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¡México Por Siempre!

¡México Por Siempre! (Spanish for: 'Mexico Forever'; stylized as ¡MÉXICO Por Siempre!) is the 20th studio album by Mexican singer Luis Miguel. Released on 24 November 2017 via Warner Music Mexico, it is his second full-length mariachi album following México en la Piel (2004). The album was produced solely by Luis Miguel, with instrumentation done by mariachi ensemble Vargas de Tecalitlán.

¡México Por Siempre!
Studio album by
Luis Miguel
Released24 November 2017 (2017-11-24)
Studio
Genre
Length42:08
LanguageSpanish
LabelWarner Music Mexico
ProducerLuis Miguel
Luis Miguel chronology
Luis Miguel
(2010) 		¡México Por Siempre!
(2017)
Singles from ¡México por siempre!
  1. "La Fiesta del Mariachi"
    Released: 27 October 2017[1]
  2. "Llamarada"
    Released: 17 November 2017[2]

The album was a commercial success, being certified three times platinum by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON) and peaking in the top ten on record charts in Mexico, Argentina and Spain. It won two Latin Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album, and won the Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican Music Album.

Promotion

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Main article: México Por Siempre Tour

To promote ¡México por siempre!, Luis Miguel began his México Por Siempre Tour on 21 February 2018 at the National Auditorium in Mexico City. The tour totaled 150 concerts throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America and Spain and was confirmed by Billboard as the tour of the year and the most successful Latin tour worldwide.[3]

Boxscore reported that the 2018 leg of Luis Miguel's México Por Siempre Tour was the highest-grossing Latin tour since the chart launched in 1990, pulling in $64.9 million from 613,000 tickets sold, and earning Luis Miguel a Latin American Music Award for tour of the year.[4] He also broke his own record, performing 35 concerts in a tour at the National Auditorium in Mexico City, surpassing the 30 shows he did with the México En La Piel Tour in 2006.[5]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."La Fiesta del Mariachi"José Martínez Barajas2:44
2."No Me Amenaces"José Alfredo Jiménez2:39
3."Llamarada"Jorge Villamil3:35
4."El Balajú / Huapango"
  • Pedro Galindo Galarza
  • Ernesto Cortázar
  • José Pablo Moncayo
2:49
5."Soy Lo Prohibido"
3:05
6."El Siete Mares"Jiménez2:39
7."¿Por Qué Te Conocí?"Juan Bruno Tarraza3:23
8."Deja Que Salga la Luna"Jiménez3:23
9."Serenata Huasteca"Jiménez2:55
10."Que Te Vaya Bonito"Jiménez2:42
11."No Discutamos"Juan Gabriel3:22
12."Sin Sangre en las Venas"
2:40
13."Que Bonita Es Mi Tierra"
  • Fuentes
  • Montes
2:53
14."Los Días Felices (Les jours heureux)"Charles Aznavour3:49
Total length:42:08

Personnel

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Adapted from the ¡México Por Siempre! liner notes:[6]

Performance credits

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Mariachi Vargas De Tecalitlán

  • Carlos Martínez – director, first violin
  • Alberto Alfaro – violin
  • Miguel Ángel Barrón "Gigio" – violin
  • Andrés González – violin
  • Arturo Vargas – guitar
  • Enrique de Santiago – guitarrón
  • Gilberto Aguirre – vihuela
  • Gustavo Alvarado – trumpet
  • Jorge Aguayo – trumpet
  • Eduardo Serna – trumpet

Additional musicians

  • Armando Arellano – violin
  • Sergio Caratache – violin
  • Simón Casas – violin
  • Fernando Martínez – violin
  • Pepe Martínez Jr. – violin
  • Julio Serna – violin
  • Luke Maurer – viola
  • Michael Whitson – viola
  • Rodney Wirtz – viola
  • Alwyn Wright – viola
  • Vanessa Freebairn-Smith – cello
  • Alisha Bauer – cello
  • Giovanna Clayton – cello
  • Trevor Handy – cello
  • Chris Bleth – oboe
  • Heather Clark – flute
  • Stephen Kujala – flute
  • James Thatcher – french horn
  • Jenny Kim – french horn
  • Guillermo Acuña – harp (tracks 1, 3–4, 6, 8–9, 12–13)
  • Ramón Stagnaro – acoustic guitar (tracks 2, 7, 10)
  • David Reitzas – percussion (tracks 1–3, 5, 7–8, 10–14)

Chorus (tracks 1, 4, 6, 9, 13)

  • Alberto Alfaro
  • Israel Bustos
  • Simón Casas
  • Andrés González
  • Carlos Martínez
  • Pepe Martínez Jr.
  • Jonathan Palomar
  • Arturo Vargas

Technical credits

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  • Luis Miguel – producer
  • David Reitzas – co-producer, engineer, mixer, mastering engineer
  • Carlos Martínez – musical direction
  • Shari Sutcliffe – production coordinator
  • Jess Sutcliffe – orchestra recording
  • Jeremy Simoneaux – recording assistant and mixing
  • Wesley Seidman – recording assistant
  • Monique Evelyn – recording assistant
  • Greg Eliason – recording assistant
  • Eric Boulanger – mastering engineer
  • Omar Cruz – photography
  • Stephanie Hsu – graphic design
  • Ravali Yan – photography pages 10 & 11

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Mexico (AMPROFON)[19] 3× Platinum 180,000‡
United States (RIAA)[20] Gold (Latin) 30,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Oñate, Sara (30 November 2017). "Luis Miguel estrena el sencillo La fiesta del mariachi". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Cantante Luis Miguel estrena su segundo sencillo 'Llamarada'" [Singer Luis Miguel premieres his second single 'Llamarada']. Notimex (in Spanish). México City. 17 November 2017. ProQuest 1965187865.
  3. ^ "Luis Miguel celebrated 40 years of career since his musical debut". CE Noticias Financieras. 31 January 2022. ProQuest 2624575748.
  4. ^ Williams, Nick (20 April 2019). "The Scorching Summer Tours Of 2019". Billboard. Vol. 131, no. 10. pp. 85–86, 88, 90. ProQuest 2220133854.
  5. ^ "Luis Miguel se va entre abucheos" [Luis Miguel leaves amid boos]. El Universal (in Spanish). Mexico City. 12 December 2018. ProQuest 2154616165.
  6. ^ Miguel, Luis (2017). ¡México Por Siempre! (Album liner notes). México: WEA Latina, a division of Warner Music Group. p. 15. 1-9029571813-8.
  7. ^ "Rankings". CAPIF :: Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Los más vendidos 2017" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Luis Miguel – ¡México Por Siempre!". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  10. ^ "Luis Miguel Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  11. ^ "Luis Miguel Chart History (Regional Mexicana Álbumes)".
  12. ^ "Luis Miguel Chart History (Top Latin Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  13. ^ "Top 100 Albums Annual 2017". El portal de Música. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  14. ^ "Los más vendidos 2018" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  15. ^ "Top 100 Albums Annual 2018". El portal de Música. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  16. ^ "Regional Mexican Albums – Year-End 2018". Billboard. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  17. ^ "Top Latin Albums – Year-End 2018". Billboard. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  18. ^ "Los más vendidos 2019" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  19. ^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Retrieved 18 November 2021. Type Luis Miguel in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and México Por Siempre in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
  20. ^ "American album certifications – Luis Miguel – Mexico Por Siempre". Recording Industry Association of America.
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