What language does enrique iglesias sing in? Enrique Iglesias - biography, information, personal life

Enrique Iglesias was born into a successful family with star status. His father, Julio Iglesias, is a world-famous singer, and his mother is a successful journalist. Enrique became the third and last child. His parents divorced when Enrique was three years old.

Since the father was constantly traveling, and at the time of the divorce he left to record an album in Miami, it was decided to leave the children with their mother, who herself was always busy due to her duties. The children were raised by a nanny.

As a child, Enrique Iglesias was a crazy boy. For example, on Christmas Eve, Enrique burned his own dog. IN adolescence Together with his older brother, he dreamed of becoming a singer, and at the same time Enrique Iglesias wrote poetry for his first album.

But in 1985, terrorists appeared in the life of the Iglesias family, who first threatened their father, then made an attempt on Enrique’s grandfather, Julio Sr. After the release of my grandfather, terrorists began to threaten children. The mother considered it necessary to send the children to the United States to live with their father for the sake of safety. All this, of course, affected the character of Enrique Iglesias

In Miami, the children studied at the prestigious Gulliver Preparatory School among other “golden” children. Enrique Iglesias had difficulty finding mutual language with children, he was a shy child and not like everyone else. His father had little interest in his son’s life, and when all his classmates drove expensive cars, Iglesias Jr. came to school in an old wreck. After the father's remarriage, the children's life became even more unbearable.

Only Julio Iglesias did not dream of his son following in his father’s footsteps, he saw his son in business. Having put pressure on Enrique, the father finally forced his son to go to study at the University of Miami, Faculty of Business. But fate and talent took their toll.

Star Trek While studying, Enrique Iglesias began recording demo versions of his songs. On young man The music manager drew attention, and together they began sending out the performed versions to the offices of record labels, but both in Miami and Madrid the singer was refused.

In 1994, Enrique Iglesias finally dropped out of school and signed a contract with a Mexican label. The father demanded that his son return to school and forget about music, but the son, in defiance of his father, went to Canada, where he worked on recording his first album. On November 21, the debut album, named after the artist Enrique Iglesias, was released. It sold 1 million copies in its first week. At the time, this was the best result for an album recorded in a language other than English.

In 1996, Mexican and Italian versions of the album were released.

At the end of the year, the singer, along with his father, was nominated for the American Music Awards in the category “Best Latin American Singer.” However, the father said that if his son wins the prize, he will get up and defiantly leave the event. To avoid a scandal, Enrique refused to take part in the ceremony, giving the statuette to his father, Julio Iglesias.

At the beginning of 2000, Enrique Iglesias went on the Bailamos World Tour, but after it ended, for unknown reasons, the singer disappeared and did not appear in public for a long time.

The first public performance after a long break took place at a concert in memory of those killed in the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. Enrique Iglesias performed with his new song Hero, and the next month one of Enrique Iglesias' most popular albums, Escape, was released. The album sold more than 10 million copies. A video was also shot for the title song of the album, in which the main role went to tennis player Anna Kournikova.

In 2003, Enrique Iglesias recorded his seventh album, which, alas, turned out to be a failure. At the same time, his father released his seventy-seventh album. Then critics rated Iglesias Jr.'s work three points, and Julio's album became one of the best-selling. After the big tour, Enrique refrained from public appearances, except on rare occasions. For example, he performed at the Pope's Christmas concert.

At the end of the first decade of the 21st century, Enrique Iglesias's career took off. He again began recording new albums, appearing in public and giving solo concerts.

Personal life of Enrique Iglesias

At the beginning of his career, Enrique Iglesias openly admitted that he could not be with one girl for more than a week. There were many famous women in his life, but it was Russian tennis player Anna Kournikova who won his heart.

The romance began on the set of the Escape video, where the athlete was supposed to kiss the singer, but Enrique Iglesias unexpectedly refused. Gossipers slandered that the reason for this was simple herpes on the girl’s lips. Offended Anna used the main female weapon - tears. The kiss scene was left in the script. And not in vain - it became decisive in the lives of young people.

After the release of the video, Enrique said that he liked Anna Kournikova, but it was unlikely that they would succeed. However, a couple of months later the couple officially announced that they were living together. And for many years now, Enrique Iglesias has been faithful

Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (Spanish: Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler). Born on May 8, 1975 in Madrid. Spanish singer, songwriter, producer and actor.

