entitled
The Music of You
directed by Lloyd DeSouza.
In 2008, Iglesias Jr. was the winner of the first season of
CMT
reality Television show
Gone Country
,
[7]
in which artists from other genres of music lived together in a house in
Nashville
and competed to win a country music contract. His single "The Way I Want You" was released to country radio on 10 March 2008 and was produced by
Gone Country
host
John Rich
. Iglesias Jr. also appeared on the ABC TV show
the superstars
. He was partnered with soccer player Brandi Chastain; they finished in fourth place in the competition.
In 2014, he joined the band
Latin Lovers
with
Nuno Resende
and
Damien Sargue
.
[8]
In 2015, he performed a concert (complete show) for the first time with his father
Julio Iglesias
in a tour in
Romania
, on 22 May at
Sala Polivalent?
in
Cluj-Napoca
and 2 July at
Sala Palatului
in the capital
Bucharest
.
[9]
Personal life
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Iglesias is a Catholic and descendant of the religious Filipino-Spanish clan Arrastia from the Arrastia family of Lubao, Pampanga the
Philippines
.
In October 1999, he legally changed his name from Julio Jose Iglesias to Julio Iglesias Jr.
[10]
In May 2011, Iglesias Jr. became engaged to Belgian model Charisse Verhaert (born 1982) after 7 years of dating. The religious wedding took place on 3 November 2012 in
Aldea del Fresno
, Spain.
[11]
[12]
In August 2020, a petition for divorce was filed in the Miami Court.
[13]
From October 2022 to July 2023, Iglesias Jr. was in a relationship with Brazilian model Vivi Di Domenico who is twenty years his junior.
[14]
[15]
In August 2023, he revealed that he is dating Cuban-Italian model
Ariadna Romero
.
[16]
Discography
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Albums
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Singles
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References
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"The Iglesias dynasty: two generations of hot Latin talent"
. HELLO! hellomagazine.com. Archived from
the original
on 16 November 2007
. Retrieved
28 November
2007
.
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"The Filipino People's Ancestry: Julio Iglesias Jr. and Chabel Iglesias in Traditional Filipino Clothing"
. Pinoy Blog Machine (Beta). 3 October 2007. Archived from
the original
on 27 January 2009.
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"Preysler Family"
(PDF)
. geocities.com. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 27 March 2009.
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R. Arce.
"Filipino People's Real Ancestry"
. Filipino Cultured.
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"Julio Iglesias Jr. Summary"
. tv.com. Archived from
the original
on 14 January 2011
. Retrieved
27 November
2009
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"Julio Iglesias Jr. Cantante / Nunca he tenido celos de mi hermano Enrique"
. EL DIARIO ? Montanes
. Retrieved
28 January
2007
.
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"Julio Iglesias Jr. wins CMT's "Gone Country"
"
. About.com:Country Music
. Retrieved
10 March
2008
.
[
permanent dead link
]
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Latin Lovers
, nuno-resende.net, 11 April 2014
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"Julio Iglesias ?i Julio Iglesias Jr., primul concert impreun?"
(in Romanian). Observator. 14 May 2015.
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Julio Jose Iglesias ya es Julio Iglesias Jr.
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Julio Iglesias Jr. se casa!
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"Exclusive: Julio Iglesias Jr marries his model love Charisse Verhaert"
. HELLO!. 7 November 2012.
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"VERHAERT, CHARISSE VS IGLESIAS, JULIO, JR"
.
UniCourt
. Retrieved
19 July
2023
.
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"Asi es Vivi di Domenico, la modelo brasilena que ha hecho volver a creer en el amor a Julio Iglesias Jr"
.
HOLA
(in Spanish). 13 October 2022
. Retrieved
19 July
2023
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"Julio Iglesias, Jr., y Vivi di Domenico: los detalles de su ruptura"
.
HOLA
(in Spanish). 16 June 2023
. Retrieved
6 November
2023
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"Julio Iglesias Jr. debuts new girlfriend, model Ariadna Romero"
.
HOLA
. 11 August 2023
. Retrieved
6 November
2023
.
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Ryan, Gavin (2011).
Australia's Music Charts 1988?2010
(PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 135.
External links
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Singles
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Concert tours
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