Enrique Iglesias Biography

Enrique Iglesias is a popular Spanish born singer. He became popular by giving several hit songs like Hero, Bailamos, Rhythm Divine, Don’t Turn Off The Light,  Escape and Be With You. Enrique Iglesias Father, Julio Iglesias is also a popular Spanish singer. Young Enrique Iglesias spent most of his life in Miami, a city in Florida.  He became a singer in his teenage. Enrique Singer’s debut album was released in 1995. All his subsequent studio works brought him huge success and made him more popular. Most of Enrique Songs had held the sold records of more than 100 million.

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Enrique Iglesias Early Life 

Enrique Iglesias birthday was on 8th May 1975 at Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler in Madrid, Spain. Julio Iglesias is the Enrique Iglesias father and Isabel Preysler is his mother. Both are well-known personalities in the Madrid socialite. Enrique Iglesias is the youngest of three children in Enrique Iglesias’s family. Once his grandfather was kidnapped by someone, so his parents decided and sent him to Miami in Florida for his security concerns. This situation makes young Enrique Iglesias spend time with his father. 

Enriques Iglesias Career 

Since Enrique Iglesias Father is a popular singer, he could not take care of his children. So, Elvira Olivares, a nursemaid took care of Enriques at a young age. Later, Enriques also dedicated his first album Enrique Iglesias Canta Italiano to Elvira Olivares. Once he attains his teenage, he started following in the footsteps of his father.  While he was studying in the prestigious Gulliver Private School in Miami. He got an opportunity to present his live performance at school in a production of Hello, Dolly!. From there he started his career. He made a small group with his friends and started writing and performing songs at restaurants in Miami. But he kept all these as secrets from his parents’ knowledge. 

The reason said by Enrique Iglesias for keeping it secret was, he is doing it not to get any recording deal, but he loved to do it. During that time, he thought that this will be a gateway to sing and reach a wide audience. After completed his high schooling, he entered the University of Miami. There he planned to study business. But the music world invited him with great opportunities. Within a year he dropped out from his college and entered the music world. 

List of Enrique Songs and Albums 

'Enrique Iglesias'

Enrique Iglesias don’t want to start his career in the shadow of his father. He started sending demo works to various producers to earn a chance in the name  Enrique Martinez. He recorded a cassette with secretly borrowed money from his nursemaid, which contains one Spanish song with a pair of English tunes.

In 1995, his hard work started to pay tribute and Iglesias signed his first contract for recording. Later, he named his album with his own name, which was sold at high scale. His recordings brought him more popular than he expected. It reached Portugal in just seven days. More than 6 million copies were sold worldwide.  From next year, Iglesias got more opportunities. In 1996, he received Grammy Award in the category of best Latin performer. He also received Artist of the Year and Album of the year awards along with a pair of  American Music Awards.

'Vivir,' 'Enrique'

In 1997, he released the album Vivir. More than 5 million copies were sold out and it spread the name of Enrique Iglesias to great reach. This album gave an opportunity for Iglesias for launching the singer's first-ever world tour. He took a small career break from 1997 to 1996 and in 1999, Iglesias released a single song "Bailamos" ("We Dance"). It became the No 1 hit song on the U.S. charts. This song was also featured in the film Wild Wild West, starring Will Smith.

Iglesias also got great success for his first all English recorded album  “Enrique”. Which was released in 2000. This album contains popular songs like "Rhythm Divine" and "Be With You."

‘Escape’

In 2001, the career of Iglesias was at a great peak and he was facing more success. At that time, he wrote a song and sung and released an album named “Escape”. This album added even more trophies to his hat. He also wrote the English album, which contains popular songs like   "Maybe," "Don't Turn Off The Lights", "Escape," and "Hero."

'7,' 'Insomniac,' 'Euphoria'

In 2003, he released one of his popular albums ‘7’  In 2007, he released ‘Insomniac’, which contains the popular song "Push". In 2010, Enrique Iglesias released the album Euphoria. It contains popular songs "I Like It" and "Ayer."

'Sex and Love'

In March 2014, Iglesias released his next album, Sex and Love. In this album, he included the song for singles like "I'm a Freak," with Pitbull, and "Bailando,". The album  Sex and Love brought him to a great height in the Hot Latin Songs chart. This was his third album to crack the Top 10 and reached more than 200 million views. 

In 2015, Iglesias combined with Nicky Jam and released an album called  "El Perdón". In 2016, Iglesias and Wisin combined together and created the album "Duele el Corazón" . In 2018,  Iglesias joined hands with Bad Bunny and created the album "El Baño". "Move to Miami." album was released by Enrique Iglesias by rejoining with Pitbull 

From the day he entered the field, he achieved international stardom in many ways as like his father. Billboard of Iglesias has reached beyond his expectations. Later, he got label as "The King of Latin Pop" and "The King of Dance."

Enrique Iglesias Biography about Personal Life 

Enrique Iglesias Age as of 2021 is 46 years. Iglesias is in a relationship with Russian tennis player Anna Kournikova. He expressed his relationship in the music video for "Escape" in 2001. But he kept a secret about his relationship in secrete to the world. They got married and gave birth to twins in December 2017. And Anna Kournikova gave birth to his daughter in January 2020. By thinking of their career they maintained secrets about her pregnancy. Iglesias had a tall and good appearance, which helped him to keep him inside the fame. Also Julio, the father of Iglesias always felt proud of his son. 

Enrique Iglesias Information about His Humanitarian 

In 2010, Iglesias joined hands with the organization started by the American rock band Linkin Park and participated in the project Download to Donate, which was running by Music for Relief. 

He was also co-produced the album Download to Donate for Haiti, which was created to raise funds for the charity to donate to the people affected by the Haiti earthquake.  Mike Shinoda was the co-vocalist of the band.  Both Enrique and Mike Shinoda promoted the band in various venues to rise fund for the affected people and they explained their projects. 

In 2013, Iglesias swang hands with his followers to donate money through the American Red Cross and people affected by the deadly Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.  Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines with the  7.2-magnitude earthquake. It also destroyed the homes and livelihoods of more than  350,000 people.

Iglesias also extended his support hands to various charities like Habitat for Humanity, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, City of Hope,  Help for Heroes, Live Earth, Special Olympics, Save the Children and The Salvation Army. He is also extending his support to Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation and hunger relief. 

List of Awards Won By Enrique 

Still in the Enrique Iglesias Age of 46, he had won more than 200 awards in various ceremonies.  This includes 8 American Music Awards, 23 billboard music awards, 1 Grammy award, 36 Billboard Latin Music Awards,  5 Latin Grammy Awards, 6 MTV awards, 10 World Music Awards, 19 Premios Lo Nuestro Awards and 15 Premios Juventud Awards..etc. He has been nominated more than 468 times for various awards.  From MTV India Awards, he won an award for his  Best International Pop Act. The VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards awarded him with Most Fashionable Artist.  He also received the Best-Selling Pop Male Artist and European Male Artist award from the  World Music Awards.