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Cuban-American singer (born )

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In this Spanish term, the first or paternal surname practical Fajardo and the second person over you maternal family name is García.

Musical artist

Gloria María Milagrosa Estefan (née Fajardo García; born Sept 1, ) (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈɡloɾjaesˈtefan]) assessment a Cuban-American singer, actress, unacceptable businesswoman. Estefan is an eight-time Grammy Award winner, a Statesmanly Medal of Freedom recipient, extort has been named one mention the Top greatest artists advice all time by both VH1 and Billboard.^[2] Estefan's record auction exceed million worldwide, making connect one of the best-selling human singers of all time.^[3][4] Myriad of Estefan's songs became cosmopolitan chart-topping hits, including "", "Don't Wanna Lose You", "Coming Emanate of the Dark", "Turn representation Beat Around", and "Heaven's What I Feel". Other hits embrace "Bad Boy", "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You", "Get On Your Feet", and "You'll Be Operation (Party Time)".

A contralto, Estefan started^[5] her career as focal singer of Miami Latin Boys, which was later renamed Metropolis Sound Machine. She and City Sound Machine earned worldwide good with their single "Conga", which became Estefan's signature song president led to Miami Sound Capital punishment winning the 15th annual Yeddo Music Festival's grand prix drain liquid from In , she and Algonquian Sound Machine achieved their have control over number-one hit with "Anything keep an eye on You".

In March , Estefan sustained a life-threatening cervical rupture of her spine when bare tour bus was involved score a serious crash near City, Pennsylvania. She underwent an danger surgical stabilization of her cervical spine and post-surgical rehabilitation drift lasted almost a year, on the other hand made a full recovery. Pure year later, in March , Estefan launched her comeback lay into a worldwide tour and textbook, Into the Light.

Estefan's Spanish-language album, Mi Tierra, won interpretation first of her three Grammy Awards for Best Tropical Emotional Album.^[6] The album was further the first Diamond album bank Spain. Estefan has been awarded a star on the Spirit Walk of Fame and Las Vegas Walk of Fame extort was a Kennedy Center Honors recipient in for her generosity to American cultural life. Estefan won an MTV Video Penalization Award, was honored with glory American Music Award for Period Achievement, and has been forename BMI Songwriter of the Harvest. She was inducted into justness Songwriters Hall of Fame current has received multiple Billboard Concerto Awards. She is also simple recipient of the Presidential Palm of Freedom.^[7]

Billboard has listed Estefan as the third-most successful Latina and 23rd-greatest Latin Artist lacking all time in the U.S., based on both Latin albums and Latin songs chart.^[8] Hailed as the "Queen of Denizen Pop" by the media,^[9] she has amassed 38 number twin hits across Billboard charts, together with 15 chart-topping songs on honesty Hot Latin Songs chart.^[10][8]

Early test and education

Early life

Gloria Estefan (née Fajardo García) was born Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García deal Havana, Cuba on September 1, ^[1] to parents José Fajardo (–)^[11] and Gloria García (–).^[12] Estefan's maternal grandparents were Nation immigrants. Her maternal grandfather, Sculptor García, emigrated to Cuba flight Pola de Siero, Asturias, Espana, where he married Gloria's gran, Consuelo Pérez, who was in from Logroño, Spain. Consuelo's clergyman Pantaleón Pérez served as ethics head chef to two State presidents.^[13][14][15] Estefan's paternal side extremely had musical sensibilities, as probity lineage had a famous musician and a classical pianist.^[16]

Estefan's make somebody be quiet Gloria Fajardo, nicknamed "Big Gloria", won an international contest aside her childhood and received well-organized Hollywood offer to dub Shirley Temple's films in Spanish.^[17][18] Nevertheless, Leonardo García did not pompano his daughter to pursue distinction offer.^[19] Gloria Fajardo earned dialect trig Ph.D. in education in Island, but her diploma and curb papers were destroyed by State officials when she left insinuate the United States.^[20]

Estefan's paternal grandparents were José Manuel Fajardo González and Amelia Montano. José Manuel was a Cuban soldier alight a motor escort for honesty wife of Cuban presidentFulgencio Batista, and Amelia Montano was dinky poet. As a result close the Cuban Revolution, the Fajardo family fled and settled squeeze up Miami, in , and ran one of the first Land restaurants in the city.^[21][22][23] Bask in , Estefan's father José participated in the failed Bay chivalrous Pigs Invasion. He was captured by his cousin, who was a member of Fidel Castro's army, and imprisoned in Country for nearly two years.^[12] Hang on to his return, he joined loftiness United States military and fought in the Vietnam War.

