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Mexican singer Luis Miguel has recorded material for 20 studio albums and sang songs mostly in Spanish. He has also recorded his music in Italian and Portuguese. His pop music albums mainly consists of soft rock and pop ballad tunes. At age 12, he signed on to EMI Music and released his debut album, Un Sol in 1982. ; it produced his first hit "1+1=2 Enamorados" ("1+1=2 Lovers"). Most of the tracks in the record were written by Javier Santos and Rubén Amado. Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel penned two songs for Un Sol: "Mentira" and "Lo Que Me Gusta". Luis Miguel's second studio album, Directo al Corazón, was released later in the year. The song, "Marcela", was originally composed by his father, Luisito Rey, in 1967 for Luis Miguel's mother Marcela Basteri.

Luis Miguel released his third and fourth studio albums, Decídete and Palabra de Honor, in 1983 and 1984, respectively. The songs in both records were mostly written by Honorio Herrero, the director of Spanish record label Hispavox. Notable hits from the albums include "Un Rock and Roll Sonó" ("A Rock and Roll Sound"), "La Chica del Bikini Azul" ("The Girl in the Blue Bikini"), "Decídete", and "No Me Puedes Dejar Así". For the Brazilian market, Luis Miguel recorded Portuguese-language versions of Decídete (Decide Amor) and Palabra de Honor (Meu Sonho Perdido). The tracks were adapted into Portuguese by Brazilian composer Carlos Colla. The former album also contains Portuguese-language versions of "1+1=2 Enamorados" and "Mentira" which were previously released as singles only.

Luis Miguel made a guest appearance on Scottish singer Sheena Easton's album Todo Me Recuerda a Ti (1984) on the duet "Me Gustas Tal Como Eres", which was composed by Juan Carlos Calderón. The track won the Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Performance in 1985. It was later included on Palabra de Honor. Luis Miguel starred in the 1984 film Ya nunca más and recorded tracks for the film's soundtrack. In the same year, he released También es Rock, an extended play (EP) of rock and roll covers, mainly those originally performed by Elvis Presley.

Luis Miguel participated at the Sanremo Music Festival in Italy and placed second for his song "Noi Ragazzi di Oggi" ("We Children of Today"). He then recorded Italian-language versions of his songs from Palabra de Honor and a new track "Il Cielo" ("The Sky") written by Toto Cutugno and Cristiano Minellono. The songs were included on his compilation album Canta en Italiano (1985) with Luigi Albertelli translating the recordings in Italian. Luis Miguel appeared as a lead role in the 1985 film Fiebre de amor and sang for the soundtrack from the movie. Fellow Mexican entertainer Lucero, who co-stars in the film, performs a duet with Luis Miguel on the soundtrack with the song "Todo el Amor del Mundo".

In 1986, Luis Miguel left EMI and signed on to Warner Music following a fallout from his father and his mother's disappearance. He collaborated with Calderón to work on his fifth studio album, Soy Como Quiero Ser, which was released in 1987. The record mainly consists of Spanish-language adaptations of songs first sung in English. "Ahora Te Puedes Marchar" ("You Can Go Away Now"), a cover of Dusty Springfield's "I Only Want to Be with You", became his first song to reach number-one on the Billboard Hot Latin Song chart in the United States. Soy Como Quiero Ser also features two duets, both penned by Calderón: "Sin Hablar" ("Without Speaking") with American singer Laura Branigan and "No Me Puedo Escapar de Ti" ("I Can't Escape From You") with Rocío Banquells. In Brazil, "Ahora Te Puedes Marchar", "Eres Tú", and "Yo Que No Vivo Sin Ti" were translated into Portuguese as "Agora Você Pode Ir", "Era Você", and "Eu Que Não Vivo Sem Você" respectively by Arnaldo Sacomanni.

Luis Miguel worked with Calderón again on the subsequent album Busca una Mujer (1988). Calderón composed majority of the tracks on the record including "Fría Como el Viento" ("Cold as the Wind") and "La Incondicional", the lead singles from the album which reached number-one on the Hot Latin Songs in the US. Sacomanni translated the songs in Portuguese as "Fria Como o Vento" and "A Incondicional" which was included in the Brazil edition of Busca una Mujer. Luis Miguel collaborated with Calderón once more to compose tracks on his seventh studio album, 20 Años (1990). "Entrégate" and "Tengo Todo Excepto a Ti", were the lead singles from the album and topped the Hot Latin Songs chart in the US. Calderón adapted The Jackson 5's "Blame It on the Boogie" in Spanish as "Será Que No Me Amas" ("It's Just That You Don't Love Me"), and it became a hit in Mexico.

Facing a contractual deadline to record a new album, Luis Miguel teamed up with Mexican singer-songwriter Armando Manzanero to produce Romance (1991), a collection of twelve boleros that were performed by other artists. Unlike his previous records, the music in Romance features strings with arrangements by Bebu Silvetti. The success of the record led to a renewed mainstream interest in the bolero genre. Luis Miguel covers two of Manzanero's songs on the album, "Te Extraño" ("I Miss You") and "No Sé Tú" ("I Don't Know You"); the latter track became his seventh song to reach number-one on the Hot Latin Songs chart and won the Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Song of the Year in 1993. A year later, Luis Miguel recorded a cover a Nino Bravo's América, América for the live EP América & en Vivo. He performed the as a tribute to the soldiers who participated in the Gulf War.

Romance was followed by three more albums: Segundo Romance (1994), Romances (1997), and Mis Romances (2001). Between the release of the Romance-themed products, Luis Miguel released Aries, Nada Es Igual... (1996), and Amarte Es un Placer (1999). He recorded "Sueña", the Spanish-language version of "Someday" from Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 1996 for the Latin American edition of the movie's soundtrack and it was included on Nada Es Igual. "Tu Mirada", from Amarte Es un Placer, won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. Luis Miguel concluded the Romance series in 2002 with Mis Boleros Favoritos, a compilation of previously-recorded songs from bolero albums and recorded a new track "Hasta Que Vuelvas".

Manzanero collaborated with Luis Miguel on the Romance records as well as on Amarte Es un Placer and penned original compositions for the artist including "Por Debajo de la Mesa" and "Dormir Contigo", which Manzanero has stated are his favorite songs that he has written. Luis Miguel's 15th studio album, 33 (2003), was a return to the pop music genre. The lead single, "Te Necesito", was written by Juan Luis Guerra and features American a capella group Take 6 on the background vocals. It became his 16th song to reach number-one on the Hot Latin Songs chart. The following year, Luis Miguel recorded his first mariachi album México en la Piel. Afterwards, he released greatest hits album in 2005 which contained two original compositions: "Misterios de Amor" and "Si Te Perdiera".

Luis Miguel launched a Christmas album in 2006 titled Navidades. Two years later, he enlisted Spanish songwriter Manuel Alejandro to compose tracks for his 18th studio record Cómplices. Luis Miguel released his self-titled album in 2010 in which his familiar uptempo pop sounds and orchestrated ballads. His single, "Déjà Vu", was digitally launched in 2014 but was a commercial failure. After a three year hiatus, Luis Miguel released ¡México Por Siempre! in 2017, his first disc in seven years and his second mariachi album.