Enrique Iglesias family. Julio Iglesias and his intricate love affairs. Terrorist attack and relocation

FULL NAME: Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler

DATE OF BIRTH: 05/08/1975 (Taurus)

PLACE OF BIRTH: Madrid, Spain

EYE COLOR: Brown

HAIR COLOR: fair-haired

FAMILY STATUS: married

FAMILY: Parents: Isabel Preisler, Julio Iglesias.

HEIGHT: 180 cm

OCCUPATION: singer, producer

Biography:

Spanish singer, songwriter, producer and actor. Enrique's parents are Spanish singer Julio Iglesias and Filipino journalist and TV presenter Isabel Preisler. Enrique became the third and last child in the family. When Enrique was 3 years old, his parents divorced and he, along with his sister Maria and brother Julio, stayed with his mother in Madrid, and his father moved to record songs in Miami. Since his mother had a lot of work, he was raised by a nanny.

At the age of sixteen, our today's hero began to compose his own songs for the first time, which he later performed with his older brother. Enrique dreamed of a big stage, but his father was of a completely different opinion. Julio Iglesias wanted his son to make a career in business and not repeat the mistakes that he himself had once made. For this reason, the famous Spanish singer insisted that both of his younger son entered the University of Miami. Enrique did just that, but he did not abandon his plans to conquer the pop scene. Very soon, the young talented singer was noticed by a manager who offered the future idol of millions of girls to record several demo versions of his songs. Iglesias Jr. agreed without hesitation, and very soon the records with his records were in all the major record companies in the country. It is quite remarkable that during this period Enrique Iglesias signed his discs with the pseudonym Enrique Martinez. This move was made in order to distance himself from his father's fame and to be able to develop as an independent artist.

In 1994, Iglesias dropped out of school and signed a contract with the Mexican label FonoMusic. Enrique's father demanded that he return to the university, but Enrique left for Canada. In Canada, he worked for 5 months on recording his debut album. In October 1995, Iglesias' first single "Si tú te vas" (Spanish - "If You Leave") was released, and on November 21 of the same year, the debut album entitled " Enrique Iglesias". The album became popular in Spain, Portugal and Italy.

The first album was followed by others. Records "Vivir", "Cosas Del Amor", "Enrique" strengthened the popularity of the performer and made him famous all over the world. His tours were held with great success, a huge number of people always gathered at the concerts. In the late nineties - early 2000s, our today's hero established himself in the status of one of the most popular artists of his generation, as well as a real sex symbol of the American and European scene.

Several times during his career, our today's hero also worked as a television actor. So in different years he starred in several well-known television projects, the most popular of which are the series "2.5 Men" and "How I Met Your Mother." In addition, it is also worth mentioning the fact that several times in his career Enrique Iglesias wrote songs for other famous performers. So, the Latin American artist wrote four songs for The Hollies, as well as several songs for other artists.

Despite the fact that Enrique Iglesias was always surrounded by many beauties, there were relatively few novels in his life. In the early 2000s, the artist dated film actress Jennifer Love Hewitt for some time. Together they were not for long and parted as friends. Some time later, Enrique Iglesias began an affair with Russian tennis player Anna Kournikova. The lovers were together for more than ten years, and then - in 2013 - they finally decided to legalize their relationship.

At a concert in Barvikha near Moscow, the sultry Spaniard Enrique Iglesias flirted exclusively with his gender, and then got drunk and called his ex-spouse- tennis player Anna Kournikova - wife.

