Segundo Romance
Encyclopedia
Segundo Romance is the 13th studio album
released by Mexican singer Luis Miguel
on August 30, 1994 by Warner Music Group
. The album was produced by Miguel himself and co-produced by Armando Manzanero
, Juan Carlos Calderón, and Kiko Cibrian. Segundo Romance became one of the biggest-selling album by Miguel in the United States and Latin America
, earning album certifications in several countries. It was second best-selling Latin album of the year and the best-selling Latin album of the 1990s by a male artist. Four singles from the album were released; two of which reached #1 on the Top Latin Songs.
Segundo Romance follows the arrangement of Romance in which Miguel interprets classic ballads from the history of Latin America. It received a Grammy Award
, a Billboard Latin Music Award
, and three Lo Nuestro Awards
.
, who helped co-produced Romance, is one of Mexico's most prominent songwriter for romantic songs. Juan Carlos Calderón has produced albums for Miguel in the past since his signing on with Warner Music Group Mexico
, though he was not involved with Romance.
on the week of September 17, 1994. On the same week, it debuted at #7 on the Top Latin Albums and #4 on the Latin Pop Albums
chart. Segundo Romance spent a total of 29 nonconsecutive weeks at #1 on the Top Latin Albums chart and 30 nonconsecutive weeks on the at #1 on the Latin Pop Albums chart. The album was the second-best selling of Latin album and best selling Latin pop album of the year. It became the first Spanish-language album to be a certified Platinum for shipping one million copies in the United States. The album was a success in parts of Latin America where it received a diamond certification in Argentina
and gold in Brazil
. Segundo Romance even became a hit outside of Latin America in countries such as Saudi Arabia
and Finland
.
released from the album was the cover of Carlos Gardel's tango song "El Día Que Me Quieras" (The Day That You Want Me) which reach #1 on the Top Latin Songs (formerly Hot Latin Tracks). The second single from the album was the cover of José Alfredo Jimenez's ranchera, "La Media Vuelta" (Turn around) which also reach #1 on the Top Latin Songs chart. The third single, "Todo y Nada" (Everything and Nothing), peaked at #3 on the Top Latin Songs and #1 on the Latin Pop Airplay
. The last single, "Delirio" (Delirium), which peaked at #16 on the Top Latin Songs.
despite having strong competition by Cristian Castro
, Juan Gabriel
, La Mafia
and Plácido Domingo
, who was considered the favorite to win. The success of the album in the Billboard charts earned the singer a Billboard Latin Music Award
for Pop Album of the Year. Miguel also received three Lo Nuestro Awards
including Pop Male Artist of the Year, Pop Album of the Year, and Video of the Year for "La Media Vuelta".
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
released by Mexican singer Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel
Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri is a Mexican singer. He is widely known only by the name Luis Miguel and is often referred to as "El Sol de México"...
on August 30, 1994 by Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
. The album was produced by Miguel himself and co-produced by Armando Manzanero
Armando Manzanero
Armando Manzanero Canché is a Mexican musician and composer of Maya descent, widely considered the premier Mexican romantic composer of the postwar era and one of the most successful composers of Latin America....
, Juan Carlos Calderón, and Kiko Cibrian. Segundo Romance became one of the biggest-selling album by Miguel in the United States and Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
, earning album certifications in several countries. It was second best-selling Latin album of the year and the best-selling Latin album of the 1990s by a male artist. Four singles from the album were released; two of which reached #1 on the Top Latin Songs.
Segundo Romance follows the arrangement of Romance in which Miguel interprets classic ballads from the history of Latin America. It received a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
, a Billboard Latin Music Award
Billboard Latin Music Awards
The Billboard Latin Music Awards grew out of the Billboard Music Awards program from Billboard Magazine, an industry publication charting the sales and radio airplay success of musical recordings. The awards began in 1990...
, and three Lo Nuestro Awards
Lo Nuestro Awards
Lo Nuestro is an awards show honoring the best of Latin music, presented by television network Univision. The awards began in 1989. Notable recipients include Selena, Gloria Estefan, Juan Gabriel, Olga Tañón, Marc Anthony, Ricky Martin, Juanes, Laura Pausini, Luis Miguel, Maná, Juan Luis Guerra, ...
.
Background
In 1991, Luis Miguel released Romance, a collection of classic ballads from the history of Latin America. The album became a success and sold over a million copes and received a Grammy Award-nomination. Armando ManzaneroArmando Manzanero
Armando Manzanero Canché is a Mexican musician and composer of Maya descent, widely considered the premier Mexican romantic composer of the postwar era and one of the most successful composers of Latin America....
, who helped co-produced Romance, is one of Mexico's most prominent songwriter for romantic songs. Juan Carlos Calderón has produced albums for Miguel in the past since his signing on with Warner Music Group Mexico
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...
