In the two year span from ages twelve to fourteen, he records and succeeds with four albums: 1+1=2 Enamorados (1+1=2 Lovers); Directo Al Corazon (Straight to The Heart); Decidete (Decide); Palabra de Honor (Word of Honor). mounts first international concert tour. Achieves big-screen debut in Ya Nunca Mas (Never Again) and gets a gold record for his interpretation of songs in the movie. Records the duet "Me Gustas Tal Como Eres (I Like You Just The Way You Are)" with Sheena Easton.
Second movie: Fiebre De Amor (Love Fever).
A year of prizes. The Silver Torch at the Viña Del Mar Festival, Chile. Second Prize, San Remo Song Festival, Italy. A Grammy in the U.S. for the duet with Sheena Easton.
Signs longterm contract with Warner Music International (then WEA International) and begins association with producer Juan Carlos Calderon. Records 5th album, Soy Como Quiero Ser (I Am As I Want To Be); earns 8 gold and 5 platinum records internationally.
Records his 6th album, Un Hombre Busca Una Mujer (A Man Searches For A Woman); embarks on extensive Latin American tour.
Un Hombre Busca Una Mujer album yields 7 hit singles which combined top Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks chart for over a year. Numerous awards: multiple gold and platinum for international sales; the Cristal Antenna from the President of Mexico, recognizing a distinguished artistic career; multiple magazine and broadcast awards for audio and video performances.
At age twenty, records 7th album, 20 Años (Twenty Years); tours Latin America to unprecedented acclaim; wins two Silver Torches and the coveted Gold and Platinum Seagull Award at Chile's Viña Del Mar Festival. Tours U.S., headlines New York's Madison Square Garden. Performs at World Music Awards in Monte Carlo, wins "Best Latin American Singer" Award. First single from "20 Años" hits # 1 in Mexico, the U.S., throughout Latin America. The album scores six singles simultaneously in Mexico's Top 100. sold-out tours of Mexico, Venezuela, Puerto Rico. Receives "Excelencia Europea" award in Spain.
Tapes TV specials in Chile and Venezuela; inaugurates Mexico's National Auditorium. Sell-out U.S. tour included Los Angeles' Universal Amphitheatre and New York's Paramount becoming the first and only spanish singer to sell out both locations. Records and co-produces 8th album, the hallmark of boleros, "Romance." It sells over 400,000 copies in the first ten days of release. Breaks venue sales records on Mexican tour; wins World Music Award. Chosen as only Latin artist on Warner Bros. Records' Barcelona Gold, an all-star '92 Olympics album.
Debuts in Las Vegas as highest-paid Latin performer. Romance sells over 4.7 million copies worldwide. He receives 15 Platinum awards and is first Latin artist to be certified gold in the U.S. for a Spanish-language album. Gold records in Brazil and Taiwan. Win 1992 Billboard Music Awards: Top Pop Latin Artist, Top Pop Latin Album, Top Hot Latin Tracks Artist. Receives Gold Laurel Award in Chile: Best International Male Singer, and Best Latin Artist. Wins Best Album of The Year, Best Male Artist, Paraguay. Only Latin artist to participate in closing Ceremonies of the Seville World Expo '92. Performs acclaimed concert to benefit Mexico's Children's Museum. Unprecedented success on Latin American tour.
Records and makes production debut on 9th album, Aries. Nominated for a Grammy and four Premio Lo Nuestro Awards for Romance; wins Best International Album and International Artist of the Year at Venezuela's Premio Ronda Awards; Best Artist, Non-English-speaking Country at Korea's Global Music Video Awards; ACE Trophy, Argentina. Aries Tour set for U.S., Latin America.
Breaks touring records in the U.S. and Mexico; the first Latin solo artist to sell out a single show at New York's Madison Square Garden; achieves four sellout nights at Los Angeles's Universal Amphitheatre (also a first). His record breaking 10 sellout evenings at Mexico City's National Auditorium placed him at number 6 on the Amusement Business Top 100 list for single venue gross ticket sales 1993. Wins 1993 MTV Music Video Award for Best International Music Video for his Olympic tribute song "America". Aries sells 2 million copies.
