- Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (born May 8, 1975), simply known as Enrique Iglesias, is a Spanish singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer.
- Iglesias started his career in the mid-1990s on an American Spanish Language record label Fonovisa which helped turn him into one of the biggest stars in Latin America and the Hispanic Market in the United States becoming the biggest seller of Spanish-language albums of that decade.
- By the turn of the millennium he made a successful crossover into the mainstream market and signed a multi-album deal with Universal Music Group for an unprecedented US $48,000,000 with Universal Music Latino to release his Spanish albums and Interscope to release English albums.
- In 2010, he parted with Interscope and signed with another Universal Music Group label, Universal Republic Records, however in late 2012, Republic Records was revived after eleven years of being dormant, shuttering Universal Republic Records taking all the artists from that label to Republic Records including Iglesias.
- Iglesias has sold over 100 million units worldwide, making him one of the best selling Spanish language artists of all time.
- He has had five Billboard Hot 100 top five singles, including two number-ones, and holds the record for producing 24 number-one Spanish-language singles on the Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks.
- He has also had 13 number-one songs on Billboard's Dance charts, more than any other single male artist.
- Altogether, Iglesias has amassed more than 70 number-one rankings on the various Billboard charts.
- Billboard has called him The King of Latin Pop and The King of Dance. (@Wikipedia.com )
- Alexander Arthur "Alex" Van Halen (born May 8, 1953) is a Dutch-born American musician, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen. Originally, his brother Eddie had taken lessons for drums, while Alex practiced guitar.
- After spending time playing Eddie's drum kit, Alex became more skillful at the drums than Eddie.
- In 1974, the Van Halen brothers, David Lee Roth, and Michael Anthony formed a band, simply called Van Halen. They were signed to Warner Brothers in 1977 and released their first album in 1978.
- The two brothers are the only members of Van Halen who have been in the band for its entire duration.
- Current members of the Van Halen are: David Lee Roth – lead vocals (1974–1985, 1996, 2006–present), Eddie Van Halen – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (1972–present), Wolfgang Van Halen – bass, backing vocals (2006–present), Alex Van Halen – drums (1972–present).
- Van Halen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
- VH1 ranked them 7th on their list of the top 100 hard rock artists of all time. (@Wikipedia.com)