[125], In April 2010, Estefan and her husband received a star in the "Walk of Stars" in Las Vegas for their contribution to music industry. [31] Within months after the performance, "Coming Out of the Dark" reached No. peaked at No.
[47] She also released a Latin hit with the Brazilian group So Pra Contrariar called "Santo Santo", which she sang with Luciano Pavarotti in Pavarotti and Friends for Guatemala and Kosovo. [46], In 1999, Estefan performed with 'N Sync on the single "Music of My Heart"—a song featured in the film Music of the Heart in which she also appeared. The album eventually went platinum in the UK and double platinum in the US. The event benefited the New York Restoration Project. Miami (AFP) - Gloria Estefan, one of the biggest stars of the Miami music scene during the 1980s and 1990s, has updated her hit "Get On Your Feet" to raise awareness about how to stem infection from the coronavirus. The album earned Estefan her third Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album in 2001.[49]. However, she achieved a complete recovery and returned to an international tour 10 months after the collision. Many of her songs, such as "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!
The first single called "No llores" came out on the market.
The Live & Re-Wrapped Tour (which featured Estefan's greatest hits)was produced by Clear Channel Entertainment, and played 26 cities upon launching in Hidalgo, Texas on July 30, 2004. Estefan announced she was working on re-recording her music catalog with Brazilian rhythms and four new songs on an album titled Brazil305. citizen. In 2018, Estefan became the first Cuban-American to be named as one of the Kennedy Center Honors. : Los Éxitos / Los Grandes Éxitos, Florida Commission on the Status of Women, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gloria_Estefan&oldid=981139653, Exiles of the Cuban Revolution in the United States, Hispanic and Latino American female singers, Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year honorees, LGBT rights activists from the United States, Spanish-language singers of the United States, Naturalized citizens of the United States, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using Template:Infobox musical artist with unknown parameters, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2019, Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Voice in the Latin-American version of the film, Episode: "Rosie and Gloria and Griffin... Oh My! I think everyone should be able to marry who they love, and it should just be." For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story, Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows, List of awards received by Gloria Estefan, Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year, Caribbean American Mover and Shakers Lifetime Achievement Award, List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.), List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart, "Estefan throws glorious bash for album's debut", "Trump was a no-show, but Gloria Estefan still got her Kennedy Center Honors", "Gloria Estefan's mother, singer Gloria Fajardo, dies at 88", "Gloria Estefan: life lessons I learned in 'Abuela's' magical kitchen", "Gloria Estefan: "Like Coming Home, But Not to the Old Cuba, "Rhythm of the Cuban kitchen star of new cookbook", "Domingo – El Universal – Revista semanal – La cubana milagrosa", "Q&A WITH GLORIA ESTEFAN : 'Mi Tierra': Paying Tribute to Her Roots", "Gloria Estefan left Cuba as a young child, but the island defines her, and her music", "Gloria and Emilio Estefan Build a Music Empire and a Family Compound", "Singer Gloria Estefan says CIA tried to recruit her as a spy", "Mercedes Navarro Murciano, 50, original member of Miami Sound Machine dead", "Latin Pop Icon Gloria Estefan and Emilio Estefan, Multilingual CD The ...", "Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine* – Anything For You", "10 Months Later, She's Ready to Dance // Gloria Estefan Battles to Comeback After Life-Threatening Crash", "This Week in Billboard Chart History: In 1991, Gloria Estefan's 'Coming Out of the Dark' Topped the Hot 100", "The '92 Super Bowl halftime show was so bad.
Singer starts "I Will Survive" hand washing challenge, Stephen Colbert: Watching that debate sterilized me, 'Weakest Link' gives Jane Lynch chance to show dark side, Exotic dancers explain 'Get Your Booty To The Poll' campaign, 'Cake Boss' star Buddy Valastro describes grisly accident, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson endorses Biden for president, Chrissy Teigen hospitalized for pregnancy complications, Watch the 'Father of the Bride' cast reunite after 25 years, Keira Knightley forgets who she played in 'Star Wars', Fashion designer stages show with puppets, Rick Astley listens in on weatherman's hilarious blooper, See 'man cave' discovered under Grand Central Terminal, Reboots and revivals of classic TV shows on the way, This 'hero rat' saves lives by hunting landmines, Duchess Meghan surprises 'America's Got Talent' singer. Estefan has also recorded a video for the It Gets Better campaign, an organization which aims to prevent homophobic bullying. [54][55], In October 2006, Sony released a 2-CD compilation The Essential Gloria Estefan, featuring her hits from 1984 to 2003, Estefan made several radio and television appearances to promote The Essential Gloria Estefan. Gloria Estefan (née Fajardo García) was born into a middle-class household on September 1, 1957 in Havana, Cuba, to parents José Fajardo (1933–1980)[3] and Gloria García (1930–2017). 10), "Words Get in the Way" (U.S. No. Estefan also won an MTV Video Music Award, was honored with the American Music Award for Lifetime Achievement, as well as being named BMI Songwriter of the Year.
On June 21, 2012, the first Estefan grandchild was born: grandson Sasha Argento Coppola Estefan. Both singers performed at a special concert on June 17, 2011, with Thomas Wilkins as musical conductor. The album reached No.