Aries wins U.S. Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album. Wins 2 Premios Lo Nuestro awards in the categories of Pop Artist of the Year and Pop Album of the Year; Wins Billboard Magazine's Top Latin Male Artist of the Year and Top Album of the Year. He receives 24 platinum and 6 gold awards in the U.S. and Latin America. Micky is recognized "Man of the Year" by the city of Miami, Florida in the United States
Records and co-produces 10th album, Segundo Romance the sequel to Romance. Sets tour dates for the U.S. and Latin America and begins by breaking his own record with a 16 night sellout stand at the National Auditorium in Mexico City.
Segundo Romance album enters Billboard's Top 200 chart at a record-breaking #29, highest-ever entry for a Spanish-language album.
Records duet with legendary singer Frank Sinatra for the album Duets II; the classic American standard "Come Fly With Me."
On Nov.1st, Segundo Romance is certified Gold in the U.S. by the RIAA. On November 7th, Romance is certified Platinum in the U.S. by the RIAA making it the first Spanish-language record to achieve that status with no English-language crossover.
The hit single from the Romance album, "No se tu," is featured in the MGM motion picture Speechless starring Geena Davis and Michael Keaton.
Wins 3rd career U.S. Grammy for Segundo Romance in the category of Best Latin Pop Performance.
Wins Premio Lo Nuestro Pop/Ballad Album of the Year Segundo Romance, Pop/Ballad Male Artist of the Year, Video of the Year "La Media Vuelta" Director Pedro Torres.
Wins Best-Selling Latin-Artist of the Year at the World Music Awards held in Monte Carlo.
Earns international certifications for Segundo Romance: Argentina: 11 x platinum; Bolivia: 2 x platinum; Brazil: gold; Central America: 3 x platinum; Chile: 5 x platinum; Colombia: 2 x platinum; Ecuador: platinum; USA: platinum; Spain: gold; Mexico: 5 x platinum; Paraguay: 3 x platinum; Peru: 2 x platinum; Uruguay: 3 x platinum; Venezuela: 2 x platinum.
August 30th, the one year anniversary of the release of Segundo Romance, he is awarded with a platinum certification by the RIAA for sales of more than 1,000,000 units.
Produces El Concierto, a trilogy consisting of a two-CD set, a home video and laserdisc and a television special. El Concierto is recorded during his sixteen-night stand at the Auditorio Nacional de Mexico on August 18, 1994. A two-hour TV special is produced, and is also made available on home video. El Concierto includes all of his greatest hits and also incorporates new interpretations of traditional mariachi standards, "Si Nos Dejan" (If They Let Us) and "Amanecí en tus Brazos" (I Woke Up In Your Arms).
The 1995 fall tour through the U.S. and Puerto Rico begins on September 15 in Las Vegas to promote his new project, "El Concierto." With more than thirty performances during seven consecutive weeks, it is his most extensive tour in this country.
In September, the first single from El Concierto goes to No. 1 on radio charts in Argentina, Mexico and the U.S. after two weeks of release.
On October 17th, Luis Miguel's new album El Concierto is released on double CD, cassette, laser disc and home video formats. In mid-November the two-hour TV special is simulcast in the U.S. , Puerto Rico and Latin America, completing the third phase of the trilogy.
In November, he had the honor of participating in the celebration of Frank Sinatra's eightieth birthday, the only Latin artist invited to sing at this special occasion.
After surpassing one million copies sold world-wide, El Concierto earns the following international certifications: Argentina: 3 x platinum, Bolivia: Gold, Central America: Platinum, Chile: Platinum, Ecuador: Gold, Mexico: Platinum, Paraguay: Platinum, Uruguay: Platinum, Venezuela: 2 x Platinum and once again for the U.S. and Puerto Rico: RIAA Gold, as well as an RIAA Gold certification for the home video.
