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==Awards== In 1994, Estefan was awarded the [[Billboard Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award|El Premio ''Billboard'']] award for his work in the Latin music industry.<ref name="lmba1994">{{cite magazine| last = Lannert| first = John| date = May 21, 1994| title = Emilio Estefan Earns "El Premio Billboard"| magazine = Billboard| publisher = Nielsen Business Media| volume = 106| issue = 32| page =50|issn=0006-2510| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=TAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50| access-date = June 3, 2010}}</ref> In the same year, he was given the [[Lo Nuestro Excellence Award|Excellence Award]] at the [[Premio Lo Nuestro 1994|1994 Lo Nuestro Awards]].<ref name="Winners-archive">{{cite web |url=http://i.univision.com/contentuvn/rinconlatino/plnuestro/images/index_historia.swf|title=Lo Nuestro – Historia |language=es |work=[[Univision]] |publisher=[[Univision Communications]]|access-date=March 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626102925/http://i.univision.com/contentuvn/rinconlatino/plnuestro/images/index_historia.swf|archive-date=June 26, 2015}}</ref> At the [[Latin Grammy Awards of 2000]], Estefan received the award for [[Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year|Producer of the Year]] for his work on the albums ''Ciego de Amor'' by [[Charlie Zaa]], ''[[El Amor de Mi Tierra]]'' by [[Carlos Vives]] and was recognized as the first [[Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year|Person of the Year]] by the [[Latin Recording Academy]]. In 2002, he was appointed to the [[President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities]] by [[President George W. Bush]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-appoints-members-commission-study-potential-creation-a-national-mus|title=President Obama Appoints Members of the Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino|date=September 23, 2009|access-date=October 10, 2018|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|language=en}}</ref> In 2005, Estefan received the [[Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI]] "Songwriter of the Year" award and a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=http://latina.com/entertainment/buzz/latino-celebrities-hollywood-walk-fame|title=15 Latinos Shining on the Hollywood Walk of Fame!|date=December 6, 2013|website=Latina Magazine}}</ref> Estefan has received honorary doctoral degrees from [[Barry University]], the [[University of Miami]], [[Florida International University]] and the [[Berklee College of Music]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://commencement.miami.edu/about-us/archives/honorary-degree-recipients/index.html|title=Honorary Degree Recipients|website=commencement.miami.edu|language=en|access-date=October 10, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.berklee.edu/commencement/2007|title=Commencement 2007 {{!}} Berklee College of Music|website=www.berklee.edu|language=en|access-date=October 10, 2018}}</ref><ref name="EEstefan">{{cite news|url=http://articles.cnn.com/2000-09-18/entertainment/wb.emilio_1_latin-music-gloria-estefan-emilio-estefan?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ|title=Emilio Estefan honored as pioneer producer|date=September 18, 2000|access-date=November 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930211541/http://articles.cnn.com/2000-09-18/entertainment/wb.emilio_1_latin-music-gloria-estefan-emilio-estefan?_s=PM%3ASHOWBIZ|archive-date=September 30, 2012|url-status=dead|publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref> He also received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award from the [[Songwriters' Hall of Fame]] and the [[Ellis Island Medal of Honor]] in 2009.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=http://www.emilioestefanjr.com/awards|title=Emilio Estefan – Awards|last=FCab|first=Estefan Enterprises|website=Emilio Estefan|language=en|access-date=October 10, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=https://www.songhall.org/awards/winner/Gloria_Emilio_Estefan|title=Gloria & Emilio Estefan {{!}} Songwriters Hall of Fame|website=www.songhall.org|access-date=October 10, 2018}}</ref> Estefan was inducted into the [[Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Emilio Estefan, Beto Cuevas y Fonseca homenajeados en los premios La Musa|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/hoy-san-diego/sdhoy-miami-beach-deslumbra-con-la-alfombra-de-los-2015oct15-story.html|access-date=December 22, 2017|work=The San Diego-Union Tribune|date=October 15, 2015|language=es|archive-date=December 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223220413/http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/hoy-san-diego/sdhoy-miami-beach-deslumbra-con-la-alfombra-de-los-2015oct15-story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In November 2015, [[President Barack Obama]] awarded Estefan and his wife Gloria with the nation's highest civilian honor—the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]].<ref name=":8">{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/11/16/president-obama-names-recipients-presidential-medal-freedom |title=President Obama Names Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom | access-date=November 16, 2015 |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |date=November 16, 2015}}</ref> They were also awarded [[Lo Nuestro Awards|Lo Nuestro]] Excellence Award in 2018 and the [[Gershwin Prize]] in 2019 from the Library of Congress.<ref name=":9">{{cite web|url=http://peopleenespanol.com/celebridades/premio-lo-nuestro-2018-los-grandes-ganadores-de-la-noche/|title=Premio Lo Nuestro 2018: los grandes ganadores de la noche|last=Mangal|first=Mayra|date=February 22, 2018|work=[[People en Español]]|language=en|access-date=May 3, 2018}}</ref>
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