Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (born 8 May 1975) is a Spanish pop singer-songwriter. He was born in Madrid, but mostly grew up in Miami, Florida. His parents are Spanish singer Julio Iglesias (born 1943) and Filipina^[1] journalist Isabel Maria Joy Preysler (born 1951).

Enrique Iglesias
Iglesias at a 2015 concert
Background information
Birth name	Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler
Born	(1975-05-08) 8 May 1975 (age 50) Madrid, Spain
Genres	Alternative rock, alternative music, dream pop, new wave, Pop, Latin pop, R&B, dance-pop, soft rock, rap, pop rock
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, actor, record producer, model
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Fonovisa, Interscope, Universal Music Latino, Universal Republic, Polydor
Website	www.enriqueiglesias.com

His career started on Mexican label Fonovisa. They helped turn him into one of the most popular artists in Latin America and in the Latin market in the United States. He sold more Spanish albums than any other artists in the 1990s. Before 2000, he made a crossover into the mainstream English market. He signed a unique multi-album deal with Universal Music for $48,000,000. Universal Musical Matino would release his Spanish albums and Interscope would release English albums. In 2010 he signed to Universal Republic and released his first full bilingual album.

Enrique Iglesias has sold over 100 million records worldwide and has had two Billboard Hot 100 #1s and one #3. He holds the record for producing twenty-two number #1 Spanish language singles on the Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks.^[2] Altogether, Iglesias has 69 number-one rankings on the various Billboard charts.^[3]

He is dating tennis player Anna Kournikova.^[source?]

Discography

Spanish-language studio albums

• Enrique Iglesias (1995)
• Vivir (1997)
• Cosas del Amor (1998)
• Quizás (2002)

English-language studio albums

• Enrique (1999)
• Escape (2001)
• 7 (2003)
• Insomniac (2007)

Bilingual studio albums

• Euphoria (2010)
• Reloaded (TBA)

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role	Notes
1997	Fools Rush In	"Si Tu Te Vas"	Soundtrack
1999	Wild Wild West	"Bailamos"	Soundtrack Nominated – Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Song from a Movie
2000	2000 Teen Choice Awards	Himself	Host
2001	I Love the New Millennium	"Hero"	Soundtrack
	Smallville: "Craving"
2003	Scrubs: "My Friend the Doctor"
	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	Lorenzo	Debut in Hollywood
2005	Premios Juventud 2005	Himself	Host
2006	Zoom	"Hero"	Soundtrack
2007	America's Next Top Model, Cycle 9: "The Girls Who Crawl"	Himself	Special guest
	Live with Regis and Kelly		Co-host
	Dancing with the Stars		Musical guest
	How I Met Your Mother	"Gael"	TV guest; 2 episodes: "Wait for It" and "We're Not from Here"
	Two and a Half Men	"Fernando"	TV guest
2008	Step Up 2: The Streets	"Push"	Soundtrack
	Rob & Big: "Poop in the Pool"	"Do You Know?"
	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	"Hero"
	Lady Godiva
2010	Hot Tub Time Machine
	Jersey Shore	"I Like It"
2011	The X Factor (U.S.)	Himself	Guest judge along with Nicole Scherzinger
2012	Glee: "The Spanish Teacher"	"Hero"	The song "Hero" was covered by Sam Evans and New Direction males.

Awards and nominations

Enrique Iglesias is one of the most celebrated Latin musical artists of all time. He has won 16 Billboard Music Awards and 23 Billboard Latin Music Awards. He has also won 5 American Music Awards, a Grammy, a Latin Grammy and 7 World Music Awards. He won an award for Best International Pop Act at the MTV India Awards.

As well as being named "King of Latin Pop", he has won 15 Premios Lo Nuestro awards. In 2000, he was awarded Most Fashionable Artist at the VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards. In 2001, for the release of his second English studio album Escape, he received awards for Best-Selling Pop Male Artist and European Male Artist at the World Music Awards. Iglesias won an award for Most Successful Spanish Artist of the Decade at Premios Ondas in 2002.