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Gloria Estefan (born Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García; born 1 September 1957) is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. Estefan is a seven-time Grammy Award winner, 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 75 million worldwide, making her the second best selling female latin artist in history and one of the best-selling female singers 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 and led to Miami Sound Machine winning the 15th annual Tokyo Music Festival's grand prix in 1986. In 1988, she and Miami Sound Machine achieved their first number-one hit with "Anything for You". Estefan is credited with breaking down barriers and opening doors for Latin musicians, including Selena, Jon Secada, Shakira and Ricky Martin. In March 1990, Estefan sustained a life-threatening cervical vertebrae fracture when her tour bus was involved in a serious accident near Scranton, Pennsylvania. She underwent an emergency surgical stabilization of her cervical spine and post-surgical rehabilitation that lasted almost a year, but made a full recovery. A year later, in March 1991, 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. Mi Tierra immediately soared to the top of the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart upon its release. The album was also the first Diamond album in Spain. Many of Estefan's songs, including "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You", "1-2-3", "Don't Wanna Lose You", "Get On Your Feet", "Here We Are", "Coming Out of the Dark", "Bad Boy", "Oye!", "Party Time" and a remake of "Turn the Beat Around," became international chart-topping hits. In addition to winning three Grammy Awards and being a 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, 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 also 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 awards. Billboard has listed Estefan as the third Most Successful Latina and 23rd Greatest Latin Artist of all time in US, based on both Latin albums and Latin songs chart. Hailed as the "Queen 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. Rolling Stone has ranked her 1985 hit "Conga" the 11th Greatest Latin Pop Songs of all time. Richard Blanco, the 2013 Presidential Inaugural Poet, told The Boston Globe in 2020 that Estefan is among the Latin singers who helped him gain ground "in the musical poetry of my culture and rejuvenate my spirits".
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1957-09-01
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 5.5
- info Birth Place Havana, Cuba
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Gloria Estefan
8.1
VH1: Divas Live
1998-04-14
5
Heartbreakers at the BBC
2023-02-11
5
Gloria Estefan: Live by Request
1998-11-03
6.7
Music of the Heart
1999-10-29
5.5
Little Angelita
1999-01-01
6
Euro Disney : L'Ouverture
1992-04-11
8
Aretha Franklin: Duets
1993-05-09
5.3
Celia Cruz | ¡Azúcar!
2004-01-27
5.8
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
1998-02-20
5
Gloria Estefan - Live in Atlantis
2000-05-12
0
1996 VH1 Honors
1996-03-31
7
Gloria Estefan: The Evolution Tour Live In Miami
1996-09-21
6
Miami Wild
2022-05-18
5
Lionel Richie: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song
2022-05-17
0
Revolution's Daughter
0
Selena ¡Vive!
2005-04-07
0
Homenaje María Teresa Campos
2024-01-05
10
Jose Feliciano: Behind This Guitar
2022-09-28
6.6
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story
2000-11-18
0
Diane Warren: Relentless
2025-01-10
0
Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years
1998-04-11
2
The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank
2015-04-29
7
A MusiCares Tribute to Carole King
2015-06-23
2
Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers
2022-09-14
0
Celia: The Queen
2008-04-26
9
Carlos Rivera: leyendas
2022-05-20
8
All the Way... A Decade of Song and Video
2001-02-20
8.1
The Latin Explosion: A New America
2015-11-16
7.5
Gloria Estefan - Everlasting Gloria!
1995-10-03
0
Somos un solo pueblo
1995-12-03
0
Gloria Estefan: The Best of
1997-02-17
7
The Latino List
2011-09-29
5.6
America's Musical Journey
2018-05-17
6.2
Santana: Corazón Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe It
2014-09-09
7.5
A Step from Heaven
2009-04-15
9.5
First You Dream: The Music of Kander & Ebb
2015-11-20
7.5
Pavarotti & Friends 99 for Guatemala and Kosovo
1999-06-01
6.5
Gloria Estefan: Live and Unwrapped
2004-02-10
6.5
Gloria Estefan: Don't Stop
1998-09-11
6.5
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
2018-12-09
8.1
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
2001-11-13
2
A Change of Heart
2017-03-10
5.5
Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party
1997-02-28
6.3
Siempre, Luis
2020-01-25
7.4
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
2021-06-18
6.5
Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days
2021-04-26
6.5
Father of the Bride
2022-07-21
7.4
Vivo
2021-07-30
7.5
Latin Grammy Celebrates: Them and Their Music
2021-05-09
5
Gloria Estefan – Into the Light World Tour
1992-01-01
6.5
Gloria Estefan: Sangre Yoruba
2021-07-17
6.5
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
2021-09-11
0
Brisa
2024-11-12
0
American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special
0
Sid & Marty Krofft's Redeye Express
1988-03-09
5.5
Today
1952-01-14
5.5
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988-09-05
4.5
The View
1997-08-11
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992-05-25
6.9
MADtv
1995-10-14
4.5
Intimate Portrait
1993-11-14
5.1
The X Factor
2004-09-04
3.8
The Marriage Ref
2010-02-28
7
The Oscars
1953-03-19
0
The Garden Party
1998-07-11
2
Viña del Mar International Song Festival
1963-02-14
5.5
Wetten, dass..?
1981-02-14
5.2
Tamron Hall
2019-09-09
0
Superfan
2023-08-09
7.7
Frasier
1993-09-16
7.9
One Day at a Time
2017-01-06
7
Latin Grammy Awards
2000-09-13
7.9
Jane the Virgin
2014-10-13
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01
3
Leute heute
1997-07-23
4.5
The View
1997-08-11
10
Teen Choice Awards
1999-08-01
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
2007-02-22
4.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009-07-16
0
Flitterabend
1988-12-01
3.5
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996-06-10
6
Going Live!
1987-09-26
0
World Music Awards
1993-05-31
6.5
Top of the Pops
1964-01-01
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
2007-02-22
5
The Magic Hour
1998-06-08
6.7
Glee
2009-05-19
3.7
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
2022-09-23
6.1
TV total
1999-03-08
6.2
Champs-Elysées
1982-01-16
3.8
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980-01-31
0
Le monde est à vous
1987-09-13
3.2
Vivement dimanche
1998-09-20
6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019-09-09
