Gloria María Milagrosa Estefan (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈɡloɾjaesˈtefan];néeFajardo García; born September 1, 1957) is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. Estefan is a five-timeGrammy Award winner and aPresidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and has been named one of the Top 100 greatest artists of all time by bothVH1 andBillboard.[2] Estefan's record sales exceed 120 million worldwide, making her one of thebest-selling music artists of all time.[3][4]
Acontralto, Estefan started her career as lead singer of Miami Latin Boys, which was later renamedMiami Sound Machine. She and Miami Sound Machine earned worldwide success with their 1985 single "Conga", which became Estefan'ssignature song. The group followed this with a number of hit singles throughout the decade, including "Anything for You", "1-2-3", "Bad Boy", and "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You". The group was redubbed as Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine with the release of their 1987 albumLet It Loose, and in 1989, Estefan rose to solo stardom with her debut solo album,Cuts Both Ways.
Billboard has listed Estefan as the second-most successful Latina and 23rd-greatest Latin Artist of all time in the U.S., based on both Latin albums and Latin songs chart.[7] Hailed as the "Queen of Latin Pop" and "Mother of Latin Pop" by the media,[8][9] she has amassed 38 number one hits acrossBillboard charts, including 15 chart-topping songs on the Hot Latin Songs chart.[10][7]
Gloria Estefan was born Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García inHavana, Cuba on September 1, 1957[1] to parents José Fajardo (1933–1980)[11] and Gloria García (1930–2017).[12] Estefan's maternal grandparents were Spanish immigrants. Her maternal grandfather, Leonardo García, emigrated toCuba fromPola de Siero, Asturias, Spain, where he married Gloria's grandmother, Consuelo Pérez, who was originally fromLogroño, Spain. Consuelo's father Pantaleón Pérez served as the head chef to two Cuban presidents.[13][14][15] Estefan's paternal side also had musical sensibilities, as the lineage had famous bandleader andflautistJosé Fajardo[16] and a classical pianist.[17]
Estefan's mother Gloria Fajardo, nicknamed "Big Gloria", won an international contest during her childhood and received a Hollywood offer to dubShirley Temple's films inSpanish.[18][19] However, Leonardo García did not permit his daughter to pursue the offer.[20] Gloria Fajardo earned aPh.D. in education in Cuba, but her diploma and other papers were destroyed by Cuban officials when she left for the United States.[21]
Estefan's paternal grandparents were José Manuel Fajardo González and Amelia Montano. José Manuel was a Cuban soldier and a motor escort for the wife ofCuban presidentFulgencio Batista, and Amelia Montano was a poet. As a result of theCuban Revolution, the Fajardo family fled and settled inMiami, in 1959, and ran one of the first Cuban restaurants in the city.[22][23][24] In 1961, Estefan's father José participated in the failedBay of Pigs Invasion. He was captured by his cousin, who was a member of the Cuban army, and imprisoned in Cuba for nearly two years.[12] On his return, he joined the United States military and fought in theVietnam War.
After returning from theVietnam War in 1968, Estefan's father became ill withmultiple sclerosis, attributed toAgent Orange exposure that he suffered in Vietnam.[19] Estefan helped her mother care for him and her younger sister Rebecca, nicknamed "Becky" (b. 1963), while her mother worked to support them. Gloria Fajardo first had to regain her teaching credentials, then worked as a schoolteacher for theDade County Public School system.[25][26] When Estefan was nine, she alleged that a music teacher hired to teach her guitar lessons sexually abused her.[27] She alleged that the man told her that he would kill her mother if she told anyone about the abuse. Estefan told her mother, who alerted the police of the allegation; charges were not pressed because of the additional trauma she felt Estefan would undergo as a result of testifying against the perpetrator. When Estefan was 16, her father's illness led him to be hospitalized at aVeterans Administration medical facility.[28][29]
Estefan became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1974 under the name Gloria Garcia Fajardo.