Father - Julio Iglesias, famous Spanish singer.

Mother - Isabel Preysler, Filipino journalist and TV presenter.

Enrique became the third child in the family. Enrique has an older sister, Maria Isabel, and an older brother, Julio José.

When he was 3 years old, his parents divorced and he, his sister Maria and brother Julio stayed with his mother in Madrid, while his father moved to record songs in Miami.

Since his mother had a lot of work, he was raised by a nanny, Maria Olivares (Spanish: María Olivares).

In 1985, terrorists first threatened his father, and then made an attempt on Enrique’s grandfather, Julio Iglesias Sr. After the grandfather was released, ETA terrorists began to threaten the children, and the mother decided that it was better to send them to Miami, to their father.

In the USA, Enrique studied at the prestigious Gulliver Preparatory School. He had few friends because he was shy and different from everyone else. He recalled: “I went to a rich school in Miami, and while others drove Mercedes, I drove a junk car. My father didn't care about me and didn't give me a dime. And when I got a stepmother, the attitude towards me only worsened.”

Since childhood, together with their brother Julio, they planned to become singers. At age 16, he wrote the lyrics for his debut album.

However, the father wanted to see his son as a businessman. Under pressure from his father, Enrique enters the University of Miami to study business. The manager noticed him while still at school. While studying at the university, Enrique worked part-time on demo recordings of his songs and, together with his manager, sent them to the offices of record labels, signing them as Enrique Martinez from Central America.

In 1994, Iglesias dropped out of school and signed a contract with the Mexican label FonoMusic. Enrique's father demanded that he return to university, but Enrique left for Canada. In Canada, he worked for 5 months to record his debut album. In October 1995, Iglesias' first single "Si tú te vas" (If You Leave) was released, and on November 21 of the same year, his debut album entitled "Enrique Iglesias" was released. The album became popular in Spain, Portugal and Italy. The album sold 1 million copies in one week. This is the best result for an album of that time that was not recorded in English.

In 1996, Italian and Portuguese versions of the album were released. Almost all the songs on the album have been translated into these languages. Iglesias, along with his debut album, was also nominated for a Grammy Award as “Best Representative of Latin American Music.”

At the end of January 1997, Enrique released his second studio album, “Vivir” (Live). A few days later, the song “Enamorado Por Primera Vez” (Loved for the First Time) was released on radio stations, which topped the US Latin American chart for 12 weeks.

That same year, Iglesias went on the Vivir Tour, for which he selected the best musicians who had worked with Elton John, Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel. Enrique gave 78 concerts (19 of which in the USA) in 16 countries.

At the end of the year, Enrique, along with his father Julio Iglesias and Mexican singer Luis Miguel, was nominated for prestigious award"American Music Awards" in the category "Best Latin American Singer". But before the presentation of the award, in an interview with an American magazine, Julio said that if the award goes to his son, he will defiantly leave the hall. Enrique refused the award, so as not to provoke his father into a new quarrel (the award went to his father), but performed at the ceremony with the song “Lluvia Cae”.

In September 1998, Enrique released his third studio album, Cosas del Amor (Love Affairs). At the end of the year, Iglesias was awarded the "Best Latin Artist" award from the American Music Awards, beating out Puerto Rican pop singer Ricky Martin and the Mexican mariachi group Los Tigres del Norte in the number of votes.

His song “Nunca Te Olvidaré” became the soundtrack to the Mexican telenovela of the same name, starring Edith Gonzalez. In the opening shots of the telenovela, the main characters listen to Enrique. The song "Bailamos" was featured on the soundtrack to the film Wild Wild West, starring Will Smith. The title song of the album became the soundtrack of the Peruvian telenovela “Affairs of Love”, where Diego Berti starred.

The film "Wild Wild West" was not as successful as its creators hoped. But the song "Bailamos" began to be broadcast on radio stations in Latin America. After it was released a new version songs are more vibrant and rhythmic. The track topped the national charts in Israel, Spain, New Zealand, the UK and the USA.

