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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gloria Estefan Gloria Estefan Gloria Estefan songwriter. She is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 90 million albums sold worldwide,[1][2], 26.5 million of those in the United States.[3] She has won seven Grammy Awards, placing her among the most successful crossover performers in Latin music to date. Early life Gloria María Fajardo García was born September 1, 1957 in Havana, Cuba, to Jose and Gloria Fajardo. Her mother’s father Lenoardo Garcia emigrated to Cuba from Pola de Siero, Asturias, Spain where he married a woman from Logroño, Spain.[4][5] The family fled to Miami, Florida, during the Cuban Revolution. A few years after they moved, Jose joined the US military during the Vietnam War. Her father had been a Cuban soldier and bodyguard of President Fulgencio Batista.[6] Gloria Estefan at Ahoy, Rotterdam Background information Birth name Born Gloria Maria Fajardo September 1, 1957 (1957-09-01) Havana, Cuba Miami, Florida, United States Pop, Dance-pop, Latin pop, Dance, Club-Dance Singer-songwriter, actress, writer Vocals, guitar, percussion Contralto Sony Music Entertainment/Epic Emilio Estéfan, Jr. Miami Sound Machine Jon Secada Celia Cruz Lili Estefan Career in singing 1980s 1984-1988: The Miami Sound Machine In the mid-1980s, Gloria Estefan was part of the group Miami Sound Machine. In 1984, Miami Sound Machine released their first Epic/Columbia album, Eyes Of Innocence which contained the dance hit "Dr. Beat" as well as the ballad "I Need Your Love". Their more successful follow-up album Primitive Love was released in 1985 launching three Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100: "Conga" (U.S. #10), "Words Get In The Way” (U.S. #5), and "Bad Boy" (U.S. #8) became follow up hits in the U.S. and around the world. "Words Get In The Way" reached #1 on the US Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, establishing that the group could perform pop ballads as successfully as dance tunes. The song "Hot Summer Nights" was also released that year and was part of the blockbuster movie Top Gun. Origin Genre(s) Occupation(s) Instrument(s) Voice type(s) Label(s) Associated acts Notable instrument(s) Vocals, Acoustic guitar, Percussion Gloria Estefan (born Gloria María Fajardo García on September 1, 1957) is a Grammy Award winner Cuban-born singer and 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Their next album, 1987’s Let It Loose, went multi-platinum, with six million copies sold in the US. It featured the following hits: "Anything For You" (#1 Hot 100), "1, 2, 3" (#3 Hot 100), "Betcha Say That" (#36 Hot 100), "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" (#5 Hot 100), and "Can’t Stay Away From You" (#6 Hot 100). "Can’t Stay Away From You," "Anything For You" and "1-2-3" were all #1 Adult Contemporary hits as well. In 1988, Estefan took top billing and the band’s name changed to Gloria Estefan and The Miami Sound Machine. Beginning in 1989, the group’s name was dropped altogether along with the firing of the Miami Sound Machine band members. Estefan was credited as a solo artist, though the everchanging line-up of Miami Sound Machine continues as her backing band to this day. In 1989, after the worldwide chart success of single "Anything For You", her Let it Loose album was repackaged as Anything For You. It became the band’s first UK #1 album, selling over a million copies. It was the biggest selling album of the year in The Netherlands, staying at #1 for 22 weeks. The album also took top honors in Australia and Canada, launching Estefan to superstar status. Gloria Estefan physical therapy, but she achieved a complete recovery. She returned to an international tour ten months after the accident. 1991-1992: Into The Light and The Greatest Hits Estefan returned to the charts with a concept album, Into the Light, in 1991. She performed "Coming Out of the Dark" for the first time on the American Music Awards in January 1991, receiving a standing ovation as she took stage. "I was worried so much about crying before I finished that I completely didn’t prepare for crying before I started.", Estefan said backstage after the performance. "Coming Out of the Dark" reached #1 in the U.S. as a single a few months later. Other popular singles were "Seal Our Fate" and "Live for Loving You". The album peaked at number five at the Billboard album chart, becoming on Gloria’s highest debut and number two at the British albums chart. Eventually the album went platinum at UK and two-times platinum at the States. The Into the Light World Tour covered 100 cities in five countries and was seen by more than 10 million people worldwide. She followed up Into the Light with her first greatest-hits album, the Gloria Estefan Greatest Hits. It was released in 1992, and included the U.S. hit ballads "Always Tomorrow" and "I See Your Smile" and the international hit dance track "Go Away". Also in 1992, Estefan sang backup on fellow CubanAmerican singer-songwriter Jon Secada’s breakthrough single "Just Another Day". Estefan spent much of 1992 in Miami, helping with relief from the devastation of Hurricane Andrew. 