Escape is an Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer, a son of singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa...

 album recorded in English in 2001.

In late 2002, a special edition of the album was released with three extra songs, "Hero

Hero (Enrique Iglesias song)

"Hero" is a single released by Enrique Iglesias from his second English album Escape and was written for his good friend Simon Baxendale, by Iglesias, Paul Barry and Mark Taylor. Enrique first released the song to radio in early September 2001 to a positive critical and commercial reception...

" (Metro Mix), "Maybe

Maybe (Enrique Iglesias song)

"Maybe" is a pop song written by Kara DioGuardi, Enrique Iglesias, Steve Morales and David Siegel for Iglesias' 2001 album Escape. Iglesias stated in many interviews that the song was his favorite track from the album Escape. In 2002, the album was reissued with two new tracks, one of which was a...

" (Mark Taylor

Mark Taylor (record producer)

Mark Taylor is a Grammy Award winning British record producer and songwriter. Having sold over 50 million records, he has produced and written for artists such as Cher, Enrique Iglesias, Britney Spears, Diana Ross, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Kylie Minogue, and Lady Gaga...

 Mix) and "To Love a Woman

To Love a Woman

"To Love A Woman" is the sixth and final single to be released from Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias' second English studio album, Escape. The song features vocals from Lionel Richie, however, the single is credited as Enrique being the guest artist...

", a duet with Lionel Richie

Lionel Richie

Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Since 1968, he has been a member of the musical group Commodores signed to Motown Records...

.

Release and reception

Escape debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

, his then highest debut on the chart, selling 267,000 copies in its first week. Simultaneously, "Hero

Hero (Enrique Iglesias song)

"Hero" is a single released by Enrique Iglesias from his second English album Escape and was written for his good friend Simon Baxendale, by Iglesias, Paul Barry and Mark Taylor. Enrique first released the song to radio in early September 2001 to a positive critical and commercial reception...

" topped the UK charts, making Iglesias the only Latin artist to have a #1 album and #1 single on the charts as well as the first act in five years. It was the second highest seller, in the United Kingdom, beaten only by Robbie Williams

Robbie Williams

Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...

's Escapology

Escapology (album)

-Background:In 2002, Williams signed a record-breaking £80 million contract with EMI. The contract featured a number of provisos, including the label ceding greater creative control to the artist and a commitment to breaking Williams in the American market...

. It was also the best selling album of 2002 in Australia.

The album also performed well throughout the world, being certified triple-platinum in the United States, quadruple-platinum in the United Kingdom, 5 × platinum in Canada and Australia, and platinum in Germany. as well as reaching Platinum or Gold certification in 35 other countries around the world.

Compositions

Iglesias either wrote or co-wrote every track on the album, and has said that for many of the tracks on the album he started out simply with titles that he later based the songs on. The first song to use this method was "Don't Turn Off the Lights", which was originally going to be the title of the album and the first single off the album. Iglesias also stated that he wrote many songs for the album, but picking the ones he considered to be the very best. "Hero" Was co-written by Iglesias and New Zealand artist Mase Shaw, one of the larger hits off of the album.

Track listing

Chart positions

Chart	Peak position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart	1
Italian Albums Chart	18
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	1
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	2
Mexican Top 100 Albums Chart	1
Canadian Albums Chart	1
Swiss Albums Top 100	4
Dutch Albums Chart	5
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)	6
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)	19
Danish Albums Top 40	18
Austrian Albums Top 75	6
French Albums Chart	19
Swedish Top 60 Albums Chart	11
Spanish Top 100 Albums Chart	3
Polish Albums Chart	1
Norwegian Albums Chart	10

Chart (End of year chart 2002)	Peak position
Australia Top 100 Album	5

Certifications

External links

• Enrique Iglesias lyrics