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LAS VEGAS – Gloria Estefan sparkled her hips and elbows and shuffled songs she had played on a million wedding dance floors.
“I can’t believe 40 years have passed. Why would it be so long?” She meditated on the spongy stage of the Breulib Theatre in Fontaine Braux Las Vegas.
The song is “Conga,” a pop culture staple since 1985. This is one of the bestselling Latina singers of all time, one of the bestselling Latina singers, and will be performing at the American Music Awards on May 26th. This will be her first performance at the show in over 30 years.
Production is 48 hours before it airs live from Fontainebleau (streamed on CBS at 5pm Pt/8 Pt/8 PM ET and Paramount+), and Estefan is running through her showcase in a blue velvet pantsuit.
She is a veteran pro, thanking the few production assistants who dance enthusiastically, smile, point to five take on medleys, sing and waving from the floor beneath her.
The Amas lineup includes Estefan as well as Benson Boone, Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, Lainey Wilson, Reneé Rapp, Icon Award recipient Janet Jackson and Lifetime Achievement Award winner Rod Stewart.
Top candidates for the fan-voting show include Kendrick Lamar (10), Post Malone (8), Billy Eilish, Chapel Lawn, Shaboosie (all 7), and Taylor Swift, the best AMA leader of all time, adding six nominations to his 40 wins, the 60 wins this year.
The 67-year-old Estefan is recognized for his show’s host and performer Jennifer Lopez’s impact on the Latin music industry. Jennifer Lopez told USA Today in another interview that she is grateful for the trails that Estefan has fake.
“What is a pioneer, exactly? Someone who opens doors and people’s awareness to accept certain things,” Lopez said. “She definitely did it in her career for many of our Latin artists. She devotes her life to being a musician and singer, and it’s exciting to celebrate it.”
Estefan approaches when asked if she considers herself a custodian of Latin music.
“Everything we’re doing is moving forward and we’re choosing projects that will make us happy, so there’s nothing we’re sitting down and thinking about,” Estefan told USA Today when he finished his rehearsal. “It was our purpose because we opened up a bit to be able to work with artists like Shakira and JLO to push the door. Everyone was saying ‘No’ to us, so I’m very happy when I saw them sing in Spanish on ‘SNL’.
Estefan recalled that watching Desi Arnaz in her childhood and seeing him sing in Spanish on American television was her spirit.
“As (Supreme Court Judge) Sonia Sotomayor says, ‘If you can’t see it, you’re not that,'” she said.
Estefan’s first all-Spanish album in 18 years, “Raíces,” arrives on May 30th. The title track, released in March, reached number one on Billboard’s US Latin/Latin Airplay Chart.
“I wasn’t going to do that album at all,” Estefan says. She says she is busy writing 20 songs for the music “Basra,” which she has been working with her daughter Emily for three years. It will premiere at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta in May 2026. It’s my favorite genre and the core music I sing as a 3 year old. ”
So Emilio wrote an album for his wife, including Valentine. The couple will celebrate their 47-year marriage in September.
“He came to me and said, ‘I wrote a love song for you.’ And I said, “Ah! And he said, “No! And I said, “Oh, I see, so you wrote you My own Love Song,” Estefan recalls with a laugh.