1990s 1990: Cuts Both Ways and tour bus accident In late 1989, she released her best-selling album to date, Cuts Both Ways. The album included the hit singles "Don’t Wanna Lose You" (a Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit), "Oye mi Canto (Hear my Voice)", "Here We Are", "Cuts Both Ways" (#1 on the U.S. Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart) and "Get on Your Feet." While touring in support of Cuts Both Ways on March 20, 1990, near Scranton, Pennsylvania, Estefan was critically injured, suffering a fractured spine when a speeding semi-truck crashed into her tour bus. She was taken to Community Medical Center’s Intensive Care Unit and the next day was flown by helicopter to New York City, where surgeons at the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases permanently implanted two titanium rods to stabilize her spinal column. Her rehabilitation required almost a year of intensive 1993: Mi Tierra and Christmas Through Your Eyes In 1993 Estefan released the album Mi Tierra, her first Spanish-language album. It peaked at number twenty-seven on the Billboard album chart and number eleven on the British album chart. The singles "Mi Tierra" and the romantic-tropical ballad "Con Los Años Que Me Quedan", climbed to numberone on the "Hot Latin Tracks" chart in the United States. The album sold over eight million copies worldwide, went platinum in both Spain and the United States and won a Grammy Award for "Best Tropical Latin Album". 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia That same year Estefan released her first Christmas album, Christmas Through Your Eyes, this classic collection was the first album from Estefan to not be produced by her husband Emilio Estefan Jr. The collection included classics such as "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" and "White Christmas", as well as other new songs, "Arbolito De Navidad". The album went Platinum in the United States. Estefan also collaborated with Frank Sinatra in 1993 on his album Duets with the song "Come Rain or Come Shine". Gloria Estefan Canada, Europe, Latin America, Australia, South Africa and Asia. 1998: Back to dance: Gloria! Estefan successfully rode the wave of the Disco revival in the U.S. during the late 1990s. On June 2, 1998, she released her eighth solo album, (twenty-first overall), Gloria!. The album is highly influenced by Disco music, blended with Salsa music percussion and Latin flavour. To promote Gloria!, she performed at the famed New York City discoteque Studio 54. The album peaked at #23 on the The Billboard 200. It was her first album during the 1990s not to hit Platinum status, but it did reach Gold certification. The single "Oye!" peaked at #1 the Hot Dance Music/Club Play and the Hot Latin Tracks charts. The other major hit single releases were "Don’t Let This Moment End", which peaked at #76 on the Billboard Hot 100 and "Heaven’s What I Feel", which peaked at #27 on the Billboard Hot 100. The latter song also became a Latin chart hit. 1994-1995: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me and Abriendo Puertas Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me, a cover album of some of Estefan’s favorite songs from the 1960s and 1970s, was released in 1994. "Turn the Beat Around", the first single and a remake of Vicki Sue Robinson’s 1976 disco classic, became another international hit, certified gold in the US. It also was used in the Sharon Stone movie The Specialist. 1995’s Spanish-language album Abriendo Puertas earned Estefan her second Grammy Award for "Best Tropical Latin Album". It spun off two #1 dance hits, "Abriendo Puertas" and "Tres Deseos", and two #1 Latin singles, "Abriendo Puertas" and "Más Allá". 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 January 1995, the Miami Sound Machine performed at the Super Bowl XXIX halftime show, with Tony Bennett, Patti LaBelle, and trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, in a program entitled "Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye", to promote the upcoming Disney theme park attraction. 1999: "Music of My Heart" In 1999 Estefan performed a duet with *NSYNC on the single "Music Of My Heart", which was featured in a movie in which she also appeared, Music of the Heart. The song reached #2 on theBillboard chart and was nominated for an Academy Award. 