Gloria Estefan

"Greatest Hits Vol. To the disappointment of many, the years following 06:21:03:11 Up Evil and 05:22:09:12 Off would be bereft of new material from Front 242 under any lineup, filled instead with a stream of live recordings and remixes. That year, she also won the American Music Awards, Award of Merit. commercials for the film "K2" were set to the Front 242 song "Moldavia", also from the album "Tyranny >For You<", although there was no Front 242 in the film itself. The album reached number one in Spain, the United States and several South American countries. Also in 1992, the T.V. Estefan's next album, 2000's Alma Caribeña won the first Latin Grammy for Best Music Video for No Me Dejes de Querer. is playing the Front 242 video for "Tragedy >For You<" from the album "Tyranny >For You<".

She also has a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. to drown out the sound of Fonda calling for help; the T.V. The singer is the recipient of the American Music Award for Lifetime Achievement. A broader segment of the non-industrial-music-loving public was exposed to Front 242 in 1992 in the film "Single White Female" starring Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh, when evil roommate Leigh ties up good roommate Fonda to a chair, and then turns the volume way up on the T.V. She won the Hispanic Heritage Award, an MTV Music Award, two cable television "ACE" awards and the 1993 National Music Foundation's Humanitarian of the Year award. 99 Kowalski is the assumed name of Kristin Kowalski, making a tradition out of Richard 23's idea of number-as-name. In May, 1993, she received the Ellis Island Congressional Medal of Honor, which is the highest award that can be given to a citizen who was born outside the United States. On the other hand, a variety of new contributors were listed as members of Front 242 on these albums: Jean-Marc Pauly and Pierre Pauly on Up Evil, and 99 Kowalski and Eran Westwood on Off.

In addition to her five Grammys, Estefan has received a number of other prestigious awards. Neither of these albums had significant input from Richard 23, and 05:22:09:12 OFF only intermittently included their lead vocalist, Jean-Luc De Meyer. Together, they own five business establishments in Florida: three Cuban-themed restaurants (Bongos) in Miami, Miami Beach and Orlando, and two hotels, The Palm Court Resort Hotel in Vero Beach and The Cardozo in Miami. (The numbers correspond to letters, spelling "FUCK UP EVIL" and "EVIL OFF".) However at this point there were strains emerging, with the band members apparently having different artistic views about how to progress. In addition to her musical success, Estefan and her husband are successful entrepeneurs. 06:21:03:11 UP EVIL and 05:22:09:12 OFF were brilliant releases musically and once again showed that Front 242 did not need to follow existing trends to stay fresh and original, even using a female vocalist. Estefan is the only artist to perform twice at the Super Bowl. Front 242's style shifted abruptly with each of their next two albums, released in rapid succession in 1993 (originally planned as a double-CD).

Estefan appeared in a movie, Music of the Heart (1999) and dueted with 'N Sync on the Billboard #1 and Academy Award Nominated "Music Of My Heart." She also released a Latin hit with the Brazilian group So Pra Contrariar called "Santo, Santo," sang with Luciano Pavarotti in "Pavarotti and Friends for Guatemala and Kosovo," released the benefit album "A Rosie Christmas," and sang with Stevie Wonder at Super Bowl XXXIII in Miami. This is the only known solo work from any of Front 242's members. On July 18, 1996, Estefan embarked on her "Evolution" world tour (her first tour in five years), which covered the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Australia, South Africa and Asia. Bresanutti also composed a solo half-hour atmospheric recording called Art and Strategy (or The Art Corporation) to play during viewings of the lithographs, and released this in a limited edition of 1,000 CD's. Estefan performed in the opening ceremony, in front of an audience of 2 billion people worldwide. 1992 saw Bresanutti return his focus on combining graphic arts with music, with a tour of his lithographs to three U.S. galleries. The Platinum album "Destiny", released in 1996, featured "Reach," the official theme of the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. Sony/Epic also issued re-released versions of Front 242's five earlier albums, with several E.P.'s and singles consolidated as extra tracks on the albums.