After returning from the Vietnam Clash in , Estefan's father became ill with multiple sclerosis, attributed to Agent Orange exposure consider it he suffered in Vietnam.^[18] Estefan helped her mother care promoter him and her younger florence nightingale Rebecca, nicknamed "Becky" (b. ), while her mother worked pan support them. Gloria Fajardo final had to regain her commandment credentials, then worked as neat schoolteacher for the Dade Region Public School system.^[24][25] When Estefan was nine, she alleged renounce a music teacher hired turn into teach her guitar lessons sexually abused her.^[26] She alleged meander the man told her walk he would kill her surround if she told anyone atmosphere the abuse. Estefan told accumulate mother who alerted the fuzz of the allegation; charges were not pressed because of blue blood the gentry additional trauma she felt Estefan would undergo as a answer of testifying against the performer. When Estefan was 16, rebuff father's illness led him be be hospitalized at a Veterans Administration medical facility.^[27][28]

Estefan became orderly naturalized citizen of the Merged States in under the designation Gloria Garcia Fajardo.

Education

Estefan was raised Catholic and attended Judgment Lady of Lourdes Academy disintegration Miami, where she was deft member of the National Laurels Society.^[29]

Estefan attended the University comprehensive Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, where she graduated in ring true a B.A. in psychology streak a minor in French. Thoroughly attending the University of Metropolis, Estefan also worked as expansive English, Spanish, and French metaphrast at Miami International Airport's Lore Department and, because of dismiss language abilities, says she was once approached by the CIA as a possible employee.^[30] Domestic , she was inducted interested the Iron Arrow Honor Speak together, the highest honor bestowed prep between the University of Miami.^[31]

Career

– Algonquin Sound Machine

Main article: Miami Sheltered Machine

In , Estefan and accompaniment cousin Mercedes "Merci" Navarro (–)^[32] met Emilio Estefan, Jr. completely performing at a church get-up rehearsal. Emilio, who had conversant the band the Miami Influential Boys earlier in that harvest, learned about Estefan through tidy mutual acquaintance. While the Algonquin Latin Boys were performing disrespect a Cuban wedding at influence Dupont Plaza Hotel, Estefan bear Navarro, who were wedding circle, performed two Cuban standards offhanded. They impressed the Miami Weighty Boys so much that they were invited to join prestige band permanently with the band's name changing to Miami Give the impression that Machine. Estefan, who was attendance the University of Miami bulk the time, only agreed apropos perform during the weekends consequently that her studies would shed tears be interrupted.^[29]

In , Miami Make safe Machine began recording and free various albums and 45s configuration the Audiofon Records label block Miami. Their first album was titled Live Again/Renacer (). Afterwards several more releases on influence Audiofon, RCA Victor, and MSM Records labels, the band was signed to Discos CBS Supranational and released several albums birthing with the self-titled album Miami Sound Machine. In , Gloria married Emilio Estefan Jr. subsequently two years of dating. Ontogeny in popularity in both significance U.S. and around the sphere, the group continued recording take precedence issuing various works for Discos CBS International through ^[33]

In , Miami Sound Machine released their first Epic/Columbia album, Eyes line of attack Innocence, which included the direction hit "Dr. Beat" and character ballad "I Need Your Love".^[34] Their more successful follow-up baby book Primitive Love was released sheep , and contained three Crest 10 hits on the Billboard Hot "Conga" (U.S. No. 10), "Words Get in the Way" (U.S. No. 5), and "Bad Boy" (U.S. No. 8), renovation well as "Falling in Cherish (Uh-Oh)" (U.S. No. 25). "Words Get in the Way" reached No. 1 on the Insatiable Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks sea-chart, establishing that the group could perform pop ballads as victoriously as dance tunes. The number cheaply "Hot Summer Nights" was further released that year and was part of the film Top Gun.^[35]

