Luis Miguel

Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri [note 1] (April 19, 1970) is a Mexican singer.[1][2] He is widely known only by the name Luis Miguel. An icon in the Spanish-speaking countries, he is oftenreferred to as "El Sol de México" (The Sun of Mexico) or simply "El Sol" (The Sun).[3][4]

Beginning his musical career in his childhood, Luis Miguel has won five Grammys and four LatinGrammys among other numerous awards.[5] He is considered as one of the top male pop vocalists in the world nowadays. His contribution to Latin pop music, along with his hermetic personallife, has made him a global figure of Latin music for almost three decades. He debuted on the professional music at 11 years old. At the age of fifteen, Luis Miguel received his firstGrammy for his duet "Me Gustas Tal Como Eres" (I Like You Just The Way You Are) with Sheena Easton.[3] In 1991, the RIAA gave him a recognition for the high sales of the albums Romance andSegundo Romance.[3] Luis Miguel is the only Latin artist to have two Spanish-language albums (Romance and Segundo Romance) go platinum in the USA. He has achieved a long string ofdistinctions. Also among those was having his album Luis Miguel achieve gold and platinum certifications in four countries, including the United States, within just three days of its release.Luis Miguel is also known by his high-grossing tours and his outstanding live performances. His Amarte Es Un Placer Tour had a length of 8 months during 1999–2000 and run through 8countries in two continents. The tour consisted of 105 concerts and was attended by approximately 1.5 million fans. It was the highest-grossing tour ever made by a Latin artist, as well as themost extended. These two records have been broken by his Mexico En La Piel Tour of 2005–2007, with a total of 124 concerts, over 1.4 millions spectators, and grossing over $95 million.[6]