Estefan attended theUniversity of Miami inCoral Gables, Florida, where she graduated in 1979 with aB.A. in psychology and a minor in French. While attending the University of Miami, Estefan also worked as an English, Spanish, and French translator atMiami International Airport's Customs Department and, because of her language abilities, says she was once approached by theCIA as a possible employee.[31] In 1984, she was inducted into theIron Arrow Honor Society, the highest honor bestowed by the University of Miami.[32]
In 1975, Estefan and her cousinMercedes "Merci" Navarro (1957–2007)[33] metEmilio Estefan, Jr. while performing at a church ensemble rehearsal. Emilio, who had formed the band the Miami Latin Boys earlier in that year, learned about Estefan through a mutual acquaintance. While the Miami Latin Boys were performing at a Cuban wedding at the Dupont Plaza Hotel, Estefan and Navarro, who were wedding guests, performed two Cuban standards impromptu. They impressed the Miami Latin Boys so much that they were invited to join the band permanently with the band's name changing to Miami Sound Machine. Estefan, who was attending theUniversity of Miami at the time, only agreed to perform during the weekends so that her studies would not be interrupted.[30]
In 1977,Miami Sound Machine began recording and releasing various albums and 45s on the Audiofon Records label in Miami. Their first album was titledLive Again/Renacer (1977). After several more releases on the Audiofon, RCA Victor, and MSM Records labels, the band was signed to Discos CBS International and released several albums beginning with the 1978 self-titled albumMiami Sound Machine. In 1978, Gloria married Emilio Estefan Jr. after two years of dating. Growing in popularity in both the U.S. and around the world, the group continued recording and issuing various works for Discos CBS International through 1985.[34]
In 1984, Miami Sound Machine released their first Epic/Columbia album,Eyes of Innocence, which included the dance hit "Dr. Beat" and the ballad "I Need Your Love".[35] Their more successful follow-up albumPrimitive Love was released in 1985, and contained three Top 10 hits on theBillboard Hot 100: "Conga" (U.S. No. 10), "Words Get in the Way" (U.S. No. 5), and "Bad Boy" (U.S. No. 8), as well as "Falling in Love (Uh-Oh)" (U.S. No. 25). "Words Get in the Way" reached No. 1 on the USHot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, establishing that the group could perform pop ballads as successfully as dance tunes. The song "Hot Summer Nights" was also released that year and was part of the filmTop Gun.[36]
Their next album,Let It Loose (1987), went multi-platinum, with three million copies sold in the US alone. It featured the hits "Anything for You" (No. 1 Hot 100), "1-2-3" (No. 3 Hot 100), "Betcha Say That" (No. 36 Hot 100), "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" (No. 5 Hot 100), and "Can't Stay Away from You" (No. 6 Hot 100). "Can't Stay Away From You", "Anything for You", and "1-2-3" were all No. 1 Adult Contemporary hits as well. In that same year, Estefan took top billing and the band's name changed to Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine.[37] In 1988, after the worldwide chart success of single "Anything for You", theLet It Loose album was repackaged asAnything for You.[38]
On March 20, 1990, while touring in support ofCuts Both Ways, Estefan was critically injured, suffering a fractured spine when a semi-truck crashed into her tour bus during a snowstorm nearScranton, Pennsylvania. Estefan was returning from a meeting with PresidentGeorge Bush to discuss participation in an anti-drug campaign.[40] She was taken to Community Medical Center's Intensive Care Unit in Scranton and flown by helicopter the following day to the Hospital for Joint Diseases atNYU Langone Health inNew York City, where she underwent surgery that included implanting two titanium rods to stabilize hervertebral column. Her rehabilitation included almost a year of intensivephysical therapy, and she said, "there were times when the pain was so bad I prayed I'd pass out." However, she ultimately recovered completely.[41]
In January 1991, Estefan released theconcept albumInto the Light. That same month, she performed "Coming Out of the Dark" for the first time at theAmerican Music Awards to a standing ovation, the performance coming ten months after the crash.[41][42] "Coming Out of the Dark" reached No. 1 on the U.S.Billboard Hot 100.[43] Other notable singles fromInto the Light were "Seal Our Fate" and "Live for Loving You". The album peaked at No. 5 on theBillboard albums chart and at No. 2 on the British albums chart. The album eventually went double platinum in the US and platinum in the UK.[44]
