Enrique Iglesias's Real Name: Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler

Quick answer: Enrique Iglesias's real name is Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler. He was born on May 8, 1975, in Madrid, Spain, to singer Julio Iglesias and Philippine-born socialite and journalist Isabel Preysler. He records under Enrique Iglesias (Grammy.com; Biography.com).

Family and early career

After his parents' separation he spent much of his youth in Miami with his father. Wanting to be judged apart from Julio's fame, he first shopped demos under the pseudonym Enrique Martínez before signing as Enrique Iglesias. His mid-1990s Spanish-language albums for Fonovisa made him a Latin-pop star before he crossed into the English-language mainstream (Biography.com).

Hits on both charts

Iglesias has scored major hits in Spanish and English, including "Bailamos," "Be With You," "Hero," "Escape," "I Like It," "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" and "Bailando" (with Descemer Bueno and Gente de Zona), a global Latin smash in 2014. He has won multiple Latin Grammy and Billboard Latin Music awards and is often cited among the best-selling Latin artists (Grammy.com; Billboard Latin charts coverage).

Personal life

He has been in a long-term relationship with former tennis player Anna Kournikova; they have children together and have generally kept family life private relative to his chart profile. He continues to tour and release music into the 2020s, including farewell-tour announcements covered by major entertainment press.

Language strategy and sales

Iglesias deliberately alternated Spanish and English albums to hold both the Latin market and Anglo pop radio — a strategy Billboard and Latin Academy coverage often cite when ranking all-time Latin artists. He has won Latin Grammy Awards and set records for number-one hits on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart. Even as streaming changed the business, "Bailando" showed he could still launch a global Spanish-language smash in the mid-2010s, and later singles continued to chart in multiple territories.