Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler is a Latin pop singer, romantic ballad artist, dance pop musician, reggaeton performer, and bachata artist who is also a composer, record producer, and Spanish actor. He was born in Madrid on May 8, 1975. He is the youngest son of the famous singer Julio Iglesias and the highly popular Spanish socialite Isabel Preysler.
Enrique became very popular in America and also in Cuba in the 90s with his debut album Enrique Iglesias (1995), which gave us highly played and successful tracks like "Experiencia religiosa," "Si tú te vas," "Trapecista," "No llores por mí," and "Por amarte." With this album, he won a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album in 1997, and thanks to these singles, he reached the number one spot on Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks. He would later release, with equal success, Vivir (1997), from which Cubans remember the hit "Enamorado por primera vez" and "Cosas del amor" (1998)
In his fourth album Enrique (2000), with which the Spaniard debuted in the English market, his song Bailamos appears, which is part of the original soundtrack of the movie Wild Wild West starring Salma Hayek and Will Smith, who personally requested the singer to include the song in the film. With this song, he reached the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States and began to solidify his international career, further established by other titles such as Hero, Escape, or Don't Turn Off the Lights, all from the album Escape (2000).
Iglesias has won many awards and recognitions throughout his long career. With millions of copies sold, he has been a recipient of the Premio Lo Nuestro on several occasions, as well as the Latin Grammy Awards, the TVyNovelas Awards for Best Song, and the Premios Juventud. He also received the Grammy Award for Best Latin Artist in 1997. Additionally, many of his singles and albums have been honored with the Billboard Latin Award and Billboard Music Award for ranking among the most popular in the United States charts.
In 2010, Enrique released Euphoria. An album in English and Spanish featuring memorable collaborations with Juan Luis Guerra, Pitbull, Wisin and Yandel, Usher, Nicole Scherzinger, and Akon.
When I Fall in Love, a duet with Juan Luis Guerra, is a bachata written by the Cuban composer Descemer Bueno, and I like It with Pitbull were major hits and ranked at the top. With this album, the singer achieved number one in sales in Spain, Mexico, and other countries. It was certified Double Platinum in the United States, Platinum in Mexico and Colombia, as well as Gold in Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and Poland.
In April 2014, Enrique Iglesias brought Cuban musicians Gente de Zona and Descemer Bueno to the international stage, with whom he had already collaborated after performing the song Bailando together. The song had originally been recorded by the Cubans and was presented to Iglesias by Descemer, who mentions that initially, it did not appeal to the Spanish artist until he saw it recorded, at which point he decided to include it in his album Sex and Love.
Subsequently, the song was released by the record label Republic Records and performed by Enrique Iglesias, Descemer Bueno, and Gente de Zona. All versions of the music video were directed by the Cuban producer Alejandro Pérez and filmed in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Portugal. This video propelled the Cuban dancer Ana Karla Suárez to fame.
Bailando became a tremendous success worldwide, staying many weeks on the playlists. In 2016, it won two Guinness World Records certificates in Mexico. Enrique Iglesias and Descemer have repeated successful collaborations: In 2017, they released the single Súbeme la radio alongside the Puerto Rican duo Zion & Lennox, and in 2018, they released Nos fuimos lejos with collaboration also from Micha.
In 2020, coinciding with the sixth anniversary of the release of the music video for the song "Bailando," Descemer Bueno announced that he was working on a second part of the single with the Cuban group Gente de Zona, but it was not specified whether the singer Enrique Iglesias would participate in it.
