Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (/ɛnˈriːkeɪ ɪˈɡlɛsiəs/; Spanish: [enˈrike iˈɣlesjas]) (born 8 May 1975), is a Spanish recording artist and record producer. He is widely regarded as the King of Latin Pop. Iglesias started his career in the mid-1990s on an American Spanish Language record label Fonovisa under the name Enrique Martinez, before switching to the stage name Enrique Iglesias, and turning into one of the biggest stars in Latin America and the Hispanic Market in the United States. By the turn of the millennium, he had made a successful crossover into the mainstream market and signed a multi-album deal with Universal Music Group for US $68,000,000 with Universal Music Latino to release his Spanish albums and Interscope to release English albums. In 2010, he parted with Interscope and signed with another Universal Music Group label Republic Records to release bilingual albums. In 2015, Enrique parted ways with Universal music group after a decade. He signed for Sony Music and it has been reported that it is one of the biggest contracts offered to any artist in recent years in terms of advances and royalties. His upcoming albums will be by Sony Music Latin in Spanish and RCA in English.

Enrique Iglesias (disambiguation)

Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish singer

Enrique Iglesias may also refer to:

Enrique V. Iglesias

Enrique Valentín Iglesias García, KOGF (born 29 March 1930 in Arancedo, Asturias) is an economist of Uruguayan-Spanish dual citizenship. He was once president of the Inter-American Development Bank, an international institution dedicated to furthering economic development in the Western Hemisphere through investment and policy formulation.

Biography

Enrique was born in Asturias, Spain, in 1930 to Manuel Iglesias and Isabel García. His parents emigrated to Uruguay in 1934 and Enrique was naturalized as a Uruguayan citizen. By university, Iglesias had established an interest in government and economics; in 1953, he graduated from Uruguay's Universidad de la República with a degree in economics and business administration. After graduation, he went on to private-sector banking, which led to a long term as the president of Uruguay's Central Bank. Iglesias held a variety of influential posts before being elected president of the Inter-American Development Bank in 1988.

During Iglesias's first and second terms as president, the IDB concluded negotiations for its Seventh (1989) and Eighth (1994) General Increase in Resources. Respectively, these negotiations increased the Bank's ordinary capital by USD $26.5 billion and $101 billion.

Push (Enrique Iglesias song)

"Push" is a song from the Enrique Iglesias album Insomniac. The song features the artist Lil Wayne and is Iglesias's first collaboration with a rap artist.

History

Push was to be the second single from Iglesias's album Insomniac; several articles about the album cited it as the second single and it was confirmed by Iglesias in several interviews. The song was put on Iglesias's official Myspace, was sent to several clubs, and was played during a broadcast on KTLA. Two different versions of the song leaked onto the Internet, an instrumental and an a cappella version that featured an extended rap from Lil Wayne. The first signs that the song would not be released came during an appearance by Iglesias on MTV's Total Request Live. The singer stated that either "Push" or "Somebody's Me" would be the next single for the US. During a phone interview with KRQQ in Tucson, Arizona, Iglesias stated that "Somebody's Me" would be the second US single from Insomniac.

Enrique Iglesias (album)

Enrique Iglesias is the self-titled debut album from Spanish latin pop singer Enrique Iglesias, released on November 21, 1995. Also his Italian Version of this album: "Canta Italiano" was released on September 3, 1996. The album was a big success and topped Latin charts, and was also recorded in Portuguese and Italian. It also won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album at the Grammy Awards on February 26, 1997. The album received a Gold certification in Portugal after a weeks of sales, and has sold more than 8 million copies worldwide. In the United States it was certified gold on June 11, 1996 and Platinum on November 18, 1996, Five singles from this album hit the number-one spot in the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart: "Si Tú Te Vas", "Experiencia Religiosa", "Por Amarte", "No Llores Por Mí" and "Trapecista", the most for any Latin album, together Selena and beating Jon Secada with four chart toppers. The track "Invéntame" was re-recorded in 1998 by writer Marco Antonio Solís and was included on the album Trozos de Mi Alma. This version peaked at number 36 in the Hot Latin Tracks chart.

Iglesias

Iglesias may refer to:

Iglesias (surname)

Iglesias is a Spanish surname, meaning "churches".

Notables with this name include