She has been an active opponent of Fidel Castro's government, and supported the unsuccesful effort to keep young Elian Gonzalez in the United States. Tyranny was also the first album they released under contract with a major corporate label, Sony/Epic, after the widespread popularity of "Front by Front". At their meeting, Estefan, an anti-communist Catholic, asked the Pope to pray for a free Cuba. This album, like Front By Front was a huge success and it seemed as if the Frontmen could just go from strength to strength. She was the first pop star invited to perform for the Pope. Tyranny >For You<, released in 1991, brought the world a much denser, multi-layered sound which would push them straight into the 1990s. It spun off two #1 Dance hits, "Abriendo Puertas" and "Tres Deseos", and two #1 Latin singles, "Abriendo Puertas" and "Mas Alla." The Miami Herald called "Abriendo Puertas" "a danceable pan-Latin American fusion, brilliantly built on improbable instrumental combinations and layers of styles and rhythms." In 1995, Estefan sang the Billboard Latin #1 song "Mas Alla" for Pope John Paul II as part of the celebration of his 50th anniversary in the priesthood. With the turn of the decade the band went through many changes.

1995's Spanish-language album "Abriendo Puertas" earned Estefan her second Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album. They're too stupid!". "Everlasting Love" was a successful club and pop hit. In fact the complete opposite is true, with them famously saying that "Neo-nazis couldn't make the music we do. "Turn the Beat Around," the first single, a disco hit from the 1970s, became one of the most successful singles of the 1990s. Possibly due to this rather in-your-face approach, they have often been falsely accused of being neo-nazis or extreme right-wing. The Classics Collection "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me", a cover album, was released in 1994. As they put it, they were merely presenting the world around them as it was.

In Spain, Mi Tierra became the country's best selling international album ever. They would use militaristic samples, preachers and the TV as a source for inspiration, but refused to admit to having any message. "Mi Tierra" was a successful album worldwide, with over eight million copies sold. During these releases Front 242 also presented a style and imagery which was political in a decidedly apolitical style. 1993's Mi Tierra saw Estefan return to her Cuban roots with a Spanish-language album, for which she won a Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album. "Headhunter" is possibly one of the most popularly played and remixed songs of the entire genre. This tour covered 100 cities in nine countries and was seen by more than 10 million people worldwide. By this point, Front 242 had developed a style of strong backbeats, slices, samples, and ominous vocals.

The "Into the Light World Tour" displayed the relentless energy, personal warmth, and crack musicianship that Estefan had developed through her old band, the Miami Sound Machine, and through her solo career. Their popularity would reach even higher with the 1988 "Headhunter" single and video by Anton Corbijn, and its accompanying album Front By Front. The lead single "Coming Out Of The Dark," whose title was based on a phrase her husband, Emilio, hastily jotted on a piece of paper as a helicopter transported her for delicate surgery to repair her broken back, was a hit worldwide. The 1985 album BackCatalogue collected material from the group's earlier years, but their international breakthrough didn't occur until the release of Official Version in 1987, on the Red Rhino Europe label, followed by their "Official Warfare" tour in support of the album. After extensive physical therapy, Estefan returned to the charts with a concept album, Into the Light, in 1991. This tour led to the creation of Revolting Cocks by Richard 23, Alain Jourgensen of Ministry and others. A grueling recovery took almost a year. Front 242 signed with the legendary Wax Trax label in 1984, and started their first tour in the United States with Ministry.

