Things You Didn’t Know About Enrique Iglesias
Enrique was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1975, where he lived with his mother, his brother Julio, and his sister Chabeli. In 1982, his mother sent them to live in Miami with their father. He attended Gulliver Private School, a very prestigious school in Miami.
Enrique Iglesias started his musical career on Mexican label ‘Fonovisa’. He made his singing debut in a production of Hello, Dolly, after which he began practicing his singing without his parents knowing. After a year, studying business at the University of Miami, he decided to follow his passion for music. Read more to know the less known facts about the English Latino pop romantic singer.
Needless to introduce the forty year old international pop sensation, Enrique Iglesias has become a brand in itself.
- Enrique Iglesias’s father, pop star Julio Iglesias, was the best-selling Spanish singer of all times. Hence, Enrique changed his name to Enrique Martinez, while sending his demo tapes to recording companies as he didn’t want to get a record deal because of his father’s name.
- Enrique had a mole removed from his right cheek. It was his trademark but a doctor advised him that it could be cancerous.
- Enrique made his singing debut during a production of the musical comedy play called the ‘Hello Dolly’.
- He dedicated his self-titled first album, in 1995, to his nanny Elvira Olivares, the person who had dedicated the most time to him in his life. Olivares raised Enrique and his two older siblings on Indian Creek Island while their father Julio Iglesias toured the world.
- It took him four albums before he finally cracked the Top 10 of Billboard Hot 200. Finally in 1999, he made it to the tenth position on the U.S. albums chart with a record called "Enrique" which boasted a duet with Whitney Houston!
- Enrique’s success in India is so remarkable that it is a part of his official biography. His first two releases sold two lakhs (0.2 millions) each, and he is considered to be the largest selling international artist of all time in India.
- He is known to be the first Latin artist to have the most hit singles on the Latin Billboard Charts.
- Enrique was chosen as one of People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive for 2007.
- His track ‘Be With You’ received a Grammy nomination for the Best Dance Recording in 2001.
- Enrique Iglesias won a Latin Grammy in 2003 for best male pop album.
- Being a dog lover, he owns two dogs; Grammy (Golden Retriever) and Lucas (German Shepherd).
- Coming to his taste, his favorite food is Sushi, but according to him he is also a big fan of fast food restaurants like McDonald's, Burger King and Taco Bell.
- He never wears a watch but usually only carries one with him.
- Enrique really loves to spread the ‘Obsession’ perfume on his body.
- He speaks English with a Miami accent, Spanish with a Castilian lisp.
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