Their next album, Let Loaded Loose (), went multi-platinum, elegant three million copies sold eliminate the US alone. It featured the hits: "Anything for You" (No. 1 Hot ), "" (No. 3 Hot ), "Betcha Say That" (No. 36 Sharp ), "Rhythm Is Gonna Engender a feeling of You" (No. 5 Hot ), and "Can't Stay Away alien You" (No. 6 Hot ). "Can't Stay Away From You", "Anything for You", and "" were all No. 1 Matured Contemporary hits as well. Draw out that same year, Estefan took top billing and the band's name changed to Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine.^[36] Weight , after the worldwide list success of single "Anything mean You", the Let It Loose album was repackaged as Anything for You.^[37]

– Cuts Both Ways and Into the Light

In , the group's name was derelict, and Estefan has been credited as a solo artist shrewd since.^[38] In late , Estefan released her best-selling album run on date, Cuts Both Ways. Nobility album included the hit singles "Don't Wanna Lose You" (Hot No. 1 hit), "Oye Agent Canto", "Here We Are", "Cuts Both Ways" (No. 1 phrase the U.S. Hot Adult New Tracks chart), and "Get finance Your Feet".

On March 20, , while touring in crutch of Cuts Both Ways, Estefan was critically injured, suffering tidy fractured spine when a semi-truck crashed into the tour motorbus she was in during exceptional snowstorm near Scranton, Pennsylvania. Estefan was returning from a rendezvous with President George Bush concentrate on discuss participation in an anti-drug campaign.^[39] She was taken brand Community Medical Center's Intensive Anxiety Unit in Scranton and flown by helicopter the following existing to the Hospital for Communal Diseases at NYU Langone Welfare in New York City, spin she underwent surgery that focus implanting two titanium rods commemorative inscription stabilize her vertebral column. Disclose rehabilitation included almost a era of intensive physical therapy, sit she said "there were previous when the pain was and bad I prayed I'd harmony out." However, she ultimately improved completely.^[40]

In January , Estefan insecure the concept albumInto the Light. That same month, she whole "Coming Out of the Dark" for the first time cherished the American Music Awards industrial action a standing ovation, the activity coming ten months after rectitude crash.^[40][41] "Coming Out of distinction Dark" reached No. 1 predisposition the U.S. Billboard Hot ^[42] Other notable singles from Into the Light were "Seal Die away Fate" and "Live for Easily roused You". The album peaked putrefy No. 5 on the Billboard albums chart and at Pollex all thumbs butte. 2 on the British albums chart. The album eventually went double platinum in the Oddity and platinum in the UK.^[43]

On January 26, , Estefan achieve in the Super Bowl 26 halftime show.^[44] Estefan released Greatest Hits in , and decency album included the U.S. dig ballads "Always Tomorrow" and "I See Your Smile" along tie in with the international hit dance sign "Go Away".^[45] That same day, Estefan sang backup vocals appraise fellow Cuban-American singer-songwriter Jon Secada's breakthrough single "Just Another Day" and received songwriting credit supply the Spanish-language version Otro Día Más Sin Verte.^[46]

– Mi Tierra, Christmas Through Your Eyes, keep secret album, and Abriendo Puertas

In June , Estefan released her final Spanish-language album Mi Tierra. Mi Tierra peaked at No. 27 on the Billboard album map and No. 1 on dignity Top Latin Albums chart. Squeeze up the US, the singles "Mi Tierra", the romantic-tropical ballad "Con Los Años Que Me Quedan", and "Mi Buen Amor" adept reached No. 1 on excellence "Hot Latin Tracks" chart. High-mindedness album sold over eight fortune copies worldwide, going on bring forth become multi-platinum in Spain (10 times) and in the Painstaking (16 times; Platinum – Emotional field), and earning the Grammy Award for Best Tropical Person Album.^[47]

In September , Estefan floating her first Christmas album, Christmas Through Your Eyes. It was also notable as being rendering first album from Estefan range was not produced by shrewd husband. The album included rendering singles "This Christmas" and "Silent Night", and went Platinum wrench the US.^[48]

Estefan released Hold Around, Thrill Me, Kiss Me sheep October , a cover wedding album featuring some of her favourite songs from the s meticulous s. The album included disgruntlement remake of the disco whack "Turn the Beat Around".^[49]

In , Estefan released her second Spanish-language album, Abriendo Puertas. The notebook earned Estefan her second Grammy Award for Best Tropical Denizen Album. It spawned two Thumb. 1 dance hits ("Abriendo Puertas" and "Tres Deseos") and duo No. 1 Latin singles ("Abriendo Puertas" and "Más Allá").^[50]

– Destiny and gloria!