On January 26, 1992, Estefan performed in theSuper Bowl XXVI halftime show.[45] Estefan releasedGreatest Hits in 1992, and the album included the U.S. hit ballads "Always Tomorrow" and "I See Your Smile" along with the international hit dance track "Go Away".[46] That same year, Estefan sang backup vocals on fellow Cuban-American singer-songwriterJon Secada's breakthrough single "Just Another Day" and received songwriting credit for the Spanish-language versionOtro Día Más Sin Verte.[47]
1993–1995:Mi Tierra,Christmas Through Your Eyes, cover album, andAbriendo Puertas
In June 1993, Estefan released her first Spanish-language album,Mi Tierra.Mi Tierra peaked at No. 27 on theBillboard album chart and No. 1 on the Top Latin Albums chart. In the US, the singles "Mi Tierra", the romantic-tropical ballad "Con Los Años Que Me Quedan", and "Mi Buen Amor" all reached No. 1 on the "Hot Latin Tracks" chart. The album sold over eight million copies worldwide, going on to become multi-platinum in Spain (10 times) and in the US (16 times; Platinum – Latin field), and earning theGrammy Award forBest Tropical Latin Album.[48]
In September 1993, Estefan released her first Christmas album,Christmas Through Your Eyes. It was also notable as being the first album from Estefan that was not produced by her husband. The album included the singles "This Christmas" and "Silent Night" and went Platinum in the US.[49]
Estefan releasedHold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me in October 1994, a cover album featuring some of her favorite songs from the 1960s and 1970s. The album includes the hit singles "Turn the Beat Around", which peaked at number 13 on theBillboard Hot 100, and "Everlasting Love", which peaked at number 27. Both songs also topped theBillboardHot Dance Club Play chart.[50] Further single releases were "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me", which peaked at number 11 in the UK, and "It's Too Late".Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me peaked at number nine on the USBillboard 200 and has sold over 2 million copies in the United States.
In 1996, Estefan released her platinum-selling albumDestiny, which featured "Reach". The song served as the official theme of the1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics.[52] Estefan performed "Reach" and "You'll Be Mine" at theSummer Olympics closing ceremony.[53] On 18 July 1996, she embarked on her first tour in five years—the Evolution World Tour—which covered the U.S., Canada, Europe, Latin America, Australia and Asia.[54]
In 2003, Estefan releasedUnwrapped. To promote the CD, she toured Europe, Mexico,Puerto Rico and the U.S.[60] "Hoy" and "Tu Fotografía" both reached No. 1 on Billboard's Latin chart and "I Wish You" reached the Adult Contemporary Charts top 20. Estefan embarked on the Live & Re-Wrapped Tour in support of the album; the tour was produced byClear Channel Entertainment and played 26 cities upon launching inHidalgo, Texas on July 30, 2004.[61]
On April 7. 2005, Estefan participated inSelena ¡VIVE!, a tribute concert for the "Queen of Tejano"Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. She performed Selena's hit song "I Could Fall in Love".[62] Also that year, Estefan sang "Young Hearts Run Free" on thesoundtrack for the television seriesDesperate Housewives.[63] In late 2005, the clubmash-up "Dr. Pressure" was released; the song combinedMylo's No. 19 hit "Drop The Pressure" with the Miami Sound Machine's "Dr. Beat". It reached No. 3 on the UK singles chart and No. 1 on the Australian dance chart.[64][65]
In October 2006, Sony released the compilationThe Essential Gloria Estefan, featuring her hits from 1984 to 2003, Estefan made several radio and television appearances to promoteThe Essential Gloria Estefan. She released two additional similar compilation albums that year for other markets.The Very Best of Gloria Estefan was released in Europe and Mexico; this compilation was certified Gold in Ireland.[66]Oye Mi Canto!: Los Grandes Exitos featured a collection of her Spanish-language hits and was released in Spain.[67]
Estefan released the Spanish album90 Millas on 18 September 2007. The album was produced by Emilio Estefan and Gaitan Bros (Gaitanes), and composed by Emilio Estefan, Gloria Estefan, Ricardo Gaitán and Alberto Gaitán. The title alludes to the distance between Miami and Cuba. The album peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and at No. 25 on the Billboard 200 list, selling 25,000 units in its first week. In Spain, it debuted at No. 3 and was certified gold. The album won aLatin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album and "Pintame de Colores" won the award for Best Tropical Song.
