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It’s a rare occasion that Enrique Iglesias is actually at the offices of his Mr. 305 Productions in Miami’s Bay Point neighborhood. So rare, in fact, that Iglesias’ own corner office serves as a storage room for his longtime manager Fernando Giaccardi, financial manager Juan Carlos Sanchez and tour manager Abel Tabuyo, with suitcases and boxes everywhere. The one personal touch? Piles of awards and platinum plaques. “I keep this stuff here so it stays out of my house,” says Iglesias.

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His presence here is all the more impressive when you consider the rough day he has been having. “I haven’t slept in two days – I really haven’t,” says Iglesias. Not only is he fighting fatigue from a red-eye flight from London, he also has spent a good chunk of his morning crying. Lucas, his German shepherd of 12 years, died just as Iglesias was arriving back home from his weeklong promotional trip in Europe. It’s the saddest he has been since, well, 2010 – when another beloved dog, Grammy, died just as his album Euphoria had been released. “It’s funny that this is happening again when an album’s coming out. It’s a circle of life thing, right?” says Iglesias, who also owns a third dog, Jack.

Most stars would have postponed or canceled an interview during such a moment of personal duress. But the 38-year-old is energized, engaged and eager to talk for the next two hours about the many lessons learned from a decorated career that has spanned half his life. Such is a typical day for a guy whose career began in Spanish with his self-titled 1995 debut and has gone on to log 24 No. 1s on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart (a record, more than any other artist), two Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers an

Spanish singer (born 1975)

For the album, see Enrique Iglesias (album).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Iglesias and the second or maternal family name is Preysler.

Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (Spanish pronunciation:[enˈrikemiˈɣeliˈɣlesjasˈpɾejsleɾ]; born 8 May 1975) is a Spanish singer and songwriter.

He started his recording career in the mid-1990s on the Mexican label Fonovisa were he released three Spanish albums Enrique Iglesias, Vivir and Cosas del Amor becoming the bestselling Spanish-language act of the decade. By the turn of the millennium, he made a successful crossover into the mainstream English-language market. He signed a multi-album deal with Universal Music Group for US$68 million with Interscope Records releasing a string of hit English albums such as Enrique, Escape, 7 and Insomniac. During this time he also released Spanish albums such as Quizás and 95/08 Éxitos under Universal Music Latin.

In 2010, Iglesias parted with Interscope Records and signed with another Universal Music Group label, Republic Records were he released two successful bilingual albums Euphoria and Sex and Love. In 2015, he parted ways with Universal Music Group after being there for over a decade. He signed with Sony Music and his subsequent albums were to be released by Sony Music Latin in Spanish and RCA Records in English.

Iglesias is one of the best-selling Latin music artists with estimated sales of over 70 million records worldwide. He has had five Billboard Hot 100 top five singles, including two number-ones. Iglesias holds the record for the most number-one songs on the BillboardHot Latin Songs chart with 27 songs and the Latin Pop Airplay chart with 24 songs. Iglesias holds the number-one position on the Greatest of All-Latin Artists charts and in October 2022 he was h