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Gloria Estefan is a five-time Grammy Award - winning singer and songwriter. She began her successful career in 1975 as lead vocalist for the Hispanic dance music band, Miami Sound Machine. Known as the “Queen of Latin Pop,” Estefan has found great success as a solo artist and is the single most successful crossover performer in Latin music history. Estefan has won the Hispanic Heritage Award, an MTV Video Music Award, two cable television ACE Awards and the 1993 National Music Foundation’s Humanitarian of the Year award.
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Know as the Queen of Latin Pop, Gloria Estefan is the most successful crossover performer in Latin music history, boasting over 70 million albums sold worldwide. Scoring her first hit single, "Dr. Beat," with the Miami Sound Machine in 1984, she has had numerous hits since and remains one of the world's most popular music artists.
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In 1988, Estefan took top billing as the band’s name changed to Gloria Estefan and The Miami Sound Machine. Beginning in 1989, the group's name was dropped altogether along with the firing of the Miami Sound Machine band members. After ten years, Emilio came in one day and told everyone they were fired. Estefan was credited as a solo artist, though the ever-changing line-up of Miami Sound Machine continues as her backing band to this day.
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While she was still in college, Gloria was persuaded by her mother to attend a wedding, where a band called the Miami Latin Boys was playing. The band leader, Emilio Estefan, asked Gloria to sing with the band for a few numbers--she received a standing ovation. Soon, Gloria and her cousin, Merci, joined the band, which was quickly renamed the Miami Sound Machine. As the popularity of the band grew, they went from playing small weddings to performing in front of larger crowds and eventually recorded their first album, Renacer.
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NEW YORK, June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Legacy Records (SONY BMG) today announced an iTunes Original package featuring five-time Grammy award winner Gloria Estefan is available immediately on the iTunes Store (http://www.itunes.com/). The download includes exclusive live interview footage in Spanish and English, new live performances and remastered versions of her hit songs from her days with Miami Sound Machine and from her solo career. Songs include hits like "Get On Your Feet," "Conga" "Coming Out Of The Dark" and "Mi Tierra." It ... features a new recording of "Esperando" from her upcoming album "90 MILLAS."
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In late 2005, after being absent from the UK charts for five years, Estefan had her biggest hit single there when the popular club mash-up Dr. Pressure (combining Mylo’s Number 19 hit “Drop The Pressure” with the Miami Sound Machine’s “Dr. Beat”) reached #3 on the UK singles chart. In Australia the single peaked at #1 on the dance chart, providing Gloria with her first top 40 hit and commercial radio airplay since 1996.
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