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,". She also made a couple of sporting event appearances. The first event was a performance with Stevie Wonder at Super Bowl XXXIII in Miami. She also sang "The StarSpangled Banner at game three of the 2003 World Series in Miami between the Florida Marlins and New York Yankees. 1996-1997: Summer Olympics and Destiny The platinum-selling album Destiny, released in 1996, featured "Reach", the official theme of the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. Estefan performed in the Summer Olympics closing ceremony, in front of an audience of two billion people worldwide, during which she performed the songs "Reach" and "You’ll Be Mine (Party Time)". On July 18, 1996, Estefan embarked on her Evolution World Tour (her first tour in five years), which covered the United States, 2000s 2000-2002: Alma Caribeña and Greatest Hits Volume II Estefan’s next album, Alma Caribeña The album reached number one in Spain, the United States and several South American countries. It also won a Grammy Award for "Best Tropical Album". The single "No Me Dejes de Querer" won a Latin Grammy for "Best Music 3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Video". Also that year, Estefan won the American Music Awards’ "Award of Merit". Greatest Hits Vol. II was released in 2001. It contained hits from 1993 to 2000, as well as three new songs and a remix of her first hit "Conga", retitled "Y-Tu-Conga". The song "Out of Nowhere" was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category for Best Dance Recording; another song off the album, "You Can’t Walk Away from Love", was featured in the movie Original Sin. Gloria Estefan reached #3 on the UK singles chart and #1 on the Australian dance chart, providing Estefan with her first top 40 hit and commercial radio airplay since 1996. 2006: Compilations and the UK promo tour Along with dozens of other prominent singers in early 2006, Estefan performed in Los Angeles at a tribute to singer Dionne Warwick. Estefan sang "Walk On By", one of Warwick’s signature songs. In October 2006, Sony released a 2-CD compilation The Essential Gloria Estefan, featuring most of her biggest hits from 1984 to 2003, and In the ensuing couple of months, Estefan made several radio and television appearances to promote The Essential Gloria Estefan including a December 9, 2006 appearance on ITV’s The X Factor. Estefan also released two additional similar compilation albums that year for other markets. The Very Best of Gloria Estefan was released in Europe and Mexico, and was similar to The Essential Gloria Estefan, but also included as a bonus track "Dr. Pressure". This compilation was certified GOLD in Ireland.[7] Oye Mi Canto!: Los Grandes Exitos, a collection of her Spanish-language hits was released in Spain. It included a bonus DVD, which included various music videos and television performances. 2003-2004: Unwrapped In 2003, Estefan released Unwrapped, her first English-language CD in five years. To promote the CD, she toured Europe, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the United States. The video for the single "Hoy", had been filmed in Machu Picchu, Peru. "Hoy" and "Tu Fotografía" both reached #1 on Billboard’s Latin chart, and "I Wish You" reached the AC top 20. On July 28, 2004, at the Trump Tower building, in a press conference hosted by Donald Trump, Estefan announced that her then-upcoming tour would be her final one. The Live & Re-Wrapped Tour, her first tour in eight years, was produced by Clear Channel Entertainment. It began in Hidalgo, Texas on July 30, 2004, and played in 26 cities; it featured Estefan’s greatest hits, along with new material from Unwrapped. The final concert of the tour took place in Estefan’s hometown of Miami on the weekend of October 9 and 10, in front of a sold-out crowd, despite having been delayed for two weeks by a hurricane. 2007: 90 Millas In anticipation of the release of Estefan’s 90 Millas album, a special edition of iTunes Originals was released on June 2, 2007, with both English and Spanish language versions. 