  Enrique Iglesias (Preysler) was
born in Spain on May 8, 1975. Even with his
famous roots, Iglesias had to become one of
the biggest Latin-music performers before
crossing over to the pop charts in 1999.
Enrique's interest in the entertainment field
began shortly after graduating from high
school in Miami, and in 1993, Enrique began
writing songs and working on his vocals,
eventually leading to a recording studio.
Although Enrique's dad, Julio Iglesias, was already a legend
in latin music, Enrique chose to not ride on
his father's coattails and persued music
without using his famous last name initially
and without his father's consent. He later
said of his relationship with his father:
"The separation with my father helped me
to grown up, to come up with my own style of
music and to be independent."
 Enrique's first LP, Enrique
Iglesias, was released and eventually
sold almost 5 million copies worldwide.
Enrique topped the Billboard Hot
Latin Tracks chart for 8 weeks with "Si
Tu Te Vas."
Enrique topped the Billboard Hot
Latin Tracks chart for 3 weeks with
"Experiencia Religiosa."
Enrique
Iglesias topped the Billboard Latin 50
Albums chart for 11 weeks.
Enrique
Iglesias was certified gold.
Enrique topped the Billboard Hot
Latin Tracks chart for 8 weeks with "Por
Amarte."
Italian Remix was
released.
Enrique topped the Billboard Hot
Latin Tracks chart for a week with "No
Liores Por Mi."
Enrique
Iglesias was certified platinum.
Enrique topped the Billboard
Latin Track chart for 5 weeks with
"Trapecista."
 Enrique released Vivir.
Enrique won a Grammy
Award for Best Latin Pop Performance
(Enrique
Iglesias).
Enrique topped the Billboard
Latin Track chart for 12 weeks with
"Enamorado Por Primera Vez."
Vivir topped the Billboard
Latin 50 Albums chart for 15 weeks.
Vivir was certified
platinum. Enrique topped the Billboard Latin
Track chart for 10 weeks with "Solo En
Ti."
Enrique topped the Billboard
Latin Track chart for 4 weeks with
"Miente."
Enrique topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Hot Latin
Tracks Artist, Top Billboard Latin 50
Artists, Top Latin Pop Album Artist, and Top
Hot Latin Pop Tracks Artist.
 Enrique was
nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Latin Artist (but
lost out to his dad).
Enrique was nominated for a Grammy Award for
Best Latin Pop Performance
("Vivir").
Re-Mixes was released.
Enrique's 3rd studio LP, Cosas
Del Amor, was released.
 Enrique topped the
Billboard Latin Tracks chart with
"Esperanza" for 4 weeks.
Cosas
Del Amor topped the Billboard Latin 50
Albums chart for 8 weeks.
 # 22
Singles Artist of the Year
Cosas
Del Amor was certified gold.
Enrique won an American Music
Award for Favorite
Latin Artist Performance.
Enrique was nominated for a Grammy Award for
Best Latin Pop Performance.
Enrique topped the Billboard
Latin Tracks chart with "Nunca Te
Olvidare" for a week.
 Enrique hit pop radio with his
song "Bailamos" featured on the
soundtrack for Wild
Wild West and the LP, Bailamos.
Enrique hit the Top 40 with
"Bailamos."
"Bailamos" topped the
Billboard Latin Tracks chart for a week.
Bailamos topped the Billboard
Latin 50 Albums chart for 10 weeks.
 Bailamos was certified gold.
"Bailamos"hit the Top
10 and
topped the Billboard Club Play chart for a
week.
Enrique hit #1 for 3 weeks with
"Bailamos" (and topped the
Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks).
Enrique won a Ritmo Latino Music
Award for Song of the Year
("Esperanza").
 Enrique returned to the Top 40
with "Rhythm
Divine."
Enrique released Enrique and a hits collection
- The
Best Hits.
Enrique topped the Billboard
Latin Tracks chart with "Ritmo
Total" for 4 weeks.
Enrique topped the Billboard
Year-End Chart-Toppers as the Top Latin Pop
Album Artist and Top Hot Latin Tracks Artist.
 # 6
Singles Artist of the Year
 "Rhythm
Divine"
hit the Top
10.
Enrique was certified
platinum.
Enrique was
nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite
Latin Artist.
Enrique was
nominated for 4 Billboard Latin Music Awards.
 Enrique had to postpone an
appearance in Florida due to throat problems.
Enrique got his 3rd Top 40 hit
with "Be
With You."
Enrique was awarded Favorite
Latino Artist at the Blockbuster Awards.
"Be
With You" became Enrique's 3rd
consecutive Top
10 hit
and he appeared on The Rosie O'Donnell
Show.
"Be
With You" also topped the Billboard
Club Play chart for 1 week.
 Enrique hit the Top 40 with
"Could
I Have This Kiss Forever" (a duet on Whitney
Houston's greatest hits LP, Whitney
- The Greatest Hits).
