Enrique Iglesias
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Enrique Iglesias was the best-selling Latin recording artist in
the world, at the dawn of the new millennium,. The son of multimillion-selling
singer Julio Iglesias, Enrique was born in Madrid, Spain, where he lived with
his mother, his brother Julio, and his sister Chabeli. In 1982, his mother sent
them to live in Miami with their father. While there, Enrique Iglesias was
exposed to three different cultures and musical influences — Hispanic, European,
and American.
Enrique Iglesias' own career started when he was still attending Gulliver
Private School, a very prestigious school in Miami. Enrique Iglesias made his
singing debut in a production of Hello, Dolly, after which he began practicing
his singing without his parents knowing. After a year studying business at the
University of Miami, Enrique Iglesias decided to follow his passion for music.
Enrique Iglesias sang in person for his soon-to-be manager in 1995, who at
Enrique Iglesias' insistence of not wanting to use his family name, first
shopped his demos as an unknown Central American singer named Enrique Martinez.
It wasn't until he earned a record deal with Fonovisa that Enrique Iglesias told
his father and mother of his aspirations. Then Enrique Iglesias flew to Toronto
where no one knew him and Enrique Iglesias could concentrate just on music, to
record for five months.
That first album, Enrique Iglesias (1996), sold more than a million copies in
three months (it earned him his first gold record in Portugal in a mere seven
days) and to date has sold more than six million worldwide. The second album,
Vivir (1997), enjoyed global sales of more than five million discs and launched
his first world tour, backed by sidemen for Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, and
Billy Joel.
In a mere three years, Enrique Iglesias had sold more than 17 million
Spanish-language albums, more than anyone else during that period. (The U.S. was
his biggest market.) Enrique Iglesias also won the 1996 Grammy for Best Latin
Performer, 1996's Billboard Artist of the Year, Billboard's Album of the Year
for Vivir, two American Music Awards, a World Music Award, eight Premio Lo
Nuestro Awards, two ACE Performer of the Year Awards, and ASCAP prizes for Best
Composer of 1996 and 1997, in addition to countless accolades around the world.
With 1998's Cosas del Amor, Enrique Iglesias moved to more mature content; his
earlier material had been written when he was 17 years old. Then came Enrique,
Enrique Iglesias' first Interscope album and first in English, which achieved
gold or platinum status in 32 countries and brought his global album sales to a
total of more than 23 million. In 2001 Enrique Iglesias released the follow-up,
Escape. Enrique Iglesias alternated Spanish- and English-language albums during
the next two years, first offering the ballad collection Quizás in 2002, then
the mainstream English record Seven in 2003.
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