Friday August 29, 2008 4:00pm
EST
Luis
Miguel Gallego Basteri
(born April 19, 1970), known
as Luis Miguel,
is a Puerto Rican-born Mexican-raised
pop singer. He is best known
for his smooth, crooning
vocals and romantic ballads.
Luis Miguel has been one
of the most popular singers
in Latin America since the
early 1980s, and is commonly
referred to as El Sol de
Mexico ("The Sun of
Mexico"). Luis Miguel
has won four Latin Grammy
Awards and five Grammy Awards,
and received a Star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame at
the age of 26. Luis Miguel
has sold (according with
Warner) 90 million albums
worldwide, but another sites
says that Luis Miguel has
sold 100 million albums
His career started
early. At the age of four,
he appeared in public in
Costa Rica. During
his adolescent years, his
father, who was also his
manager, encouraged him
to watch and analyze nearly
every movie, recording,
and concert performance
of Elvis Presley, as a learning
process towards the attainment
of a high degree of showmanship.
His actual recording career
started in 1981, at the
age of 11, with the recording
of his first album,
1+1= 2 Enamorados (1+1=2
In Love) release
by the Mexican branch of
EMI Records. Two years later,
he started touring Latin
American countries including
Colombia, Venezuela, Chile
and Argentina.
Luis
Miguel is often referred
to as "mysterious"
by the public and entertainment
press. He rarely attends
award shows; and when he
does, he arrives using a
rear entrance, to avoid
being seen by the press.
He is not known for granting
interviews, which would
illustrate his preference
to keep private matters
"private". Because
of his musical style, popularity,
personality and his numerous
relationships with beautiful
women, he is considered
as the "Latin Frank
Sinatra".
He
has been linked romantically
with many famous women and
female celebrities. Among
the more lasting relationships:
* During the 1980s, he was
involved with Lucerito and
Lucia Mendez, and in the
1990s he was involved with
Daisy Fuentes, Rebecca de
Alba, Luz Elena Gonzalez,
Adriana Fonseca,Isabella
Camil, Mariana Seoane and
Sofia Vergara.
* A high-profile relationship
with singer/songwriter Mariah
Carey from 1998 to 2001.
* From 2002 to 2005, he
was involved with, and for
a time, engaged to Cuban-American
journalist Myrka Dellanos.
* His unrecognized daughter
Michelle is 18 years old
in 2008.
* His son, Miguel, aka "Miguelito",
was born January 1, 2007
at Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center in Los Angeles, California.
Miguelito's mother is Mexican
model/actress/singer Aracely
Arambula, 33. She and Luis
Miguel became involved in
2005. It has been reported
in the media that the couple
became "separated"
in September of 2007, but
has not been confirmed "officially"
by either party. It has
also been reported that
Arambula returned home to
Chihuahua, Mexico, with
their son and is living
with her parents. That may
change, as she is scheduled
to begin a television show
of babies.
* On July 8 the couple announced
they are expecting their
second child, who is expected
to born in December 2008.
Luis Miguel's new studio
album is called Complices
and will be released on
May 6, 2008. Produced by
Luis Miguel and written
by the Spanish composer
Manuel Alejandro. The first
single, "Si tu te atreves"
(English: "If you dare")
was released on April 7,
2008. The 2008 Complices
Tour is confirmed to start
in the United States, and
he revealed that he will
be in USA, Mexico, Central
America, Canada, Argentina,
Chile, Uuruguay, Peru, Spain,
Italy and Brazil
TRACK
LISTING
1. Te desean
2. Dicen
3. Ay Carino
4. De nuevo el paraiso
5. Si tu te atreves
6. Amor a mares
7. Estrenando amor
8. Bravo amor bravo
9. Tu imaginacion
10. Complices
11. Amor de hecho
12. Se amaban