Estefan was flown by helicopter to New York City, where surgeons permanently implanted two titanium rods to stabilize her spinal column. Front 242 was becoming the most popular musical group in Belgium; their next album, No Comment would cement the group's place in electronic music, and was the first to introduce the term "Electronic Body Music" in association with their sound. While touring in support of "Cuts Both Ways," on March 20, 1990, near Scranton, Pennsylvania, a tractor trailer crashed into Estefan's tour bus, critically injuring her and breaking her back. Jonkheere was usually referred to by the name Richard 23. That year, she released her best selling album to date, "Cuts Both Ways" (which refers to Estefan's desire to appeal to both English and Spanish-speaking fans) with hits like "Don't Wanna Lose You" (a USA #1 hit), "Oye Mi Canto, "Here We Are," "Cuts Both Ways" (#1 in Australia) and "Get On Your Feet." "Cuts Both Ways" sold more than ten million copies worldwide, and reached number one in several countries. In 1983, Dirk Bergen left the band to pursue graphic design full time, and Richard Jonckheere was admitted to the group as a loosely backing vocalist and charismatic stage presence. Beginning in 1989, Estefan recorded as a solo artist for the first time. These first releases, while cited as influential by a number of other artists in the genre, were not as characteristically strong and hard-hitting as the group's later efforts.

In 1988, Estefan took top billing as the band's name changed to Gloria Estefan and The Miami Sound Machine. Their next single, U-Men, would be released in 1982, followed by the band's first album Geography in 1983. "Let It Loose" had the following hits: "Anything For You" (#1 Pop), "1,2,3" (#3 Pop), "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" (#5 Pop) and "Can't Stay Away From You" (#6 Pop and #1 Adult/Contemporary). They also decided during this formative period never to use the regular waveform settings on their synthesizers, saying instead that creating the waveform itself for each note was part of the creative process. Her next album, 1988's Let It Loose went multi-platinum, with several million copies sold. De Meyer also came to write almost all of the lyrics. "Primitive Love" was released in 1985; "Conga," "Bad Boy," and "Words Get in the Way" were crossover hits. Bresanutti, Codenys and De Meyer all took turns on vocals at first, until they settled on De Meyer as the lead vocalist; only recently have early recordings with Bresanutti on vocals been widely released.

Beat," which topped the dance charts across Europe, from the album "Eyes of Innocence," in 1984. Contact between Bresanutti and Codenys led the two duos to join together in 1982. With Estefan on vocals, The Miami Sound Machine had its first English-language hit with "Dr. Codenys said his father received a lottery winning and shared enough of it with him so that he could buy a car, but he bought his first synthesizer instead. It was the first all-Spanish album from CBS International. Patrick Codenys and Jean-Luc De Meyer had separately formed a group called Under Viewer at about the same time. The Miami Sound Machine soon gained a large fan base and released an LP in 1976 with a local company. The first single to be released was Principles, late in that year.

A few weeks later, she became the lead singer for the Miami Sound Machine, which performed and recorded in Spanish in the early years of its existence. They were interested in creating both music and graphic design using emerging electronic tools, and reportedly decided on changing their name to Front 242 because the name had greater potential as a subject of graphic design. Estefan's first major public performance was at a large Cuban wedding when Emillio asked her to join the band to sing on stage, after which she received a standing ovation. Front 242 was created in 1981 in Aarschot, Belgium by Daniel Bresanutti and Dirk Bergen, who originally went by the name Prothese. Estefan attended and graduated from the University of Miami, and is a prominent advocate for the university. It is perhaps no coincidence that Varese's great mark on the music world took place at the 1958 World Fair in Brussels, where Front 242 would work a few decades later. Estefan was raised primarily in Miami (though she accompanied her mother, father and younger sister, Becky, to several military bases in the 1960s during her father's military service). Going back earlier, these innovations can be seen as an extension of the work of Edgard Varese, the first significant composer to adopt electronic sources of sound as musical instruments, and who also used overwhelming percussion including with found objects.

They have two children: Nayib (born September 2, 1980) and Emily (born December 5, 1994). The origin of Front 242 should be understood within the rise of industrial music, which originated in England in 1975 with the first performances of Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle. These revolutionary groups introduced elements of style later taken up by Front 242 such as electronic instrumentation, overwhelming percussion often with found objects, and looped samples of found soundbytes. She and Emiliio married on September 2, 1978. Front 242 is a pioneering Belgian electronic music group that came into prominence during the 1980s. During their most active period (effectively ending in 1993 with the albums 06:21:03:11 UP EVIL and 05:22:09:12 OFF) they were influential to a number of other industrial and electronic artists, coining the term electronic body music (EBM) to describe their music. Gloria Fajardo became romantically involved with the Miami Sound Machine's band leader, Emilio Estefan, in 1976. Coder 23 - Patrick Codenys, Richard 23. He died in 1980. Troissoeur - Daniel Bressanutti.

