Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (born 19 April 1970) is a Mexican singer and ic… Read Full Bio ↴Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (born 19 April 1970) is a Mexican singer and icon in Latin America, often referred to as El Sol de México (The Sun of Mexico), which is the nickname his mother gave him as a child- "mi sol". He is widely regarded as the most successful artist in Latin American history, having successfully performed in a wide range of musical styles, including pop, ballads, boleros, tangos, jazz, big band and mariachi. Luis Miguel is also recognized as the only Latin singer of his generation to not crossover to the Anglo market during the "Latin Explosion" in the 1990s.

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.

Mi humilde oración
Luis Miguel Lyrics

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Te acuerdas aún de mí
Sentado a tus pies
Llenando de colores un papel
Ahora soy mayor
No soy el niño aquel
Pero sigo soñando como él
Y sueño, como no
Con la palabra amor

Que vuela desde mi alma
Hasta mi voz
No más guerras, no más vidas rotas
Que se cure nuestro corazón
Todo el mundo
Debería amar y mantener
La hoguera del amor
Esta es mi humilde oración
Tal vez la ilusión
Me ha vuelto a equivocar
Pero yo sigo creyendo
Que aún existe la verdad
No más guerras
No más vidas rotas
Que se cure nuestro corazón
Todo el mundo
Debería amar y mantener
La hoguera del amor
Esta es mi humilde oración

Que siga amando el corazón
Esta es mi humilde oración

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Luis Miguel's song "Mi humilde oración" is a heartfelt ballad that speaks of the singer's desire for peace, love, and unity in the world. In the first verse, the singer reminisces about when he was younger, sitting at the feet of someone special, creating art, and dreaming about love. While he might be older now, he still holds onto those dreams and continues to be an optimist about the possibilities of love. The singer expresses his earnest desire for a world without war, where people's hearts are not broken and there is a unity of love. He prays for this to happen, hence the title of the song, "My humble prayer."

The chorus of the song repeats the notion of having no more wars, and the desire for all people to love and maintain the fire of love. In the second verse, the singer acknowledges he may have been wrong in the past, but he still believes in the existence of truth and hopes for a world that values love above all else. The song ends with the singer repeating the chorus and encouraging everyone to continue loving with their hearts, and that his prayer is a message of hope and peace.

Line by Line Meaning

Te acuerdas aún de mí
Do you still remember me?

Sentado a tus pies
Sitting at your feet

Llenando de colores un papel
Filling a paper with colors

Ahora soy mayor
Now I am older

No soy el niño aquel
I am not that child anymore

Pero sigo soñando como él
But I still dream like him

Y sueño, como no
And of course, I dream

Con la palabra amor
With the word love

Que vuela desde mi alma
That flies out from my soul

Hasta mi voz
To my voice

No más guerras, no más vidas rotas
No more wars, no more shattered lives