For the second year already, one of the most famous Spaniards in the world has been promoting his new album Sex and Love, traveling around cities and towns. On the last weekend of November, he was even brought to the "village of the rich" near Moscow, Barvikha Luxury Village. It was possible to listen to the heartthrob, whose albums became platinum 116 times and gold 227 times, only by paying from 20 to ... 150 thousand rubles! But this is for ordinary oligarchs, but the celebrities, among whom we noticed the singer Zara, Miss World Ksenia Sukhinova, actress Elena Lyadova (the star of "Leviathan" surprised everyone by dressing completely unmatched for the event - in jeans and a sports T-shirt, while other ladies chose elegant evening dresses), let slip that they were allowed in here for free - by invitation.
“Actually, I don’t really like Enrique’s later work, I liked the early one more - I’m really surprised that at the age of 40 he was drawn to youth motives,” Alsu told ProZvezd with a touch of disappointment, who recorded with Iglesias duet. She admitted that since then they had only seen each other a couple of times and did not become close friends.
And Alsou said this even before the performance - it is not known what she would say after seeing how frankly Enrique hacked at his only and not so long concert. He would sing barely halfway through each song, then drop and leave the rest to the veneer and his backing vocalists. He didn’t even pretend to sing: he just threw a microphone and then walked around the stage, then completely sat down to rest comfortably. It seems that he was just tired of singing the same thing, but he still had the desire to jump and dance.
Starting to dance, the Spaniard invited everyone to join him and come closer to the stage. As a result, those who paid 20-30 thousand for a ticket completely blocked the view of those who paid all 150 for a ticket and sat in the front row. Well, the last became the first, and the rich also cry.
- I want to invite someone to the stage! - unexpectedly gave hope to the audience, the vast majority of which were, of course, women of all ages, Enrique.
- Me! Me! Please choose me! - immediately shouted everyone who was near the stage, and one girl even sobbed - she so wanted to her idol.
No, I'm only interested in boys! I want boys! - Iglesias was surprised at such a violent reaction and was looking for volunteers for a long time. There were almost no boys in the hall!
In the end, two were found. The happy singer sat them almost on his knees, gave them vodka to drink, sang one of the hits together, and he carefully filmed the entire performance on the iPhone of one of the guys. Well, in the end he hugged them and kissed them. A frustrated groan rippled through the hall. The girls didn't get that much attention from him!
“It was my Russian girlfriend who taught me how to drink vodka, oh, that is, my wife,” he finished off the fans even more.
As ProZvezd managed to learn from the fans guarding the singer in Barvikha, on the eve of the concert, Iglesias and Kournikova walked around the most expensive boutiques in Barvikha, holding hands cutely. So, perhaps, Iglesias sang with the boys so that Anna would not be jealous, and not at all because it was not welcome in our country.

Starting to dance, the Spaniard invited everyone to join him and come closer to the stage
Russian wife taught Enrique to drink vodka

Photo by Sergey Solovyov, Global Look Press

Julio Iglesias

Julio Iglesias celebrates his birthday today. However, Don Julio is known not only for his hits, but also for his amorous connections. And although Iglesias was officially married only twice, he managed to intermarry not only with the first persons of the Spanish establishment, but also with Russian sports ..

Today it is hard to believe, but many years ago, when Julio Iglesias was a fledgling youth, his vocal exercises terrified those around him. And the holy father Anselmo, in whose choir Julio tried to get a job, at the audition did not even let him finish the song: “No, no, no, dear. Singing is clearly not for you. I heard that you play football. Why don't you focus on sports?"

Julio followed the advice of the shepherd and soon made quite successful career. At the age of seventeen, he was already the goalkeeper of the junior team of Real Madrid. And if not for the tragedy, Iglesias would have been a famous football player.

... When the rescuers arrived at the scene of the accident, a terrible sight appeared before their eyes. The bright red Renault Dauphine lay upside down at the bottom of a steep ravine. The driver who remained conscious - he was Julio - said that he lost control, winding along the serpentine. His car rammed a concrete fence and fell off a cliff. Despite the deadly turn, all the passengers of the Renault - and two of his comrades were sitting in the cabin with Julio - were not badly injured. Iglesias got off with a few scratches.

Thanking fate, Julio continued training until ... he began to suffer from back pain. The examination showed that after the accident, a tumor began to develop in the spinal cord. And if you do not remove it, the consequences can be the most severe.

The operation lasted eight hours. The tumor was removed, but Julio, who came to his senses after anesthesia, found that he did not feel his legs. The doctors then honestly said: there are practically no chances that someday he will be able to walk on his own - at best, one in a thousand.

Biographers of Iglesias give two versions of the awakening of his vocal talents at once. According to the first, the orderly of the hospital where poor Julio was lying brought a guitar to the patient's room for fun - they say, let the guy have fun, what if even strumming on the strings can bring him to his senses? According to other sources, Julio himself asked to bring him an instrument - so that others would not hear his sobs. One way or another, soon the former football player learned to play his favorite Spanish instrument quite tolerably. During the day he wrote songs, and at night - so that no one could see him - he crawled around the ward, trying to feel his legs.

