Todos Los Romances Explained

Todos Los Romances
Type:box set
Artist:Luis Miguel
Cover:todosromances.jpg
Alt:A black-and-white photo of a man in a tuxedo standing next to a microphone stand is staring to the right.
Released:11 August 1998
Recorded:1991–97
Genre:Bolero
Language:Spanish
Label:WEA Latina

Todos Los Romances (All the Romances) is a box set compilation album by Mexican singer Luis Miguel. Released on 11 August 1998 by WEA Latina, the record features the three previously released Romance-themed albums in which Miguel covered classic boleros in each of them: Romance (1991), Segundo Romance (1994), and Romances (1997). An editor for AllMusic rated the album four of five stars. Commercially, Todos Los Romances peaked at number four in Spain and was certified double Platinum in the country. It also achieved Gold status in Argentina and peaked at number 12 on the Billboards Top Latin Albums in the United States.

Background and release

In 1991, Miguel released his eighth studio album, Romance, a collection of classic boleros, the oldest dating to the 1940s. Produced by Armando Manzanero and arranged by Bebu Silvetti,[1] the record was a success in Latin America and sold over seven million copies worldwide.[2] [3] It revived interest in the bolero genre, and was the first record by a Spanish-speaking artist to be certified Gold in Brazil, Taiwan and the United States.[3] It received a Grammy nomination for Best Latin Pop Album.[4] [5] Its follow-up, Segundo Romance, was released in 1994; Manzanero, Juan Carlos Calderón and Kiko Cibrian co-produced the record with Miguel, with it winning a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance.[6] [7] In 1997 Romances was released, with Miguel and Manzanero co-producing Silvetti's arrangements;[8] it sold over 4.5 million copies, winning another Grammy for Best Latin Pop Performance.[9] [10] Each of the three discs were certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipping one million copies in the United States. One year after the release of Romances, WEA Latina announced that it will issue a three-disc compilation album Todos Los Romances, which contains three Romance-themed albums and was released on 11 August 1998.[11]

Reception

An editor for AllMusic gave the album a four out of five star rating.[12] In Spain, Todos Los Romances debuted and peaked number four on the Spanish Albums Chart, selling over 200,000 copies in the country and gaining a double Platinum certification awarded by Productores de Música de España for shipping 200,000.[13] In the United States, the record peaked at number 12 on the Billboards Top Latin Albums and number six on the Latin Pop Albums chart.[14] In Argentina, it was awarded Gold by the Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers for shipments of 30,000 copies.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
European Albums (Music & Media)[15] 71
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[16] 4
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Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Romance — Credits. 1 April 2011. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. 17 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220717115621/https://www.allmusic.com/album/romance-mw0000277001. live.
  2. News: Dimes y Directes. Spanish. El Siglo de Torreón. Editora de la Laguna. 12 October 1992. 51. 17 July 2022. 24 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140524024147/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1992%2F10%2F12&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar05100&PageLabel=51. live.
  3. Book: Cordelia Candelaria

    . Cordelia. Candelaria. Cordelia Candelaria. Peter. Garcia. Arturo. Adalma. 2. Encyclopedia of Latino popular culture. 14 March 2011. 2004. Greenwood Publishing Group. Westport, United States. 9780313322150. 551–552. 11 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140611094200/http://books.google.com/books?id=3uD6PKXl3q4C&lpg=PA552&dq=%22world%20music%22%20awards%20%22luis%20miguel%22%20%22romances%22&pg=PA551. live.

  4. News: Grammy nominees. The Baltimore Sun. 8 January 1993. 6 May 2014. 2. 13 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131113165804/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1993-01-08/features/1993008073_1_eric-clapton-celine-dion-dion-and-peabo/2. dead.
  5. News: Luis Miguel en Altos de Chavón, y en el Sur profundo, una sonrisa para los turistas. Luis Miguel in Altos de Chavon, and in the Deep South, a smile for tourists. Diario Libre. 2 November 2013. 21 September 2014. 19 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141019070553/http://www.diariolibre.com/revista/2013/11/02/i409359_luis-miguel-altos-chavn-sur-profundo-una-sonrisa-para-los-turistas.html. live.
  6. Web site: Segundo Romance — Credits. 7 May 2014. AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. 20 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181120065153/https://www.allmusic.com/album/segundo-romance-mw0000121649/credits. live.
  7. News: The 1995 Grammy Winners. 3 March 1995. 7 May 2014. The New York Times. 12 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130612044635/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/03/arts/the-1995-grammy-winners.html. live.
  8. Web site: Romances — Credits. 7 May 2014. AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. 14 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140514235031/http://www.allmusic.com/album/romances-mw0000595152/credits. live.
  9. Latin Star Miguel To Launch World Tour. Billboard. 26 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20121111061242/http://www.billboard.com/news/latin-star-miguel-to-launch-world-tour-950056.story. 11 November 2012.
  10. News: Grammy Award Winners. Chicago Tribune. 26 February 1998. 7 May 2014. 12 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140512225100/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-02-26/news/9802260239_1_pop-album-rock-album-puff-daddy. live.
  11. Latin Notas. Lannert. John. 8 August 1998. Billboard. 110. 321. 45. 0006-2510. 14 June 2017. 17 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220717115622/https://books.google.com/books?id=8AkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45. live.
  12. Web site: Todos Los Romances – Luis Miguel. AllMusic. Rovi. 14 June 2017. 24 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130224191750/http://www.allmusic.com/album/todos-los-romances-mw0000259290. live.
  13. News: Carrasco. Maria José. Luis Miguel actúa en el estadio de La Cartuja ante 25.000 personas. 11 May 2011. El País. PRISA. 9 October 1999. es. 20 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121020135103/http://elpais.com/diario/1999/10/09/andalucia/939421344_850215.html. live.
  14. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=luis miguel|chart=all}} Luis Miguel – Chart history]. Billboard. 14 June 2017.
  15. European Top 100 Albums. Music & Media. 15. 21. 23 May 1998. 21. 29800226. World Radio History.
  16. Hits of the World. 23 May 1998. Billboard. 110. 21. 63. 0006-2510. 14 June 2017. 1 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200801010441/https://books.google.com/books?id=jQ4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA63. live.
  17. Los 50 títulos con mayores ventas en las listas de ventas de AFYVE en 1998. 2000. SGAE. 217. 7 July 2022. 1 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220501032218/http://www.anuariossgae.com/anuario2000/pdfs/musica_grabada_2000.pdf. live.

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