Genres: Dance-Pop, Latin Pop, Adult Contemporary, Pop/Rock, Club/Dance, Tropical Active: 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's Born: September 1, 1957 in Havana, Cuba
Paula Abdul, Mariah Carey, Brenda K. Starr, Jennifer Lopez, George Michael, Miami Sound Machine, Janet Jackson, Taylor Dayne, Sheena Easton, Celine Dion, Madonna, Stacey Q, Debbie Gibson, Rick Astley, Lisa Stansfield, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Shakira, Michael Sembello, Michael Bolton
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As one of the biggest new stars to emerge during the mid-'80s, singer Gloria Estefan predated the coming Latin pop explosion by a decade, scoring a series of propulsive dance hits rooted in the rhythms of her native Cuba before shifting her focus to softer, more ballad-oriented fare. Born %Gloria Fajardo in Havana on September 1, 1957, she was raised primarily in Miami, FL, after her father, a bodyguard in the employ of Cuban president %Fulgencio Batista, was forced to flee the island following the 1959 coup helmed by %Fidel Castro. In the fall of 1975, %Fajardo and her cousin Merci Murciano auditioned for the Miami Latin Boys, a local wedding band headed by keyboardist Emilio Estefan. With their addition, the group was rechristened Miami Sound Machine and four years later, %Fajardo and Estefan were wed.
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Release: September 14, 2007
Label: Columbia, SMG, Sony, Sony International, Sony/BMG
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Release: May 25, 2007
Label: Columbia
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