It took him three years to recover. But Julio Iglesias came out of this tragedy as an established artist - with his own repertoire and virtuoso mastery of the instrument.

Now it is difficult to say what exactly he bewitched millions of fans from all over the world. Unlike his colleagues, Iglesias always went on stage in a formal suit and white shirt, not allowing himself any free steps there. Apparently, he put all his passion into the song.

And women felt this passion. They say that his fans arranged an unspoken competition: who will outwit Don Julio more successfully. It was necessary to remain unnoticed as long as possible, hiding in his room. However, Iglesias still discovered another uninvited guest and ... stayed with her all night.

Perhaps that is why he put all his charms of a seducer into play, having met a strange beauty at the next party. The girl with chocolate skin and slanting eyes, when they were introduced, smiled sweetly and nothing more. Don Julio did not even notice the interest in her eyes - just polite concern. Later, when Isabel became his legal wife, he confessed: "I fell in love with her not for beauty, but for virtue."

In fact, everything was explained simply. Beauty Isabel Preisler was born and raised in Manila, Philippines. She came to Madrid to improve her Spanish. Of course, the nineteen-year-old modest woman did not even know that her new acquaintance was a star of the first magnitude.

Already seven months after the first meeting, Julio and Isabel got married. They had strange marriage. Julio continued to seduce one beauty after another, just as furiously, adding to his Don Juan list every night. And Isabella was locked in the "golden castle" - don Juan was very jealous of his young wife, forbidding her even to look towards the representatives of the stronger sex. However, she did not grumble. And when well-wishers tried to tell her about the love affairs of a famous husband, she instantly stopped such conversations: she sincerely believed that a person who adheres to such strictness in relation to own wife, and he is not capable of treason. The truth was revealed later, when children already appeared in the family - the eldest daughter Maria Chabeli Isabel, and the sons Julio Jose and Enrique Miguel.

“I’m tired of Julio’s endless betrayals,” complained the offended Isabel to her friends. After her divorce from Julio, she married twice more. Isabel gave the Marquis de Grinon a daughter, Tamara, and in marriage to the Minister of Finance, Miguel Boyer, she had a daughter, Anna.

Lovely Filipina

However, the beautiful Filipina had to wait a long time for an official divorce from Iglesias. Their marriage was consecrated by the church, so after the break they continued to be considered husband and wife for many years. Even when Iglesias moved to America, he still remained a married man. Therefore, if you look at the situation from the point of view of lawyers, Isabel did not lie a bit to her children when, when asked where dad was, she answered: “He is on tour. And soon you will meet him.

And soon the children really moved to their dad in Miami. But sad events preceded this. Father Julio Iglesias - a successful gynecologist, member of the Medical Academy, Julio Iglesias Pug - was kidnapped by Basque terrorists, demanding a crazy ransom. The old man managed to return home alive and unharmed, without paying a penny. However, Isabel did not find a place for herself: it seemed to her that in Spain her children were not at all protected. Therefore, she, reluctantly, decided to send Mario, Julio and Enrique to America.

On the one hand, they started new life- limousines, a luxurious mansion, servants, private expensive schools. On the other hand, the whole trinity felt completely lost: their famous father continued to tour the world, almost never being at home.

Later, Enrique Iglesias, who became no less popular than his father, recalled that sometimes he sobbed at night from longing and loneliness. And it was for this reason that he began to write songs - in them he tried to throw out everything that had accumulated in his soul. Who knows: if Iglesias Sr. were more attentive to his children, Iglesias Jr. would not be on the stage now.

And not so long ago, another singer appeared in this star clan. Enrique's older brother, Julio Jose, who at first tried himself as an actor and fashion model, also turned his eyes to the stage. He has not yet won the laurels of his relatives, but he firmly intends to conquer the pop Olympus.

role model

For a long time, Julio Iglesias enjoyed his bachelor freedom. He continued to collect women's hearts, but none of his fleeting passions managed to stay with him for more than a month or two. Until the restless rake was finally captivated by a fashion model and fashion model from Venezuela, Virginia Siple. Together with Julio, she lived for five whole years. True, she could not persuade him to formalize the relationship. Julio was afraid that after the wedding, Virginia would immediately demand marital fidelity - and there are so many beautiful ladies which he has not yet conquered.