90 Millas featured original songs inspired by her native Cuba and was released on September 18, 2007 on Sony BMG Music Entertainment’s Burgundy Records. On this album she collaborated with many Latin music performers, including Jose Feliciano, Carlos Santana, Arturo Sandoval, Andy Garcia, Chocolate, La India, and Cachao. Her inclusion of Carlos Santana in the album stirred a controversy among a tiny minority of the Cuban exile community in the U.S., who alleged Mr. Santana was sympathetic to the Fidel Castro regime and Che Guevara. Emilio and Gloria issued a joint statement at the end of March, 2007, addressing the controversy. "For the past 32 years of our career our position against the Castro regime has been crystal clear...we 2005: Mash-up hit with Mylo and the tributes On April 7, 2005, Estefan participated in “Selena ¡VIVE!", the tribute concert for Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, the "Queen of Tejano", who was murdered in March 1995 on the brink of her attempt to cross over as an English-language performer. Gloria performed "I Could Fall in Love", one of Selena’s posthumously released crossover hits. Also that year, Estefan appeared on the soundtrack for the television series Desperate Housewives, singing a song titled "Young Hearts Run Free". In late 2005, the club mash-up "Dr. Pressure" was released, which combined Mylo’s Number 19 hit "Drop The Pressure" with the Miami Sound Machine’s "Dr. Beat". It 4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia have expressed our disagreement with the Cuban dictatorship and have spoken worldwide of the pain of the Cuban people. We have never nor would we ever collaborate with anyone who supports the Cuban dictatorship or Che Guevara. This should be apparently clear due to our trajectory," the statement said. 90 Millas debuted at # 1 in Holland. The first single from the album "No Llores" which had been released digitally June 19, 2007, rose to #1 on Billboard’s Latin singles chart. By the end of 2007, Estefan had climbed to the number eleven spot in the Latin Female Artist of the Year chart of the America Top 100.[8] This album sold more than 515,000 units worldwide. Gloria Estefan O’Donnell titled "Gonna Eat For Thanksgiving", an alternate version of "Gonna Eat For Christmas" from on O’Donell’s album A Rosie Christmas. In 2009, Estefan announced plans for her "farewell tour" of Latin America and South America.[12] Estefan has explained that this tour is intended to be her last, so that she can spend more time with her daughter Emily.[13] Upcoming Projects Right now Gloria is working on two new albums to be released soon: The first is a Christmas album which is not known yet if would be a Spanish or English-language Christmas album, the second is a new studioalbum which is a collection of Americanstandards as she is continuing to write songs for other artists[14] and a series of upcoming concerts at the Foxwoods Resort Casino with Carole King and a presentation at the Summer Pops Music Festival on Liverpool are also scheduled[15]. 2008-Present: Idol Gives Back, 90 Millas World Tour and other presentations In 2008 Gloria appeared during the seventh season of American Idol, in the special charity episode "Idol Gives Back", performing her song "Get on Your Feet" along with Sheila E.. The performance was recorded and was released at the American iTunes store; the video of the performance reached the number twenty of the store Top 100 videos, and the song became the most downloaded song by Estefan in just one day. Estefan became the headliner of the new venue of the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort Casino. Her three-day shows were sold out. She then headed to Canada to perform at the Casino Rama. In August she started her "90 Millas World Tour". Gloria played concerts in London, Rotterdam, Ireland and Aruba. Gloria performed several concerts in Spain, specifically Madrid, Barcelona, Zaragoza and Tenerife. Two of these concerts, in Las Ventas, Spain,[9] and Rotterdam, The Netherlands, were free to the public. Back in the states, Gloria performed a special concert at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino to raise funds for the Education of South Florida.[10] Gloria was also a headliner for Bette Midler’s "Annual Hulaween Gala" along with other special guests such Kathy Griffin and a costume contest judged by Michael Kors. The event benefited the New York Restoration Project.[11] During the Thanksgiving season, Gloria Estefan appeared on Rosie O’ Donnell’s television special Rosie Live! singing a duet with Career outside of singing Film and television appearances In addition to her singing career, Estefan has appeared in two movies, Music of the Heart (1999) and For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000). Estefan made a cameo appereance with her husband Emilio Estefan Jr. on the smash-box office hit Marley & Me in 2008, her first movie role since 2000. She is cast to star as Connie Francis, a U.S. pop singer of the 1950s and early 1960s, in Who’s Sorry Now?, based on Francis’ life. Filming began in late 2008, according to Parade Magazine (March 23, 2008). Estefan, in an interview with www.allheadlinenews.com, stated the film will be released in 2009. Estefan has made occasional television appearances as well. She appeared in the ABC television special Elmopalooza, which aired February 20, 1998, in which she sang the song "Mambo, I, I, I." In April 2004, Estefan appeared on the Fox Broadcasting Company’s program, American Idol, but she declined an offer to be an official judge, saying she does not like to "judge" others. 