"Be
With You" hit #1 on the Billboard
Hot 100 for 3 weeks.
Enrique hit the Top
10
with "Could
I Have This Kiss Forever."
Enrique was nominated
for a MuchMusic Video Music Award for
Favorite International Artist ("Be
With You").
Enrique was nominated
for a Billboard Music Video Award for Best
Latin Clip of the Year ("Ritmo
Total").
Enrique hit the Top 40
with "Sad
Eyes."
Enrique won a VH1/Vogue Fashion
Award for Most Fashionable Artist - Male.
Enrique won a Billboard Music
Video Award for Best Latin Clip of the Year
("Ritmo Total").
Enrique topped Billboard
Year-End Chart-Toppers as Top Hot Dance
Club-Play Artist - Male.
 # 20
Singles Artist of the Year
 Enrique won an American Music
Award for Favorite Latin Artist.
Enrique was
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording ("Be
With You").
Enrique was nominated for a Juno
Award for Best Selling Album (Enrique).
Enrique was nominated for a
Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite
Male Artist - Pop.
Enrique won 2 Billboard Latin
Music Awards for Latin Dance Maxi-Single and
Latin Dance Club Play Track ("Solo Me
Importas Tu").
Enrique hit the Top 40
with "Hero."
Enrique performed
"Hero" for a landmark
fundraiser (America:
A Tribute To Heroes) aired by all the
major networks to raise money for families of
the victims of recent terrorist attacks.
 Enrique hit the Top 10 with "Hero."
"Hero" topped the
Canadian charts.
Enrique released Escape.
Enrique topped the Billboard Hot
Latin Tracks chart for a week with "Heroe."
 Enrique hit #1 with "Hero."
"Hero" topped the
Billboard Adult Contemporary chart for 15
weeks and the Dance Music Club Play chart for
a week.
Escape was certified platinum
and The
Best Hits was certified gold.
 # 15
Singles Artist of the Year
Enrique won an American Music
Award for Favorite
Latin Artist.
Escape was certified 2x
platinum.
 Enrique topped
the UK Singles chart for 4 weeks with "Hero."
Enrique hit the
Top 40 with "Escape."
Escape topped the UK Album
charts.
Enrique hit the Top 10 with "Escape."
Enrique began a
North America.
Enrique won 2 World Music
Awards for World's Best-Selling Pop Male
Artist and World's Best-Selling Latin Male
Artist.
The video for "Escape" topped the
Canadian video charts.
Enrique topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Music Club Play chart for a week with
"Escape."
Escape was certified 3x
platinum.
Enrique hit the Top 40 with
"Don't Turn Off The
Lights."
Enrique performed as part of the
Today Show Summer Concert Series and
drew the largest audience to date.
Enrique's video
for "Hero" was nominated
for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Male Video and Viewer's Choice.
 Enrique released his next
Spanish-language LP, Quizas.
Enrique performed at the
'Concert For America' in on NBC.
Enrique ranked
# 44 on VH1: 100
Sexiest Artists.
Enrique topped the Billboard Hot
Latin Tracks chart for a week with
"Mentirosa."
Quizas was certified 2x
platinum.
Enrique topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts with the Top Hot Dance
Club-Play Single ("Escape") and Top Hot
Adult Contemporary Track ("Hero").
 # 85
Singles Artist of the Year
Enrique won an American Music
Award for Favorite Latin Artist and
was nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Male
Artist and the "Fan Choice" Award.
Enrique topped the Billboard Hot
Latin Tracks chart for a week with
"Quizas."
Enrique topped the Billboard Hot
Latin Tracks chart for a week with "Para
Que La Vida."
 Enrique's
trademark mole on his face was removed after
he was told that it could become cancerous.
Enrique hit the Top 40 with
"Addicted."
Enrique released Seven.
 # 142
Singles Artist of the Year
 Enrique hit the
Top 40 with "Not In Love" which features Kelis.
Enrique topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Music Club Play chart for a week with
"Not In Love."
# 78 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 Enrique topped the Billboard Hot
Latin Songs chart with "Dimelo."
Enrique hit the Top 40 with
"Do You Know? (The Ping
Pong Song)."
Enrique released his next LP Insomniac.
 On July 7th, Enrique performed
at the Live
Earth
concert in Australia. The 7-continent concert
organized by Al Gore brought together over
100 artists to perform and raise the world's
awareness about the climate crisis and how to
make a difference to help the environment and
the world.
Enrique could be heard on the
soundtrack for Step
Up 2: The Streets with the track
"Push."
 Enrique topped the Billboard Hot
Latin Songs with "Donde Estan
Corazon."
Enrique released 95/08
Exitos - a compilation LP of Enrique's
#1 hits on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks
chart including the most recent #1
"Donde Estan Corazon."
Enrique topped the Top Latin
Albums chart with 95/08
Exitos.
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