In a word, years later, Virginia, desperate to curb the obstinate temper of Julio, packed her things and left home. And soon another fashion model took her place - the Dutch beauty Miranda Rinsburger. It is believed that it was she who completely re-educated Julio Iglesias. Not only did he himself beg Miranda to accept his proposal to become a wife (and she for a long time refused), so even Iglesias stopped amorous adventures and turned into an exemplary father. In a marriage with Miranda, he had four children: two sons - Miguel and Rodrigo, and twins Victoria and Christina. By the way, the girls were born almost at the same time as Julio's first grandson. In 2001 his eldest daughter Chabila, who worked on American television, gave birth to a son. True, Julio Iglesias, who in all interviews repeated how he dreams of becoming a grandfather, was not present at the birth. He saw his grandson a few weeks after his birth.

Son of Enrique

Enrique Iglesias, the youngest son of Julio and Isabel, turned out to be not only as talented, but also no less loving than his father. He had affairs with Christina Aguilera and Gary Halliwell, models Samantha Torres and Elizabeth Shannon. There were even rumors that Enrique "lassoed" Whitney Houston herself. However, unlike his father (Iglesias Sr. once told the public that at least three thousand women had been in his bed), Enrique turned out to be much more secretive. He stubbornly convinced journalists that he was associated exclusively with all of the above ladies. friendly relations. And once he completely shocked his fans (and, of course, first of all, fans), declaring that in fact he was a virgin. That did not stop him from kissing passionately with Aguilera, not hiding from the cameras, attending concerts in an embrace with Halliwell, and later leading him down the aisle. By the way, even in relations with Kournikova, about which entire volumes of secular reports have been written, there are still blank spots. The couple does not disclose to the public whether there was actually a wedding in the Caribbean, about which all the newspapers wrote at one time. And only Iglesias Sr. does not tire of repeating in an interview how pleased he is with his Russian daughter-in-law and with what impatience he is waiting for the birth of his grandchildren.

Incidentally, despite young age, even before meeting Enrique, Anna Kournikova managed to be married. For only a few months, she bore the proud title of Miss Fedorova - her husband was the Russian hockey player, scorer of the Detroit Red Wings team, Sergei Fedorov. Then there were persistent rumors that Kournikova got married with another Russian hockey player, Pavel Bure. However, Enrique appeared on the horizon ... So the Russian star became related to the Spanish star. Therefore, we in Russia are watching the successes of the entire Iglesias clan with redoubled attention.

Enrique Iglesias was born in successful family with star status. Father, Julio Iglesias, is a world-famous singer, and his mother is a successful journalist. Enrique became the third and last child. His parents divorced when Enrique was three years old.

Since the father was constantly on the road, and at the time of the divorce he left to record an album in Miami, it was decided to leave the children with their mother, who herself was always busy on duty. The children were raised by a nanny.

As a child, Enrique Iglesias was a reckless boy. For example, on Christmas Eve, Enrique burned his own dog. As a teenager, he dreamed of becoming a singer with his older brother, while Enrique Iglesias wrote poetry for his first album.

But in 1985, terrorists appeared in the life of the Iglesias family, who first threatened their father, then made an attempt on Enrique's grandfather, Julio Sr. After the grandfather was released, the terrorists began to threaten the children as well. The mother considered it necessary to send the children to the United States to their father for safety. All this, of course, was reflected in the character of Enrique Iglesias.

In Miami, the children attended the prestigious Gulliver Preparatory School among other "golden" children. Enrique Iglesias had difficulty finding mutual language with children, he was a shy child and not like everyone else. His father had little interest in his son's life, and when all classmates drove expensive cars, Iglesias Jr. came to school in an old wreck. After the remarriage of the father, the life of the children became even more unbearable.

Only Julio Iglesias did not dream of his son following in his father's footsteps, he saw his son in business. Having put pressure on Enrique, the father nevertheless forced his son to go to study at the University of Miami at the Faculty of Business. But fate and talent took their toll.

Star Trek During his studies, Enrique Iglesias began to record demo versions of his songs. On young man drew the attention of the music manager, together they began to send the performed versions to the offices of record labels, but both in Miami and Madrid, the singer was refused.

