Enrique Iglesias | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler |
Born | Madrid, Spain | 8 May 1975
Genres | Alternative rock, alternative music, dream pop, new wave, Pop, Latin pop, R&B, dance-pop, soft rock, rap, pop rock |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, actor, record producer, model |
Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
Years active | 1994–present |
Labels | Fonovisa, Interscope, Universal Music Latino, Universal Republic, Polydor |
Website | www |
Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (born 8 May 1975) is a Spanish pop singer-songwriter. He was born in Madrid, but mostly grew up in Miami, Florida[1]. His parents are Spanish singer Julio Iglesias (born 1943) and Filipina[2] journalist Isabel Maria Joy Preysler (born 1951).
His career started on Mexican label Fonovisa. They helped turn him into one of the most popular artists in Latin America and in the Latin market in the United States. He sold more Spanish albums than any other artists in the 1990s. Before 2000, he made a crossover into the mainstream English market. He signed a unique multi-album deal with Universal Music for $48,000,000. Universal Musical Matino would release his Spanish albums and Interscope would release English albums. In 2010 he signed to Universal Republic and released his first full bilingual album.
Enrique Iglesias has sold over 100 million records worldwide and has had two Billboard Hot 100 #1s and one #3. He holds the record for producing twenty-two number #1 Spanish language singles on the Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks.[3] Altogether, Iglesias has 69 number-one rankings on the various Billboard charts.[4]
He is dating tennis player Anna Kournikova.[source?]