5 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gloria Estefan Heritage Award, an MTV Video Music Award, two cale television ACE Awards and the 1993 National Music Foundation’s Humanitarian of the Year award. The singer is the recipient of the American Music Award for Lifetime Achievement. She also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her husband, Emilio, a world-renowned music impresario, received a star adjacent to his wife’s on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2005. Estefan holds an honorary doctoral degree in music from the University of Miami, awarded in 1993. In 2002, Barry University in Miami bestowed upon her an honorary law degree. Along with her husband, Emilio, Estefan received an honorary doctoral degree in music from the Berklee College of Music in Boston in 2007. She also delivered the commencement address to the 2007 graduating class. In 2002, she received the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Medallion of Excellence for Community Service. The singer was Musicares Person of the Year in 1994. Gloria also founded the Gloria Estefan Foundation whose goal is to help those with spinal cord injuries. She has been honored twice by the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 1992, she served as a public member of the United States Delegation to the 47th General Assembly to the United Nations. She was awarded "Person of the Year" at the Latin Grammy Awards in a ceremony aired in November 2008, in recognition of her twenty-five year singing career. She is the first female singer to receive this award.[20] She also received a Latin Grammy for "Best Traditional Tropical Album" for 90 Millas, and a Latin Grammy for "Best Tropical Song" for her single, "Píntame De Colores". This marked the first occasion for Estefan to ever win a Grammy award for a song (either Latin or non-Latin).[21]. On March 12, 2009 she was honored by the BMI Foundation with the "BMI Icon" award.[22]The award was previously given to other singers such as Carlos Santana, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Brian Wilson.[23] Books Estefan has written two children’s books: The Magically Mysterious Adventures of Noelle the Bulldog (2005) and Noelle’s Treasure Tale (2006). The latter book spent a week at #3 on the New York Times Bestseller list for children’s books.[16] She also collaborated on a cookbook with her husband entitled Estefan Kitchen, which was published in 2008. It contains 60 traditional Cuban recipes.[17] Other business ventures Gloria and Emilio Estefan also own a number of business establishments, including seven Cuban-themed restaurants (Bongos Cuban Café). The restaurants are located in Miami; Miami Beach, Downtown Miami, part of the American Airlines Arena; Disney World’s Downtown Disney in Orlando; Mexico City; and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. They also own two hotels: a hotel in Vero Beach, which was destroyed by Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne in September 2004 (which will be renamed "Costa d’Este" and reopen in June 2008, according to a news release from Benchmark Hospitality), and The Cardozo in Miami Beach. Gloria Estefan was appointed to the board of directors for Univision Communications Inc. in 2007, according to Hispanic Market Weekly. The Estefans’ estimated net worth as of 2007 was approximately $500 million, according to an article in People En Espanol magazine (February 2007). Personal life Gloria became romantically involved with the Miami Sound Machine’s band leader, Emilio Estefan, in 1976. She and Emilio married on September 2, 1978. They have a son, Nayib (born September 2, 1980) and a daughter, Emily Marie (born December 5, 1994). The family lives in Vero Beach, Florida. [18] Estefan is Catholic.