It was also notable as being the first album from Estefan that was not produced by her husband. Estefan played concerts in London, Rotterdam, Belfast and Aruba.
[51] The final concert of the tour took place in Estefan's hometown of Miami during the weekend of October 9–10, 2004. [49] She founded the Gloria Estefan Foundation, which promotes education, health and cultural development. Her maternal grandfather, Leonardo García, emigrated to Cuba from Pola de Siero, Asturias, Spain, where he married Gloria's grandmother, Consuelo Perez, who was originally from Logroño, Spain. The latter book spent a week at No. [citation needed], In addition to her three Grammy Awards, Estefan has received many other awards. On March 12, 2009, Estefan was honored as a BMI Icon at the 16th annual BMI Latin Awards. She then worked as a schoolteacher for the Dade County Public School system.[18][19].
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In September 2013, Estefan released The Standards.
[66] Sony UK re-released several of Estefan's hit albums into mini LP CDs with the titles Anything for You, Cuts Both Ways and Into the Light. [64], The same year, Estefan opened the "In Performance at the White House: Fiesta Latina 2009" with "No Llores".
[121], She has been honored twice by the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
[94] She also appeared as a mentor for the CW Network reality series The Next: Fame Is at Your Doorstep. Singer Gloria Gaynor shows how you can wash your hands to the beat of her hit "I Will Survive" in order to combat the coronavirus.
[53], In late 2005, the club mash-up "Dr. Pressure" was released, and the song combined Mylo's No. [72] Later that year, Estefan took part in Broadway's "24 Hour Plays" in which actors, writers, and directors collaborate to produce and perform six one-act plays within 24 hours to benefit the Urban Arts Partnership. 25 on the Billboard 200 list, selling 25,000 units in its first week. In 2008, she won two Latin Grammy Awards for Best Traditional Tropical Album and Best Tropical Song ("Pintame de Colores").
[21], In 1975, Gloria and her cousin Mercedes "Merci" Navarro (1957–2007)[22] met Emilio Estefan, Jr. while performing at a church ensemble rehearsal.
This established the first occasion for Estefan to ever win the Grammy Award for a song (either Latin or non-Latin).
[65], In 2009, the albums Eyes of Innocence, Primitive Love and Let It Loose were re-released in Japan. She made her comeback in March 1991 with a new world tour and album called Into the Light.
In 2009, Estefan announced plans for her "farewell tour" of Latin America and South America. The first album from 1977 was entitled Live Again/Renacer and was released with two different covers. The eldest of nine children, Gloria's father, Jimmy, was the leader of the Arcadians Showband. 1 on the "Hot Latin Tracks" chart. She was initiated at the Sigma Chi Chapter at University of Miami. [123], Estefan received the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year award at the Latin Grammy Awards in November 2008 in recognition of her twenty-five-year singing career.
The other major hit single releases were "Don't Let This Moment End" (which peaked at No. The title alludes to the distance between Miami and Cuba.
While the Miami Latin Boys were performing at a Cuban wedding at the Dupont Plaza Hotel, Gloria and Merci (who were wedding guests) performed two Cuban standards impromptu. The album was similar to The Essential Gloria Estefan, but also included as the bonus track "Dr. Pressure".
Estefan was returning from a meeting with President George Bush to discuss participation in an anti-drugs campaign. [6] She was popular in the dance halls at the time, singing with her backing band, The Mississippi. Francis wanted to hire writer Robert L. Freedman, who had written the Emmy Award winning mini-series Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows.
[124] She is the first female singer to receive this award. [83], In November 2011, Estefan began hosting Gloria Estefan's Latin Beat, a seven-part series for BBC Radio 2 in the United Kingdom that explores the history of Latin music.[84]. As she later revealed, "he was my first and only boyfriend". [58] Estefan became the headliner of the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort Casino's new venue.
When Estefan was studying at the university, she worked as an English/Spanish/French translator at Miami International Airport Customs Department and, because of her language abilities, was once approached by the CIA as a possible employee. It was her third Spanish language album with a focus on Caribbean rhythms. Beat" as well as the ballad "I Need Your Love". This same year, Estefan appeared as a musical guest in Tony Bennett's compilation of duets with Latin-American musicians, Viva Duets with a rendition of the song, "Who Can I Turn To". She also received the Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album for 90 Millas, and the Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Song for her single "Píntame De Colores". In the US, the singles "Mi Tierra", the romantic-tropical ballad "Con Los Años Que Me Quedan", and "Mi Buen Amor" all climbed to No. [89] The musical premiered at the Oriental Theater, Chicago, running from June 17, 2015 – July 5, 2015. Gloria Smyth (born May 1951, Navan, County Meath), better known as Gloria is an Irish singer.[1][2]. In the fall of 2011, during an interview to promote Miss Little Havana, Estefan expressed her views on gay rights and gay marriage and said that she was a strong supporter of both. Weeks later, she helped the American version of Teleton, releasing the charity single "Por Un Mundo Mejor" along with Mexican singer Lucero, Dominican rapper El Cata and Mexican pop band, Reik. [96], She also collaborated on a cookbook with her husband entitled Estefan Kitchen, which was published in 2008.