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Gloria Estefan

AKA: Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García
Birthday: 1957-09-01
Birthplace: Havana, Cuba
Home Page: http://www.gloriaestefan.com/


Gloria Estefan (born Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García; born 1 September 1957) is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. Estefan is a seven-time Grammy Award winner, a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and has been named one of the Top 100 greatest artists of all time by both VH1 and Billboard. Estefan's record sales exceed 75 million worldwide, making her the second best selling female latin artist in history and one of the best-selling female singers of all-time. A contralto, Estefan started her career as lead singer of Miami Latin Boys, which was later renamed Miami Sound Machine. She and Miami Sound Machine earned worldwide success with their 1985 single "Conga", which became Estefan's signature song and led to Miami Sound Machine winning the 15th annual Tokyo Music Festival's grand prix in 1986. In 1988, she and Miami Sound Machine achieved their first number-one hit with "Anything for You". Estefan is credited with breaking down barriers and opening doors for Latin musicians, including Selena, Jon Secada, Shakira and Ricky Martin. In March 1990, Estefan sustained a life-threatening cervical vertebrae fracture when her tour bus was involved in a serious accident near Scranton, Pennsylvania. She underwent an emergency surgical stabilization of her cervical spine and post-surgical rehabilitation that lasted almost a year, but made a full recovery. A year later, in March 1991, Estefan launched her comeback with a worldwide tour and album, Into the Light. Estefan's 1993 Spanish-language album Mi Tierra won the first of her three Grammy Awards for Best Tropical Latin Album. Mi Tierra immediately soared to the top of the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart upon its release. The album was also the first Diamond album in Spain. Many of Estefan's songs, including "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You", "1-2-3", "Don't Wanna Lose You", "Get On Your Feet", "Here We Are", "Coming Out of the Dark", "Bad Boy", "Oye!", "Party Time" and a remake of "Turn the Beat Around," became international chart-topping hits. In addition to winning three Grammy Awards and being a 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, Estefan has been awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Las Vegas Walk of Fame, and was a Kennedy Center Honors recipient in 2017 for her contributions to American cultural life. Estefan also won an MTV Video Music Award, was honored with the American Music Award for Lifetime Achievement, and has been named BMI Songwriter of the Year. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and has received multiple Billboard awards. Billboard has listed Estefan as the third Most Successful Latina and 23rd Greatest Latin Artist of all time in US, based on both Latin albums and Latin songs chart. Hailed as the "Queen of Latin Pop" by the media, she has amassed 38 number one hits across Billboard charts, including 15 chart-topping songs on the Hot Latin Songs chart. Rolling Stone has ranked her 1985 hit "Conga" the 11th Greatest Latin Pop Songs of all time. Richard Blanco, the 2013 Presidential Inaugural Poet, told The Boston Globe in 2020 that Estefan is among the Latin singers who helped him gain ground "in the musical poetry of my culture and rejuvenate my spirits".

Filmography

VH1: Divas Live
Character: Self - Performer
Heartbreakers at the BBC
Character: Self (archive footage)

Music of the Heart
Character: Isabel
Little Angelita
Character: Narrator (voice)
Euro Disney : L'Ouverture
Character: Self - Chanteuse

Aretha Franklin: Duets
Character: Self
Celia Cruz | ¡Azúcar!
Character: Self

1996 VH1 Honors
Character: self

Miami Wild
Character: Narrator
Revolution's Daughter
Character: Self

Selena ¡Vive!
Character: Self - Performer



Celia: The Queen
Character: Self
Carlos Rivera: leyendas
Character: Self
All the Way... A Decade of Song and Video
Character: Self (archive footage)

Somos un solo pueblo
Character: Self

Gloria Estefan: The Best of
Character: cantante, actriz y compositora
The Latino List
Character: Self
America's Musical Journey
Character: Self

A Step from Heaven
Character: Self

Gloria Estefan: Don't Stop
Character: Self - Vocals

A Change of Heart
Character: Dr. Fajardo

Siempre, Luis
Character: Self (archive footage)

Sesame Street: 50 Years Of Sunny Days
Character: Self - Guest
Father of the Bride
Character: Ingrid Herrera
Vivo
Character: Marta Sandoval (voice)

Latin GRAMMY Celebra: Ellas y Su Música
Character: Self - Performer

Brisa
Character: Self