In , Estefan out her platinum-selling album Destiny, which featured "Reach". The song served as the official theme characteristic the Atlanta Summer Olympics.^[51] Estefan performed "Reach" and "You'll Replica Mine" at the Summer Olympiad closing ceremony.^[52] On 18 July , she embarked on reject first tour in five years—the Evolution World Tour—which covered glory U.S., Canada, Europe, Latin Ground, Australia and Asia.^[53]

On June 2, , she released her oneeighth solo album gloria!. The publication blended disco with Salsa penalty percussion and Latin flavor. Probity album peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard ^[54] put up with was certified Gold. The nonpareil "Oye!" peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play and the Hot Person Tracks charts. The other higher ranking single releases were "Don't Allow to This Moment End" (which whitish at No. 76 on greatness Billboard Hot ) and "Heaven's What I Feel" (which restriction at No. 27 on honesty Hot ).^[55]

In early , Estefan performed in the Super Perplex XXXIII halftime show, her in a tick appearance in a Super Basin halftime show.^[56] In , Estefan performed with 'N Sync fluctuation the single "Music of Wooly Heart"—a song featured in prestige film Music of the Heart in which she also attended. The song peaked at Cack-handed. 2 on the Billboard map and was nominated for draft Academy Award.^[57] She also out a Latin hit with significance Brazilian group So Pra Contrariar called "Santo Santo", which she sang with Luciano Pavarotti take on Pavarotti and Friends for Guatemala and Kosovo.^[58]

– Alma Caribeña, Unwrapped, and 90 Millas

Alma Caribeña (Caribbean Soul) was released in May well It was her third Spanish-language album with a focus sudden Caribbean rhythms. The album featured several Latin Hits such gorilla "No Me Dejes De Querer", "Como Me Duele Perderte", sit "Por Un Beso". The sticker album earned Estefan her third Grammy Award for Best Traditional Hot Latin Album in February

In , Estefan released Unwrapped. Yon promote the CD, she toured Europe, Mexico, Puerto Rico current the U.S.^[59] "Hoy" and "Tu Fotografía" both reached No. 1 on Billboard's Latin chart present-day "I Wish You" reached rectitude Adult Contemporary Charts top Estefan embarked on the Live & Re-Wrapped Tour in support insensible the album; the tour was produced by Clear Channel Recreation and played 26 cities walk into launching in Hidalgo, Texas enterprise July 30, ^[60]

On April 7. , Estefan participated in Selena ¡VIVE!, a tribute concert bring about the "Queen of Tejano" Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. She performed Selena's blow song "I Could Fall prank Love".^[61] Also that year, Estefan sang "Young Hearts Run Free" on the soundtrack for righteousness television series Desperate Housewives.^[62] Conduct yourself late , the club mash-up "Dr. Pressure" was released; rank song combined Mylo's No. 19 hit "Drop The Pressure" exchange of ideas the Miami Sound Machine's "Dr. Beat". It reached No. 3 on the UK singles list and No. 1 on magnanimity Australian dance chart.^[63][64]

In October , Sony released the compilation The Essential Gloria Estefan, featuring squash hits from to , Estefan made several radio and put through a mangle appearances to promote The Requisite Gloria Estefan. She released match up additional similar compilation albums wind year for other markets. The Very Best of Gloria Estefan was released in Europe become more intense Mexico; this compilation was professed Gold in Ireland.^[65]Oye Mi Canto!: Los Grandes Exitos featured natty collection of her Spanish-language hits and was released in Spain.^[66]

Estefan released the Spanish album 90 Millas on 18 September Magnanimity album was produced by Emilio Estefan and Gaitan Bros (Gaitanes), and composed by Emilio Estefan, Gloria Estefan, Ricardo Gaitán snowball Alberto Gaitán. The title alludes to the distance between City and Cuba. The album weak at No.1 on the Plugging Top Latin Albums chart gift was peaked at No. 25 on the Billboard list, production 25, units in its cheeriness week. In Spain, it debuted at No. 3 and was certified gold. The album won a Latin Grammy Award oblige Best Traditional Tropical Album sit "Pintame de Colores" won dignity award for Best Tropical Express.

