Luis Miguel is the self-titled nineteenth
studio album
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released worldwide by Mexican
pop singer
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Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (born 19 April 1970) is a Puerto Rican-born Mexican singer, often referred to as ''El Sol de México'' (The Sun of Mexico), which is the nickname his mother gave him as a child—"mi sol". Luis Miguel has sung in mu ...
on 14 September 2010. This album celebrates the singer's 30 years in music.
Album history
This is the first studio album of the artist since ''
Cómplices
''Cómplices'' () is the 18th studio album by Mexican singer Luis Miguel, released on 2 May 2008 by Warner Music Latina. The record is a collaboration with Spanish musician Manuel Alejandro, who wrote and arranged the songs, and co-produced ...
''. There were rumours of the possible title of this album since March, but neither the name or the new album were confirmed by the artist of by Warner Music. But, on 26 July, there were reports that mentioned that the album would be released between August and September, and that the title of the album and the main single would be ''Labios de Miel''. The artist's webpage confirmed the main single, and set its release for 3 August, with its videoclip set to be released on late August. Also, confirmed that the album would be released on 14 September. The cover and the title of the album were not revealed.
The single ''Labios de Miel'' managed to debut at #1 on most of the Mexican charts, and to be one of the most downloaded songs in
iTunes Music Store
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.
On 5 August, the title was officially revealed, so as the cover. Afterwards, the album was put on presale by many different music stores, so as many internet sites.
Luis Miguel, by Luis Miguel, in Amazon
Retrieved 8 May 2010 As for its physical sales in the U.S., "Luis Miguel" made its debut atop of the Latin Album Charts and at number 45 on the Top 200 Albums by ''Billboard'' with first-week sales exceeding 9,000 copies.
Track listing
Tour
Luis Miguel Tour 2010/12 is a concert tour performed by Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (born 19 April 1970) is a Puerto Rican-born Mexican singer, often referred to as ''El Sol de México'' (The Sun of Mexico), which is the nickname his mother gave him as a child—"mi sol". Luis Miguel has sung in mu ...
. This tour began at Caesars palace
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Caesars P ...
on 15 September 2010 and has toured 20 countries.
Personnel
Adapted from the ''Luis Miguel'' liner notes:
Performance credits
*Lalo Carrillo - bass
*Victor Loyo - drums
*Henry Gutiérrez - guitar , rhythm arrangements & programming
*George Doering - guitar
*Steve Lukather
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- guitar solo
*Francisco Loyo - keyboards , synth solo , arrangements , programming
*Alejandro Carballo - keyboards , electric piano , trombone , arrangements & programming
*Andrés Peláez - keyboards
*Salo Loyo - keyboards
*Robbie Buchanan - electric piano
*Jorge Calandrelli
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- electric piano, strings arrangements
*Tommy Aros - percussion
*Jerry Hey
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- brass arrangements
* Gary Grant - trumpet
*Dan Fornero - trumpet
*Arturo Solar - trumpet
* Ramón Flores - trumpet solo
*Dan Higgins - saxophone , tenor saxophone
*Jeff Nathanson - baritone saxophone
* Bill Reichenbach - trombone
*Bill Ross - strings arrangements
*Mark Kibble - chorus arrangements
*Take 6
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- chorus
*Kenny O'Brien - chorus
*Carlos Murguía - chorus
*Will Wheaton - chorus
*Giselda Vatcky - chorus
*Bambi Jones - chorus
*Terry Wood - chorus
*Sergio Granados - chorus
*Edgar Cortazar - chorus
Technical credits
*Luis Miguel - producer
*Moogie Canazio
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He has won two ...
- engineer
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, mixer
*David Reitzas - audio mixing
*Ron McMaster - mastering engineer
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*Shari Sutcliffe - production coordinator
*Bill Ross - orchestra director
*Alejandro Carballo - orchestra director
*Jorge Calandrelli - orchestra director
*Francisco Loyo - pre-production and programming
*Salo Loyo - pre-production and programming
*Pete Rauls - recording assistant and mixing
*Ghazi Hourani - recording assistant and mixing
*Mimi "Audia" Parker - recording assistant and mixing
*Mitch Kenny - recording assistant and mixing
*Julian Peploe Studio - graphic design
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Charts
Chart positions
Year-end charts
Sales and certifications
See also
* List of number-one albums of 2010 (Mexico)
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* List of number-one albums of 2010 (Spain)
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* List of number-one Billboard Latin Pop Albums of 2010
* List of number-one Billboard Latin Albums from the 2010s
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References
External links
Official site of the artist
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Luis Miguel albums
2010 albums
Warner Music Latina albums
Spanish-language albums
Albums produced by Luis Miguel