Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler(born May 8, 1975) is a Spaniard singer-songwriter popular in both the Latin market and the Hispanic American market in the United States. Within five years of beginning his musical career in the 1990s, he became the biggest seller of Spanish-language albums of that decade. He made his crossover into the mainstream English language market before the turn of the millennium, signing a multi-album deal with Universal Music Group for an unprecedented US$50,000,000, with Universal Music Latino to release his Spanish albums and Inter-scope to release English albums. In 2010, he parted with Interscope and signed with another Universal Music Group label, Universal Republic.
Iglesias has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best selling Spanish language artists of all time.
Personal Life
Iglesias was born in Madrid, Spain, and is the third and youngest child of singer Julio Iglesias and socialite and magazine journalist Isabel Preysler. His mother is aSpanish Filipino and his father is of Spanish ancestry from Galicia.
Iglesias did not want his father to know about his plans for a musical career and did not want his famous surname to help advance his career. He borrowed money from his family nanny and he recorded a demo cassette tape which consisted of a Spanish song and two English songs. Approaching his father's former publicist, Fernan Martinez, the two promoted the songs under the stage name 'Enrique Martinez' with the backstory of being an unknown singer from Guatemala. Iglesias was signed by a record label called Fonovisa. After dropping out of college, he went to Toronto to record his first album.
Iglesias started dating former tennis player Anna Kournikova in late 2001 (she appeared in his video, "Escape"), and rumors that the couple had secretly married circulated in 2003 and again in 2005. Kournikova herself has consistently refused to directly confirm or deny the status of her personal relationships. But in May 2007, Enrique Iglesias was (mistakenly, as he would clarify later) quoted in the New York Sun that he had no intention of marrying Kournikova and settling down because they had split up. The singer would later deny these rumors of "divorce" or simply separation. In June 2008, Iglesias told the Daily Star that he had married Kournikova the previous year and that they are currently separated. In an interview with Graham Norton in 2010, Kournikova confirmed that she and Iglesias have been together for over eight years but have no plans to marry in the near future. Kournikova and Iglesias have been in a long term relationship for 10 years now.
Albums
- Enrique Iglesias (1995)
- Vivir (1997)
- Cosas del Amor (1998)
- Enrique (1999)
Awards
- Enrique Iglesias is one of the most celebrated Latin Artists Of all time. He has won 16 Billboard Music Awards and 23 Billboard Latin Music Awards .He has won 5 American Music Awards,a Grammy and aLatin Grammy and 7 World Music Awards. He has also won an award for Best International Pop Act in MTV India Awards. He was also named "King Of Latin Pop". He has won 14 Premios Lo Nuestro Awards. In 2000, He was also awarded as Most Fashionable Artist in VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards. In 2001, For his release of 2nd studio album Escape fetched him best selling pop male Artist and European Male Artistin World Music Awards.[27] He has also won an award for Most Successful Spanish Artist Of The Decade (Spanish Artist Of The Decade) at Premios Ondas in 2002.
- He is currently pending for 7 nominations including Peoples Choice Award 2012 for Best Male Artist.
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