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'''''Segundo Romance''''' ({{lang-en|italic=yes|Second Romance}})<ref name="Promis"/> is the tenth [[studio album]] by Mexican singer [[Luis Miguel]], released on 30 August 1994 through [[Warner Music Latina|WEA Latina]]. Like Miguel's 1991 album ''[[Romance (Luis Miguel album)|Romance]]'', ''Segundo Romance'' comprises [[cover version]]s of [[bolero]]s ([[Latin ballad]]s) written between 1934 and 1993. It was produced by Miguel with [[Juan Carlos Calderón]], [[Kiko Cibrian]] and [[Armando Manzanero]] and recorded in early 1994 at the [[Record Plant Studios|Record Plant]] in [[Los Angeles]].
'''''Segundo Romance''''' ({{langx|en|italic=yes|Second Romance}})<ref name="Promis"/> is the tenth [[studio album]] by Mexican singer [[Luis Miguel]], released on 30 August 1994 through [[Warner Music Latina|WEA Latina]]. Like Luis Miguel's 1991 album ''[[Romance (Luis Miguel album)|Romance]]'', ''Segundo Romance'' comprises [[cover version]]s of [[bolero]]s ([[Latin ballad]]s) written between 1934 and 1993. It was produced by Luis Miguel with [[Juan Carlos Calderón]], [[Kiko Cibrian]] and [[Armando Manzanero]] and recorded in early 1994 at the [[Record Plant Studios|Record Plant]] in [[Los Angeles]].


Miguel promoted the album with tours in the United States and Latin America from August to December 1994. Four singles were released: "[[El Día Que Me Quieras (song)|El Día Que Me Quieras]]", "[[La Media Vuelta]]", "Todo y Nada", and "Delirio". The former two reached the top of the [[Hot Latin Songs|''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs]] chart in the United States.
Luis Miguel promoted the album with tours in the United States and Latin America from August to December 1994. Four singles were released: "[[El Día Que Me Quieras (song)|El Día Que Me Quieras]]", "[[La Media Vuelta]]", "Todo y Nada", and "Delirio". The former two reached the top of the [[Hot Latin Songs|''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs]] chart in the United States.


''Segundo Romance'' received positive reviews from [[Music journalism|music critics]], who praised its production, Miguel's vocals and the choice of songs. It won several awards, including the [[Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album|Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance]]. By 1995, ''Segundo Romance'' had sold over 4.5 million copies and achieved multi-[[Platinum certification|platinum]] status in many Latin American countries and Spain, and was certified platinum in the United States. Like its predecessor, the album helped continue renewing mainstream interest in bolero music.
''Segundo Romance'' received positive reviews from [[Music journalism|music critics]], who praised its production, Luis Miguel's vocals and the choice of songs. It won several awards, including the [[Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album|Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance]]. By 1995, ''Segundo Romance'' had sold over 4.5 million copies and achieved multi-[[Platinum certification|platinum]] status in many Latin American countries and Spain, and was certified platinum in the United States. Like its predecessor, the album helped continue renewing mainstream interest in bolero music.