[19] Awards In addition to her seven Grammys, Estefan has received a number of other awards. In May 1993, she received the Ellis Island Congressional Medal of Honor, which is the highest award that can be given to a naturalized U.S. citizen. She has won the Hispanic Discography Albums discography • 1984: Eyes of Innocence • 1985: Primitive Love 6 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • • • • • • • • • • • 1987: 1989: 1991: 1993: 1994: 1995: 1996: 1998: 2000: 2003: 2007: Let It Loose / Anything for You Cuts Both Ways Into The Light Mi Tierra Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Abriendo Puertas Destiny gloria! Alma Caribeña Unwrapped 90 Millas • • • • • • • • Gloria Estefan List of honorific titles in popular music Best selling music artists List of number-one hits (United States) List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.) List of number-one dance hits (United States) List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart Pop Latino White Hispanic Singles discography Notes Filmography • Music of the Heart (1999) • For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000) • Famous Documentary (2003) • 90 Millas Documentary (2007) • Marley & Me (2008) Cameo appareance as herself Videography • • • • • • • • • • Homecoming Concert (1989 CMV) Evolution (1990 CMV) Coming Out Of The Dark (1991 SMV) Into The Light World Tour (1992 SMV) Everlasting Gloria! (1995 EMV) The Evolution Tour Live In Miami (1996 EMV) Don’t Stop (1998 EMV) Que siga la tradición (2001 EMV) Live In Atlantis (2002 EMV) Famous (2003) (Video journal about making-of Unwrapped LP; included in CD package) Live & Unwrapped (2004 EMV) • Books • The Magically Mysterious Adventures of Noelle the Bulldog (2005) ISBN 0-06-082623-1. • Noelle’s Treasure Tale: A New Magically Mysterious Adventure (2006) • Estefan’s Kitchen (2008) Tours See also • List of Cubans [1] Estefan awarded for her career at the Latin Grammy’s [2] http://www.gibson.com/ MiamiGuitarTownWebsite/News/GloriaEstefan-Autographs-317/ [3] http://www.riaa.com/ goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=2&table=tblT [4] Gloria Estefan Biography on Family Roots (Spanish) [5] Gloria Estefan Interview.(Spanish) [6] Gloria attended Our Lady Of Lourdes High School in Miami.www.biography.com Gloria Estefan [7] http://www.irishcharts.ie/awards/ gold06.htm [8] [1] [9] http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/ article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003599531 Billboard.com [10] http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/ crossfade/2008/10/ last_night_gloria_estefan_at_s.php [11] http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/ 7012761715 [12] http://www.google.com/hostednews/ canadianpress/article/ ALeqM5hCWGjmiAeq8E0cvY2ubx2vGbTasw [13] http://www.entertainmentandshowbiz.com/ gloria-estefan-gloria-estefan-to-quitmusic-career-2009031012425 [14] http://www.projo.com/music/content/ artsunestefan_05-17-09_96EBSUN_v16.19d87f8.html [15] http://www.clickliverpool.com/clocked/ sound-bites/124277-gloria-estefancoming-to-liverpool.html [16] "Best sellers: Children’s books November 12, 2006". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/12/ books/bestseller/ 1112bestchildren.html?_r=1&oref=login. 7 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gloria Estefan [17] "Emilio and Gloria Estefan launch Cuban [23] http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/ food cookbook". New York Daily News. content_display/industry/ 2008-12-13. e3i38c60ff3da19ea865a94f6bcb185bf2b http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/2008/ 12/13/ 2008-12-13_emilio_and_gloria_estefan_launch_cuban_f.html. • Gloria Estefan receives her honorary [18] [2] Doctorate of Music along side her [19] http://www.catholicblogs.com/search/ husband Emilio from Berklee gloria_tv [20] http://www.marketwatch.com/news/ story/Gloria-Emilio-Estefan-Win-Latin/ story.aspx?guid=%7B36450B8A-76C7-4358-B50D-727E2343086D%7D • Gloria Estefan Official Web Site. [21] http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ • Gloria Estefan Mexico Official Site. ent/music/6100986.html • Gloria Estefan Official Discography [22] http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/ Database. google/ • Gloria Estefan at the ?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090313005191&newsLang=en Internet Movie Database • Gloria Estefan discography at Discogs References External links Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Estefan" Categories: 1957 births, Living people, American Catholics, American contraltos, American dance musicians, American female singers, American pop singers, Cuban female singers, Cuban musicians, Cuban-American entertainers, Cuban-Americans, American anti-communists, Cuban anti-communists, Dance musicians, English-language singers, Grammy Award winners, Hispanic Americans, Cubans of Spanish descent, Spanish-Americans, Naturalized citizens of the United States, People from Miami, Florida, Spanish-language singers, University of Miami alumni, Ballad musicians, Cuban American Republicans (United States), Florida Republicans This page was last modified on 24 May 2009, at 13:18 (UTC). 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