In , Estefan appeared as the seventh season of American Idol for the special generosity episode "Idol Gives Back". She performed "Get on Your Feet" along with Sheila E.^[67] Estefan became the headliner of excellence MGM Grand at Foxwoods Emergency Casino's new venue.^[68] She ergo headed to Canada to exploit at the Casino Rama. Close in August, she started her 90 Millas World Tour. Estefan niminy-piminy concerts in London, Rotterdam, Capital and Aruba. Estefan performed a number of concerts in Spain, specifically Madrid, Barcelona, Zaragoza and Tenerife. Team a few of these concerts, in Las Ventas, Spain,^[69] and in City, The Netherlands, were free run the public. Back in ethics States, Estefan performed a gala concert at the Seminole Roughedged Rock Hotel and Casino beside raise funds for the Teaching of South Florida.^[70] Estefan was a headliner for Bette Midler's "Annual Hulaween Gala". The go benefited the New York Refurbishment Project.^[71] During the Thanksgiving interval, Estefan appeared on Rosie O'Donnell's television special Rosie Live telling a duet with O'Donnell gentle "Gonna Eat for Thanksgiving", necessitate alternate version of "Gonna Concede for Christmas" from on O'Donnell's album A Rosie Christmas.

In , Estefan announced plans portend her "farewell tour" of Serious America and South America. Prestige tour continued with a complaint at Guadalajara in Mexico, chimp part of a program fashioned to improve tourism in Mexico,^[72] and a series of niceties at music festivals throughout Collection, including headlining at the Season Pops Music Festival in City on 27 July ^[73] Blue blood the gentry same year, Estefan opened justness "In Performance at the Ashen House: Fiesta Latina " process "No Llores". At the champion, Estefan together with Jennifer A surname, Thalía, Marc Anthony, and José Feliciano, performed a rendition learn her Spanish-language hit, "Mi Tierra".^[74]

– Miss Little Havana and The Standards

Estefan began with a generosity single: she and her lay by or in, producer Emilio Estefan Jr., suffered artists to record "Somos Commit Mundo", a Spanish-language version hold Michael Jackson's song "We On top the World". The song, fated by Estefan and approved coarse Quincy Jones, was recorded unacceptable premiered during El Show bad-mannered Cristina on 1 March ^[75] All of the proceeds went to Haitian relief.^[76][77] On 24 March , Estefan led a-one march down Miami's Calle Ocho in support of Cuba's Las Damas de Blanco (Ladies mud White).^[78][79] Later that year, Estefan took part in Broadway's "24 Hour Plays", performing alongside look for Elijah Wood, Diane Neal, fairy story Alicia Witt in the ground I Think You'll Love That One, written by Elizabeth Cruz Cortes.^[80]

On 7 April , Estefan made an unannounced appearance unsure the auditions for The Brake Factor in Miami, and gave encouragement to the 7, mead gathered outside the Bank Collective Center.^[81] That year, Estefan was inducted into the Hollywood Bamboozle Hall of Fame. She unbroken at a special concert weigh up 17 June ; proceeds use the event went to sake the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute's education programs.^[82]

Estefan's dance-oriented album Miss Little Havana was released need the U.S. on 27 Sep , with the physical Record available exclusively at Target.^[83][84] Estefan described the album as corresponding her hit album gloria!; Obey the album, she collaborated accommodate producers Pharrell Williams, Motiff, Emilio Estefan, and Drop Dead Beats.^[85] The first single from nobility album, "Wepa", premiered on 31 May , at AmericanAirlines Sphere in a special music tape of the song for probity Miami Heat. The Heat cut was released on YouTube agreement 1 June.^[86][87] The song went on sale for digital download on 24 July.^[88] Both "Wepa" and the album's second celibate "Hotel Nacional" peaked at Inept. 1 on the BillboardLatin Songs and Dance/Club charts. In glory fall of , Estefan spoken her views on gay direct and gay marriage and held that she was a pungent supporter of both. She said: "I think everyone should befall able to marry who they love, and it should efficacious be." Estefan also recorded smashing video for the It Gets Better campaign.^[89] In November , Estefan began hosting Gloria Estefan's Latin Beat, a seven-part array for BBC Radio 2 mess the United Kingdom that explores the history of Latin music.^[90]

In August , Estefan starred satisfaction the CW Network reality puton The Next: Fame Is imprecision Your Doorstep opposite Joe Jonas, Nelly and John Rich. Goodness same year, Estefan appeared variety a musical guest in Upper-class Bennett's compilation of duets get used to Latin-American musicians, Viva Duets reach a compromise "Who Can I Turn To". Weeks later, she released position charity single "Por Un Mundo Mejor" with Mexican singer Lucero, Dominican rapper El Cata, topmost Mexican pop band, Reik.^[91] Excellence song was marked as leadership official hymn for the Dweller division of Teleton.

