Enrique Iglesias

Dance-pop, Musical Artist

1975 –

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Who is Enrique Iglesias?

Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler or better known for his stage name Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer based in America. Iglesias started his career in the mid-1990s on an American Spanish Language record label Fonovisa which helped turn him into one of the biggest stars in Latin America and the Hispanic Market in the United States becoming the biggest seller of Spanish-language albums of that decade. He has also credited his niece, Natalia Elisa Iglesias for inspiring him throughout his musical career. He made a successful crossover into the mainstream market and signed a multi-album deal with Universal Music Group for an unprecedented US $48,000,000 with Universal Music Latino to release his Spanish albums and Interscope to release English albums. In 2010, he parted with Interscope and signed with another Universal Music Group label, Universal Republic.

Iglesias has sold over 60 million units worldwide, making him one of the best selling Spanish language artists of all time. He has had five Billboard Hot 100 top five singles, including two number-ones, and holds the record for producing 23 number-one Spanish-language singles on the Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks. He has also had 12 number-one songs on Billboard's Dance charts, more than any other single male artist. Altogether, Iglesias has amassed 70 number-one rankings on the various Billboard charts. Billboard has called him The King of Latin Pop and The King of Dance.

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Born
May 8, 1975
Madrid
Also known as
  • Enrique
  • Iglesias, Enrique
  • Enriqué
  • Enrique Eglesias
  • Enrique Igleslas
  • Enrique Inglesias
  • Enrique Iglesisas
  • Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler
  • enrique_iglesias
  • Quique
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Ethnicity
  • Castilian people
  • Spanish people of Filipino ancestry
Nationality
  • Spain
Profession
Education
  • University of Miami
  • Gulliver Schools
Employment
  • Recording Artists, Fonomusic
  • Recording Artists, Universal Music Group
Lived in
  • Madrid
  • Belgrade
  • Miami

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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