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 journalist Isabel Maria Joy Preysler (born 1951).

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. Altogether, Iglesias has 69 number-one rankings on the various Billboard charts.

He is dating tennis player Anna Kournikova.

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
 YearMovieRole Notes1997Fools Rush In "Si Tu Te Vas"Soundtrack1999Wild Wild West "Bailamos"SoundtrackNominated – Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Song from a Movie20002000 Teen Choice Awards Himself Host2001I Love the New Millennium "Hero" SoundtrackSmallville: "Craving"2003Scrubs: "My Friend the Doctor"Once Upon a Time in Mexico Lorenzo Debut in Hollywood2005Premios Juventud 2005 HimselfHost2006Zoom "Hero"Soundtrack2007America's Next Top Model, Cycle 9: "The Girls Who Crawl" HimselfSpecial guestLive with Regis and Kelly Co-hostDancing with the Stars Musical guestHow 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 guest2008Step Up 2: The Streets "Push" SoundtrackRob & Big: "Poop in the Pool" "Do You Know?"Beverly Hills Chihuahua "Hero"Lady Godiva2010Hot Tub Time MachineJersey Shore "I Like It"2011The X Factor (U.S.) Himself Guest judge along with Nicole Scherzinger2012Glee: "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.

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Category:Spanish Grammy Award winners
Category:Latin singers
Category:Musicians from Madrid
Category:Pop musicians
Category:Spanish movie actors
Category:Spanish singer-songwriters
Category:Spanish television actors
Category:1975 births
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Category:Latin Grammy Award winners
Category:American Music Awards winners
Category:Interscope Records artists
Category:Actors from Madrid
Category:Singers from Madrid