1984–1987: Palabra de Honor, Sanremo Music Festival and Soy Como Quiero Ser In 1984, Luis Miguel took on a
Spanish pop rock style of music, with the international release of his fourth studio album
Palabra de Honor produced by the then Spanish
Hispavox director Honorio Herrero. In 1985, at age 15, he took part in the
Sanremo Music Festival, where he won the second place award with his song "
Noi Ragazzi Di Oggi". That same year, he was also presented with the "Antorcha de Plata" Award in the
Viña del Mar Music Festival for his duet single "Me Gustas Tal Como Eres" ("I Like You Just As You Are") with Scottish singer
Sheena Easton.
1991–1993: Romance and Aries |left In 1991, Luis Miguel's career went to even greater heights and earned him the respect of a wider audience with the release of
Romance, an album of romantic boleros, most from the 1950s. He has been credited with reinventing the bolero for modern audiences. The album
Romance, which became his most successful material ever, eventually sold 7 million units worldwide. He also performed at Mexico's sold-out
National Auditorium, and various sold-out shows in
Buenos Aires, as well as other prestigious international venues such as
Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas in Spain. That same year,
Prince Felipe of Spain presented him with a special award for being the best-selling foreign artist in his country's history, and hosted a special party in his honor in
Madrid. The album released two singles "Santa Claus Llegó A La Ciudad" ("
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"), and "Mi Humilde Oración" ("My Grown-up Christmas List").
2008–2010: Cómplices and Luis Miguel On 6 May 2008, Luis Miguel released
Cómplices, produced by him and written by Spanish composer
Manuel Alejandro. It sold almost 350,000 copies in the first 24 hours. The first single, "
Si Tú Te Atreves" was released on 7 April 2008, and the second single of the album was "
Te Desean". Luis Miguel made history with his album
Complices which debuted at No.10 on the
Billboard Top 200, being the highest position a Latin artist has ever reached on the
Billboard Top 200 with a fully Spanish-composed album, it also reached No.1 on the
Billboard Top Latin Albums making him the Latin artist with the most No.1 albums on the chart with a total of 9 albums. His
Complices Tour began in
Seattle, Washington on 3 September 2008. Luis Miguel released his
self-titled studio album on 14 September 2010. Its first single "Labios de Miel" is a smooth Latin pop song. The
tour started on 4 November 2010 in the city of
Lima, Peru and covered the United States, South America, Mexico and Spain among other countries. On 22 February 2012, he sang at the
Viña del Mar International Song Festival. With one million dollars for his performance, he became the most expensive artist in the history of the festival. Luis Miguel performed at the
Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival on 31 August 2013. In August 2014, the song "Déjà Vu" was leaked on the web.
2017–2018: Television biopic and ¡Mexico Por Siempre! On 4 May 2017, Telemundo signed a deal for the exclusive U.S. broadcast rights to the "officially authorized TV series" based on Luis Miguel's life story and announced it would air in 2018. On the same day, Netflix also revealed it has the rights to stream the yet-unnamed bio-series in Latin America and Spain with the same target date. On his official
Facebook, page it was announced that his new single "La Fiesta del Mariachi" was set to release on 27 October 2017. On 24 November, the full album, titled
¡México Por Siempre! was released, it features 14 tracks of traditional Mexican music. The
tour began February 2018, in the
National Auditorium of
Mexico City and ended September 2019 in
Las Vegas. On 22 April 2018, Netflix and Telemundo started airing the self-titled series
Luis Miguel. Together with revealing many parts both known and unknown of the singer, it also brought nostalgic moments for those watching it, like the mirroring of his
Sabritas ad, called in the series "Saboritas". Two more seasons were released in 2020 and 2021. ==Personal life==