Gloria Estefan

Acting · 1.4 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: September 1, 1957
From: Havana, Cuba

Biography

Gloria María Milagrosa Estefan (née Fajardo García; born September 1, 1957) is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. Estefan is a four-time Grammy Award winner and 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 100 million worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists 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. The group followed this with a number of hit singles throughout the decade, including "Anything for You", "1-2-3", "Bad Boy", and "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You". The group was redubbed as Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine with the release of their 1987 album Let It Loose, and in 1989, Estefan rose to solo stardom with her debut solo album, Cuts Both Ways. In March 1990, Estefan sustained a life-threatening cervical fracture of her spine when her tour bus was involved in a crash near Scranton, Pennsylvania. She underwent an emergency surgery and made a full recovery. The following year, 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. The album was also the first Diamond album in Spain. Estefan's catalog of international solo hits includes "Don't Wanna Lose You", "Get On Your Feet", "Coming Out of the Dark", "Turn the Beat Around", "You'll Be Mine (Party Time)", and "Heaven's What I Feel". 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 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 Music Awards. She is also a recipient of the 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom, which was conferred by the then-President of the United States, Barack Obama. Billboard has listed Estefan as the third-most successful Latina and 23rd-greatest Latin Artist of all time in the U.S., based on both Latin albums and Latin songs chart. Hailed as the "Queen of Latin Pop" and "Mother 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. ... Source: Article "Gloria Estefan" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Works

61 films

Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie

20256.8

Vivo

20217.2

Father of the Bride

20226.3

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

20217.4

Music of the Heart

19996.7

The Latin Explosion: A New America

20158.0

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

19986.1

A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music

20255.0

Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration

20018.0

A Change of Heart

20171.7

Aretha Franklin: Duets

19938.3

America's Musical Journey

20185.6

Los lunes a las 9

2022

Diane Warren: Relentless

20255.4

Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days

20216.5

Euro Disney : L'Ouverture

19926.8

Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?

2004

VH1: Divas Live

19987.9

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

20216.5

Disney's Magic in the Magic Kingdom

19888.0

Latin Grammy Celebrates: Them and Their Music

20217.5

1996 VH1 Honors

19966.0

Celia Cruz | ¡Azúcar!

20045.3

The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland

19927.3

The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank

20152.0

Revolution's Daughter

2026

Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years

1998

The Latino List

20117.0

For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story

20006.3

Sid & Marty Krofft's Redeye Express

1988

Pavarotti & Friends 99 for Guatemala and Kosovo

19998.0

Gloria Estefan - Live in Atlantis

20006.5

Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones

20187.0

Club Med

19865.4

Miami Wild

20226.0

American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special

2024

A MusiCares Tribute to Carole King

20157.0

Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers

20222.0

Heartbreakers at the BBC

20236.5

Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party

19975.5

Brisa

2024

Gloria Estefan: Live by Request

19985.0

Jose Feliciano: Behind This Guitar

20225.0

Santana: Corazón Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe It

20146.2

Somos un solo pueblo

19959.0

Celia: The Queen

2008

All the Way... A Decade of Song and Video

20018.2

A Step from Heaven

20097.5

Homenaje María Teresa Campos

2024

Selena ¡Vive!

20052.0

Gloria Estefan – Into the Light World Tour

19925.0

Carlos Rivera: leyendas

20229.0

Lionel Richie: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song

20225.0

Gloria Estefan: Live and Unwrapped

20047.7

Gloria Estefan: Sangre Yoruba

20216.5

Gloria Estefan: The Evolution Tour Live In Miami

19968.0

Gloria Estefan: Don't Stop

19987.4

First You Dream: The Music of Kander & Ebb

20159.5

Little Angelita

19996.0

Gloria Estefan - Everlasting Gloria!

19958.0

Gloria Estefan: The Best of

1997