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Wikipedia article




"'Para Qu la Vida'" ("What's the Point of Life") is the third single released internationally by Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias from his fourth full-Spanish album 'Quizs' (2002), It was released on 6 January 2003 (see 2003 in music)

Song information



The track was written by Chen Garca-Alonso, Lster Mndez and Enrique Iglesias. It became his 16th number-one single in the 'Billboard' Hot Latin Tracks and is notable for being the song that outranked Luis Miguel for most number one singles on 'Billboard''s Hot Latin Tracks. Miguel would tie Iglesias in November 2003 with his 16th (and final) number-one hit, "Te Necesito". With the release of "Para Qu La Vida" Iglesias became the first Latin to be played over 1,000,000 times in the United States radio.

The song's lyrics borrows some translated lyrics from the song "Nothing Compares 2 U" written by Prince. The bridge of the song even contains the line "nada se compara a ti," which means "nothing compares to you."

Chart performance



The track debuted on the United States 'Billboard' Hot Latin Tracks chart at number 39 on 29 March 2003, and rose to number 1 nine weeks later, spending one week at the summit. The single spent eighteen weeks in the chart.

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!Chart (2003)

!Peak
position

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|U.S. 'Billboard' Hot Latin Tracks

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|U.S. 'Billboard' Latin Pop Airplay

|align="center"|2

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|U.S. 'Billboard' Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay

|align="center"|1

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|U.S. 'Billboard' Latin Tropical Airplay

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|U.S. 'Billboard' Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles

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|U.S. 'Billboard' Latin Regional Mexican Airplay

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|}

See also



*List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Tracks of 2003

References



Category:2003 singles

Category:2002 songs

Category:Enrique Iglesias songs

Category:Spanish-language songs

Category:Songs written by Lester Mendez

Category:Songs written by Enrique Iglesias

Category:2000s ballads

Category:Pop ballads

Category:Song recordings produced by Lester Mendez

Category:Universal Music Latino singles

Category:Songs written by Chein Garca-Alonso

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