Luis Miguel (album)

Luis Miguel is the self-titled nineteenth studio album released worldwide by Mexican pop singer Luis Miguel on 14 September 2010. This album celebrates the singer's 30 years in music.

For the 2018 soundtrack, see Luis Miguel (TV series).

Luis Miguel
Studio album by
Luis Miguel
Released14 September 2010
Recorded2010
StudioEastWest Studios
Record Plant
(Hollywood, CA)
GenreLatin pop
Length31:29
LanguageSpanish
LabelWarner Music Group
ProducerLuis Miguel
Luis Miguel chronology
No Culpes a La Noche
(2009)		 ''Luis Miguel''
(2010)		 ¡México Por Siempre!
(2017)
Singles from Luis Miguel
  1. "Labios de Miel"
    Released: 3 August 2010

Album history

This is the first studio album of the artist since Cómplices. There were rumours of the possible title of this album since March, but neither the name nor the new album were confirmed by the artist or 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,[1][2] and to be one of the most downloaded songs in iTunes Music Store.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Labios de Miel"Alejandro Carballo, Larrañaga Flores, Héctor E. Gutiérrez, Luis Miguel, Andrés Peláez Miranda, Angel Roberto3:55
2."Mujer de Fuego"Alejandro Carballo, Angel Roberto Larrañaga Flores, Héctor E. Gutiérrez, Luis Miguel3:31
3."Tres Palabras"Osvaldo Farrés2:55
4."Ella Es Así"Alejandro Carballo, Edgar Cortázar, Salo Loyo, Francisco Loyo, Luis Miguel2:46
5."No Existen Límites"Alejandro Lerner, Armando Manzanero, Roberto Sorokin3:25
6."Siento"Edgar Cortázar, Francisco Loyo, Luis Miguel3:20
7."Lo Que Queda de Mí"Armando Manzanero2:44
8."Es Por Ti"Alejandro Carballo, Angel Roberto Larrañaga Flores, Héctor E. Gutiérrez, Luis Miguel3:44
9."De Quién Es Usted"Armando Manzanero2:41
10."Tal Vez Me Mientes"Larrañaga Flores, Francisco Loyo, Luis Miguel, Angel Roberto2:38
Total length:31:29

Tour

Luis Miguel Tour 2010/12 is a concert tour performed by Luis Miguel. This tour began at Caesars palace on 15 September 2010 and has toured 20 countries.

Personnel

Adapted from the Luis Miguel liner notes:[6]

Performance credits
  • Lalo Carrillo - bass (all tracks)
  • Victor Loyo - drums (all tracks)
  • Henry Gutiérrez - guitar (tracks 1–2, 4, 6, 8, 10), rhythm arrangements & programming (1)
  • George Doering - guitar (tracks 3, 5, 7, 9)
  • Steve Lukather - guitar solo (track 10)
  • Francisco Loyo - keyboards (tracks 3–4, 6, 10), synth solo (6), arrangements (3–7, 9, 10), programming (4)
  • Alejandro Carballo - keyboards (tracks 1–2, 4), electric piano (8), trombone (2), arrangements & programming (1–2, 4, 8)
  • Andrés Peláez - keyboards (track 1)
  • Salo Loyo - keyboards (tracks 4–5, 7, 9)
  • Robbie Buchanan - electric piano (tracks 5, 7, 9)
  • Jorge Calandrelli - electric piano, strings arrangements (track 3)
  • Tommy Aros - percussion (all tracks)
  • Jerry Hey - brass arrangements (tracks 1–2, 4, 6, 8, 10)
  • Gary Grant - trumpet (tracks 1–2, 4, 6, 8, 10)
  • Dan Fornero - trumpet (tracks 1–2, 4, 6, 8, 10)
  • Arturo Solar - trumpet (track 2)
  • Ramón Flores - trumpet solo (track 3)
  • Dan Higgins - saxophone (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 10), tenor saxophone (2)
  • Jeff Nathanson - baritone saxophone (track 2)
  • Bill Reichenbach - trombone (tracks 1–2, 4, 6, 8, 10)
  • Bill Ross - strings arrangements (tracks 5, 7, 9)
  • Mark Kibble - chorus arrangements (track 6)
  • Take 6 - chorus (track 6)
  • Kenny O'Brien - chorus (tracks 1–2, 4, 8, 10)
  • Carlos Murguía - chorus (tracks 1–2, 4, 8, 10)
  • Will Wheaton - chorus (tracks 1–2, 4, 8, 10)
  • Giselda Vatcky - chorus (tracks 1–2, 4, 8, 10)
  • Bambi Jones - chorus (tracks 1–2, 4, 8, 10)
  • Terry Wood - chorus (tracks 1–2, 4, 8, 10)
  • Sergio Granados - chorus (tracks 1, 10)
  • Edgar Cortazar - chorus (track 4)

Technical credits
  • Luis Miguel - producer
  • Moogie Canazio - engineer, mixer
  • David Reitzas - audio mixing
  • Ron McMaster - mastering engineer
  • 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

Charts

Sales and certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[15] Platinum 40,000^
Chile[16] Gold  
Mexico (AMPROFON)[17] 4× Platinum 400,000[18]
United States — 9,000[5]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References
  1. "Luis Miguel en el No. 1 en México". Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
  2. Labios de Miel debuta en el primer lugar
  3. Luis Miguel vuelve a dar la cara Retrieved 8 April 2010
  4. Luis Miguel, by Luis Miguel, in Amazon Retrieved 8 May 2010
  5. Cobo, Leila (23 September 2010). "Luis Miguel Tops Latin Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on 28 September 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  6. Miguel, Luis (2010). Luis Miguel (Album liner notes). México: WEA Latina, a division of Warner Music Group. pp. 13–14. 525835.
  7. "Los discos, películas y libros más vendidos del 8 al 14 de noviembre en Argentina". ar.msn.com. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  8. "Feria Mix". www.feriadeldisco.cl:80. Archived from the original on 2 October 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  9. "Luis Miguel - Luis Miguel (album)". Ultratop 50. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
  10. Top 100 Mexico - Internacional
  11. "Luis Miguel - Luis Miguel (album)". Billboard. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
  12. "Los discos más vendidos del año 2010". CAPIF (in Spanish). 2010. p. 73. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  13. "Top 100 México" (PDF) (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
  14. "Top 100 México - Los más vendidos 2011" (PDF) (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  15. "Argentinian album certifications – Luis Miguel – Luis Miguel". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers.
  16. LUIS MIGUEL LOGRA CUÁDRUPLE DISCO DE PLATINO
  17. "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Type Luis Miguel in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Luis Miguel in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
  18. Hernández Beltrán, Ruth E. (18 September 2010). "Un Luis Miguel lleno de energía electriza Las Vegas". EFE (in Spanish). ProQuest 751391565. Retrieved 8 March 2022 – via ProQuest. (...) para concluir con "Labios de miel" el primer tema en promoción de su nuevo disco "Luis Miguel", que salió al mercado el pasado martes y que en Mexico alcanzó ya las 400.000 copias vendidas.
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