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Enrique Iglesias
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Biography
Born: Enrique Miguel Iglesias y Preysler on 8 May 1975, in Madrid, Spain.
Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop singer-songwriter; the son of singer Julio Iglesias and Filipina Isabel Preysler.
Iglesias's career started on Indie label Fonovisa who helped turn him into one of the most popular artists in Latin America and in the Latin market in the United States, selling more Spanish albums than any other artists in that period of time. Before the turn of the millennium he made a crossover into the mainstream English market and signed a unique multi-album deal with Universal Music for an unprecedented $48,000,000, with Universal Music Latino to release his Spanish albums and Interscope to release English albums.
I know it sounds corny, but when you follow your dreams, it happens. And if it's music, take it seriously.
Iglesias has had two Billboard Hot 100 #1s and one #3, and he holds the record for producing seventeen number #1 Spanish-language singles on the Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks. His album sales currently total over 43 million, making him one of the biggest-selling Spanish musical artists in the world.
