Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefanis a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. She started off her career as the leading vocalist in the group called "Miami Latin Boys" which was eventually known as Miami Sound Machine. Her breakthrough success with "Conga" in 1985 made her known worldwide. It won the grand prix in the 15th annual Tokyo Music Festival in Japan. This is her signature song. In the summer of 1988 she and the band got their first number-one hit for the song...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth1 September 1957
CityHavana, Cuba
CountryUnited States of America
The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice.
My mother had a beautiful, soothing voice that made me melt.
The responsibility of carrying and bringing a new life into this world is one that cannot be taken lightly.
The Internet has been a blessing and a curse. The curse we know: A lot of people appropriating your intellectual property without paying for it. But I think it's important to realize the blessing of the Internet, which is that everybody has a voice and you can break through, even without a record company.
As an entertainer, my job is to help people have fun.
Family has always been the number one priority no matter what happens anywhere else.
Having felt people's love and support first hand through difficult moments in my life makes me feel it's our responsibility to help one another.
I don't want anything from Cuba. I want them to be free and enjoy the things I enjoy.
In Europe there's the upper crust, and these are long, historically families and social systems that have certain established rules that's harder to break into.
I have great genes. Thank you to my mom and dad for that one.
I hold 'Mi Tierra,' my first Spanish-language album, very close to me because that was all done in my native tongue and won me my first Grammy.
I love Gershwin. I love musicals.
I voted, always vote. It's very important to me. My kids, I take them with me since they were little, so they realize it's a responsibility.
I spent 15 years on the road between touring and recording and I never saw anything. I want to enjoy life.