Country music star Miranda Lambert and Latin pop star Enrique Iglesias have teamed up for the romantic collaboration “Space in My Heart.”
The duet, which Iglesias wrote years ago with Carlos Paucar, Simon Wilcox, Ross Golan and Nolan Lambroza, is a simple love song that includes the lines, “If you ever go/ I will never change/ There's a space in my heart and it's just your shape”.
Lambert and Iglesias previously teased their collaboration via social media on February 12, with Lambert saying, “Texas meets Spain! I can't wait for you all to hear it.”
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Iglesias has scored several Billboard Hot 100 hits, including the No. “I Like It” with Pitbull in 2010 (No. 4) and “Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)” with Ludacris and DJ Frank E in 2011 (No. 4). He was named one of the Advertising signThe Top Latin Artists of All Time. In addition, he has earned eight chart-topping albums Advertising signTop Latin albums, including 1997 Vivir (15 weeks at the top of the chart) and 2014 Sex and Love (16 weeks).
Meanwhile, Lambert released seven of her albums at number one Advertising signTop Country Albums chart and is the artist with the most Academy of Country Music Awards in history, with nearly 40 trophies, including the ACM Triple Crown.
Their collaboration adds to a long list of country/latin collaborations over the decades. Iglesias' father, Latin music star Julio Iglesias, scored a two-week No. 1 Hot Country Songs hit with Willie Nelson's 1984 duet “To All the Girls I've Loved Before.” Iglesias and Nelson won a CMA Award that year for Vocal Duo of the Year. Nelson and Iglesias also scored a top 10 country hit in 1988 with “Spanish Eyes.”
Country trio Midland teamed up with Jay De La Cueva for a Spanish-language version of their hit “Drinkin' Problem.” Oklahoma native Carrie Underwood appeared with Latin artist David Bisbal for the bilingual song “Tears of Gold,” while Kane Brown teamed up with Becky G for a Spanish remix of “Lost in the Middle of Nowhere” and more recently with Carin León on “The One (Pero No Como Yo).” Meanwhile, Cuban-American MC and rapper Pitbull has collaborated with country music artists such as Zac Brown, Blake Shelton and, most recently, Dolly Parton.
Listen to 'Space in My Heart' below:
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