In the US, the song's release was associated with the "Latin wave", which began that year with the release of the singles "Livin' La Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin and "I Need To Know" by Marc Anthony. The song became Iglesias's first song to reach number one in the United States. After the success of "Bailamos", Iglesias began to be offered contracts by more significant labels.

Enrique Iglesias - Bailamos

In collaboration with Interscope, Enrique released the maxi-single “Bailamos”, and then the first album recorded in English, “Enrique”. The album is notable for duets with the American Whitney Houston “Could I Have This Kiss Forever” and with the Russian “You’re My#1”, as well as a cover version of the Bruce Springsteen song of the same name - “Sad Eyes”.

At the beginning of 2000, Enrique went on the Bailamos World Tour. After the end of the tour, Enrique did not appear to the public for a long time. But in the summer of 2001, the song “Hero” was released on radio stations. The first public performance after a long break took place at a concert in memory of those killed in the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, at which Enrique performed the song “Hero.”

In October 2001, Iglesias released a new album, Escape, which is considered Iglesias' most commercially successful album. Its circulation is 10 million copies. The video for the title song “Escape” stars Iglesias’ future girlfriend, Russian tennis player Anna Kournikova. At the end of the year, Iglesias received the award for "best Latin artist."

Enrique Iglesias - Hero

In September 2002, he released the Spanish-language album Quizás, which is Iglesias' most successful album recorded in Spanish. The album was recorded not in the Latin American style, more familiar to Americans, but in Spanish. But this did not stop the songs from the album from becoming popular in the United States, for example, the song “Para Qué La Vida” was played a million times on US radio stations.

In 2003, Enrique released his seventh album, simply calling it “7,” while his father, Julio Iglesias, released his seventy-seventh album.

On July 12, 2007, Insomniac's new album was released. Three years later, Enrique returned to the world of show business and delighted fans with four hits at once. Even before the album was released, two tracks became hits, and then another one was released in Europe - “Tired Of Being Sorry”. The fourth single was the song “Push”.

In 2008, Enrique recorded the song “Tired Of Being Sorry” as a duet with French singer Nadia and released it as a separate single. For this single, Enrique received the French Music Awards in the Song of the Year category.

On June 27, 2008, Enrique performed at the European Football Championship final with a new song “Can You Hear Me”, which became the official anthem of UEFA 2008 and was included in the re-released version of the album “Insomniac”.

In 2008, Enrique decides to experiment. He released a compilation album of 12 Spanish-language singles and two more new compositions, which also became successful - “Lloro Por Tì” and “¿Dondé Éstan Corazòn?”. The album includes the songs “Sì Tù Te Vas”, “Solò En Tì”, which have not been translated into other languages, as well as the compositions “Ritmo Total”, “Heroé” translated into English, and one of Enrique’s most successful songs - a song recorded directly on in two languages - “Bailamos”.

On November 8, 2008, in Monaco, Iglesias received two World Music Awards for "Best Selling Latin Artist" and "Best Selling Spanish Artist".

In July 2009, Iglesias’ new song “Lost Inside Your Love” appeared on radio stations.

In 2010, Iglesias included his song “It Must Be Love” in the collection “Download to Donate for Haiti,” the idea of which belongs to the group Linkin Park. Money from sales of the collection was sent to a fund for victims of the Haitian earthquake in 2010. In February of the same year, Iglesias, together with other artists, rewrote the composition “We Are The World”, which at one time was written to raise money to help the famine-stricken in Ethiopia in 1984-85. Proceeds from sales of “We Are the World: 25 for Haiti” went to charity.

The 2010 album “Euphoria” turned out to be successful for the artist and brought him first 14 nominations for the Billboard de la Musica Latina award, and then the largest number of awards in nine categories.

Enrique Iglesias - I Like It

He starred in advertising a lot: he has commercials for the McDonald's restaurant chain, which sponsored his Cosas Del Amor Tour; how the Roman emperor appeared in a Pepsi commercial alongside Britney Spears, Pink and Beyoncé. He acted in films. In 2003, he played in the Robert Rodriguez film “Once Upon a Time in Mexico” (the role of street musician Lorenzo). Later he played in a number of other films.

As a producer, together with Guy Chamber, he produced the song “Un Nuevo Giorno” for Andrea Bocelli’s first pop album. The song was later translated into English as " First Day Of My Life" and released former soloist Spice Girls' Melanie Chisholm as a single.

