拉丁情歌王子Enrique

　　[歌手简介]

　　At the dawn of the new millennium, Enrique Iglesias was the best-selling Latin recording artist in the world. The son of multimillion-selling singer Julio Iglesias, Enrique was born in Madrid, Spain, where he lived with his mother, his brother Julio, and his sister Chabeli. In 1982, his mother sent them to live in Miami with their father. While there, Enrique was exposed to three different cultures and musical influences -- Hispanic, European, and American.

　　Iglesias' own career started when he was still attending Gulliver Private School, a very prestigious school in Miami. He made his singing debut in a production of Hello, Dolly, after which he began practicing his singing without his parents knowing. After a year studying business at the University of Miami, he decided to follow his passion for music. In 1995, he sang in person for his soon-to-be manager, who at Iglesias' insistence of not wanting to use his family name, first shopped his demos as an unknown Central American singer named Enrique Martinez. It wasn't until he earned a record deal with Fonovisa that Enrique told his father and mother of his aspirations. Then he flew to Toronto where no one knew him and he could concentrate just on music, to record for five months.

　　That first album, Enrique Iglesias (1996), sold more than a million copies in three months (it earned him his first gold record in Portugal in a mere seven days) and to date has sold more than six million worldwide. The second album, Vivir (1997), enjoyed global sales of more than five million discs and launched his first world tour, backed by sidemen for Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, and Billy Joel.

　　In a mere three years, Iglesias had sold more than 17 million Spanish-language albums, more than anyone else during that period. (The U.S. was his biggest market.) He also won the 1996 Grammy for Best Latin Performer, 1996's Billboard Artist of the Year, Billboard's Album of the Year for Vivir, two American Music Awards, a World Music Award, eight Premio Lo Nuestro Awards, two ACE Performer of the Year Awards, and ASCAP prizes for Best Composer of 1996 and 1997, in addition to countless accolades around the world.

　　With 1998's Cosas del Amor, Iglesias moved to more mature content; his earlier material had been written when he was 17 years old. Then came Enrique, Enrique Iglesias' first Interscope album and first in English, which achieved gold or platinum status in 32 countries and brought his global album sales to a total of more than 23 million. In 2001 he released the follow-up, Escape. Iglesias alternated Spanish- and English-language albums during the next two years, first offering the ballad collection Quiz in 2002, then the mainstream English record Seven in 2003.

　　1975年5月8日，Enrique出生在西班牙的马德里，其父就是大名鼎鼎Julio Iglesias (胡里奥-伊格莱西亚斯)。当他还是个孩子时就随父亲迁居到了美国的迈阿密，没过多久，他便迷上了滚石乐队(The Rolling Stones)。15岁那年，他的音乐才能逐渐显露出来，他开始用英语写歌，并借他朋友的车库用来排练，当时的风格深受警察乐队(the Police)和Dire Straits的影响。随着年龄的增长，Enrique受到拉美、加勒比海、北美文化的影响和他体内血液中的母性文化的召唤，开始使用母语来进行创作。很多年以后，Enrique接受《洛杉矶时报》记者采访时是这样回忆成长的经历：“是Bob Dylan、Bruce Springsteen、Rod Stewart、Billy Joel的音乐伴随我长大的。我购买第一张CD就是Dire Straits，当年我才7岁。我是靠我对音乐的热情来征服听众的，Bruce Springsteen和Bob Dylan同样也是这样。”

　　17岁时，Enrique已是一个小有名气的歌手了。1992年，洛杉矶一家唱片公司以100万美元与Enrique签下了3张专辑。他的第一张唱片Enrique Iglesias就取得了不俗的成绩。紧接着各种奖项也接踵而来，其中最让Enrique感到骄傲的就是荣获1995年度的Billboard最佳新人奖，那年，他只有20岁。在此之前，人们只是通过他的父亲才了解Enrique的。为了改变这种状况，Fonovisa公司为这个绰号“马汀”的毛头小子精心举办了一场化妆舞会，Enrique也希望通过这场舞会来证明自己拥有非凡的实力，绝非因为他有一位显赫的父亲；事实上，老Iglesias先生也曾认为他那宝贝儿子缺乏那根玩音乐的神经。

　　1997年，Enrique推出了专辑Vivir后，开始了他第一次世界巡演。他在16个国家共举办了78场演唱会。观众超过70万。同年荣膺Grammy奖年度最佳艺人奖，Billboard更授予他为年度最杰出音乐家。随后一年，Enrique乘胜追击，推出他第三张个人专辑Cowas Del Amor。为配合唱片宣传，Enirque在全球各地开了80场演唱会，那些日子，他更是频繁地在各大电视媒体上亮相。Cowas Del Amor全球销量高达800万张。此专辑的成功，更使拉丁音乐潮席卷全球。

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