Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (born on May 8, 1975 in Madrid, Spain), better known as Enrique Iglesias, is a Spanish pop music singer-songwriter, model, and actor.
Iglesias started his musical career in Mexico, when he signed with Indie label Fonovisa, which helped turn him into one of the most popular artists in Latin America and in the Latino market in the United States, selling more Spanish language albums than any other artist in that period of time. Before the turn of the millennium he made a crossover into the mainstream English language market, signing a unique multi-album deal with Universal Music for an unprecedented $48,000,000, with Universal Music Latino to release his Spanish albums and Interscope to release English albums.
Iglesias has sold over 58 million albums worldwide,[1] has had two Billboard Hot 100 #1s and one #3, and holds the record for producing 19 number #1 Spanish-language singles on the Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks. coupled with two number 1 songs on Billboard hot 100 gives him a total of 21 number #1 songs making him the most prolific artist in the history of the charts