Produced the song “The Way” for the winner of “Academy Of Stars” (Star Factory) Cline Aikin, together with Steve Morales and Kara Dioguardi. He also served as producer for the British group The Hollies.

Enrique Iglesias height: 187 centimeters.

Personal life of Enrique Iglesias:

In the early 2000s, Enrique began dating American actress, producer, director and singer Jennifer Love Hewitt. They dated briefly and parted as friends.

In 2001, Jennifer starred in Enrique's video for the song "Hero". Enri and Jenny played lovers so believably that rumors began to appear in the press that they were together again. But it was not so.

Since 2001, he has been in a relationship with. They met on the set of the video for the song “Escape”.

Since then, rumors have regularly appeared that they are married. Anna flashed her engagement ring more than once.

In December 2017, information appeared that. The couple had opposite-sex twins - son Nicholas and daughter Lucy.

Enrique suffers from insomnia.

Enrique’s personal plane landed at one of the Miami airports, and his boats are moored at the ports. Even at school, everyone was amazed at his artistry and sense of humor. From an early age, Enrique involuntarily became a participant social events, and since then he does not like expensive things and attributes of fame, but still cannot resist cars from Ferrari and Porsche. Despite the fact that he has money and fame, he performs in T-shirts and jeans, and his favorite food is fast food.

Filmography of Enrique Iglesias:

1995 - Desperado - episode (uncredited)
2003 - Once Upon a Time in Mexico - Lorenzo
2005-2014 - How I Met Your Mother - Gael
2007 - Two and a Half Men - Fernando

Discography of Enrique Iglesias:

1995 - Enrique Iglesias
1997 - Vivir
1998 - Cosas Del Amor
1999 - Enrique
2001 - Escape
2002 - Quizas
2003 - Seven
2007 - Insomniac
2010 - Euphoria
2014 - Sex + Love

Born in 1975 in the family of Julio Iglesias, perhaps the most famous Spanish singer, and Filipino journalist Isabel Preysler. Enrique was the third child in the family. His parents divorced in 1978, and the future musician stayed with his mother in Spain, while his father, Julio, moved to Miami, in the USA. The mother was also a rather busy person, so the nanny, Elvira Olivares, was mostly involved in raising her. She practically replaced his mother. Because of the threat from terrorist organization ETA, fighting in Spain for Basque independence (they threatened Julio and even kidnapped his father, Enrique’s grandfather), moved in with his father in 1985. In Miami, he went to a prestigious school, but, according to him, he felt out of place there. Even then, Enrique dreamed of becoming a singer, but he shared his dreams only with his nanny, and did not tell his father about his hobby until it became impossible to hide. Enrique was fond of football and windsurfing, even skipping classes in order to catch waves. Even then, music became the main thing in the boy’s life - he recorded his first record at the age of 16, secretly from his parents. While studying at the Faculty of Business, where his father assigned him, Ernicke paid much less attention to studying than to sending out his demo tapes. Finally, in 1994, he dropped out of university, signed a contract with the Mexican FonoMusic and began recording his first record. The album with the simple name “Enrique Iglesias” broke all records in Spain - the first million copies were sold in the first week. This was greatly facilitated by the fact that the song from the album became the title song in the popular TV series “Marisol”.

For this album he received his first Grammy nomination. The second album was released three years later - “Vivir” (“Live”). In the same year, 1997, Enrique went on a world tour, where he gave 78 concerts and visited 16 countries. In 1998, the third album “Cosas del Amor” (“Love Affairs”) was released, and in 1999 real world fame came. The film “Wild Wild West” was released, the song from which “Bailamos” finally took a leading position not only in the Spanish-language charts, where Enrique already had excellent positions, but also in the United States, and then throughout the world.

This coincided with the “Latin wave”, the singers seemed to be at the peak of popularity. Serious labels finally paid attention to Enrique, and from a singer popular exclusively in Spain, he began to become a world star. Enrique records an English-language album with the same simple name as the first one - “Enrique”, and releases collections of his best hits. In 2001, a second album followed in English - “Escape”, the most commercially successful of all Iglesias’ albums. The video for the song “Escape” featured Anna Kournikova, a famous tennis player who would later have a long and complicated relationship with Enrique. Later, Enrique Iglesias would release several more Spanish and English-language albums, successful and unsuccessful (like “7”), and become as famous a Spanish singer as his father.

