Iglesias was born in Madrid, Spain, the third and final child of singer Julio Iglesias and socialite and magazine journalist Isabel Preysler. His mother is Filipino and his father is of Galician Spanish and Jewish ancestry. His parents divorced in 1978, and the following year Julio moved to Miami, Florida to continue with his musical career. Iglesias did not want his father to know about his plans for a musical career and did not want his famous surname to help advance his career. He borrowed money from his family nanny and he recorded a demo cassette tape which consisted of a Spanish song and two English songs. Approaching his father's former publicist Fernan Martinez, the two promoted the songs under the stage name 'Enrique Martinez' with the backstory of being an unknown singer from Guatemala. Iglesias was signed by a record label called Fonovisa. Dropping out of University, he went to Toronto to record his first album. On July 12, 1995, Iglesias released his first album titled Enrique Iglesias, a collection of light rock ballads, including such mega-hits as "Si Tú Te Vas", "Experiencia Religiosa", and others. The record sold half a million copies in its first week, a rare accomplishment then for an album recorded in a language other than English. His song " Por Amarte" was included in Televisa's telenovela Marisol, but with a twist: instead of Por amarte daría mi vida (To love you, I'd give my life), the words were Por amarte Marisol, moriría (To love you, Marisol, I'd die). The CD also yielded Italian and Portuguese editions of the album, with most of the songs translated into those languages. Five singles released from this album, such as "Por Amarte", "No Llores Por Mí", and "Trapecista" topped the Latin charts. The album went on to win Iglesias a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance. Iglesias is finishing recording a new album which will be released in the third or fourth quarter of 2010. It will be half in English and half in Spanish. Iglesias wrote/co-wrote most of the album's material. The album features at least four collaborations, including a new song with Wisin & Yandel and Akon.. Another confirmed collaboration is Juan Luis Guerra. The album, produced with RedOne, Mark Taylor, and longtime collaborator Carlos Paucar, will feature between 14 and 17 tracks. Of these, only the first single is currently slated to be a translation. Iglesias has also donated the song "It Must Be Love" to raise funds for the Haiti Earthquake's victims. The song has been released to Music For Relief, which is a charity organization founded by Linkin Park. On February 1 Enrique recorded the re-make of the classic We are the World with other music artists. The song and video premiered on February 12 at the Opening of the Winter Olympics and proceeds from the song went to help victims of Earthquake in Haiti. Iglesias also developed an interest in acting, starring alongside Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek and Johnny Depp in the Robert Rodriguez film Once Upon a Time in Mexico, in which he played the foul-mouthed gun-wielding Lorenzo. In 2007, he had a cameo role in the TV comedy Two and a Half Men, starring Charlie Sheen. He says that he would act again if given small roles that he could fit in between his musical commitments. Since the beginning of his career the media has linked Iglesias to many women though due to Iglesias's generally private nature it's difficult to know which are true and which are fabrications. Most notably Iglesias has been linked with Sofia Vergara, Samantha Torres and publicly dated Alicia Machado for a brief period. After crossing over into English he was linked in the media to Christina Aguilera and later Jennifer Love Hewitt who he remained friends with and ended up co starring with in the music video for Hero a year later. For six years now he has publicly dated tennis star Anna Kournikova whom he met on the set for his music video Escape. Many reports started showing up in 2007 of them splitting, and in 2008 after Enrique made a publicity joke, people made accusations of the couple being formerly married and now divorced. Enrique has stated in subsequent interviews that it was simply a joke, and they are still very much together.