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Reno Kiilerich - Drums - (2004-2004). "Greatest Hits Vol. Mustis (Øyvind Mustafarta) - Keyboard - (1998-). That year, she also won the American Music Awards, Award of Merit. ICS Vortex (Simen Hestnaes) - Bass - (2000-). The album reached number one in Spain, the United States and several South American countries. Silenoz (Sven Atle Kopperud) - Guitar - (1993-). Estefan's next album, 2000's Alma Caribeña won the first Latin Grammy for Best Music Video for No Me Dejes de Querer.

Galder (Thomas Rune Andersen) - Guitar - (2001-). She also has a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. Shagrath (Stian Thoresen) - Vocals - (1993-). The singer is the recipient of the American Music Award for Lifetime Achievement. World Misanthropy [Live] - (2002). 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. World Misanthropy [DVD/VHS] - (2002). 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.

Alive In Torment [Live] - (2001). In addition to her five Grammys, Estefan has received a number of other prestigious awards. Godless Savage Garden [Compilation] - (1998). 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. Death Cult Armageddon - (2003). In addition to her musical success, Estefan and her husband are successful entrepeneurs. Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia - (2001). Estefan is the only artist to perform twice at the Super Bowl.

Spiritual Black Dimensions - (1999). 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. 2002). 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. Enthrone Darkness Triumphant - (1997) (Reis. Estefan performed in the opening ceremony, in front of an audience of 2 billion people worldwide. Devil's Path [EP] - (1996). The Platinum album "Destiny", released in 1996, featured "Reach," the official theme of the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics.

Stormblåst - (1996). 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. 1997). At their meeting, Estefan, an anti-communist Catholic, asked the Pope to pray for a free Cuba. For All Tid - (1994) (Reis. She was the first pop star invited to perform for the Pope. Inn I Evighetens Mørke [EP] - (1994). 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.

Time: 1993-. 1995's Spanish-language album "Abriendo Puertas" earned Estefan her second Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album. Status: Active. "Everlasting Love" was a successful club and pop hit. Country: Norway. "Turn the Beat Around," the first single, a disco hit from the 1970s, became one of the most successful singles of the 1990s. Genre: Black metal, symphonic metal. The Classics Collection "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me", a cover album, was released in 1994.

In Spain, Mi Tierra became the country's best selling international album ever. "Mi Tierra" was a successful album worldwide, with over eight million copies sold. 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. This tour covered 100 cities in nine countries and was seen by more than 10 million people worldwide.

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. 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. After extensive physical therapy, Estefan returned to the charts with a concept album, Into the Light, in 1991. A grueling recovery took almost a year.

Estefan was flown by helicopter to New York City, where surgeons permanently implanted two titanium rods to stabilize her spinal column. 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. 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. Beginning in 1989, Estefan recorded as a solo artist for the first time.

In 1988, Estefan took top billing as the band's name changed to Gloria Estefan and The Miami Sound Machine. "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). Her next album, 1988's Let It Loose went multi-platinum, with several million copies sold. "Primitive Love" was released in 1985; "Conga," "Bad Boy," and "Words Get in the Way" were crossover hits.

Beat," which topped the dance charts across Europe, from the album "Eyes of Innocence," in 1984. With Estefan on vocals, The Miami Sound Machine had its first English-language hit with "Dr. It was the first all-Spanish album from CBS International. The Miami Sound Machine soon gained a large fan base and released an LP in 1976 with a local company.

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. 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. Estefan attended and graduated from the University of Miami, and is a prominent advocate for the university. 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).

They have two children: Nayib (born September 2, 1980) and Emily (born December 5, 1994). She and Emiliio married on September 2, 1978. Gloria Fajardo became romantically involved with the Miami Sound Machine's band leader, Emilio Estefan, in 1976. He died in 1980.

He contracted multiple sclerosis, and was nursed by a young Estefan for many years. 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. Her father was held as a prisoner until an exchange was arranged by then-President John F. Kennedy. 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.

Cuban-born, Estefan's family moved to Miami, Florida when she was two years old, following the Cuban Revolution in 1959. Francis' life. pop singer whose peak commercial success was in the late 1950s and early 1960s, in an as yet untitled film based on Ms. She is slated to star as Connie Francis, a U.S.

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). 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. Known as the "Queen of Latin Pop," Estefan is one of the most recognized music artists in the world. 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.

Live & Re-wrapped Tour (2004). Evolution World Tour (1996 - 1997). Into The Light World Tour (1991 - 1992). Get On Your Feet Tour (1989 - 1990).

Let It Loose Tour (1987 - 1988). Conga Tour (1985 - 1986). Live & Unwrapped (2003 SMV). Live In Atlantis (2001 SMV).

Que siga la tradición (2000 SMV). Don't Stop (1998 SMV). Live In Miami (1997 SMV). The Evolution Tour.

Everlasting Gloria! (1995 SMV). Into The Light World Tour (1992 SMV). Coming Out Of The Dark (1991 SMV). Evolution (1990 SMV).

Homecoming Concert (1989 SMV). For Love Or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000). Music Of The Heart (1999). Amor y Suerte (2004).

Unwrapped (2003). II (2001). Greatest Hits, Vol. gloria! (1998).

Destiny (1996). Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me (1994). Christmas Through Your Eyes (1993). Mi Tierra (1993).

Greatest Hits of Gloria Estefan (1992). Into the Light (1991). Cuts Both Ways (1989). Anything For You (Let It Loose UK Release) (1988).

Let It Loose (1987). Primitive Love (1986). Eyes of Innocence (1984). A toda maquina (1984).