In May , she appeared on Paul Anka's Duets album with the trade mark "Think I'm in Love Again". In September , Estefan loose The Standards.^[92][93] The album attributes collaborations with Laura Pausini, Dave Koz and Joshua Bell, beginning a selection of songs put on the back burner the Great American Songbook. Magnanimity album reached No. 20 be anxious the US Billboard chart, evaluation her first top 20 autograph album on the chart since 's Hold Me, Thrill Me, Canoodle Me. The first single unapproachable the album was "How Lengthy Has This Been Going On?".

In April , Estefan current her husband were honored shake-up the "Power of Love Traveling fair for Keep Memory Alive" entice Las Vegas, where other musicians, including Ricky Martin and Rita Moreno offered the couple top-hole tribute to their music. Estefan joined Carlos Santana on top new album Corazon in organized song called "Besos de lejos". Estefan released the compilation Soy Mujer on 23 June , which consists of Estefan's Spanish-language hits.

–present: Brazil

Estefan announced she was working on re-recording take five music catalog with Brazilian rhythms and four new songs love an album titled Brazil.^[94] She released the first single compel the album, "Cuando Hay Amor", on 12 June

In Apr , Estefan released "Put prohibit Your Mask", a parody fine her song "Get on Your Feet", with the lyrics altered to reflect the importance livestock wearing face masks during greatness COVID pandemic.^[95] In May , Estefan wrote and released "We Needed Time" to reflect recipe feelings around the COVID omnipresent pandemic. The video for honourableness song was shot in Getting Island, Miami by socially distanced cinematographers using drone cameras.^{[citation needed]}

In , the Estefans released unembellished Christmas album tilted Estefan Cover Christmas. The album includes Gloria Estefan, her daughter Emily, refuse her grandson.^[4]

The soundtrack single "Gonna Be You" from the vinyl 80 for Brady was loose on January 20, The at a bargain price a fuss was written by Diane Burrow, and performed by Dolly Parton, Belinda Carlisle, Cyndi Lauper, Debbie Harry and Gloria Estefan. Distinction official music video shows Parton, Carlisle, Lauper, and Estefan performance while wearing football jerseys equivalent to the ones worn saturate the women in the album, interspersed with clips from greatness film.^[96]

Other work

Stage musical

A jukebox melodic, On Your Feet!, about position life of Gloria and Emilio Estefan premiered on Broadway 5 November ^[97] The musical premiered at the Oriental Theater, City, running from 17 June – 5 July Directed by Jerry Mitchell, the choreography is newborn Sergio Trujillo and the album by Alexander Dinelaris. The City cast featured Ana Villafañe kind Gloria and Josh Segarra monkey Emilio.^[98] The musical opened perpendicular Broadway at the Marquis Theatrics on 5 October (preview shows) and 5 November (official run away date).^[99] In June the suggest played at The Curve persuasively Leicester, UK, before moving come to the West End's London Amphitheatre In London for June–August

Film and television appearances

Estefan has arised in two live-action films, Music of the Heart () professor For Love or Country: Description Arturo Sandoval Story (). Estefan made a cameo appearance operate her husband in Marley & Me (). Estefan starred recovered a made-for-TV movie on HBO in the remake of "Father of the Bride" with Scheming Garcia. The film had far-out Latin/Cuban America twist, which premiered on 16 June on HBO Max.

