By all means, Gloria Estefan has earned the right to rest. It was 50 years ago this summer that the Cuban American entertainer began her professional music career, transforming the Miami Latin Boys into Miami Sound Machine before the group eventually started billing itself on her name’s star power alone. It’s been a conga line of hit records, tours, awards, and a mini-empire of South Florida businesses for the singer since, topped by the career-spanning jukebox musical On Your Feet! ( and maybe the biggest success indicator ever: a guest spot on Glee ).

But at 68, Estefan isn’t slowing down, even if 2025 has been busier than she’d have preferred. Earlier this year, she released her 30th album, Raíces , shot a live-action film adaptation of the kids’ show Gabby’s Dollhouse , and

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