Gloria Estefan

Also known as Gloria María Milagrosa Estefan, Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García

Cuban-American singer (born 1957)

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Gloria Estefan is a female American artist whose career began in 1977. Her musical work spans genres including bolero, club, Cuban, dance, and dance-pop. She has been recognized in the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection.

Estefan has authored twelve works, including *On your feet!*, *La Cocina De Los Estefan*, and *Alma Caribena*. Her music is frequently tagged with latin, pop, female vocalists, 80s, and latin pop. She maintains an official website and has accumulated 1,110,000 social media followers.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 01 September 1957
Works: 12

Top works

On your feet!
La Cocina De Los Estefan
Alma Caribena
Gloria (Essential Groups & Artists)
Gloria Estefan

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: United States
Active from: 1957-09-01

boleroclubcubandancedance-poplatin

Discography

Official site Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 772,188
Total plays: 7,859,990

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Human gut microbiome viewed across age and geography
· 2012 · cited 6,830x
Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 6,817x
Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 6,626x
Toward a Theory of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
· 1995 · cited 5,271x
The Immune Landscape of Cancer
· 2018 · cited 4,776x

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Quotes

“Now my life is pretty much bliss. I have two healthy children and a great marriage (Emilio and I have been together for 28 years). I still have one ambition: to do a concert in Cuba. It's the beginning of the end for Castro and, well, I've performed for every audience of practically every nationality except my own. Performing there would be one of the highlights of my life.”
“Music should always be a means of bridging gaps and uniting people. The beauty of music is that it can -- and should -- gather a wide variety of concepts in a way that's universal.”
“The secret of a long marriage is shaving your legs every day . . . because it shows you still care.”
“I do [like being a redhead] . . . I do . . . because lighter is better as you get older . . . It's nice . . . I can't be a blonde. I'm definitely not a blonde . . . So, that doesn't leave too many other colors available.”
“When I first came to Miami [in 1959], you'd see signs like "No Children, No Pets, No Cubans." We were a major threat. We lived in a very small apartment behind the Orange Bowl, where all the Cubans lived. All the men (including my father, Jose Manuel Fajardo) were political prisoners in Cuba, and it was purely women and their kids. There was one car the whole community bought for $50, and the one lady that could drive would take everybody to the supermarket and the Laundromat.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Family name: Fajardo
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Havana
Spouse: Emilio Estefan
Occupation: businessperson
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: Spanish
Religion: Buddhists
Field of work: performing arts
Genre: tropical music
Instrument: percussion instrument
Record label: Epic Records
Official website: www.gloriaestefan.com
Image: Gloria Estefan 2017.jpg
Work location: Miami
Residence: United States
Voice type: contralto

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Commons category: Gloria Estefan
date of birth: 1957-09-01
topic's main category: Category:Gloria Estefan
Commons gallery: Gloria Estefan
nominated for: Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
birth name: Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García
second family name in Spanish name: García
pseudonym: Gloria Estefan
start of work period: 1977-00-00
copyright representative: Broadcast Music, Inc.
member of: Miami Sound Machine
social media followers: 1110000
writing language: English language

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Encyclopedic overview

Gloria María Milagrosa Estefan ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡloɾja esˈtefan]; née Fajardo García; born September 1, 1957) is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. Estefan is a five-time Grammy Award winner and a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and has been named one of the Top 100 greatest artists of all time by both VH1 and Billboard. Estefan's record sales exceed 120 million worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time.

A contralto, Estefan started her career as lead singer of Miami Latin Boys, which was later renamed Miami Sound Machine. She and Miami Sound Machine earned worldwide success with their 1985 single "Conga", which became Estefan's signature song. The group followed this with a number of hit singles throughout the decade, including "Anything for You", "1-2-3", "Bad Boy", and "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You". The group was redubbed as Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine with the release of their 1987 album Let It Loose, and in 1989, Estefan rose to solo stardom with her debut solo album, Cuts Both Ways.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gloria Estefan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.