Momentos (Julio Iglesias album) explained

Momentos (Moments) is a 1982 album by Julio Iglesias. By 1984, the album sold over 1 million copies in Brazil.^[1] With sales of over 12 million, it is believed to be the best-selling Latin album of all-time.^[2]

Track listing

All tracks produced by Ramón Arcusa.

Personnel

Adapted from the Momentos liner notes:^[3]

Performance credits

• Pepe Sánchez – drums
• Carlos Villa – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Eduardo Leyva – keyboards
• Rafael Ferro – keyboards
• Eduardo Gracia – bass guitar
• Rafael Martínez – acoustic guitar
• Martyn Ford – strings
• Merche Macaria – chorus
• Ana Navarrete – chorus
• Mariví Navarrete – chorus

Technical credits

• Ramón Arcusa – producer, orchestral arrangements and direction
• Rafael Ferro – orchestral arrangements and direction
• Fernando Adour – technical realization in Portuguese
• Juan Vinader – audio engineer
• Bob Castle – audio engineer
• Mike Ross – audio engineer
• Faustino G. Molina – musicians coordinator of Madrid
• Piatti & Wolk Design Assocciates, Inc. – graphic design
• Peter Cunningham – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1982–93)! scope="col"

Peak position
Argentine Albums (CAPIF)[4]	2
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[5]	5
Japanese Albums (Cassettes) (Oricon)	1
Japanese Albums (LPs) (Oricon)[6]	2
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[7]	1
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Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Momentos!Chart (1982)!Position

Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[8]	10

Chart (1983)	Position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[9]	2
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)	20

Decade-end charts

See also

• List of best-selling albums in Brazil
• List of best-selling albums of the 1980s (Japan)
• List of best-selling Latin albums

Notes and References

1. News: Tárik de. Souza. De Julio Iglesias a Fábio Junior. Jornal do Brasil. May 31, 1984. September 19, 2021. pt. In previous performances, Iglesias sold 1.5 million copies here (De Niña a Mujer) and another million (Momentos). .
2. News: Tárik. De Souza. O bis de Júlio Iglesias a 900 mil fãs Brasileiros. Jornal do Brasil. January 22, 1984. October 5, 2022. pt. Momentos, já somados 900 mil brasileiros, encontrou 12 milhões de compradores no planeta..
3. Momentos . 1982 . Julio . Iglesias . Julio Iglesias . Album liner notes . Epic . 28·3P-400. Japan.
4. International Bestsellers - Argentina. Cash Box. World Radio History. 29. October 23, 1982. 5 October 2022.
5. Hits of the World. Billboard. 5 February 1983. 58. 0006-2510.
6. Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9.
7. Hits of the World. Billboard. 23 October 1982. 73. 0006-2510.
8. Book: Salaverri, Fernando. Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002. es. 1st. Madrid. Fundación Autor/SGAE. September 2005. 84-8048-639-2.
9. Web site: ja:1983年アルバム年間ヒットチャート . Japanese Year-End Albums Chart 1983 . . Entamedata.web.fc2.com . January 22, 2016 . http://entamedata.web.fc2.com/music/music_a1983.html . October 23, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131023062436/http://entamedata.web.fc2.com/music/music_a1983.html . dead . ja.