Gloria Estefan is a Cuban singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. A contralto, she started her career as the lead singer in the group Miami Latin Boys, which later became known as Miami Sound Machine. She earned worldwide success with "Conga" in 1985, this became Estefan's signature song and led to the Miami Sound Machine winning the grand prix in the 15th annual Tokyo Music Festival in 1986. In 1988, she and the band got their first number-one hit with the song "Anything for You". She is considered the Latin artist who broke down the barriers of Latin music in the international market and opened the doors to several latin artists such as Shakira, Jlo, Ricky Martin, Selena, among others.
"Reach" is a 1996 song by Cuban American singer-songwriter Gloria Estefan. It is co-written by Estefan with Diane Warren and was one of two official songs of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, US. The single was included on the official Atlanta 96 album, Rhythm of the Games, and later on Estefan's seventh studio album, Destiny. The song peaked within the Top 10 in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Norway and Spain. In the UK, it peaked at number 15. On the Eurochart Hot 100, "Reach" reached number 47 in June 1996. Outside Europe, it peaked at number 23 in Australia and number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the ceremony in 1997 but lost out to Toni Braxton's "Un-Break My Heart", which was also written by Diane Warren.
Gloria! is the eighth studio album released by American singer-songwriter Gloria Estefan, released on June 2, 1998, by Epic Records.
Greatest Hits Vol. II is the third English greatest hits album released by American singer Gloria Estefan, but is the fourth compilation and twenty-third album overall, released in 2001.
"Tu Fotografía" is the fifth and final single released by Gloria Estefan from her tenth studio album Unwrapped. The single was released as promotional CD singles to radio stations at U.S. and Argentina. The song was written by Peruvian singer-composer Gian Marco.
90 Millas is the eleventh solo studio album by the Cuban-American singer-songwriter Gloria Estefan, and her fourth Spanish language album, coming after Mi Tierra, Abriendo Puertas and Alma Caribeña. It was released on September 17, 2007 by SonyBMG. All original material, the album contains a selection of various Cuban rhythms mixed with Latin-American contemporary pop.
"No Llores" is a song recorded by Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan for her fourth Spanish-language and eleventh studio album, 90 Millas. It features additional work with popular Latin music performers such as guitarists Carlos Santana and José Feliciano, Sheila E. playing the timbales, and Arturo Sandoval on trumpet (uncredited). The song was written by Gloria Estefan and her husband, Emilio Estefan Jr. and Gaitanes, while production was credited to Estefan Jr. and Gaitanes. The single was released by SonyBMG on June 18, 2007 digitally worldwide as the lead single from 90 Millas.
"You Can't Walk Away from Love" is a 2001 song by American-Cuban singer Gloria Estefan. It was released as the first single on February 10, 2001 by Epic Records from her third compilation album, Greatest Hits Vol. II. It was only released as a promotional single. The song featured on the film, Original Sin starring Angelina Jolie and Antonio Banderas. The music video made for this song, featured Gloria singing with a background of scenes of the movie. The song received various reviews and its light success was shown when it reached the position number seventy five at the Billboard Hot 100 chart based solely on radio Airplay, and also reached number twenty-two at the Adult Contemporary chart. The promotional single was also sent to Mexican radio-stations, but the song never made any records on the chart.
"Por Un Beso" is a song by Gloria Estefan, released as the fourth promotional single and seventh single overall, taken from her third Spanish album Alma Caribeña. This song is one of the most recognized songs of Estefan's in Spanish language. In 2004 it was included on her compilation album Amor y Suerte: Exitos Romanticos.
"Heaven's What I Feel" is a 1998 song by American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan. It was released as the first and lead single on May 5, 1998 by Epic Records, from her eighth studio album, gloria!. The song was written by Kike Santander and produced by Emilio Estefan, Jr. and Santander. The single was a hit in Europe, the US, Australia and Japan. In Spain, it peaked at number-one. It also reached the Top 5 in Hungary and Top 20 in Scotland and the UK. In the US, the song reached number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 7 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The song can be described as a ballad with a dance music background. It was given to Estefan by Celine Dion. Estefan performed "Heaven's What I Feel" at many TV-concerts and shows, like the 1998 VH1 Divas Live, Top of the Pops and the 1998 World Music Awards.
"Show Me the Way Back to Your Heart" is a 1997 song by American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan. It was released as the first and last promotional and fifth overall single from her seventh studio album, Destiny. The song is written by American songwriter Diane Warren as an English rendition of the song "S'aimer encore une fois" by Canadian singer Katee Julien. It was released exclusively to Brazil as a promotional single. The single included another version of the song with a simultaneous Portuguese translation by Robson Castro.
"Ayer" ("Yesterday") is a 1993 song by American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan. It was released as her third promotional single, from her first Spanish album, Mi Tierra. The song reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart. The promotional single was released exclusively to Latin radio stations in the United States and Argentina. At the same time, two other promotional singles were released in important countries of Spanish language, as "Volverás" in Mexico and "Mi Tierra De Tradición" in Spain.
"Mi Buen Amor" is a 1993 song by American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan. It was released as the second promotional and sixth overall single from her first Spanish album, Mi Tierra. This promotional single was released exclusively to Latin-radio stations at the United States. It reached number-one on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart and has also been released in Argentina. A music video was made to accompany the song.
"Tradición" ("Tradition") is a 1993 song by American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan. It was released as the third single from her first all Spanish-language album, Mi Tierra. The song is heavily influenced by African and Cuban rhythms, and became the first song by Estefan to top the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, even though it was a Spanish language song. The single was released as a CD single and CD maxi, but some promotional singles were sent to clubs, the main reason why the song went to number-one on that chart for two weeks.
"Me Odio" is a song recorded by the Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan for her fourth Spanish-language and eleventh studio album, 90 Millas. The song was written by Gloria Estefan and her husband, Emilio Estefan Jr. and Gaitanes, while production was credited to Estefan Jr. and Gaitanes. The single was released digitally worldwide by SonyBMG on November 2, 2007, as the second and first promotional-only single from 90 Millas.
"Píntame De Colores" is a song recorded by Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan for her fourth Spanish-language and eleventh studio album, 90 Millas. The song was written by Gloria Estefan and her husband, Emilio Estefan Jr. and Gaitanes and production was credited to Estefan Jr. and Gaitanes. The single was released by SonyBMG in November 2007 digitally as first promotional-only single from 90 Millas to Europe and third overall single to the United States.
The discography of singles, promo singles, remixes and Latin tracks for Cuban-American recording artist Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine consists of forty-nine singles (solo), eighteen promotional singles (solo) and eight other guest or special appearance singles as a solo artist. Although Miami Sound Machine was no longer featured in the credits from 1989 onwards, they remain Estefan's backing group until this day, though none of the original members remain.
"Wepa" is a song recorded by Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan for her twelfth studio album, Miss Little Havana. The song was written by Gloria Estefan and her husband, Emilio Estefan Jr. and by American producer and musician Pharrell Williams, while production was credited to Estefan Jr. and Williams. The single was released by Verve Forecast Records on July 24, 2011, digitally worldwide as the lead single from Miss Little Havana.
The Standards is the thirteenth studio album by Cuban-American recording artist Gloria Estefan. The singer's first English-language album since 2011's Miss Little Havana, and her twenty-seventh overall, it was released on September 10, 2013 on Sony Masterworks. The album features a selection of covers of traditional pop standards from the Great American Songbook.
