"Esperanza" is the title of the first single released by 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...

 from his third studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 Cosas del Amor

Cosas del Amor (Enrique Iglesias album)

Cosas del Amor is the third Spanish studio album from Pop singer Enrique Iglesias. In 1999 the Album received a nomination for Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance.- Album information :...

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Song information

The track was written by Enrique Iglesias and Chein García-Alonso; the latter also wrote the singles "Experiencia Religiosa

Experiencia Religiosa

"Experiencia Religiosa" is the title of the second single released by Enrique Iglesias from his eponymous debut album. The song was awarded "Pop Song of the Year" at the 1997 Premio Lo Nuestro award. The track was written by Chein García Alonso, and became another successful release for Iglesias....

" and "Revolución

Revolución (song)

"Revolución" is the title of the fifth single released by Enrique Iglesias from his second album Vivir.-Song information:The track was written by Chein García-Alonso, who also wrote the #1 hit "Experiencia Religiosa" for Iglesias...

" for Iglesias. The video for "Esperanza" was directed by Jaume Collet-Serra

Jaume Collet-Serra

Jaume Collet-Serra is a Spanish film director and producer.Collet-Serra is most famous for the 2005 remake House of Wax, and 2009's Orphan...

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Chart performance

The track debuted on the United States

United States

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 Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart at number 4 on September 26, 1998 and stayed at number 4 the following week. No charts were published for the weeks of October 10 and October 17, 1998. For the week of October 24, 1998, the charts were finally announced and the single was at number 1, spending 4 weeks at the summit. The song spent 15 weeks inside the top ten and 24 non-consecutive weeks in the top 40.

Chart (1997)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...  Hot Latin Tracks	1
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Airplay	1
U.S. Billboard Latin Regional Mexican Airplay	12
U.S. Billboard Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay	8