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Gloria Estefan

1957 - Today

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Gloria María Milagrosa Estefan (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡloɾja esˈtefan]; née Fajardo García; born September 1, 1957) is a Cuban 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. A contralto, Estefan started her career as lead singer of Miami Latin Boys, which was later renamed Miami Sound Machine. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gloria Estefan is the 160th most popular singer (down from 109th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Cuba (down from 11th in 2019) and the most popular Cuban Singer.

Gloria Estefan is most famous for being a singer and songwriter. She is also the wife of Emilio Estefan, who is a singer and producer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Gloria Estefan ranks 160 out of 4,381Before her are Enya, Esma Redžepova, Kris Kristofferson, Bryan Ferry, Georges Brassens, and Tori Amos. After her are Maria Malibran, Kenny Rogers, Falco, Halla Margrét Árnadóttir, Toni Braxton, and Sylvie Vartan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Gloria Estefan ranks 27Before her are Frances McDormand, Greg Abbott, Frank Miller, Melanie Griffith, Mukesh Ambani, and William Kaelin Jr.. After her are Paul Kagame, Steve Buscemi, Falco, Carole Bouquet, Ofra Haza, and Qasem Soleimani.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Gloria Estefan ranks 12 out of 300Before her are Miguel Díaz-Canel (1960), José Martí (1853), Paul Lafargue (1842), Alberto Korda (1928), Camilo Cienfuegos (1932), and Andy García (1956). After her are Compay Segundo (1907), Emilio Mola (1887), Celia Cruz (1925), Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1956), Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1919), and Juan Almeida Bosque (1927).

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Among SINGERS In Cuba

Among singers born in Cuba, Gloria Estefan ranks 1After her are Celia Cruz (1925), Ibrahim Ferrer (1927), Rita Marley (1946), Omara Portuondo (1930), Pérez Prado (1916), Silvio Rodríguez (1946), Camila Cabello (1997), Mongo Santamaría (1917), Laurel Aitken (1927), Pablo Milanés (1943), and Benny Moré (1919).