Miguel Bosé (born Luis Miguel Dominguín Bosé; 3 April 1956) is a Spanish-Italian pop singer and actor.

Early life

Bosé was born in San Fernando Hospital in

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, the son of Italian actress Lucia Bosè (1931–2020) and Spanish bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín. Bosé grew up surrounded by art and culture:

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and

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were close friends of the family. The film director

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was his godfather while Pablo Picasso was the godfather to his sister Paola Dominguín.

Career

Propelled by his famous family and their friends, Bosé started a career as an actor in 1971, taking part in various movies. He quickly found work on the basis of his talent and good looks rather than his family name. He studied acting as well as dancing and singing. Due to the lack of acting opportunities, he started exploring his talents as a singer in 1975. With the assistance of

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he recorded his first singles. Two years later, in 1977, Bosé signed a contract with CBS Records and he remained with them until 1984. With them he published his first album, ''Linda'', which included his first hit single, titled in the same way. Between 1977 and 1982, Bosè was a major teen idol in Italy, Spain, Southern Europe and in all Latin America. He had 7 top ten hits that earned him a secure spot in every televised song festival held in the aforementioned countries. By 1983 his star had severely waned in Italy, and he rarely performed there again until the 90s, retreating to Latin American markets instead. From 1983 to 1985, he participated in the " Llena Tu Cabeza De Rock" television specials on Puerto Rican WAPA-TV. In 1984 Miguel Bosé radically changed his style, focusing on a more adult audience. That year he published his album '' Bandido'', which reflects that personal evolution towards maturity and includes songs like "Sevilla" or "Amante bandido". With this song, he topped the charts in Spain and Latin America. The video to that song also became one of the most widely seen Spanish music videos, with Bose playing both a

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type of adventurer. The album cover featured Bosé looking similar to

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on his album '' Aladdin Sane''. In Italy, where he had a parallel career singing in both Italian and English, his greatest success would be in 1994 by winning Festivalbar, the second largest musical event (after the

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), for the third time.

2007: Papito

On 20 March 2007, to celebrate his 30 years as a singer, he released '' Papito'', an album that contains remakes of his previous songs as duets with

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, Ivete Sangalo,

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, Amaia Montero (past member of the Spanish band

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, along with many other singers. Three singles were released off ''Papito'': the first is a re-make of his hit "Nena", featuring Mexican superstar

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; the second was "Morena Mía", with Mexican-American pop diva

. The third single "Como un lobo" featured his niece Bimba Bosé. "Nena" was by far the most successful single off the album. It was nominated for a

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for best song and became the best selling download of Spain in 2007. In the same year, Bosé was awarded the Billboard Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2008, Colombian President

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offered him Colombian citizenship because of his efforts towards peace in Colombia, including his participation in two concerts in 2008. On 16 March 2010 he received Colombian citizenship during a ceremony in the presidential palace, Casa de Nariño.

2012–2015: Papitwo

After several "hints" on Twitter, on 4 September 2012 he released the album '' Papitwo'', a follow-up to his successful '' Papito''. The album contained additional remakes of well-known songs from his career, again featuring artists such as

on "Partisano", Bimba Bosé on "Shoot Me in the Back" and

on "Te Comería El Corazón". It also included new collaborations with singers such as Pablo Alborán on "Puede Que",

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on "Creo En Ti", Tiziano Ferro on "Amiga",

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on "Mirarte", Malú on his first hit " Linda" (first single in Spain),

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on "Sol Forastero", Ximena Sariñana on "Aire Soy" (first single in the Americas) and Dani Martín on "Te Digo Amor", among others. The Hollywood actress

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collaborated on the unreleased song "Decirnos Adiós", composed by her brother for Bosé. The album has two versions, a single disc with 14 previous hits remade with different artists and a deluxe one, with another CD containing 14 collaborations that Bosé made with singers during his career, including Hombres G on "Lo Noto",

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on "Morir de Amor",

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on "Si No Pueden Quererte", Spanknox on "Wrong in the Right Way", among others. The album was released to coincide with Bosé's "Papitwo" Tour, which started in

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. Miguel Bosé was honoured as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year on 20 November 2013.

2016–present: ''Bosé MTV Unplugged''

On 7 October 2016 he released ''Bosé MTV Unplugged'', a live album that contains remakes of his previous songs as duets with Sasha Sokol, Pablo Alborán,

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, Fonseca, along with many other singers. Four singles were released off ''Bosé MTV Unplugged'': the first "Bambú", featuring Fonseca; the second was "Gulliver", with Mexican singer

. The third single "Olvídame tú" with

. "Estaré", was released as the fourth single from the album on 7 February 2017. On 20 February 2018 Miguel Bosé performed in the 2018

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, to a sold-out audience. Bosé performed "Si Tú No Vuelves" with American duo Ha*Ash. On 6 December 2019 Bosé featured on Ha*Ash's single " Si Tú No Vuelves" from the duo's '' Ha*Ash: En Vivo'' album.

Personal life

In 1980, Bosé declared himself to be bisexual, "but not homosexual". Years later, he identified as "trisexual". He was in a long-term relationship with sculpto
Ignacio Palau
from 1992 to 2018. In 2011, Bosé's twins Diego and Tadeo were born via surrogacy. Seven months later, Ivo and Telmo were born through the same method with Palau's biological gene. On 23 January 2017, Bosé lost his niece Bimba Bosé to cancer. During the COVID-19 pandemic Bosé became one of the most active denialists of the pandemic, questioning the effectiveness of masks and other aspects of the virus. Some of his videos were removed from YouTube and Facebook.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Linda'' (1977) * ''Miguel Bosé'' (1978) * '' Chicas!'' (1979) * ''Miguel'' (1980) * ''Más Allá'' (1981) * ''Made in Spain'' (1983) * '' Bandido'' (1984) * ''

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'' (1986) * ''XXX'' (1987) * '' Los Chicos No Lloran'' (1990) * '' Bajo el Signo de Caín'' (1993) * '' Laberinto'' (1995) * ''11 Maneras de Ponerse un Sombrero'' (1998) * '' Sereno'' (2002) * '' Por Vos Muero'' (2004) * '' Velvetina'' (2005) * '' Papito'' (2007) * '' Cardio'' (2010) * '' Papitwo'' (2012) * '' Amo'' (2014)

Live albums

* ''Directo 90'' (1991) * '' Girados'' (with Ana Torroja) (2002) * ''Papitour'' (2007) * ''Cardio Tour'' (2011) * ''Bosé MTV Unplugged'' (2016)

Compilation albums

* ''¡Bravo, Muchachos! Los Grandes Éxitos de Miguel Bosé'' (1982) * ''Lo Mejor de Bosé'' (1999) * ''Colección Definitiva'' (2013)

Filmography

Films

Television

References

External links

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