In 1994, Enrique Iglesias still dropped out and signed a contract with a Mexican label. The father demanded that the son return to study and forget about music, but the son, in defiance of his father, left for Canada, where he worked on recording his first album. On November 21, the debut album was released, named after the artist Enrique Iglesias himself. In the first week, 1 million copies were sold. At the time, this was the best result for an album not recorded in English.

In 1996, Mexican and Italian versions of the album were released.

At the end of the year, the singer, along with his father, was nominated for the American Music Awards in the Best Latin American Singer category. However, the father said that if the son wins the award, he will stand up and defiantly leave the event. To avoid scandal, Enrique refused to take part in the ceremony, giving the statuette to his father, Julio Iglesias.

In early 2000, Enrique Iglesias went on the Bailamos World Tour, but after it ended, for unknown reasons, the singer disappeared and did not appear in public for a long time.

First public speaking after a long break, took place at a concert in memory of those killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack. Enrique Iglesias delivered his new song Hero, and the following month one of Enrique Iglesias' most popular albums, Escape, was released. The album has sold over 10 million copies. A video was also shot for the title track of the album, in which the main role went to tennis player Anna Kournikova.

In 2003, Enrique Iglesias recorded his seventh album, which, alas, turned out to be a failure. At the same time, his father released his seventy-seventh album. Then critics rated the work of Iglesias Jr. for three balls, and Julio's album became one of the best-selling. After a big tour, Enrique refrained from public speaking, except rare cases. For example, he performed at the Pope's Christmas concert.

At the end of the first decade of the 21st century, Enrique Iglesias' career took off. He again began to record new albums, appear in public and give solo concerts.

Private life of Enrique Iglesias

At the beginning of his career, Enrique Iglesias openly admitted that he could not be with one girl for more than a week. There were many famous women in his life, but the Russian tennis player Anna Kournikova won his heart.

The romance began on the set of the Escape video, where the athlete was supposed to kiss the singer, but Enrique Iglesias unexpectedly refused. Gossips slandered that the reason for this was the banal herpes on the girl's lips. Offended Anna used the main female weapon - tears. The kiss scene was left in the script. And not in vain - it has become crucial in the lives of young people.

Enrique Iglesias is called the best-selling Latino artist in the world. He was born in Madrid in May 1975 in star family. His father is a popular singer, and his mother excelled in journalism.

The singer's star trek began in 1995 when he recorded his debut album, which he worked on in secret from his family. A year later, Enrique received a prestigious award for his second album. Since then, Enrique Iglesias has released more than a hundred platinum discs and about two hundred gold discs, received many international awards and earned fame as a handsome man planets.

Despite the bright appearance and love of women, Enrique can hardly be called a womanizer. He has only a few stormy novels to his credit.

His first girlfriend was Sofia Vergara, whom he met in 1998 on a TV show. Sophia charmed the shy young man so much that he overcame himself and demanded a meeting with the beauty. Since then, they have become inseparable, and the whole world was talking about the imminent wedding of lovers. No one knows the reason for their breakup, but Enrique and Sofia still remain friends and communicate closely.

Second famous novel Enrique started in 2000 with famous actress Jennifer Love-Hewitt when they met at one of the ceremonies. The couple at first did not want to admit their romantic feelings for each other, hiding behind friendship. But after a year of their acquaintance, when the romance gained momentum, Enrique releases a new album with the single Hero. Jennifer took part in the filming of the video, and the hot scenes performed by the couple in love no longer left any room for doubt in their relationship. But after only two months, the couple broke up without explanation. Enrique started shooting a new video with tennis diva Anna Kournikova…

Enrique and Anna met on the set of a new video. According to the plot, the video for the song "Escape" ends with a kiss scene, but the singer refused to kiss Anna, which caused a storm of indignation among the Russian beauty. The situation threatened to escalate into a scandal until Enrique decided on a fateful kiss.

After some time, he confesses to reporters that he cannot forget Kournikova, and a couple of months later the couple announced their romance. Since then celebrity couple causes a lot of rumors and speculation. Then Anna will hint that she is already the wife of Enrique Iglesias, sparkling wedding ring, then Enrique will mention an imminent wedding. The couple have been together for more than ten years, but so far journalists either marry or divorce them, and the star couple prefers to deny everything.