Name : Enrique Iglesias
Birth name : Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler
Born : May 8, 1975 (1975-05-08) (age 32)
Birth Place : Madrid, Spain
Enrique is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award winning Spanish-born, Miami-based singer and is of European and Asian ancestry. He has had 5 Billboard Chart #1s singles in English and holds the record for most ever Spanish language #1s on Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks with Seventeen. He is also the best selling Latin act in the United Kingdom as well the Best Selling International Artist in India. Iglesias' album sales currently total over 40 million, making him one of the best-selling Spanish music artists in the world.
Enrique released his new album Insomniac on June 12, 2007. The first single is "Do You Know? (The Ping Pong) ". Airplay for the song is picking up as it has been recently added to Z100's playlist. It reached #2 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart before making its 'Hot Shot' debut on the official singles chart at #33, and the song also made a 48-position leap jump from #49 to #1 on the Hot Latin Tracks. Some of the record's highlights include "Push", a hip-hop-flavored collaboration with rapper Lil’ Wayne, as well as "Ring My Bell", a moody track that Enrique wrote in Los Angeles together with two of his favorite songwriting partners, Swedish composer Kristian Lundin as well as Savan Kotecha. The album also contains a cover of Ringside's "Tired of Being Sorry". Enrique Iglesias fully launched his Insomniac promo tour in Los Angeles with a signing at the Virgin Megastore. On June 18th, 2007, Enrique confirmed on MIX 96's Mark Bergman show (CJFM), that "Somebody's Me" will be the next single released from the album. In other interviews, Iglesias has claimed that "Push" will be the next single from Insomniac.
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