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His father's "crystal" voice is well known to the older generation, and Enrique Iglesias is a modern god and king of the Spanish-speaking audience, he is the most famous singer-songwriter in the world of Latin American music, whose discs have sold more than 100 million copies.

Biography of Enrique Iglesias

Son of a legendary singer and a Filipino journalist

Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler was born on May 8, 1975 in Madrid. He was the second son of Filipino journalist Isabel Preysler and famous singer Julio Iglesias.

In their family, it is customary to call the first-born “Julio”, which is why both Enrique’s grandfather and his older brother are called that way. When father and mother divorced, Julio Jr., Enrique and Maria found themselves under maternal care, with a nanny looking after them as Isabel built her career. Meanwhile, the ex-head of the family moved to the USA.

Under the dictates of an oppressive father

When Enrique Iglesias was ten years old, Baku separatists attempted to assassinate his grandfather, and the boy was sent to his father, who worked in Miami. Enrique did not boast about Julio’s wealth and fame; he dressed simply and was modest, but even then the boy’s artistic abilities were evident.

Enrique Iglesias attended Gulliver Preparatory School and did not fit in well with his American peers, who boasted expensive clothes and came to classes in luxury cars. The father was strict and did not give his son pocket money. And when Julio married for the second time, Enrique felt deprived of attention.

The adult biography of Enrique Iglesias began at the University of Miami (Julio did not want his son to follow in his footsteps and insisted that he study economics). But Enrique had other plans, he began recording his compositions and offered them to recording studios (though under the pseudonym “Enrique Martinez”).

The first album set a record

The guy’s attempts were crowned with success: the debutant signed a contract with the Mexican studio FonoMusic. Despite objections, Julio Enrique left his studies and went to Canada to record his first disc, which was released in November 1995. The singer did not rack his brains over the name: “Enrique Iglesias.” In just one week, 1,000,000 copies of the album were sold, which was a record for a non-English-language disc.

Enrique Iglesias's second studio album, “Vivir,” was released in January 1997, the composition from which (“Enamorado Por Primera Vez”) took first place in the Latin American chart in the United States and stayed in the top for almost 3 months. In addition to this single, Enrique released five more.

Scythe on a stone: Julio vs Enrique

The Spaniard promoted his disc on a tour of the same name, traveling through 16 countries. In 1997, there was a scandal: Enrique Iglesias was nominated for the American Music Awards, and his rivals were Luis Miguel and Julio Iglesias, who was very angry. Then Enrique decided to withdraw his candidacy, and Julio was recognized as the best Latin American singer.

In the fall of 1998, the third album “Cosas del Amor” appeared in the biography of Enrique Iglesias, and the musician received the American Music Awards, beating his rival in the nomination, Ricky Martin. The composition "Bailamos" was included in the film "Wild Wild West" with Will Smith and Kevin Kline, and new interpretation This song became the leader of the charts in the USA, Spain, Great Britain and several other countries.

The fashion for Latin American music played a role!

From that moment on, Enrique Iglesias became in demand in the US music market, where the fashion for “ Latin America"(thanks to Ricky Martin and Marc Anthony). Enrique signed two contracts - one for Spanish songs, the other for compositions in English. The singer's first album (entirely in English was called) “Enrique”. For this disc, Enrique Iglesias and Whitney Houston recorded the song “Could I Have This Kiss Forever,” for which a music video was shot.

The most successful album by Enrique Iglesias is the 2001 disc “Escape”, which sold 10 million copies. Our compatriot Anna Kournikova starred in the video of the same name, which changed the personal life of Enrique Iglesias. A world tour of 16 countries was dedicated to promoting the album, and at the same time the Spaniard visited Moscow.

Disappeared, but still returned

There were also failures in the creative biography of Enrique Iglesias. Thus, his album “7” was sharply criticized. Interestingly, the same period (2003) saw the release of a new disc by Julio Iglesias, which was received with a bang: it turns out that father and son continued their rivalry.

