Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler, better known as Enrique Iglesias, is a Spanish pop singer-songwriter and model of Spanish and Filipino descent. Iglesias started his musical career in Mexico, when he signed with Indie label Fonovisa who helped turn him into one of the most popular artists in Latin America and in the Latin market in the United States, selling more Spanish albums than any other artists in that period of time.

Before the turn of the millennium he made a crossover into the mainstream English market and signed a unique multi-album deal with Universal Music for an unprecedented $48,000,000, with Universal Music Latino to release his Spanish albums and Interscope to release English albums.

Iglesias has sold over 50 million albums worldwide, has had two Billboard Hot 100 #1s and one #3, and he holds the record for producing eighteen number #1 Spanish-language singles on the Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks.

Iglesias was the third and final child of Spanish singer Julio Iglesias and Filipina-Spanish journalist and model Isabel Preysler. He has a sister Chabeli Iglesias, and a brother Julio Iglesias Jr., their parents divorced in 1978 and the following year their father moved to Miami, Florida to continue on with his musical career.

In 1983 Iglesias's grandfather, Dr. Julio Iglesias Puga was kidnapped by the terrorist group ETA. Fearing for his children's safety he sent his two sons to live with their father in Miami.

Iglesias graduated from the Gulliver Preparatory School in 1993. He went on to the University of Miami where he studied business but he dropped out in order to pursue a career in music. Enrique did not want his father to know about his plans for a musical career, so when he was shopping around his demo to the record companies he went by the name of Enrique Martinez using his first name and the last name of his manager Fernán Martínez.

He also did not want his famous surname to help advance his career. Iglesias was signed by a then small indie record label called Fonovisa. He went to Toronto, Canada for six months while recording his first album.

Iglesias is the fourth cousin of fellow Disney Channel teen star, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle.

On July 12,1995 Iglesias released his first album titled Enrique Iglesias, a collection of light rock ballads, including such mega-hits as "Si Tú Te Vas", "Experiencia Religiosa", and others. The record sold half a million copies in its first week, a rare accomplishment then for an album recorded in a language other than English.

His song " por Amarte" was included in Televisa's telenovela Marisol, but with a twist: instead of Por amarte daría mi vida (To love you, I'd give my life), the words were Por amarte Marisol, moriría (To love you, Marisol, I'd die). The CD also yielded Italian and Portuguese editions of the album, with most of the songs translated into those languages.

Five singles released from this album, such as "Por Amarte", "No Llores Por Mí", and "Trapecista" topped the Latin charts. The album went on to win Iglesias a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance.