Gloria María Milagrosa Estefan is a Cuban-American singer,actress,and businesswoman. Estefan is an eight-time Grammy Award winner,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 100 million worldwide,making her one of the best-selling female singers of all-time. Many of Estefan's songs became international chart-topping hits,including "1-2-3","Don't Wanna Lose You","Coming Out of the Dark","Turn the Beat Around",and "Heaven's What I Feel". Other hits include "Bad Boy","Rhythm Is Gonna Get You","Get On Your Feet",and "You'll Be Mine ".
"Turn the Beat Around" is a disco song written by Gerald Jackson and Peter Jackson,and performed by American actress and singer Vicki Sue Robinson in 1976,originally appearing on her debut album,Never Gonna Let You Go (1976). Released as a single,the song went to #10 on the Billboard pop charts,and #73 on the Billboard soul chart. The song earned Robinson a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. The track also went to number one on the Billboard disco chart for four weeks. "Turn the Beat Around" is considered a disco classic and is featured on many compilation albums.
"Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry" is a song by Swedish band Ace of Base,released as a single on 11 March 1996. It was the third single taken from the band's second album,The Bridge (1995). In Europe,the song peaked at number six in Hungary,number 12 in Denmark and number 17 in Finland. In the US,it reached number six on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. And in Canada,it peaked at number 53 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart.
"Always Tomorrow" is a song by Cuban American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan,released worldwide on October 12,1992 as the first single by Epic Records from her compilation album,Greatest Hits (1992). The song is written by Estefan and produced by her husband Emilio Estefan,Jr.,Jorge Casas and Clay Ostwald. It is a guitar-driven acoustic ballad about starting over in the wake of tragedy or disaster. While on tour,Estefan has played the guitar while singing the song. She donated royalties from single sales to the victims of Hurricane Andrew. In 2005,the song was featured in a medley with her No. 1 smash "Coming Out of the Dark" in the compilation "Hurricane Relief:Come Together now",created for Hurricane Katrina disaster relief.
"Reach" is a song by Cuban-American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan,released in April 1996 by Epic Records. It was co-written by Estefan with Diane Warren and served as th official theme song of the 1996 Summer Olympics held 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 (1996). It became a European hit,peaking within the top 10 in the Czech Republic,Hungary,Norway,and Spain,where it reached number two. In the UK,it peaked at number 15,while on the Eurochart Hot 100,the song reached number 47 in June 1996. Outside Europe,it peaked at number 23 in Australia as well as number 42 on the US Billboard Hot 100. "Reach" 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. The accompanying music video for the song was directed by Marcus Nispel and made in two different edits.
"Go Away" is a song by Cuban American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan. It was released in April 1993 as the fourth and last single worldwide and third to the United States from her fourth solo album and second compilation,Greatest Hits (1992). The song is much in the style of Estefan's earlier songs with the Miami Sound Machine. It was a club hit throughout Europe and America and was featured in the 1993 film Made in America,starring Whoopi Goldberg and Ted Danson,and its soundtrack. It reached the UK Top 20 and US Dance Chart Top 5.
Destiny is the seventh studio solo album released by Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan,but is the nineteenth of her career overall. It shipped 1.6 million copies worldwide in its first month of release.
"Heaven's What I Feel" is a 1998 song by Cuban American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan,released as the lead single from her eighth studio album,gloria! on May 5,1998 by Epic Records. The song was written by Kike Santander originally for Celine Dion. It was produced by Emilio Estefan,Jr. and Santander. The song is an up-tempo dance-pop,house and dance song.
"Oye" is a song by Cuban American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan. It was released by Epic in 1998 as the second single from her eighth studio album,gloria! (1998). The song was written by Estefan,her husband Emilio Estefan,Jr.,Randall Barlow and Angie Chirino and produced by Estefan,Jr.,Barlow and Tony Moran. However,the single still reached number one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart and in Spain. It earned the Billboard Latin Music Award in the category for "Best Latin Club-Dance Track of the Year".