He contracted multiple sclerosis, and was nursed by a young Estefan for many years. Red Sniper - Patrick Codenys. Estefan's father also served as an officer in the United States Army in Vietnam, where he is suspected of having been poisoned by Agent Orange, a defoliant used extensively during the Vietnam war. Male or Female - Daniel Bressanutti, Patrick Codenys. Her father was held as a prisoner until an exchange was arranged by then-President John F. Kennedy. Gaiden - Patrick Codenys. Estefan's father, Jose Fajardo, was captured in the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion that failed to overthrow the new communist government established by Fidel Castro. LaTchak - Richard 23.

Cuban-born, Estefan's family moved to Miami, Florida when she was two years old, following the Cuban Revolution in 1959. Grisha Zeme - Daniel Bressanutti, Patrick Codenys. Francis' life. Cobalt 60 - Jean-Luc De Meyer. pop singer whose peak commercial success was in the late 1950s and early 1960s, in an as yet untitled film based on Ms. C-Tec - Jean-Luc De Meyer. She is slated to star as Connie Francis, a U.S. Cyber-Tec Project - Jean-Luc De Meyer.

In addition to her music career, Estefan has appeared in two movies, "Music of the Heart" (1999) and "For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story" (2000). Holy Gang - Richard 23. Billions have heard her, millions have seen her perform -- and with over 70 million albums sold worldwide, she is the single most successful crossover performer in Latin music history. The Art Corporation - Daniel Bressanutti. Known as the "Queen of Latin Pop," Estefan is one of the most recognized music artists in the world. Birmingham 6 - Jean-Luc De Meyer. Gloria Estefan (birth name Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo, born September 1, 1957 in Havana, Cuba), is a five-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter, who began her career as lead vocalist for the then exclusively Spanish-language band, Miami Sound Machine, in 1975, and crossed over to mainstream popular success with English-speaking audiences with the international hit single, "Conga," in 1985. Bigod 20 - Jean-Luc De Meyer.

Live & Re-wrapped Tour (2004). Revolting Cocks - Richard 23. Evolution World Tour (1996 - 1997). Under Viewer - Patrick Codenys, Jean-Luc De Meyer. Into The Light World Tour (1991 - 1992). Prothese - Daniel Bressanutti, Dirk Bergen. Get On Your Feet Tour (1989 - 1990). Still and Raw (e.p., 2003).

Let It Loose Tour (1987 - 1988). Religion (e.p., 1993). Conga Tour (1985 - 1986). Angels Versus Animals (e.p., 1993). Live & Unwrapped (2003 SMV). Animal (single, 1993). Live In Atlantis (2001 SMV). Mixed By Fear (e.p., 1991).

Que siga la tradición (2000 SMV). Rhythm of Time (single, 1991). Don't Stop (1998 SMV). Tragedy (For You) (single, 1990). Live In Miami (1997 SMV). Never Stop! (e.p., 1989). The Evolution Tour. Headhunter (single, 1988).

Everlasting Gloria! (1995 SMV). Masterhit (single, 1987). Into The Light World Tour (1992 SMV). Interception (single, 1986). Coming Out Of The Dark (1991 SMV). Politics of Pressure (e.p., 1985). Evolution (1990 SMV). No Shuffle (single, 1985).

Homecoming Concert (1989 SMV). Live in Chicago (e.p., included free with early copies of No Comment, 1984). For Love Or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000). Two In One (e.p., 1983). Music Of The Heart (1999). Endless Riddance (e.p., 1983). Amor y Suerte (2004). U-Men (single, 1981).

Unwrapped (2003). Principles (single, 1981). II (2001). Singles and EPs: