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 ciudad
Luis Miguel Lyrics
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En un lago escondido
Es cenzontle que busca
En donde hacer nido
Reguilete que engaña la vista al girar
Baila el son del tequila y de su valentía
Es jinete que arriesga la vida
Mi ciudad es la cuna
De un niño dormido
Es un bosque de espejos
Que cuida un castillo
Monumentos de gloria que velan su altar
Es un sol con penacho y sarape veteado
Que en las noches se viste de charro
Y se pone a cantarle al amor
Por las tardes con la lluvia
Se baña su piel morena
Y al desatarse las trenzas
Sus ojos tristes se cierran
Mi ciudad es la cuna
De un niño dormido
Es un bosque de espejos
Que cuida un castillo
Monumentos de gloria que velan su altar
Baila al son del tequila y de su valentía
Es jinete que arriesga la vida
En un lienzo de fiesta y color
Es un sol con penacho y sarape veteado
Que en las noches se viste de charro
Y se pone a cantarle al amor
Baila al son del tequila y de su valentía
Es jinete que arriesga la vida
En un lienzo de fiesta y color
Es un sol con penacho y sarape veteado
Que en las noches se viste de charro
Y se pone a cantarle al amor, al amor
The song "Mi Ciudad" by Luis Miguel paints a vivid picture of the singer's beloved city. The opening lines describe it as a "chinampa," which is a type of man-made garden built on a shallow lake, suggesting that this city has a close relationship with nature. The city is also described as a place where the cenzontle (a type of bird that mimics other sounds) seeks out a place to nest, indicating that it provides a place of refuge and safety for those who seek it. The reguilete is said to trick the eye when it turns, possibly referencing the illusion of the city's bustling activity.
The song also emphasizes the city's cultural richness and celebration of life. The people here dance to the "son del tequila" and take risks like a jinete risking their life. There are colors and festivities in the city that make it a lively and vibrant place. The city is also said to be a place where a "niño dormido" (sleeping child) was born, suggesting it has a sense of purity and innocence. The final stanza repeats earlier descriptions and emphasizes the city's love of music and its people's fervor for life.
Line by Line Meaning
Mi ciudad es chinampa
My city is a floating garden
En un lago escondido
In a hidden lake
Es cenzontle que busca
It's a mockingbird that searches
En donde hacer nido
Where to build its nest
Reguilete que engaña la vista al girar
A spinning top that deceives the eye by spinning
Baila el son del tequila y de su valentía
It dances to the tune of tequila and its bravery
Es jinete que arriesga la vida
It's a rider that risks its life
En un lienzo de fiesta y color
In a canvas of party and color
Es la cuna de un niño dormido
It's the cradle of a sleeping child
Es un bosque de espejos que cuida un castillo
It's a forest of mirrors that guards a castle
Monumento de gloria que vela su altar
A monument of glory that watches over its altar
Es un sol con penacho y sarape veteado
It's a sun with feather and checkered sarape
Que en las noches se viste de charro
That dresses up as a charro at night
Y se pone a cantarle al amor
And starts to sing to love
En las tardes con la lluvia
In the afternoons with the rain
Se baña su piel morena
Its brown skin gets showered
Y al desatarse las trenzas
And as its braids come undone
Sus ojos tristes se cierran
Its sad eyes close
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, MAXIMO AGUIRRE MUSIC PUBLISHING, INC.
Written by: Jose Alfonso Ontiveros, Eduardo Carl Salamonovitz
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Osvaldo Javier
Si alguien ve esto que lo lea, la canción habla de nuestra capital, el lago de Texcoco, Mariachis, El bosque de Chapultepec, Los Monumentos y etcétera, Viva México 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽
Enrique Llamas Salinas
Es más que eso, habla que está construída sobre un lago y soporta terremotos, como un jinete que arriesga la vida.
Ricardo Soler
Y las chinampas que aún se pueden ver a orillas del lago de Xochimilco !!!! Si señor Viva México 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Lua Rodríguez
Así es, es nuestra canción de los capiruchooos
GladysElizabeth Brito
Que belleza!!! Feliz día hermanos Mexicanos!!! #LuisMiguel uno de los grandes exponentes! Que vuelvaaa!!! Lo extrañamos muuuucho!!!
Stupormundi7
La canción de la gran Ciudad de México, la primera vez que la escuché fue en la película "Adiós Lagunilla, Adiós"...
Mau tiantio
Soy de Costa Rica y debe decir que la música mexicana me hace sentir emociones fuertes y tenerle mucha admiracion, hay mucho talento y pasión en esas canciones. Felicidades pocas canciones tocan el corazón como las mexicanas
Octavio Garnica
Eso chinga!!! ❤
𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒆 𝑩𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒚
Ya falta poco para el regreso del sol 🌞👑
Alan Dominguez
Ahora falta menos mi niño