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November 30, 2001 - Enrique Iglesias was a kissing machine during his in-store appearance at Sam Goody earlier this month. Fanscape.com has a brief video of Enrique signing autographs and kissing every girl in the line of screaming female fans. Check out the video here.

November 28, 2001 - Now 8 and Britney Spears' latest captured the #2 and #3 spots in this week's album charts according to Hits Magazine, who shows Spears selling 453,778 copies of 'Britney' (up 35%) while 'Now 8' crossed 586,000. Other's charting high were Enrique Iglesias at #9 and Michael Jackson dropping to #12, with Madonna right behind at #13. The Backstreet Boys Chapter 1 got a bump with a 40% jump in sales to #18. Creed topped all by far with nearly 900,000 sales of 'Weathered.' 

November 23, 2001 - Rollingstone.com talked with Enrique Iglesias about his close showing against Michael Jackson in the album charts as 'Escape' finished 2nd to 'Invicible' the opening week of both albums in the charts. Iglesias says, "It's great. It means people are reacting. [Puts on a squeaky voice of mock excitement] "I was this close to beating him" [laughs]. I think it's the long run [that matters], because you can go in the first week and then disappear the second week." Read the full interview here.

November 23, 2001 - Garth Brooks landed the top spot for sales last week in the Soundscan music charts with sales of 465,000 copies of 'Scarecrow'. Britney Spears' album dropped a spot to #2 with 336,000 in sales while Shakira's debut 'Laundry Service' got #3 with 202,000 sales. Madonna's greatest hits album didn't fare well at all selling around 150,000 copies, putting it at #7 and behind Michael Jackson's 'Invincible' at #4 and Enrique Iglesias' Escape at #6.

November 20, 2001 - Teenmag.com talked with Enrique Iglesias about his new album Escape where the singer revealed his favorite songs to perform on the new album, "I like performing 'Don't Turn Off the Lights' and 'Love 4 Fun' because they are uplifting songs and the band sounds awesome on them." Read more.

November 18, 2001 - Julia Lopez of KTU interviewed Enrique Iglesias last month where Enrique talks about the September 11th Attack on America and his single 'Hero'. Enrique said if he could be successful in New York, he can be successful anywhere. For an audio archive of the interview, click here.

November 17, 2001 - Enrique Iglesias will be performing on the Today Show on NBC Monday, November 19 live from New York. The show will mark the start of the fall concert series. Other guests on Monday include 'Spy Game' star Robert Redford and Actress Jill Hennessy from NBC’s 'Crossing Jordan.'

November 14, 2001 - Among the pop acts with nominations for this year's American Music Awards show on January 9, 2002 are *NSYNC, Jennifer Lopez (by the way, Puffy is hosting), Janet Jackson, Shakira, Enrique Iglesias, and Nelly Furtado. Read more for a full list of nominees.

November 10, 2001 - Enrique Iglesias was on Access Hollywood Friday where he revealed how panicked he was before his 'Hero' performance on the 'America: Tribute to Heroes' telethon. Enrique says, "I was not nervous. I was panicking. The funny thing, I was writing down the lyrics of the song. When I get nervous, my voice gives out and my memory completely blocks often and I can't, you know -- I forget the lyrics. I go nuts. I hate singing when I'm nervous." Read more.

November 10, 2001 - MuchMusic talked to veteran rocker Rob Zombie about his thoughts on pop music and he took the chance to blast Enrique Iglesias' latest video for 'Hero' saying, "I was talking about this the other day because we were watching MTV and they were showing Enrique Iglesias and I was like how the fu** can these kids sing along to this sh**? It's like Michael Bolton, it's like what my Mom listens to vacuum the floor. [Actually] My Mom doesn't even listen to music that wimpy." 

November 10, 2001 - Jessica Alba and Enrique Iglesias will be on the Rosie O'Donnell Show on Monday, November 12.

November 10, 2001 - Katrillion talked to Enrique Iglesias about his role in the Salma Hayek starring 'Once Upon a Time in Mexico' where he admits, "Acting is something I just started experimenting with and has been a great experience. It's been a lot of fun, and is something that I definitely want to continue." Enrique insists though he won't give up music in the process, "Music has always been my passion. It's what I started with and it's how I express myself best."

November 9, 2001 -  A CD and DVD of America: A Tribute to Heroes will be released December 4 and will feature the separate 'Hero' tracks by Mariah Carey and Enrique Iglesias. Proceeds from the album will go to the September 11 fund, run by the United Way... A fact noted in deference of the Red Cross controversy surrounding the original fundraiser.

November 8, 2001 - Enrique Iglesias was on with Carson Daly and Total Request Live Wednesday on MTV. Enrique talked about Escape saying, "You know what, I want my records to sound different, I don't want this album to sound like the prior album. I want a much more aggressive album, a funner album. I think out of all the albums this is the one I enjoy listening to most." Read more.

November 8, 2001 - WireImage.com has photos of O-Town and Enrique Iqlesias visiting MTV's Total Request Live on Wednesday in New York. Check out the 21 photos from their Times Square studios here.

November 7, 2001 - Final album sales numbers are in from Hits Daily Double which show Michael Jackson's 'Invincible' in the top spot with 381,611 sales. In the number 2 spot is Enrique Iglesias' latest effort, Escape, pushing 266,160 copies while the Backstreet Boys came in at number 4 with 'Hits Chapter 1' getting a disappointing 191,748 sales. As for the 'What's Going On' album, that also disappointed getting only 72,134 sales (likely because it was after all repeating the same lyrics with different beats.. good for singles, bad for an album).

November 4, 2001 - Thanks michellyzz. "I went to CityWalk at Universal Studios here in Los Angeles today and there was a TON of people there in line to see Enrique.  They transformed that entire Sam Goody's store in all his posters and they blasted his music but he only signed autographs from 1-3pm and then he took off for Houston, Texas where he's signing autographs tomorrow...Sunday.  He's got a lot of fans, that place was packed."

November 4, 2001 - Enrique Iglesias was nominated for 'My Favorite Male', 'Is It Hot in Here or Is It Just My Video', and 'Hero' co-star Jennifer Love Hewitt was nominated for Best Actor in a Video at this year's My VH1 Music Awards. The event will take place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on December 2. Cast your votes here.

November 3, 2001 - Enrique Iglesias was on the Tonight Show on Friday to perform 'Hero' but the focus turned out to be a hot & horny Shannon Elizabeth who arrived without her loser wannabe actor fiance. Shannon was first quized by Jay for not bringing him along and then being caught in the dressing room with Enrique. Then, after Enrique performed, Shannon boldly offered to kiss Enrique but chickened out. When Enrique talked about having a foot fetish, Shannon's foot was in his hand within 2 seconds. It was apparent Shannon would dump her boyfriend in a second for Enrique.

November 3, 2001 - HITS reports Enrique Iglesias is surprising some by putting up a strong challenge against the Backstreet Boys for the #2 spot in the charts and may sell 250,000 copies of Escape in the album's opening week. Many are crediting his appearance on America: A Tribute To Heroes as the catalyst to surpass expectations.

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