Up for auction the "Miami Sound Machine" Gloria Estefan Signed 8X10 Color Photo Matted.

ES-2905C

Gloria Estefan (Spanish: [ˈɡloɾja esˈtefan]; born Gloria María Milagrosa

Fajardo García; September 1, 1957) is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, actress, and

businesswoman. A contralto, she started her career as the

lead singer in the group "Miami Latin Boys", which later became known

as Miami Sound Machine. Estefan

experienced worldwide success with "Conga" in 1985. The song became Estefan's signature song and led to the Miami Sound Machine winning

the grand prix in the 15th annual Tokyo Music Festival in

1986. In the middle of 1988, she and the band got their first number-one hit

with the song "Anything for You". In March 1990, Estefan had a severe

accident in her tour bus. She made her comeback in March 1991 with a new world

tour and album called Into the

Light. Her 1993 Spanish-language album, Mi Tierra, won the first of her three Grammy Awards for Best Tropical Latin Album.

It was the first number-one album on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, established when it was

released. It was also the first Diamond album in Spain. Many of her songs, such as "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You",

"1-2-3", "Don't Wanna Lose You",

"Get On Your Feet",

"Here We Are",

"Coming Out of the Dark",

"Bad Boy",

"Oye!", "Party Time"

and a remake of "Turn the Beat Around"

became international chart-topping hits. Estefan has sold an estimated 115

million records worldwide including 31.5 million in the United States alone. She

has won three Grammy Awards and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Las Vegas Walk of Fame. In

2015, she received the Presidential Medal of

Freedom for her contributions to American music and received

the Kennedy Center Honors in

December 2017 for her contributions to American Culture Life. Estefan also won

an MTV Video Music Award, was

honored with the American Music Award for

Lifetime Achievement, as well as being named BMI Songwriter of the

Year. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and

has received multiple Billboard Awards. She is also on the Top 100 Greatest Artists of

All Time lists of VH1 and Billboard.