Enrique Inglesias
Enrique Inglesias
Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler was born on May 8, 1975 in Madrid, Spain. He is better known as Enrique Iglesias; a Spanish singer, songwriter and actor. Enrique is the third and youngest child of the Spanish singer Julio Inglesias. His mother Isabel Preysler, a magazine journalist, later divorced his father in 1978. The following year, their father moved to Miami, Florida to continue with his musical career.
In 1985, Enrique's grandfather, Dr. Julio Iglesias Puga, was kidnapped by the terrorist group ETA. Fearing for his grandchildren's safety, Enrique and his brother were sent to live with their father in Miami. He also lived in Belgrade, Serbia for one year with his mother, who worked as a journalist.
As his father's career kept him on the road, Enrique was raised by the family nanny. In 1993, he graduated from Gulliver Preparatory School, and continued on to study business at the University of Miami. Despite being a son of a big singer, Enrique didn't want to take the advantage of his father's famous name. Without telling his father, he borrowed money from his nanny and recorded a demo containing one Spanish song and two English songs. The demo was later showed to his father's old publicist Fernan Martinez. Together, they then promoted the songs under the stage name “Enrique Martinez” with the backstory of being an unknown singer from Guatemala.
In 1996, he released his first album in Spanish under his real name Enrique Iglesias, which included mega-hits Por Amarte, Trapecista, and others. In 1997, Iglesias' fame continued to rise when he released Vivir, which instantly made him more popular compared to other English music superstars for that year.
Enrique Inglesias began a very successful cross over into the English world of the musical market in 1999. Enrique Inglesias introduced “Rhythm Divine” to his audience and listeners which almost instantly made it a number one hit. In 2001, he released his English CD, titled
Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler was born on May 8, 1975 in Madrid, Spain. He is better known as Enrique Iglesias; a Spanish singer, songwriter and actor. Enrique is the third and youngest child of the Spanish singer Julio Inglesias. His mother Isabel Preysler, a magazine journalist, later divorced his father in 1978. The following year, their father moved to Miami, Florida to continue with his musical career.
In 1985, Enrique's grandfather, Dr. Julio Iglesias Puga, was kidnapped by the terrorist group ETA. Fearing for his grandchildren's safety, Enrique and his brother were sent to live with their father in Miami. He also lived in Belgrade, Serbia for one year with his mother, who worked as a journalist.
As his father's career kept him on the road, Enrique was raised by the family nanny. In 1993, he graduated from Gulliver Preparatory School, and continued on to study business at the University of Miami. Despite being a son of a big singer, Enrique didn't want to take the advantage of his father's famous name. Without telling his father, he borrowed money from his nanny and recorded a demo containing one Spanish song and two English songs. The demo was later showed to his father's old publicist Fernan Martinez. Together, they then promoted the songs under the stage name “Enrique Martinez” with the backstory of being an unknown singer from Guatemala.
In 1996, he released his first album in Spanish under his real name Enrique Iglesias, which included mega-hits Por Amarte, Trapecista, and others. In 1997, Iglesias' fame continued to rise when he released Vivir, which instantly made him more popular compared to other English music superstars for that year.
Enrique Inglesias began a very successful cross over into the English world of the musical market in 1999. Enrique Inglesias introduced “Rhythm Divine” to his audience and listeners which almost instantly made it a number one hit. In 2001, he released his English CD, titled