Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri (born on April 19, 1970 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican-Mexican pop singer of Italian and Spanish descent that was raised in Mexico. He is best known for his crooning vocals and romantic ballads. He has been one of the most popular singers in Latin America since the early 1980s. He has set world records that go unrivaled in Latin Music.

He is commonly referred to as El Sol ("The Sun") and is also nicknamed, Luismi.

Luis Miguel has won four Latin Grammys and five Grammys, and received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at the age of 26. He holds the record as the best-selling living performing Latin artist. Luis Miguel has sold more than 120 million records worldwide and is second only to Julio Iglesias as the best selling Spanish-language artist in history.

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