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Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (born April 19, 1970) is a Puerto Rican-born Mexican singer and record producer. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico to parents of Spanish and Italian descent, he is often noted for his three-octave range and versatility across genres, including contemporary pop, bolero, ballads, mariachi, tango, jazz and big band. Miguel is as well often recognized for being the only prominent Latin singer to not cross over to the Anglo-American music market during the "Latin explosion" of the 1990s. Often dubbed "El Sol de Mexico" ("the Sun of Mexico"), he has won six Grammy Awards, six Latin Grammy Awards, three World Music Awards, fourteen Billboard Latin Music Awards, eleven Lo Nuestro Awards, four Premios Juventud, two Latin American Music Awards, and one MTV Video Music Award.

Miguel began his professional singing career in 1981 at age 11 and released his debut studio album, Un Sol, in 1982 via EMI Latin. He would release three more studio albums under EMI Latin, Directo al Corazón (1982), Decídete (1983) and Palabra de Honor (1984); the latter lead to Miguel winning his first Grammy Award for the single "Me Gustas Tal Como Eres", featuring British singer Sheena Easton. In 1987, Miguel signed to Warner Music Latina and released his fifth studio album, Soy Como Quiero Ser, which contained Spanish-language adaptations of popular English-language songs. He released the highly commercially successful albums Busca una Mujer (1988) and 20 Años (1990), which were produced by Spanish musician Juan Carlos Calderón.

In 1991, Miguel released his eighth studio album, Romance, which contained contemporary pop covers of popular bolero songs. The album was met with large amounts of appraisal from critics, citing the album as helping reignite public interest in the bolero genre. After the release of Romance, Miguel returned to pop with his ninth studio album, Aries (1993). He would further explore the bolero genre on Segundo Romance (1994), Romances (1997) and Mis Romances (2001), which accompanied the releases of three pop albums, Nada Es Igual (1996), Amarte Es un Placer (1999), and 33 (2003). In 2004, Miguel released his first mariachi album, México en la Piel, which was made in collaboration with the mariachi ensemble Vargas de Tecalitlán. In 2009, Miguel released his eighteenth studio album, Cómplices, in collaboration with Spanish musician Manuel Alejandro. Following the release of his self-titled studio album in 2010, Miguel was caught in legal issues for several years. In 2017, he released his first studio album in seven years and second mariachi album, ¡México Por Siempre!. In 2018, a television biopic series of Miguel, titled Luis Miguel: The Series, began airing on Telemundo and later Netflix.

Early life
Luis Miguel was born on April 19, 1970 in San Juan, Puerto Rico to Spanish music executive Luisito Rey and Italian actress Marcela Basteri. During Miguel's early childhood, Rey forced him to watch and study footage of Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra. Several accounts claim that Rey would go on frequent drug binges and psychologically abused Miguel.

1981–1982: Early beginnings, Un Sol, and Directo al Corazón
Miguel began performing at age nine on various television programs, notably on the 1995 special Sinatra: 80 Years My Way, of which he was the only Latin American participant. In 1981, Luis Miguel signed to the record label EMI Latin, with his father Luisito Rey as his manager. His debut album, Un Sol, was released the following year. The album sold about 15,000 copies upon release, and sold a total of about 700,000 copies in Mexico. The single "1+1=2 Enamorados" topped the Notitas Musicales record chart, provided by the Mexico City-based radio station Radio Mil. Miguel released his second studio album, Directo al Corazón, in 1982. The album sold about 900,000 copies in Mexico and about 115,000 in Argentina. The title track, "Directo al Corazón", peaked at number one in Mexico.

1987–1989: Soy Como Quiero Ser, Busca una Mujer, and 20 Años
Following the release of Palabra de Honor, Miguel fired his father as manager and signed onto Warner Music Latina as his new record label. The following year, Miguel released his debut album with Warner Music, Soy Como Quiero Ser (1987). The album spawned the single "Ahora Te Puedes Marchar", a Spanish language adaptation of Dusty Springfield's 1964 song "I Only Want to Be with You". In 1990, Miguel released his seventh studio album, 20 Años. The album was a commercial success, selling about 600,000 copies upon release and peaking.

Artistry
Throughout his career, Luis Miguel is often cited by music critics for his extensive vocals and versatility across genres. He is estimated to possess a vocal range that spans about three octaves and six notes, with a low of G2 and a high of F6.