After a major tour that started with 20 shows in the USA and ended in South Africa, Enrique Iglesias almost disappeared from the radar, everyone thought that he had exhausted himself, and that the Spaniard was pushed aside by new names and fresh faces.

Only in the summer of 2007, Iglesias Jr. returned (to the delight of fans) with his new disc, “Insomniac,” from which he released four singles and shot five music videos. The songs “Push” and “Do You Know” became especially popular.

Julio Iglesias began his career as a goalkeeper for Real Madrid, and his son paid tribute to the football players by performing at the 2008 European Championship with the song “Can You Hear Me.”

"Starfall" awards

After the release of the album of Spanish-language songs “95/08 Éxitos,” Enrique Iglesias was a success: the disc became platinum in the United States, and gold in some European countries. In the fall of 2008, a collection of English-language compositions “Greatest Hits” was released. Enrique promoted both albums on a European tour. The year ended enchantingly: with the presentation of the World Music Awards to Enrique Iglesias (as the best-selling Spanish artist and the best-selling Latin artist).

Enrique’s composition “It Must Be Love” was included in a special collection disc, as were songs by other musicians who wanted to help the victims of the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 - all proceeds went to the relief fund.

In the same 2010, after releasing several singles, Iglesias presented the public with the disc “Euphoria,” for which he received nine (!) Billboard de la Musica Latina awards. Now Enrique Iglesias's popularity has faded, although Spanish-speaking countries still idolize him.

In addition to music, Enrique also tried to prove himself as an actor: in addition to filming in several advertisements, including the video for “True Star Man” (a fragrance from Hilfiger), the Spaniard participated in TV series and films. These are Rodriguez's action movie "Once Upon a Time in Mexico", the shows "Lost", "Two and a Half Men" and "How I Met Your Mother", in which Iglesias was assigned small roles.

Personal life of Enrique Iglesias

A short affair with Jennifer

After filming the “Could I Have This Kiss” video, there were rumors that Enrique Iglesias and Whitney Houston were dating, but this was unlikely to be true. But the romance with the American actress, star of horror films and the TV series “Ghost Whisperer” Jennifer Love Hewitt has been confirmed.

After the breakup, Jen participated in her boyfriend's "Hero" music video, but this did not mean a resumption of the relationship: they simply remained on good terms.

They've been married and divorced, but they're still together

Enrique Iglesias and Anna Kournikova (who is 6 years younger) became a couple after filming the "Escape" video. Over the course of many years, they were repeatedly “married” and “divorced” by the media, the tabloids attributed affairs to both of them, and reported scandalous details that were not confirmed by Enrique Iglesias. The musician’s personal life may have been stormy (with so many fans and celebrity acquaintances), but it seems that Enrique Iglesias and Anna Kournikova are still together.

Enrique Iglesias is today the most popular representative of Spanish-language music in the world, singer, songwriter and producer. Iglesias has more than once received the prestigious Grammy and American Music Awards and the Billboard de la Musica Latina award specific to Latin American music. Creative biography The Spanish musician has a dozen albums and more than four dozen independent tracks. Enrique Iglesias's albums have gone platinum 116 times and gold 227 times. The musician has sold 100 million albums worldwide.

On May 8, 1975, the third child was born into the family of the famous Spanish singer, producer and actor and Filipino TV presenter and journalist Isabel Preysler. The boy was named Enrique. Three years after the birth of their son, the couple separated. Julio went to Miami to record songs there, the children stayed with their mother in Madrid.

Isabel worked hard. She entrusted the upbringing of her children to the nanny Maria Olivares, whom Enrique mentions in an interview as a full-fledged member of the family. In 1985, the time came for the family difficult times. ETA terrorists seriously threatened Julio Iglesias and even attempted to assassinate Enrique's grandfather. Julio Sr. was released from captivity, but the attackers did not calm down and directed threats towards the children. Isabel believed that they would be safer in America.

Since then, Julio has taken up raising the children. Enrique complains that his father cared little about him, and when his stepmother appeared in the house, the emotional climate in the family ceased to be comfortable at all. Enrique studied at the prestigious American school in Miami, Gulliver Preparatory School. He was shy and did not acquire big amount friends. Educational institution was considered a school for the rich, and students came there in expensive cars. Julio Iglesias didn't care too much about this fact. Being behind the wheel of a “junk car,” as Enrique himself calls his car, the future musician became even more complex.

