Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Iglesias: Biography in Details

Who is Enrique Iglesias?

Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler commonly known as Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer. He is regarded as the King of Latin Pop.

Furthermore, he has sold over 159 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling Spanish artists ever.

Enrique Iglesias: Age, Parents, Ethnicity

Iglesias was born in Madrid, Spain on May 8, 1975, as the third and youngest child of Spanish singer Julio Iglesias and Filipina-Spanish socialite and magazine journalist Isabel Preysler. As of 2023, he is 47 years old.

He did not have a stable childhood as he first stayed with his mother but later Enrique and his brother Julio lived with their father in Miami.

There, they were brought up mostly by the nanny, Elvira Olivares. He became interested in singing in his childhood years.

He is of Spanish nationality. Furthermore, he belongs to a mixed ethnic background of Spanish (including Galician Spanish), 1/8th Puerto Rican [Spanish], some Filipino [Kapampangan], and possibly distant Austrian.

Education

Talking about his education, Iglesias attended the prestigious Gulliver Preparatory School.

Later, he went on to study business at the University of Miami. However, he dropped out of college to focus his career on music.

Enrique Iglesias: Professional life, Career

Enrique Iglesias initially borrowed money from his family nanny and he recorded a demo cassette tape that consisted of a Spanish song and two English songs.

Next, he was signed on to Fonovisa Records and he traveled to Toronto to record his first album.

On 12 July 1995, Iglesias released ‘Enrique Iglesias, a collection of light rock ballads.

Iglesias’s 1997 follow-up, ‘Vivir’, went big as well. Additionally, he met with even greater success three years later, when he released his first all-English record, ‘Enrique’.

His most successful album to date is ‘Escape’ which he released in 2001.

Some other albums that he has released are the 2003 album ‘7’, 2007’s ‘Insomniac’, and 2010’s ‘Euphoria’.

Apart from his musical career, Iglesias is also a recognized actor.

He has appeared in movies and television series including ‘How I Met Your Mother’, ‘Once Upon a Time in Mexico’, and ‘Two and a Half Men’ among others.

All in all, he has more than 90 credits for the soundtrack, more than 20 credits as an actor, and 1 credit as a director.

Iglesias has won more than 200 awards from various ceremonies including 23 Billboard Music Awards, 36 Billboard Latin Music Awards, 8 American Music Awards, 1 Grammy, 5 Latin Grammy, 10 World Music Awards, 6 MTV awards, 19 Premios Lo Nuestro Awards, and 15 Premios Juventud Awards.

Furthermore, he has garnered nominations over 465 times for various awards.

He released the romantic ball “Espacio en Tu Corazón” on March 28, 2022, which served as the theme song for the telenovela Corazon Guerrero and will be featured in the upcoming Final Vol.2.

Enrique Iglesias: Salary, Net Worth

Iglesias has not revealed his current salary.

However, he has an estimated net worth of around $100 million at present.

Enrique Iglesias: Rumors and Controversy

Iglesias received criticism after he made comments regarding Justin Bieber’s actions commenting on Justin’s behavior as a “common mistake that teenagers make”.

His music videos have also attracted numerous controversies along with his way.

Additionally, he has also been criticized for his lip-syncing performance in live shows.

At present, there are no rumors concerning Iglesias and his career.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Talking about his body measurement, Enrique Iglesias has a height of 6 feet 2 inches or 187 cm.

Additionally, he weighs around 84 kg or 185 pounds. Furthermore, his hair color and eye color are dark brown.

Social Media

Iglesias is active on social media. He has a huge number of followers on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter as well as Instagram.

He has more than 13.8M followers on Twitter. In addition, he has more than 15.9M followers on Instagram.

Similarly, his Facebook page has more than 49.9M followers.

You may also like to read Vanessa Arevalo, Angela Rye, and Jillian Michaels.

Enrique Iglesias's Birthday Dates