Estefan performing at theWhite House in October 2009
In 2008, Estefan appeared during theseventh season ofAmerican Idol for the special charity episode "Idol Gives Back". She performed "Get on Your Feet" along withSheila E.[68] Estefan became the headliner of theMGM Grand atFoxwoods Resort Casino's new venue.[69] She then headed to Canada to perform at theCasino Rama. In August, she started her90 Millas World Tour. Estefan played concerts in London, Rotterdam, Belfast and Aruba. Estefan performed several concerts in Spain, specifically Madrid, Barcelona, Zaragoza and Tenerife. Two of these concerts, inLas Ventas, Spain,[70] and inRotterdam, The Netherlands, were free to the public. Back in the States, Estefan performed a special concert at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino to raise funds for the Education of South Florida.[71] Estefan was a headliner forBette Midler's "Annual Hulaween Gala". The event benefited the New York Restoration Project.[72] During the Thanksgiving season, Estefan appeared onRosie O'Donnell's television specialRosie Live singing a duet with O'Donnell titled "Gonna Eat for Thanksgiving", an alternate version of "Gonna Eat for Christmas" from O'Donnell's albumA Rosie Christmas.
In 2009, Estefan announced plans for her "farewell tour" of Latin America and South America. The tour continued with a concert atGuadalajara in Mexico, as part of a program designed to improve tourism in Mexico,[73] and a series of appearances at music festivals throughout Europe, including headlining at theSummer Pops Music Festival in Liverpool on 27 July 2009.[74] The same year, Estefan opened the "In Performance at the White House: Fiesta Latina 2009" with "No Llores". At the end, Estefan together withJennifer Lopez,Thalía,Marc Anthony, andJosé Feliciano performed a rendition of her Spanish-language hit "Mi Tierra".[75]
Estefan began 2010 with a charity single: she and her husband, producer Emilio Estefan Jr., invited artists to record "Somos El Mundo", a Spanish-language version ofMichael Jackson's song "We Are the World". The song, written by Estefan and approved byQuincy Jones, was recorded and premiered duringEl Show de Cristina on 1 March 2010.[76] All of the proceeds went to Haitian relief.[77][78] On 24 March 2010, Estefan led a march down Miami'sCalle Ocho in support of Cuba'sLas Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White).[79][80] Later that year, Estefan took part in Broadway's "24 Hour Plays", performing alongside actorsElijah Wood,Diane Neal, andAlicia Witt in the playI Think You'll Love This One, written by Elizabeth Cruz Cortes.[81]
On 7 April 2011, Estefan made an unannounced appearance at the auditions forThe X Factor in Miami, and gave encouragement to the 7,500 participants gathered outside theBank United Center.[82] That year, Estefan was inducted into theHollywood Bowl Hall of Fame. She performed at a special concert on 17 June 2011; proceeds from the event went to benefit theLos Angeles Philharmonic Institute's education programs.[83]
Estefan's dance-oriented albumMiss Little Havana was released in the U.S. on 27 September 2011, with the physical CD available exclusively atTarget.[84][85] Estefan described the album as resembling her 1998 hit albumGloria!; for the album, she collaborated with producersPharrell Williams, Motiff, Emilio Estefan, and Drop Dead Beats.[86] The first single from the album, "Wepa", premiered on 31 May 2011, atAmerican Airlines Arena in a special music video of the song for theMiami Heat. The Heat video was released on YouTube on 1 June.[87][88] The song went on sale for digital download on 24 July.[89] Both "Wepa" and the album's second single, "Hotel Nacional", peaked at No. 1 on theBillboardLatin Songs and Dance/Club charts. In the fall of 2011, Estefan expressed her views on gay rights and gay marriage and said that she was a strong supporter of both. She said: "I think everyone should be able to marry who they love, and it should just be." Estefan also recorded a video for theIt Gets Better campaign.[90] In November 2011, Estefan began hostingGloria Estefan's Latin Beat, a seven-part series forBBC Radio 2 in the United Kingdom that explores the history of Latin music.[91]
In April 2014, Estefan and her husband were honored at the 2014 "Power of Love Event for Keep Memory Alive" in Las Vegas, where other musicians, includingRicky Martin andRita Moreno, offered the couple a tribute to their music. Estefan joinedCarlos Santana on his new albumCorazon in a song called "Besos de lejos". Estefan released the compilationSoy Mujer on 23 June 2015, which consists of Estefan's Spanish-language hits.