"Don't Let This Moment End" is a song by Cuban-American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan. It was released on November 3,1998 by Epic Records,as the third single in the United States,the third in the United Kingdom,and her fourth globally,from her eighth album,Gloria! (1998). The song was written by Estefan,her husband Emilio Estefan,Lawrence Dermer and Roberto Blades and produced by Estefan Jr. and Dermer. It became a smash hit on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart,almost peaking at the top of charts for that field. The song also peaked at number nine in Spain and was a top 30 hit in the UK. It was first intended as a ballad and then remixed into a dance-ballad. According to Estefan,it celebrates the perfect moment in time. Its music video was directed by Gustavo Garzon. The track was nominated for a Grammy Music Award,but lost to "Believe" by Cher.
"Higher" is a song by Cuban-American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan,released in 1996. It served as the fourth single from her seventh studio album,Destiny (1996). In the United States and Canada,it was released as a double-sided single along with "I'm Not Giving You Up". However,in other countries,it was released solely as a single.
"I'm Not Giving You Up" is a 1996 song by Cuban American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan,released as the third single from her seventh studio album,Destiny (1996). It was popular more by its single remix by Tony Moran,which later was included on Estefan's 2001 Greatest Hits Vol. II compilation instead of its original version. In the US,the song was released as a double single along with "Higher". In Europe,it was released to coincide with the European leg of Estefan's Evolution World Tour. "I'm Not Giving You Up" peaked at number 11 in Spain,number 28 in the UK and number 33 in Scotland. In the US,the song reached number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Tres Deseos" is a merengue and salsa song by Cuban American singer-songwriter Gloria Estefan,released in 1996 as a promotional single from her second Spanish-language album,Abriendo Puertas (1995). An upbeat Latin dance song,it was the first promotional single released worldwide from the album. In Japan,it was released as a CD maxi single. Remixes of the song were produced by Rosabel,and with their help the song successfully made it to number one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. It become popular at Estefan's concerts as a medley with her song,Higher from the album Destiny.
"Tradición" ("Tradition") is a song by Cuban American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan. It was released in 1993 as the third single from her first all Spanish-language album,Mi Tierra (1993). 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.
"Anything for You" is a 1988 ballad written by Cuban-American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan and sung by Estefan and Miami Sound Machine. The song appeared on their 1987 album Let It Loose. After years of fluctuating success in the United States,"Anything for You" marked a breakthrough for the group when it topped the Billboard magazine Hot 100 chart on May 14,1988,and remained there for two weeks. It was the first of three number-ones for Estefan. Due to the success of the single,the album Let It Loose was re-released with the title Anything For You outside North America. The song also spent three weeks at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart and peaked at #3 on the Hot Latin Tracks on June 25,1988.
"Mi Tierra" is a song by Cuban American singer Gloria Estefan,from her third studio album of the same name (1993). It was written by Estefano and the artist,with her husband Emilio Estefan,Jorge Casas,and Clay Ostwald handling the production. The song was released as the lead single from the album in 1993 by Epic Records. It is a son montuno track in which the singer narrates longing for her homeland. The song received positive reactions from music critics,who praised its arrangement.
The discography of singles,promo singles,remixes and Latin tracks for Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine consists of 50 singles and 24 promotional singles. Miami Sound Machine began releasing singles in 1977 and continued until 1989,when Estefan began being credited solely as a solo artist. Miami Sound Machine released a number of commercially successful singles through the late 1980s,including "Conga","Dr. Beat","Anything for You",and "Bad Boy". Although Miami Sound Machine was no longer featured in the credits of releases from 1989 onwards,they remain Estefan's backing group until this day,though none of the original members remain.
"Can't Stay Away from You" is a song by Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine. The song was released in November 1987 by Epic as the third single from their multi-platinum album,Let It Loose (1987). It became the group's fifth top 10 hit in the United States,peaking at #6 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart;it was their second #1 hit on the adult contemporary chart,following 1986's "Words Get in the Way". The song originally peaked at #88 on the UK Singles Chart in May 1988,however the song was re-released after the success of its follow-up,"Anything for You",peaking at #7 in March 1989.
"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 Super Bowl XXXIII halftime show was a performance that took place at the halftime of Super Bowl XXXIII.
