Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan (born Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García; born 1 September 1957) is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. Estefan is a seven-time Grammy Award winner, a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and has been named one of the Top 100 greatest artists of all time by both VH1 and Billboard. Estefan's record sales exceed 75 million worldwide, making her the second best selling female latin artist in history and one of the best-selling female singers of all-time. A contralto, Estefan started her career as lead singer of Miami Latin Boys, which was later renamed Miami Sound Machine. She and Miami Sound Machine earned worldwide success with their 1985 single "Conga", which became Estefan's signature song and led to Miami Sound Machine winning the 15th annual Tokyo Music Festival's grand prix in 1986. In 1988, she and Miami Sound Machine achieved their first number-one hit with "Anything for You". Estefan is credited with breaking down barriers and opening doors for Latin musicians, including Selena, Jon Secada, Shakira and Ricky Martin. In March 1990, Estefan sustained a life-threatening cervical vertebrae fracture when her tour bus was involved in a serious accident near Scranton, Pennsylvania. She underwent an emergency surgical stabilization of her cervical spine and post-surgical rehabilitation that lasted almost a year, but made a full recovery. A year later, in March 1991, Estefan launched her comeback with a worldwide tour and album, Into the Light. Estefan's 1993 Spanish-language album Mi Tierra won the first of her three Grammy Awards for Best Tropical Latin Album. Mi Tierra immediately soared to the top of the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart upon its release. The album was also the first Diamond album in Spain. Many of Estefan's songs, including "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You", "1-2-3", "Don't Wanna Lose You", "Get On Your Feet", "Here We Are", "Coming Out of the Dark", "Bad Boy", "Oye!", "Party Time" and a remake of "Turn the Beat Around," became international chart-topping hits. In addition to winning three Grammy Awards and being a 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, Estefan has been awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Las Vegas Walk of Fame, and was a Kennedy Center Honors recipient in 2017 for her contributions to American cultural life. Estefan also won an MTV Video Music Award, was honored with the American Music Award for Lifetime Achievement, and has been named BMI Songwriter of the Year. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and has received multiple Billboard awards. Billboard has listed Estefan as the third Most Successful Latina and 23rd Greatest Latin Artist of all time in US, based on both Latin albums and Latin songs chart. Hailed as the "Queen of Latin Pop" by the media, she has amassed 38 number one hits across Billboard charts, including 15 chart-topping songs on the Hot Latin Songs chart. Rolling Stone has ranked her 1985 hit "Conga" the 11th Greatest Latin Pop Songs of all time. Richard Blanco, the 2013 Presidential Inaugural Poet, told The Boston Globe in 2020 that Estefan is among the Latin singers who helped him gain ground "in the musical poetry of my culture and rejuvenate my spirits".
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- 2024 · Diane Warren: Relentless as
- 2024 · Homenaje María Teresa Campos as
- 2023 · Superfan as Self
- 2023 · Heartbreakers at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Jose Feliciano: Behind This Guitar as Self
- 2022 · Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? as Self
- 2022 · Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers as Self
- 2022 · Father of the Bride as Ingrid Herrera
- 2022 · Carlos Rivera: leyendas as Self
- 2022 · Miami Wild as Narrator
- 2022 · Lionel Richie: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song as Self
- 2021 · Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over as Self
- 2021 · Vivo as Marta Sandoval (voice)
- 2021 · Gloria Estefan: Sangre Yoruba as Self
- 2021 · Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It as Self
- 2021 · Latin GRAMMY Celebra: Ellas y Su Música as Self - Performer
- 2021 · Sesame Street: 50 Years Of Sunny Days as Self - Guest
- 2020 · Siempre, Luis as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2018 · Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones as Self
- 2018 · America's Musical Journey as Self
- 2017 · A Change of Heart as Dr. Fajardo
- 2017 · One Day at a Time as Mirtha
- 2015 · First You Dream: The Music of Kander & Ebb as Self - Host
- 2015 · The Latin Explosion: A New America as Self
- 2015 · A MusiCares Tribute to Carole King as Self
- 2015 · The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank as Self
- 2014 · Jane the Virgin as Self
- 2014 · Santana: Corazón Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe It as Self
- 2011 · The Latino List as Self
- 2010 · The Marriage Ref as Self - Panelist
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Glee as Maribel Lopez
- 2009 · A Step from Heaven as Self
- 2008 · Celia: The Queen as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
- 2005 · Selena ¡vive! as Self - Performer
- 2004 · The X Factor as Self - Performer
- 2004 · Gloria Estefan: Live and Unwrapped as Self
- 2004 · Celia Cruz | ¡Azúcar! as Self
- 2001 · Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 2001 · All the Way... A Decade of Song and Video as Self (archive footage)
- 2000 · For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story as Emilia
- 2000 · Latin Grammy Awards as Self
- 2000 · Gloria Estefan - Live in Atlantis as Self
- 1999 · Music of the Heart as Isabel
- 1999 · Teen Choice Awards as Self - Performer
- 1999 · Pavarotti & Friends 99 for Guatemala and Kosovo as Self
- 1999 · TV Total as Self
- 1999 · Little Angelita as Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · Gloria Estefan: Live by Request as Self
- 1998 · Vivement dimanche as Self
- 1998 · Gloria Estefan: Don't Stop as Self - Vocals
- 1998 · The Garden Party as
- 1998 · The Magic Hour as Self
- 1998 · VH1: Divas Live as Self - Performer
- 1998 · Quincy Jones...The First 50 Years as Self
- 1998 · Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1997 · Leute heute as Self
- 1997 · Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party as Self
- 1997 · Gloria Estefan: The Best of as cantante, actriz y compositora
- 1996 · Gloria Estefan: The Evolution Tour Live In Miami as Self
- 1996 · The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- 1996 · 1996 VH1 Honors as self
- 1995 · Somos un solo pueblo as Self
- 1995 · MADtv as Self
- 1995 · Gloria Estefan - Everlasting Gloria! as Self
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self (archive footage)
- 1993 · Frasier as Maria (voice)
- 1993 · World Music Awards as Self
- 1993 · Aretha Franklin: Duets as Self
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self - Guest
- 1992 · Euro Disney : L'Ouverture as Self - Chanteuse
- 1992 · Gloria Estefan – Into the Light World Tour as Self
- 1988 · Flitterabend as Self - Singer
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1987 · Going Live! as Self
- 1987 · Le monde est à vous as Self
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self - The Miami Sound Machine
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1980 · Verstehen Sie Spaß? as Self
- 1964 · Top of the Pops as Self
- 1963 · Viña del Mar International Song Festival as Self - The Miami Sound Machine
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · Today as Self
- Future · Revolution's Daughter as Self
- Future · Brisa as Self