Estefan announced she was working on re-recording her music catalog with Brazilian rhythms and four new songs on an album titledBrazil305.[95] She released the first single for the album, "Cuando Hay Amor", on 12 June 2020.
In April 2020, Estefan released "Put on Your Mask", a parody of her 1989 song "Get on Your Feet", with the lyrics changed to reflect the importance of wearingface masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.[96] In May 2020, Estefan wrote and released "We Needed Time" to reflect her feelings around the COVID-19 global pandemic. The video for the song was shot in Star Island, Miami by socially distanced cinematographers using drone cameras.[97]
In 2022, the Estefans released a Christmas album tiltedEstefan Family Christmas. The album includes Gloria Estefan, her daughter Emily, and her grandson.[4]
The soundtrack single "Gonna Be You" from the film80 for Brady was released on January 20, 2023. The song was written byDiane Warren, and performed byDolly Parton,Belinda Carlisle,Cyndi Lauper,Debbie Harry and Gloria Estefan. The official music video shows Parton, Carlisle, Lauper, and Estefan performing while wearing football jerseys similar to the ones worn by the women in the film, interspersed with clips from the film.[98]
The musical ran on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre starting on October 5 for previews and November 5 for opening night.[102]The production closed on Broadway on August 20, 2017, after 34 previews and 746 regular performances.[103]
In June 2019, the show played at The Curve in Leicester, UK, before moving to the West End'sLondon Coliseum In London from June to August 2019.
Estefan has appeared in two live-action films,Music of the Heart (1999) andFor Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000). Estefan made a cameo appearance with her husband inMarley & Me (2008). Estefan starred in a made-for-TV movie on HBO in the remake of "Father of the Bride" withAndy Garcia. The film had a Latin/Cuban America twist, which premiered on 16 June 2022 on HBO Max.
Estefan was cast to star asConnie Francis, a U.S. pop singer of the 1950s and early 1960s, in the biographical filmWho's Sorry Now? According toParade magazine (23 March 2008), filming supposedly began in late 2008. In an interview with www.allheadlinenews.com, Estefan stated that the film would be released in 2009. However, as of December 2009, the film was dropped as Connie Francis hadirreconcilable differences with Estefan over the film's writer. Francis wanted to hire writerRobert L. Freedman, who had written theEmmy Award winning mini-seriesLife with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows. Estefan, according to Francis, refused to consider him and the project collaboration thus ended.[104]
Estefan appeared in theABC television specialElmopalooza (which aired on 20 February 1998), in which she sang the song "Mambo, I, I, I". In April 2004, Estefan appeared on theFox Broadcasting Company's programAmerican Idol as a guest mentor for the contestants during Latin Week.[105]
Estefan played Mirtha, the baby sister and nemesis of Lydia Margarita del Carmen Inclán Maribona Leyte-Vidal de Riera, in the first episode of season 3 of the Netflix seriesOne Day at a Time.[107]
Estefan voiced the character of Marta Sandoval, a legendary singer on the verge of retirement, in the animated filmVivo. The film, which features songs byLin-Manuel Miranda, was released in theaters and onNetflix in 2021.[109]
Estefan has written two children's books,The Magically Mysterious Adventures of Noelle the Bulldog (2005) andNoelle's Treasure Tale (2006). The latter book spent a week at No. 3 on the New York Times Bestseller list for children's books.[110]
She also collaborated on a cookbook with her husband, entitledEstefan Kitchen, which was published in 2008. It contains 60 traditional Cuban recipes.[111]
In August 2019, the Estefans closed their restaurant Bongos Cuban Cafe that had been located atDisney Springs atWalt Disney World for 22 years.[114] The business was re-imagined as Estefan's Kitchen, which opened at the Sunset Walk atMargaritaville Resort Orlando in February 2020.[115]
Estefan was appointed to the board of directors for Univision Communications Inc. in 2007.[116] The Estefans' estimated net worth has been reported variously as between $500[117] and $700 million.[118]
In June 2009, Estefan and her husband became the first Hispanics to buy a minor ownership stake in an NFL team, theMiami Dolphins.[119][120][121]
She spoke at TEDx Via della Conciliazione on 19 April 2013, on the theme "Religious freedom today".[122][123]
Estefan became romantically involved with the Miami Sound Machine's band leader,Emilio Estefan, in 1976. She later revealed, "he was my first and only boyfriend". They married on 2 September 1978, and have a son, Nayib (born 2 September 1980), and a daughter,Emily (born 5 December 1994). Emily was conceived after Gloria's tour bus crash in 1990; doctors had told her she would not be able to have any more children.[30] The family lives onStar Island in the city of Miami Beach.
