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[h3]Gloria María Fajardo’s father, José, was a bodyguard for the president of Cuba. When she was one, Fidel Castro took over the country, forcing the family to flee to the United States.[/h3]

Having joined the US army, Gloria's father was sent to Vietnam in 1966. When he returned, he was no longer able to work and the young Gloria helped care for her father as well as her little sister.

Music became an important means of escape, and she enjoyed singing and playing the guitar. At high school, in 1975, she met Emilio Estefan, who invited her to sing some songs with his band.
The band were so impressed that they invited her to sing regularly with them, changing their name to the Miami Sound Machine.

After graduating from college, Gloria and Emilio were married and, in 1980, their band won a recording contract with CBS Records. The Miami Sound Machine played music that mixed Cuban styles with American pop and rock. Their first four albums were recorded in Spanish, and were very popular within the Latino community in the United States. The couple's first child, Nayib, was born that same year, while daughter, Emily Marie, arrived in 1994.

They made their first English-language album in 1984, 'Eyes of Innocence'. Their next album, 'Primitive Love', combined English words and tunes with Cuban rhythms, and was a big hit.

Gloria made her first solo album, 'Cuts Both Ways', in 1989, but tragedy struck soon after: in 1990, the Estefans were riding in their tour bus when it collided with a truck. Gloria’s back was broken, although her husband and son were less seriously injured.

While Estefan recovered, she continued to write new songs. Despite doctors warnings that she might never walk again, her next public appearance was only six months later, and soon she was back on tour.

She made a twentieth-anniversary album in 1999 and an album, called 'Alma Caribena'/'Caribbean Soul', in 2000.
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Estefan continues to oppose communism, and has spoken often of her desire for a free and democratic Cuba. In 1995, she sang to [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/1392:0/Pope_John_Paul_II.htm]Pope John Paul II[/urlnew] as part of the celebration of his 50th anniversary in the priesthood. She was the first pop star invited to perform for the Pope and she asked him to pray for a free Cuba.

In 2003, Estefan released Unwrapped, her first English-language album in five years. She embarked on a tour of Europe, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the United States to promote it.

In addition to her music career, Estefan and her husband have a number of business interests. They own five Cuban-themed restaurants in Miami; Miami Beach; Disney World’s Pleasure Island in Orlando; Mexico City; and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. They also own two hotels.
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[b]Solo Studio Albums:[/b]

Cuts Both Ways (1989)

Into the Light (1991)

Mi Tierra (1993)

Hold me, Thrill me, Kiss me (1994)

Abriendo Puertas (1995)

Destiny (1996)

Gloria! (1998)

2000 Alma Caribeña (2000)

2003 Unwrapped (2003)

90 Millas (2007)

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