, though he was not involved with Romance.
Album
In less than a month after its initial release, Segundo Romance sold over 730,000 copies. It became one of the best-selling Spanish-language albums of the 1990s when it debuted and peaked at #29 on Billboard 200Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
on the week of September 17, 1994. On the same week, it debuted at #7 on the Top Latin Albums and #4 on the Latin Pop Albums
Latin Pop Albums
Latin Pop Albums is a record chart published on Billboard magazine. It features Latin music information of the Pop music genre. Established in June 1985, this chart features only full length albums and like all album charts on Billboard, is based on sales. The information is compiled by Nielsen...
chart. Segundo Romance spent a total of 29 nonconsecutive weeks at #1 on the Top Latin Albums chart and 30 nonconsecutive weeks on the at #1 on the Latin Pop Albums chart. The album was the second-best selling of Latin album and best selling Latin pop album of the year. It became the first Spanish-language album to be a certified Platinum for shipping one million copies in the United States. The album was a success in parts of Latin America where it received a diamond certification in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
and gold in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. Segundo Romance even became a hit outside of Latin America in countries such as Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
and Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
.
Singles
The lead singleLead single
A lead single is usually the first single released by a musician or a band before the release of its home album.During the era of the grammophone record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less...
released from the album was the cover of Carlos Gardel's tango song "El Día Que Me Quieras" (The Day That You Want Me) which reach #1 on the Top Latin Songs (formerly Hot Latin Tracks). The second single from the album was the cover of José Alfredo Jimenez's ranchera, "La Media Vuelta" (Turn around) which also reach #1 on the Top Latin Songs chart. The third single, "Todo y Nada" (Everything and Nothing), peaked at #3 on the Top Latin Songs and #1 on the Latin Pop Airplay
Latin Pop Airplay
Latin Pop Airplay is a record chart published on Billboard magazine. It features Latin music information from pop music usually in Spanish. It was established by the magazine on October 8, 1994 with Mañana by Cristian Castro being the first song to reach number-one...
. The last single, "Delirio" (Delirium), which peaked at #16 on the Top Latin Songs.
Reception
Jose Promis of Allmusic gave the album a 4.5 out of 5 stars praising Miguel's vocals and production of the album. Promis highlighted "La Media Vuelta" and "Solamente Una Vez" as the album's strong points. In 1995, Segundo Romance received a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop PerformanceGrammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album
The Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album was awarded from 1984 to 2011. The award has had several minor name changes:*From 1984 to 1991 the award was known as Best Latin Pop Performance*From 1992 to 1994 it was awarded as Best Latin Pop Album...
despite having strong competition by Cristian Castro
Cristian Castro
Cristian Castro is a Grammy Award-nominated Mexican pop singer. He is referred to as "Christian Castro" or "Cristian."- Biography :...
, Juan Gabriel
Juan Gabriel
Alberto Aguilera Valadez , better known by his stage name Juan Gabriel , is a Mexican singer and songwriter who is one of the most famous living representatives of the Mexican ranchera, ballad, mariachi, and pop music....
, La Mafia
La Mafia
La Mafia is a four-time Grammy Award-winning musical group. It has its roots in the Northside neighborhood of Houston, Texas and has charted a course as a Latin music band.- History :...
and Plácido Domingo
Plácido Domingo
Plácido Domingo KBE , born José Plácido Domingo Embil, is a Spanish tenor and conductor known for his versatile and strong voice, possessing a ringing and dramatic tone throughout its range...
, who was considered the favorite to win. The success of the album in the Billboard charts earned the singer a Billboard Latin Music Award
Billboard Latin Music Awards
The Billboard Latin Music Awards grew out of the Billboard Music Awards program from Billboard Magazine, an industry publication charting the sales and radio airplay success of musical recordings. The awards began in 1990...
for Pop Album of the Year. Miguel also received three Lo Nuestro Awards
Lo Nuestro Awards
Lo Nuestro is an awards show honoring the best of Latin music, presented by television network Univision. The awards began in 1989. Notable recipients include Selena, Gloria Estefan, Juan Gabriel, Olga Tañón, Marc Anthony, Ricky Martin, Juanes, Laura Pausini, Luis Miguel, Maná, Juan Luis Guerra, ...
including Pop Male Artist of the Year, Pop Album of the Year, and Video of the Year for "La Media Vuelta".
Track listing
Personnel
The following information is from Allmusic and from Segundo Romance liner notes.Performance credits
- E. Almaran - Composer
- Robbie BuchananRobbie BuchananRobbie Buchanan is a Canadian keyboardist, songwriter, arranger, and producer.Buchanan began playing the piano at the age of 6. He acquired his first paying gig as a pianist at the age of 12 playing 6 nights a week in Dawson City, Yukon Territory. While still a teenager, Buchanan joined a band...