From the age of 16, the singer’s son dreamed of a musical career for himself. This is also what Julio's older brother wanted. Enrique wrote poetry for future songs, but his father did not want to listen to anything, because he saw his son as a businessman. Under pressure, Enrique even entered the university to study business. But still in school years Together with his manager, he sent his demos to recording studios, signing Enrique Martinez from Central America.

The efforts bore fruit in 1994. The Mexican FonoMusic signed a contract with the young performer. With a light heart, Enrique dropped out of university and went to Canada to record his first album.

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In 1995, the single "Si tú te vas" preceded the release of the debut album "Enrique Iglesias", which instantly gained popularity in his native Spain, Portugal and Italy. A million copies sold in a week. Considering that the album is not in English, the result is phenomenal. The song “Por amarte daría mi vida” was even taken into the Mexican TV series.

In 1997, Iglesias's second album, “Vivir” (Live), was released. He selects the best musicians who have experience working with and Bruce Springsteen and goes on tour. During this time, Enrique visited 16 countries, playing 78 concerts.

In the same year, like his father, Enrique was nominated for the American Music Awards. But Julio Iglesias said that if his son becomes “Best Latin American Singer,” he will leave the hall in protest. Enrique refused the nomination so as not to quarrel with his father, but performed the song “Lluvia Cae” at the ceremony (“ It is raining"). In the end, the award went to Julio.

In 1998, fans rejoice at the artist’s third album, “Cosas del Amor.” This time he receives the American Music Awards, surpassing even. The song "Bailamos" is used in the film "Wild Wild West" as a soundtrack. She brought Enrique deafening worldwide popularity. He even had to record an album in English, signing a contract with famous labels. This album includes duets with and.

The song “Could I Have This Kiss Forever,” recorded together with Whitney Houston, becomes a landmark composition in Iglesias’s work. Subsequently, the musician performs this composition at many solo concerts.

In 2000, Iglesias again made a world tour, and in 2001 he released his most popular album, “Escape.” The disc sold 10 million copies. Appears in the music video of the same name. By the end of the year, Enrique again became "Best Latin American Singer". To support the album, the musician plays 50 concerts in 16 countries.

With the album “Quizás” the singer returns to the Spanish-speaking public, but songs in Spanish are also popular worldwide. In 2003, Enrique released an album called “7”, and the singer’s father released his 77th album. Julio's creation was received wonderfully, but his son's work was rated as "C". Enrique does not lose heart and goes on his biggest tour, visiting countries he has never been to before. For example, South Africa.

After completing the tour, Enrique Iglesias began to work closely on the new album. The musician worked on the sound recording without stopping. During this period, the singer practically did not appear at concerts and television shows.

Three years later, Insomniac became a hit album and delighted fans and critics. The song “Can You Hear Me” became the official anthem of UEFA 2008. Enrique Iglesias performed the composition at the stadium.

In 2008, two collections were published that became popular. And in 2010, the musician created the collection “Download to Donate for Haiti.” Money from sales goes to a fund to help people affected by the earthquake in Haiti. The subsequent album “Euphoria” brought Enrique Iglesias the largest number of awards in nine categories.

In the spring of 2014, Iglesias recorded the song “Bailando”, and soon posted a video of the same name on YouTube. Music video received 800 million views in a week, in total the clip collected more than two billion views. In Russia, the song and video gained popularity under the transliterated name “Bailando”.

In 2014, the bilingual album “Sex + Love” was released. One of the most popular compositions in the collection was the song “El Perdedor”.

From 2014 to 2017, Enrique Iglesias’s “Sex and Love Tour” lasted in support of the new album. The singer performed in Sweden, Germany, Spain, Finland, the United Arab Emirates and other countries. The musician has concerts planned in Poland, Italy, Mexico and the USA.

Iglesias publishes the tour schedule on the official website. In addition to news and posters, the site contains photographs and videos from past concerts, music videos, a list of the artist’s songs with an offer to buy tracks and links to the musician’s accounts on social networks and other communication services: from Instagram and VKontakte to Google+. and Pinterest.

