Iglesias Enrique is considered the most popular Hispanic singer. Many times his albums were gold and platinum. Iglesias has won several prestigious awards.
Family, early years
Enrique was born on May 8, 1975. His father is Iglesias Julio, a famous singer, actor, producer, mother is Preisler Isabelle, a TV presenter. Parents divorced when the boy was 3 years old. Children were raised by a nanny, since her mother worked a lot.
Then the children took Julio, they lived in America. Enrique graduated from a prestigious school in Miami. From the age of 16 he dreamed of becoming a musician, but Julio insisted that his son become a businessman.
Under pressure from his father, Enrique began his studies at the Faculty of Business. However, he recorded songs and sent demos to studios under a different name. In 1994, FonoMusic offered Iglesias a contract. Enrique left school and went to Canada to record an album.
Creative biography
In 1995, the album "Enrique Iglesias" appeared, which quickly became popular. During the week, 1 million copies were sold out. In 1997, the collection "Vivir" was released. Enrique created a group that included the best musicians, and went on a tour of the countries.
In 1998, the third album, Cosas del Amor, was recorded. The singer was awarded the "American Music Awards". One of the songs from the album sounds in the movie "Wild, Wild West", which added Enrique popularity in the world. He had an English-language album, which included songs recorded with Houston Whitney, one of the songs became iconic
In 2000, Iglesias repeated the tour, and subsequently released the album "Escape", which became the most popular. In the same period, Enrique was named the best Latin American singer.
Hispanic album "Quizás" gained worldwide popularity. Then came the collection "7", which was not rated very highly. After the tour, Enrique recorded the album "Insomniac", which became successful. Later 2 more albums were released.
In 2010, the musician sent money from the sale of a new album to people affected by the earthquake. Thanks to the next album "Euphoria", Iglesias was given awards in 9 categories. In 2014, the video for the song "Bailando" for the week collected 800 million views.
A long tour of Iglesias took place from 2014 to 2017, the singer traveled to many countries. He continues to write songs, create videos, gives concerts.
