Despite recording only in Spanish, he continued to be the best selling Latin artist in the 1990s, and was credited for popularizing the bolero genre into the mainstream market. He has sold around 60 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling Latin music artists.
Latin pop music, along with his personal life and showmanship on stage, has made Luis Miguel popular for nearly his entire career, which started in Mexico in 1982. Having won his first Grammy Award at the age of fourteen for his duet "Me Gustas Tal Como Eres" with Sheena Easton, he is the youngest male artist in music history to have received this accolade. In 1991, the RIAA recognized the high sales for his 1991 album Romance, itself being the third best-selling music album in Mexico, and one of the best-selling Spanish language albums of all time. He was the first Latin artist to have been awarded two Platinum certified Spanish-language albums in the United States with ‘‘Romance’’ and ‘‘Segundo Romance’’ the latter earning him 35 platinum records throughout Central and South America. He is also recognized by Billboard, as the artist with the most top 10 hits on the Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart. His album Complices was released in 2008 and peaked at No.10 on the Billboard 200; it is the highest position a fully Spanish composed album has reached. His most recent album ¡México Por Siempre! was released in 2017, and it earned him his second No. 1 on the Billboard Regional Mexican Albums and achieved double platinum status.
Luis Miguel is also known for his high-grossing live performances. He is the first-highest grossing Latin touring artist since Boxscore began tracking touring data in 1990, with a towering total of $278.5 million. With the Luis Miguel Tour, which took place in 2010, he visited 22 countries in North America, South America and Europe, where he performed in a three-year span with a total of 223 shows all over the world, making it the longest and highest-grossing tour ever made by a Latin artist. He also holds the record for the most consecutive presentations in the Auditorio Nacional (National Auditorium) with a total of 30 consecutive concerts as well as the record for the most presentations in the same venue with a total of 258 concerts.
Isabel
Luis Miguel Lyrics
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Cuerpo de sirena
Sabes a chicle de menta
Canela y coral
Me gusta la manera
Que tienes de mirar
Me gusta tu melena
Flotando revuelta
Tienes dos ojos rasgados
Y la piel tostada
Hueles a flor de lavanda
Con chispas de sal
Me gusta la manera
Que tienes de bailar
Me gusta tu melena
Flotando revuelta
Entre la arena y el mar
Isabel
Sueño de mis sueños
Quiéreme isabel
Como yo te quiero
Quiéreme isabel
Quiéreme isabel, quiéreme
Isabel
Flor de limoner
Quiéreme isabel
Como yo te quiero
Quiéreme isabel
Quiéreme isabel, quiéreme
Siempre me pongo nervioso
Cuando estoy contigo
Hay un ciclón en mi oído
No sé qué decir
Quisiera que supieras
Que loco estoy por ti
Me llevas de cabeza
Bendita sirena,
Estoy sufriendo por ti
Isabel
Sueño de mis sueños
In Luis Miguel's song Isabel, the singer describes a woman named Isabel, whom he is infatuated with. He admires her physical beauty, describing her hair as wet and her body as resembling that of a mermaid. He praises the way she smells, like a mint-flavored chewing gum mixed with the scents of cinnamon and coral. He likes the way she looks at him and the way she dances, with her hair flowing wildly like waves in the sea.
The singer also confesses to feeling nervous and tongue-tied around Isabel, feeling like a whirlwind inside his head every time he's with her. Despite this, he is hopelessly in love with her, describing her as the dream of his dreams and imploring her to love him back as he loves her.
The lyrics of Isabel are a classic example of a love song, centered around the physical beauty and allure of the object of the singer's affections. However, the song also hints at a sense of danger or risk, with the lyric "estoy sufriendo por ti" (I'm suffering for you) suggesting that this love may not be entirely easy or safe.
Line by Line Meaning
Tienes el pelo empapado
Your hair is wet
Cuerpo de sirena
You have a mermaid-like body
Sabes a chicle de menta
You taste like mint gum
Canela y coral
You have a cinnamon and coral-like color
Me gusta la manera
Que tienes de mirar
I like the way you look at me
Me gusta tu melena
Flotando revuelta
Entre la arena y el mar
I like your hair floating between the sand and the sea
Tienes dos ojos rasgados
Y la piel tostada
You have two slanted eyes and tanned skin
Hueles a flor de lavanda
Con chispas de sal
You smell like lavender with a hint of salt
Me gusta la manera
Que tienes de bailar
I like the way you dance
Isabel
Sueño de mis sueños
Quiéreme isabel
Como yo te quiero
Quiéreme isabel
Quiéreme isabel, quiéreme
Isabel
Isabel, the dream of my dreams. Love me, Isabel. Love me, Isabel, love me. Isabel
Flor de limonero
Quiéreme isabel
Como yo te quiero
Quiéreme isabel
Quiéreme isabel, quiéreme
Lemon tree flower, love me Isabel. Love me, Isabel, love me
Siempre me pongo nervioso
Cuando estoy contigo
Hay un ciclón en mi oído
No sé qué decir
I always get nervous when I'm with you. There's a cyclone in my ear. I don't know what to say
Quisiera que supieras
Que loco estoy por ti
Me llevas de cabeza
Bendita sirena,
Estoy sufriendo por ti
I wish you knew how crazy I am about you. You drive me crazy. Blessed mermaid, I'm suffering for you
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Consuelo Arango Bustos, Jose Ramon Florez Garcia, Juan Giralt Alcon
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