In June 2016, Enrique officially presented the new track “Duele el corazon” in two versions, Spanish and English.

Personal life

Enrique loves simple clothes and fast food, but loves expensive cars. The singer is also very afraid of cockroaches, which Pitbull mentioned in his song, and suffers from insomnia.

Enrique Iglesias has been dating since 2000. She even starred in Iglesias' video for the song "Hero" in 2001. The artists portrayed the lovers so believably that the public thought about the couple’s reunion.

However, in the same year, the performer first met Russian tennis player Anna Kournikova on the set of the “Escape” video. She became the main love of the singer's life.

The first meeting of celebrities did not turn out to be rosy. On the day of filming, Anya’s lip became inflamed, and the girl was very afraid that the popular singer would refuse to kiss her. The athlete’s fears were justified. Enrique said that he was not going to kiss “this pimply little girl.” A thick layer of makeup helped to complete the necessary shots. It would seem that this could put an end to the further relations of the stars, but everything turned out differently.

Soon the couple began to appear in public together. Enrique and Anna remained silent when asked by journalists about the affair. However, everything was clear without words.

Information constantly appears in the press about couple breakups and reunions. No one saw the lovers’ wedding, but one day, in 2014, at a concert in Los Angeles, Enrique announced that he was divorced. However, already in 2015, Iglesias and Anna were seen together again.

Subsequently, Enrique called Kournikova his wife several times, and the singer’s beloved appeared several times wedding ring.

In one interview, the musician said that he does not consider marriage an event that makes people happier or makes them love each other more. U young man has married friends, but he doesn’t see what official status gives family life joy and mutual respect. And Enrique considers his relationship with Anna to be exactly like that.

The singer once shared that he loves Kournikova’s simplicity and lack of glamor. They can easily have a hamburger dinner or go hiking in the mountains together. Iglesias is also confident in his soulmate and knows that she will always support him. He calls the girl the love of his life.

Another rumor circulated in the press: supposedly Enrique Iglesias is actually gay, and the singer needs Anna Kournikova as a cover. However, with one stunning event, the couple again surprised everyone and made their ill-wishers bite their tongues.

On December 16, 2017, opposite-sex twins were born to the lovers. The babies were named Nicholas and Lucy.

The appearance of a couple of heirs caused a shock among journalists and Internet users. Later, the musician’s mother, Isabel Preysler, confirmed the joyful event that happened in the family. The woman shared that Anna and Enrique did not deliberately hide the girl’s pregnancy.

Since for all 9 months no one had even a suspicion of an imminent addition to the family, the public doubted that Anya gave birth herself. Soon, a rumor leaked onto the Internet that celebrities resorted to the help of a surrogate mother. However, here too Kournikova silenced everyone by posting on her profile in May 2018 “ Instagram"photo showing the athlete's rounded belly.

The couple first showed their babies to fans in January 2018. Within a few minutes of each other, Anna and Enrique posted pictures with their daughter and son on their accounts in “ Instagram ».

In March, at a concert in Budapest, the performer mentioned twins for the first time, publicly declaring his love for the children.

In the same month, Internet users scolded the musician for being too affectionate towards his daughter. The fact is that Enrique posted a video on his profile in which he kissed the baby. Fans noticed that Lucy was not happy with her dad’s caresses and turned away, and the singer’s stubble could harm the newborn’s delicate skin. But most fans found the video very cute and said it cheered them up for the day.

In 2013, Kournikova and Iglesias celebrated their housewarming. The lovers built a mansion in the most prestigious location on the Miami coast, in Biscayne Bay, next to the national park. In total, the celebrities spent $20 million on the construction and decoration of the house. There is a pier next to the cottage. Paparazzi often catch the couple on a boat trip on their own yacht.

Enrique Iglesias now

In February 2017, Iglesias presented a new song “Subeme La Radio”.

In June 2017, a joint tour began with Enrique, during which Enrique visited more than 20 American cities in different states.

In January 2018, Enrique presented a new single, “El Baño,” recorded with Bad Bunny. The composition was released immediately with a video, one of the directors of which was Iglesias himself. The second director was Maxim Bohichik.

In May, the singer, in collaboration with, released the song “Move to Miami.” On his Instagram profile, Enrique thanked fans for their support and nice words to the new song.