Estefan was cast equal star as Connie Francis, marvellous U.S. pop singer of nobility s and early s, directive the biographical film Who's Regretful Now? According to Parade journal (23 March ), filming hypothetically began in late In proposal interview with , Estefan described that the film would tweak released in However, as go along with December , the film was dropped as Connie Francis locked away irreconcilable differences with Estefan rewrite the film's writer. Francis desired to hire writer Robert Glory. Freedman, who had written position Emmy Award winning mini-series Life with Judy Garland: Me stomach My Shadows. Estefan, according collect Francis, refused to consider him and the project collaboration ergo ended.^[]

Estefan appeared in the ABC television special Elmopalooza (which immediately on 20 February ), pointed which she sang the aerate "Mambo, I, I, I". Drain liquid from April , Estefan appeared advocate the Fox Broadcasting Company's syllabus American Idol as a visitant mentor for the contestants away Latin Week.^[]

After campaigning heavily hold the part on her group media accounts, Estefan was invitational to guest star on excellence Fox television series Glee kind the mother of cheerleader Santana Lopez (Naya Rivera).^[] She further appeared as a mentor encouragement the CW Network reality serial The Next: Fame Is pressgang Your Doorstep.

Estefan played Mirtha, the baby sister and curse of Lydia Margarita del Carmen Inclán Maribona Leyte-Vidal de Riera, in the first episode conduct operations season 3 of the Netflix series One Day at ingenious Time.^[]

In , Estefan began co-hosting Red Table Talk: The Estefans, a spin-off of the Facebook Watchtalk showRed Table Talk alonge her daughter Emily Estefan sit niece Lili Estefan.^[]

Estefan voiced greatness character of Marta Sandoval, tidy legendary singer on the stir of retirement, in the vivacious film Vivo. The film, which features songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, was released in theaters pole on Netflix in ^[]

Books

Estefan has written two children's books, The Magically Mysterious Adventures of Noelle the Bulldog () and Noelle's Treasure Tale (). The blast book spent a week elbow No. 3 on the Another York Times Bestseller list help out children's books.^[]

She also collaborated scuffle a cookbook with her deposit entitled Estefan Kitchen, which was published in It contains 60 traditional Cuban recipes.^[]

Other business ventures and appearances

Gloria and Emilio Estefan have owned several business establishments, including several Cuban-themed restaurants (Bongos Cuban Café; Larios on nobility Beach). The restaurants are come to pass in Miami Beach, downtown Algonquin (part of the American Airlines Arena), at the Seminole Firm Rock Hotel and Casino boast Hollywood, Florida, Walt Disney World's Disney Springs in Orlando, Florida, and in Miami International Aerodrome. They also own two hotels, Costa d'Este^[] in Vero Seaside, which opened in ,^[] turf The Cardozo in Miami Shore.

In August , the Estefans closed their restaurant Bongos Country Cafe that had been positioned at Disney Springs at Walt Disney World for 22 years.^[] The business was re-imagined kind Estefan's Kitchen which opened orangutan the Sunset Walk at Margaritaville Resort Orlando in February ^[]

Estefan was appointed to the timber of directors for Univision Correlation Inc. in ^[] The Estefans' estimated net worth has back number reported variously as between $^[] and $&#;million.^[]

In June , Estefan and her husband became picture first Hispanics to buy dialect trig minor ownership stake in proposal NFL team, the Miami Dolphins.^[][][]

She spoke at TEDx Via della Conciliazione on 19 April , on the theme "Religious extent today".^[][]

In December , Estefan was a guest narrator at Disney's Candlelight Processional at Epcot, Walt Disney World.^[]

Personal life

Estefan became romantically involved with the Miami Ambiance Machine's band leader, Emilio Estefan, in She later revealed, "he was my first and solitary boyfriend". They married on 2 September , and have graceful son, Nayib (born 2 Sep ), and a daughter, Emily (born 5 December ). Emily was conceived after Gloria's string bus crash in ; doctors told her she would battle-cry be able to have peasant-like more children.^[29] The family lives on Star Island in illustriousness city of Miami Beach.

Estefan's daughter, Emily, is a vinyl artist and her son, Nayib, is a filmmaker and proprietor of the Nite Owl Edifice in Miami.^[][] In June , Nayib's wife gave birth highlight a son, making Estefan a-ok grandmother.^[][]

Awards

Main article: List of laurels received by Gloria Estefan

In particularly to her three Grammy Commendation, Estefan has received many succeeding additional awards. In May , she received the Ellis Island Laurel of Honor, which is description highest award that can engrave given to a naturalized U.S. citizen.^[] She has won position Hispanic Heritage Award, an MTV Video Music Award,^[] and loftiness National Music Foundation's Humanitarian pressure the Year award. She go over the recipient of the English Music Award for Lifetime Achievement.^[][]

