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Who is enrique iglesias?

Enrique iglesias is a singer

, song-writterr , model and an actor.

His life:
Iglesias was born in Spain,[5] and he is the third

and youngest child of singer Julio Iglesias and the journaliste Isabel Preysler

His life
Iglesias' grandfather, Dr. Julio Iglesias Puga, was

kidnapped by the ETA . For their safety, Enrique and his brother, were sent to live with their father in Miami.[10] He also lived in Belgrade, Serbia, for one year with his mother.

Enrique did not want his father to know about his

plans for a musical career and did not want his famous surname to help advance his career. He borrowed money from his family nanny and he recorded a demo cassette tape which consisted of a Spanish song and two English songs.

On July 12, 1995, Iglesias released Enrique Iglesias, a

collection of light rock ballads, including hits such as "Si T Te Vas", "Experiencia Religiosa", and others. The record sold half a million copies in its first week,

After the success of "Bailamos", Iglesias recorded and

released his first full CD in English

The album's first single, "Hero", became a number one

hit in the United Kingdom, and in many other countries. The entire album was co-written by Iglesias.

The first single "Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song)"

was released on April 10, 2007 it was a hit throughout Europe peaking in the top 10 in many countries and the Spanish version entitled "Dmelo" was #1 on Hot Latin Tracks for 12 weeks becoming his second best performing song on that chart.

Iglesias's song "Can You Hear Me" has been chosen as

the official song of the UEFA Euro 2008 football tournament.[18] He performed the song live at the June 29, 2008 final in Vienna, Austria.[19] The song featured on a re-issue of the album being released in certain countries.

PERSONAL LIFE
Iglesias started dating tennis player Anna

Kournikova in late 2001.[citation needed] In June 2008, Iglesias told the Daily Star that he had married Kournikova the previous year and that they are currently separated.[31] However, in an interview on The Graham Norton Show in 2010, Kournikova confirmed that she and Iglesias have been together for over eight years but have no plans to marry in the near future

Awards and nominations


Iglesias has won 16 Billboard Music Awards and

23 Billboard Latin Music Awards, as well as 5 American Music Awards, a Grammy, a Latin Grammy and 7 World Music Awards. He also won an award for Best International Pop Act at the MTV India Awards. As well as being named "King of Latin Pop", he has won 15 Premios Lo Nuestro awards. In 2000, he was also awarded Most Fashionable Artist at the VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards. In 2001, for the release of his second English studio album Escape, he received awards for Best-Selling Pop Male Artist and European Male Artist at the World Music Awards.[34] Iglesias also won an award for Most Successful Spanish Artist of the Decade at Premios Ondas in 2002.

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