Julio Iglesias will receive an honorary degree from Boston's Berklee College of Music next month.

The Latin heartthrob will receive the honorary degree along with three other notable music personalities. The list includes Sony Music Entertainment CEO Doug Morris, jazz drummer Harvey Mason, and Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and producer Dee Dee Bridgewater. The talented quartet will receive their honorary doctorates at a May 9 ceremony.

As reported by The Associated Press, Berklee states that Iglesias and crew are being recognized for their achievements and influences in music and for their enduring contributions to American as well as international culture.

For the 71-year-old singer, receiving this honor must be like the cherry atop the sundae of a charmed life.

Iglesias, who has made 80 albums and sold over 300 million records worldwide, said he believes that everything happens for a reason and recounted his immersion into the world of music as a kind of fate that unfolded while recovering from a car accident at the age of 19.

The crash left him paralyzed from the chest down and stuck in bed for two years. A nurse who was treating him brought him a guitar, and that’s when the magic happened.

The young man, who would go on to father future heartthrob and singer Enrique Iglesias, discovered a previously unknown passion for music and a renewed purpose in life.

According to CNN, Iglesias described the event as absolutely life-changing.

"I started to move my toes. I started to get up, I started to walk albeit painfully, and I started to realize that I could survive. I started to think that I could be alive again," he said.

"So from that day I took chances. I disciplined my life. Without discipline I would not be here. I would not be talking to you, I would not be a singer, and I would be nothing. Discipline woke up my life again."