Estefan's daughter, Emily, is a recording artist and her son, Nayib, is a filmmaker and owner of theNite Owl Theater inMiami.[125][126] In June 2012, Nayib's wife gave birth to a son, making Estefan a grandmother.[127][128]
In addition to her fiveGrammy Awards, Estefan has received many other awards. In May 1993, she received theEllis Island Medal of Honor, which is the highest award that can be given to a naturalized U.S. citizen.[129] She has won the Hispanic Heritage Award, anMTV Video Music Award,[130] and the 1993 National Music Foundation's Humanitarian of the Year award. She is the recipient of theAmerican Music Award for Lifetime Achievement.[131][132]
She also has a star on theHollywood Walk of Fame.[133] Her husband, Emilio, a world-renowned music impresario, received a star which is adjacent to his wife's on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2005.
Estefan was awarded anhonorary doctoral degree in music from theUniversity of Miami in 1993.[134] She was a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Miami. In April 2014, Estefan was tapped into theIron Arrow Honor Society, the University of Miami's highest honor society.[135] In 2002,Barry University in Miami bestowed upon her an honorary law degree.[136] She and her husband received honorary doctoral degrees in music from the Berklee College of Music in Boston in 2007.[137] She delivered the commencement address to the 2007 graduating class.[138]
In 2002, she received the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Medallion of Excellence for Community Service.[139] The singer wasMusicares Person of the Year in 1994.[140] She founded theGloria Estefan Foundation, which promotes education, health and cultural development. In 1997, she received the Golden Plate Award of theAmerican Academy of Achievement.[141]
She has been honored twice by theSongwriters Hall of Fame.[142] In 1992, she served as a public member of the U.S. Delegation to the 47th Session of the United Nations'General Assembly Opening Plenary.[143]
Estefan received theLatin Recording Academy Person of the Year award at theLatin Grammy Awards in November 2008 in recognition of her twenty-five-year singing career.[144] She is the first female singer to receive this award. She also received theLatin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album for90 Millas, and theLatin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Song for her single "Píntame De Colores". This established the first occasion for Estefan to ever win the Grammy Award for a song (either Latin or non-Latin). On 12 March 2009, Estefan was honored as aBMI Icon at the 16th annual BMI Latin Awards. Her catalog includes 22 BMI Latin and Pop Awards, along with 11 BMI Million-Air Awards.[145]
In April 2010, Estefan and her husband received a star in the "Walk of Stars" in Las Vegas for their contribution to the music industry.[146] On 28 April 2011, at the Latin Billboard Awards, Estefan was honored with theBillboard Spirit of Hope Award for her philanthropic work for the second time, the first being in 1996.[147]
In 2014, Estefan and her husband received a Caribbean American Mover and Shakers Lifetime Achievement Award, for their contributions to the Hispanic, and multicultural community.[148] In November 2015, it was announced Estefan, along with her husband, would be awarded thePresidential Medal of Freedom by PresidentBarack Obama for her contributions to American music.[149]
In 2017, Estefan was made an honorary member ofSigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity, a music Greek organization for women with over 115 years of supporting music in their universities, organization and the world. She was initiated at the Sigma Chi Chapter atUniversity of Miami.
In 2017, Estefan became the first Cuban American to be named as one of theKennedy Center Honors. On 14 March 2019, Estefan and her husband were awarded with the 2019 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. They are the first married couple and first of Hispanic descent to receive the Gershwin Prize.[129][150]
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