Gloria Estefan

Known for ActingBorn 1957-09-01 (age 68)Havana, Cuba

Gloria María Milagrosa Estefan (née Fajardo García; born September 1, 1957) is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. Estefan is a four-time Grammy Award winner and a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and has been named one of the Top 100 greatest artists of all time by both VH1 and Billboard. Estefan's record sales exceed 100 million worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. A contralto, Estefan started her career as lead singer of Miami Latin Boys, which was later renamed Miami Sound Machine. She and Miami Sound Machine earned worldwide success with their 1985 single "Conga", which became Estefan's signature song. The group followed this with a number of hit singles throughout the decade, including "Anything for You", "1-2-3", "Bad Boy", and "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You". The group was redubbed as Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine with the release of their 1987 album Let It Loose, and in 1989, Estefan rose to solo stardom with her debut solo album, Cuts Both Ways. In March 1990, Estefan sustained a life-threatening cervical fracture of her spine when her tour bus was involved in a crash near Scranton, Pennsylvania. She underwent an emergency surgery and made a full recovery. The following year, Estefan launched her comeback with a worldwide tour and album, Into the Light. Estefan's 1993 Spanish-language album, Mi Tierra, won the first of her three Grammy Awards for Best Tropical Latin Album. The album was also the first Diamond album in Spain. Estefan's catalog of international solo hits includes "Don't Wanna Lose You", "Get On Your Feet", "Coming Out of the Dark", "Turn the Beat Around", "You'll Be Mine (Party Time)", and "Heaven's What I Feel". Estefan has been awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Las Vegas Walk of Fame and was a Kennedy Center Honors recipient in 2017 for her contributions to American cultural life. Estefan won an MTV Video Music Award, was honored with the American Music Award for Lifetime Achievement and has been named BMI Songwriter of the Year. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and has received multiple Billboard Music Awards. She is also a recipient of the 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom, which was conferred by the then-President of the United States, Barack Obama. Billboard has listed Estefan as the third-most successful Latina and 23rd-greatest Latin Artist of all time in the U.S., based on both Latin albums and Latin songs chart. Hailed as the "Queen of Latin Pop" and "Mother of Latin Pop" by the media, she has amassed 38 number one hits across Billboard charts, including 15 chart-topping songs on the Hot Latin Songs chart. ... Source: Article "Gloria Estefan" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.Read more

Movies & web series

The BRIT Awards

First You Dream: The Music of Kander & Ebb

Songs & Stories with Kelly Clarkson

Carlos Rivera: leyendas

Teen Choice Awards

Somos un solo pueblo

Aretha Franklin: Duets

All the Way... A Decade of Song and Video

The Grammys

The Latin Explosion: A New America

Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration

Jane the Virgin

Pavarotti & Friends 99 for Guatemala and Kosovo

Gloria Estefan: The Evolution Tour Live In Miami

Gloria Estefan - Everlasting Gloria!

American Music Awards

One Day at a Time

Disney's Magic in the Magic Kingdom

Going Live!

VH1: Divas Live

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

Latin Grammy Celebrates: Them and Their Music

Gloria Estefan: Live and Unwrapped

Frasier

A Step from Heaven

Hollywood Squares

Vivo

Gloria Estefan: Don't Stop

The Graham Norton Show

The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland

Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

A MusiCares Tribute to Carole King

The Latino List

MADtv

Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie

Latin Grammy Awards

The Magic Hour

Clive James' Postcard from

Flitterabend

Glee

Heartbreakers at the BBC

Euro Disney : L'Ouverture

Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days

Gloria Estefan: Sangre Yoruba

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

Music of the Heart

The Kelly Clarkson Show