In May, Luis Miguel wins the "Premio Lo Nuestro a la Musica Latina" award for the Best Male Artist of the year in the Pop/Ballad category.
Records "Sueña" (Dream) composed by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz, which appears on the soundtrack of the film The Hunchback of Notre Dame produced by Disney Studios.
Produces, directs and performs Nada es Igual (Nothing is the Same), his first studio-recorded album in more than two years. The projects completes the first dozen releases recorded by Luis Miguel for Warner Music International.
Films the videoclip for "Dame" (Give Me) in the Mojave Desert of California under the guidance of the prestigious German director Marcus Nispel. The incredible production includes special effects created especially for the interpretation of the song.
On July 15th, radio stations all over the American continent and Spain receive copies of "Dame", which immediately ranks on all formats of the Latin radio Billboard charts.
The Walk of Fame selection Committee in Hollywood honors Luis Miguel with the placement of a star on the sidewalk of the famous avenue, the star was presented on September 26, 1996 to record breaking attendance. Recognizing the artistic value of his career, the event places him on the same level as stars such as Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley.
Nada es Igual is released for sale in the U.S. and all Spanish-speaking countries on the 10th of August. It debuts on the Billboard Top 200 chart at #43, rivaling only his own track record for first-week sales by a Spanish-language artist. Luis Miguel began a multi-continental tour during November 1996. Luis Miguel is invited to sing the theme "Someday" from the Disney Masterpiece "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" on the 30th anniversary of Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas Nevada. The performance was televised by ABC and watched by millions of people in the United States, witnesses of the incomparable voice and image of the Spanish Idol.
At the end of 1996:
Top Billboard Latin 50 Albums Artist #3 with 4 charted alums:
#7 El Concierto
#8 Nada Es Igual
#20 Segundo Romance
#24 Romance
Hot Latin Tracks Artists #5 (4 charted tracks for WEA, 1 for Disney), Hot Latin Tracks #20 Dame and #22 Amaneci En Tus Brazos. Hot Latin Tracks Producers #24 and also Kiko Cibrian was #23; Top Latin Pop Album Artists #3 (4 albums charted). Top Latin Pop Albums- #6 Nada Es Igual, #7 El Concierto and #15 Segundo Romance; Hot Latin Pop Tracks Artists #3 (4 tracks charted for WEA and 1 for Disney). Hot Latin Pop Tracks #9 for Dame
1997
After an absence of 6 moths working on records, Luis Miguel surprises the world once again realeasing his third album of Boleros: "Romances", another piece of romanticism, enchant, and exquisite music that includes timeless melodies like "Por Debajo de la Mesa" from Armando Manzanero, "El Reloj", "Sabor a mi", "La Gloria eres tu" and "Besame Mucho". The album brakes the record established by Segundo Romance in 1994, entering on the 14th position in the Billboard chart in its first week. This success takes Luis Miguel to begin a World Tour on September 12th, 1997. Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas is the first place to receive him and admire him for four nights of steamy interpretations of boleros and Mexican music denominated Mariachis. The tour continue in the United States, performing in new places and making an excellent debut in cities like Orlando, Chicago, Washington D.C and many more. Miguel travels to Mexico selling out tickets for 10 presentations in four hours.
1998
After visiting Buenos Aires and Rosario in Argentina, Vina del Mar in Chile, Puerto Rico and achieving awards, Luis Miguel kept on touring in the U.S selling out concerts. "Romances" wins the 1998 Grammy award becoming his fourth, and the single "Contigo" remains on the the Top 20 in the U.S.
All these fully deserved achievements inspired Luis Miguel to expand his current tour to Europe. Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Zaragoza and other cities in Spain will have the priviledge to see him in concert on May of this year. In only three hours the tickets for the first four presentations in Madrid were sold out, showing once again that boundaries do not exist for this International Star.
In April of this year he obtained the World Music Award for the third time in Monaco as the Most Selling Latin Album in 1997 and 1998. He performed the songs: "Voy a Apagar la Luz" and "Contigo Aprendi" live.
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Updated on May 1st. 1998
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