Gloria Estefan

Born in Havana, Cuba, Gloria Estefan soon moved to Miami, Florida, US, due to her family having to flee the country following the Fidel Castro-led coup d'etat in 1959. By 1975, Estefan had become a part of the band, Miami Sound Machine, whose original material fused pop, disco and salsa to great acclaim. Local success grew into establishing a large Hispanic following, also breaking into the european dance charts with "Dr. Beat" in 1984.

Their first English-speaking album, "Primitive Love," in 1985, found the band several Top Ten hits, before then creating the triple-Platinum selling "Let It Loose," changing their name to Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine. As the decade came to a close, the act found an endless stream of hits, with only a car accident that caused Estefan severe injury stopping their run of success.

Having recovered, 1991's "Into the Light" brought Estefan back into the charts, continuing to find commercial success. In 1993, she returned to her native tongue with "Mi Tierra," which earned Estefan a Grammy Award for 'Best Tropical Latin Album.' Latin-pop rose to greater popularity as the decade continued, with Estefan leading the way for the likes of Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias. She had made an incredible number of sales by 1999, selling over 50 million globally.

New music arrived in 2000 with "Alma Caribeña," another Spanish-language album, with the single, "No Me Dehes De Querer" earning Estefan another Grammy for 'Best Music Video.' "Unwrapped" followed in 2003, failing to match previous successes, with Estefan taking a step back from music for a number of years, instead just releasing number of compilation records which kept her popularity alive.

In 2007, Estefan had created an album of new music, "90 Millas," which was warmly received, returning the vocalist to the charts, becoming one of the biggest Latin-pop albums of the year. In 2011, Estefan unleashed the dance-pop effort, "Miss Little Havana," which featured production from Pharell Williams. Looking towards the Great American Songbook, Estefan recorded an album of these classic standards in 2013, titled, "The Standards."