- Piano, Keyboards - Jodi Burnett - Cello
- Kenneth Burward-Hoy - Viola
- Andrea Byers - Violin
- Darius Campo - Violin
- Kiko Cibrian - Guitar (Acoustic) ("Delirio", "Historia de un Amor", "Todo y Nada"), Producer
- Luis ConteLuis ConteLuis Conte is a Cuban percussionist.-Early years:As a child in Cuba, Conte began his musical odyssey playing the guitar. However, he soon switched to percussion, and that has remained his mode since....
- Percussion - Larry Corbett - Cello
- Rollice Dale - Viola
- Isabelle Daskoff - Violin
- Mario Diaz de Leon - Violin
- Brian Dembow - Viola
- George Doering - Guitar (Acoustic)
- Bruce Donnelly - Cello
- Kirstin Fife - Violin
- Ramon Flores - Trumpet ("La Media Vuelta")
- Matt Funes - Viola
- Harris Goldman - Violin
- Joseph Goodman - Violin
- Endre GranatEndre GranatEndre Granat,former Asst. Concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra ,Concertmaster of the Goteborg Symphony.Laureate of the Queen Elisabeth International Competition,Recipient of the Ysaye Medal.Frequent participant of the Marlboro Festival and the Casals Festival.The former Fulbright scholar taught...
- Violin - Gary Grant - Horn, Brassb
- Jerry HeyJerry HeyJerry Hey is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Thriller and the distinctive flugelhorn solo on Dan Fogelberg's hit Longer....
- Horn, Brass - Dan HigginsDan HigginsDan Higgins is an American saxophone and woodwind player. He has worked with such artists as Aerosmith, Stevie Wonder, Neil Diamond, Al Jarreau, Maroon 5, Kenny Loggins, Barry Manilow, Elton John, Go West, The Temptations, Lionel Richie, Joe Cocker and Eros Ramazzotti. He's also got over 300 motion...
- Horn, Brass - Tiffany Hu - Violin
- Paul Jackson, Jr. - Guitar (Electric)
- Anne Karam - Cello
- Suzie Katayama - Cello
- Leslie Kats - Violin
- Armen Ksadjikian - Cello
- Natalie Leggett - Violin
- Brian Leonard - Violin
- Francisco Loyo - Piano, Keyboards ("El Día Que Me Quieras")
- Cesar Portillo de la Luz - Composer
- Michael Markman - Violin
- Luis Miguel - Producer
- Jorge Moraga - Viola
- Tommy Morgan - Harmonica ("Solamente una Vez")
- Jeff Nathanson - Saxophone ("Nosotros")
- Carolyn Osborn - Violin
- Delia Park - Violin
- Barbara Porter - Violin
- Karie Prescott - Viola
- Debra Price - Violin
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. - Horn
- Bill Rickenbach - Brass
- John "J.R." Robinson - Drums
- Jay Rosen - Violin
- Mark Sazer - Violin
- John Scanlon - Viola
- Frederick Seykora - Cello
- Kwihee Shambanari - Violin
- Earl Smith - Oboe
- Ramón Stagnaro - Vihuela, Requinto, Biguela
- Neil StubenhausNeil StubenhausNeil Stubenhaus is an American bass guitarist.-Career:He started his musical training playing drums and switched to bass guitar at the age of 12. He studied at the Berklee College of Music where he graduated in 1975...
he - Bass - Jorge Travisano - Bandoneon ("El Día Que Me Quieras")
- Francine Walsh - Violin
- Vivian Wolf - Violin
Technical credits
- Craig Brock - Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
- Juan Carlos Calderón - Producer
- Alfredo Gatica - Art Direction, Art Coordinator
- Bernie GrundmanBernie Grundman-Biography:He is most known for his mastering work and his studio, Bernie Grundman Mastering, which he opened in 1983 in Hollywood. The studio, which includes engineers Chris Bellman, Patricia Sullivan and Brian Gardner, mastered 37 projects which received Grammy Award nominations in 2005.Grundman...
- Mastering - Brandon Harris - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
- Armando Manzanero - Producer
- Brian Pollack - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
- Jose L. Quintana - Production Coordination
- Rick Raponi - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
- Robbes Stieglitz - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
- Phil Smith - Assistant Engineer
- Carlos Somonte - Photography
- Paul McKenna - Engineer, Mixing
Chart performance
| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Chile (APF) | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
29 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Albums Latin Pop Albums Latin Pop Albums is a record chart published on Billboard magazine. It features Latin music information of the Pop music genre. Established in June 1985, this chart features only full length albums and like all album charts on Billboard, is based on sales. The information is compiled by Nielsen... |
1 |