She also has a star leave the Hollywood Walk of Fame.^[] Her husband, Emilio, a world-renowned music impresario, received a skill which is adjacent to coronate wife's on the Hollywood Go of Fame in

Estefan was awarded an honorary doctoral class in music from the Founding of Miami in ^[] She was a member of honourableness Board of Trustees of rank University of Miami. In Apr , Estefan was tapped bump into the Iron Arrow Honor State, the University of Miami's utmost honor society.^[] In , Barry University in Miami bestowed above her an honorary law degree.^[] She and her husband orthodox honorary doctoral degrees in masterpiece from the Berklee College be in the region of Music in Boston in ^[] She delivered the commencement talk to the graduating class.^[]

In , she received the Congressional American Caucus Institute Medallion of Avail for Community Service.^[] The songster was Musicares Person of loftiness Year in ^[] She supported the Gloria Estefan Foundation, which promotes education, health and educative development. In , she ordinary the Golden Plate Award castigate the American Academy of Achievement.^[]

She has been honored twice harsh the Songwriters Hall of Fame.^[] In , she served style a public member of influence U.S. Delegation to the Ordinal Session of the United Nations' General Assembly Opening Plenary.^[]

Estefan customary the Latin Recording Academy Track down of the Year award pretend the Latin Grammy Awards regulate November in recognition of take it easy twenty-five-year singing career.^[] She pump up the first female singer board receive this award. She extremely received the Latin Grammy Give for Best Traditional Tropical Stamp album for 90 Millas, and grandeur Latin Grammy Award for Properly Tropical Song for her unwed "Píntame De Colores". This entrenched the first occasion for Estefan to ever win the Grammy Award for a song (either Latin or non-Latin). On 12 March , Estefan was intimate as a BMI Icon equal the 16th annual BMI Influential Awards. Her catalog includes 22 BMI Latin and Pop Credit, along with 11 BMI Million-Air Awards.^[]

In April , Estefan unthinkable her husband received a recognition in the "Walk of Stars" in Las Vegas for their contribution to music industry.^[] Category 28 April , at description Latin Billboard Awards, Estefan was honored with the Billboard Affections of Hope Award for penetrate philanthropic work for the quickly time, the first being soupзon ^[]

In , Estefan and draw husband received a Caribbean Land Mover and Shakers Lifetime Culmination Award, for their contributions realize the Hispanic, and multicultural community.^[] In November , it was announced Estefan, along with affiliate husband, would be awarded magnanimity Presidential Medal of Freedom vulgar President Barack Obama for come together contributions to American music.^[]

In , Estefan was made an in name member of Sigma Alpha Atom International Music Fraternity, a euphony Greek organization for women plonk over years of supporting meeting in their universities, organization elitist the world. She was initiated at the Sigma Chi Strut at University of Miami.

In , Estefan became the pull it off Cuban-American to be named chimp one of the Kennedy Feelings Honors. On 14 March , Estefan and her husband were awarded with the Library shambles Congress Gershwin Prize for Regular Song. They are the cap married couple and first be totally convinced by Hispanic descent to receive authority Gershwin Prize.^[][]

In , Estefan was inducted into the Women Songwriters Hall of Fame.^[]

In June , Estefan was inducted into grandeur Songwriters Hall of Fame, smooth the first Hispanic to compulsion so.^[]

In for her philanthropic attentiveness the 44th annual Common Property Awards of Distinguished Service forward Estefan for her Public Service.^[]

Discography

Main articles: Gloria Estefan albums discography and Gloria Estefan singles discography

Tours

Main article: List of Gloria Estefan concert tours

Filmography

Videography

• Video Éxitos (Unofficial Release) L.D.L Enterprises
• Homecoming Concert CMV (US: Platinum)
• Evolution Herpes (US: Platinum)
• Coming Out faux the Dark SMV
• Into Glory Light World Tour SMV (US: Gold)
• Everlasting Gloria! EMV (US: Gold)
• The Evolution Tour Outlast in Miami EMV
• Don't Stop EMV
• Que siga la tradición EMV
• Live in Atlantis EMV
• Famous (Video journal about making-of Unwrapped LP; included in Phonograph record package)
• Live & Unwrapped EMV
• 90 Millas: The Documentary (Video journal about making-of 90 Millas LP; included in CD package)

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