==Background and recording==
==Background and recording==
In 1991, Miguel released his eighth studio album, ''[[Romance (Luis Miguel album)|Romance]]'', a collection of classic [[bolero]]s (slow [[ballad]]s "endowed with romantic lyrics").<ref name="ageless"/> The album was successful in Latin America and sold more than six million copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1992/10/12&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar05100&PageLabel=51|title=Dimes y Directes|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|date=12 October 1992|page=51|url-status=live|archive-url=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|archive-date=24 May 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Luis Miguel 'cumple' 20 otra vez |trans-title=Luis Miguel 'turns 20 again |url=https://mx.hola.com/musica/20120215836/luis-miguel-romance-especial/ |access-date=10 October 2021 |work=¡Hola! |date=14 February 2012 |language=es |archive-date=10 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010124859/https://mx.hola.com/musica/20120215836/luis-miguel-romance-especial/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It revived interest in the bolero genre and was the first record by a Spanish-speaking artist to be [[record certification|certified gold]] in Brazil, Taiwan and the United States.<ref name="popculture">{{cite book| first1 = Cordelia| last1 = Candelaria| first2 = Peter| last2 = Garcia| first3 = Arturo| last3 = Adalma| volume = 2| title = Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=3uD6PKXl3q4C&q=%22world%20music%22%20awards%20%22luis%20miguel%22%20%22romances%22&pg=PA551| access-date = 14 March 2011| year = 2004| publisher = Greenwood Publishing Group| location = Westport, United States| isbn = 978-0-313-32215-0| pages = 551–552| url-status = live| archive-url = 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| archive-date = 11 June 2014| df = dmy-all}}</ref> Despite its success, Miguel did not immediately release another album of boleros as the follow-up album. Instead, he recorded ''[[Aries (album)|Aries]]'' (1993), an album comprising original pop ballads and dance songs with [[R&B]] influences.<ref name="burr1">{{cite news|last1=Burr|first1=Ramiro|title=Luis Miguel meets his challenges|work=[[San Antonio Express-News]]|publisher=[[Hearst Corporation]]|date=11 July 1993}}</ref> Four months after the release of ''Aries'', he confirmed that he would begin recording another collection of classic boleros in March 1994, with the working title ''Romance II''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1993/11/18&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04002&PageLabel=40|title=Luis Miguel segunda versión de "Romance"|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|page=40|date=18 November 1993|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724143508/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1993%2F11%2F18&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04002&PageLabel=40|archive-date=24 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1994/02/22&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar03901&PageLabel=39|title=Segundo álbum de boleros de Luis Miguel|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|page=39|date=22 February 1994|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724152356/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1994%2F02%2F22&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar03901&PageLabel=39|archive-date=24 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
In 1991, Luis Miguel released his eighth studio album, ''[[Romance (Luis Miguel album)|Romance]]'', a collection of classic [[bolero]]s (slow [[ballad]]s "endowed with romantic lyrics").<ref name="ageless"/> The album was successful in Latin America and sold more than six million copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1992/10/12&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar05100&PageLabel=51|title=Dimes y Directes|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|date=12 October 1992|page=51|url-status=live|archive-url=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|archive-date=24 May 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Luis Miguel 'cumple' 20 otra vez |trans-title=Luis Miguel 'turns 20 again |url=https://mx.hola.com/musica/20120215836/luis-miguel-romance-especial/ |access-date=10 October 2021 |work=¡Hola! |date=14 February 2012 |language=es |archive-date=10 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010124859/https://mx.hola.com/musica/20120215836/luis-miguel-romance-especial/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It revived interest in the bolero genre and was the first record by a Spanish-speaking artist to be [[record certification|certified gold]] in Brazil, Taiwan and the United States.<ref name="popculture">{{cite book| first1 = Cordelia| last1 = Candelaria| first2 = Peter| last2 = Garcia| first3 = Arturo| last3 = Adalma| volume = 2| title = Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=3uD6PKXl3q4C&q=%22world%20music%22%20awards%20%22luis%20miguel%22%20%22romances%22&pg=PA551| access-date = 14 March 2011| year = 2004| publisher = Greenwood Publishing Group| location = Westport, United States| isbn = 978-0-313-32215-0| pages = 551–552| url-status = live| archive-url = 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| archive-date = 11 June 2014| df = dmy-all}}</ref> Despite its success, Luis Miguel did not immediately release another album of boleros as the follow-up album. Instead, he recorded ''[[Aries (album)|Aries]]'' (1993), an album comprising original pop ballads and dance songs with [[R&B]] influences.<ref name="burr1">{{cite news|last1=Burr|first1=Ramiro|title=Luis Miguel meets his challenges|work=[[San Antonio Express-News]]|publisher=[[Hearst Corporation]]|date=11 July 1993}}</ref> Four months after the release of ''Aries'', he confirmed that he would begin recording another collection of classic boleros in March 1994, with the working title ''Romance II''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1993/11/18&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04002&PageLabel=40|title=Luis Miguel segunda versión de "Romance"|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|page=40|date=18 November 1993|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724143508/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1993%2F11%2F18&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04002&PageLabel=40|archive-date=24 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1994/02/22&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar03901&PageLabel=39|title=Segundo álbum de boleros de Luis Miguel|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|page=39|date=22 February 1994|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724152356/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1994%2F02%2F22&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar03901&PageLabel=39|archive-date=24 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


[[File:Armando Manzanero2010.jpg|thumb|Mexican singer-songwriter Armando Manzanero (pictured) assisted production of ''Segundo Romance,'' as he had done with ''Romance''. The album features covers of three Manzanero compositions: "Somo Novios", "Cómo Yo Te Amé", and "Yo Sé Que Volverás".|alt=A man facing left is performing on a stage with a microphone in his right hand.]]
[[File:Armando Manzanero2010.jpg|thumb|Mexican singer-songwriter Armando Manzanero (pictured) assisted production of ''Segundo Romance,'' as he had done with ''Romance''. The album features covers of three Manzanero compositions: "Somo Novios", "Cómo Yo Te Amé", and "Yo Sé Que Volverás".|alt=A man facing left is performing on a stage with a microphone in his right hand.]]
''Segundo Romance'' was recorded at the [[Record Plant]] in Los Angeles, chosen for its state-of-the-art recording facilities.<ref name="recording">{{cite news|title="El día que me quieras" nueva carta de Luis Miguel|date=29 July 1994|work=El Informador|page=4-D|language=es}}</ref> Its title was announced in June 1994.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1994/06/10&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04801&PageLabel=48|title=Segundo álbum de boleros de Luis Miguel|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|page=48|date=10 June 1994|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724143935/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1994%2F06%2F10&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04801&PageLabel=48|archive-date=24 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Miguel co-produced the album with [[Armando Manzanero]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1994/05/25&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar05100&PageLabel=51|title=Vida y obra de Fina Patrón|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|page=51|date=25 May 1994|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724151127/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1994%2F05%2F25&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar05100&PageLabel=51|archive-date=24 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> (who produced ''Romance)'', [[Juan Carlos Calderón]] (who produced Miguel's albums prior to ''Romance'')<ref>{{cite web|title=20 Anos&nbsp; Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/20-anos-mw0000265062/credits|access-date=1 April 2011|work=Allmusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222201431/http://www.allmusic.com/album/20-anos-mw0000265062/credits|archive-date=22 December 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and Kiko Cibrian (who co-produced ''Aries'').<ref name="listo">{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1994/07/27&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar03403&PageLabel=34|title=Listo el "Segundo Romance" de Luismi|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|page=34|date=27 July 1994|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304195916/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1994%2F07%2F27&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar03403&PageLabel=34|archive-date=4 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Liner"/> Manzanero helped with [[arrangement]]s and song selection, Calderón was involved with the [[string section]] and Cibrian with [[Music director|music direction]].<ref name="espectaculo">{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1994/06/28&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar03700&PageLabel=37|title=Luis Miguel y todo su espectáculo|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|date=28 June 1994|page=37|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724145937/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1994%2F06%2F28&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar03700&PageLabel=37|archive-date=24 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
''Segundo Romance'' was recorded at the [[Record Plant]] in Los Angeles, chosen for its state-of-the-art recording facilities.<ref name="recording">{{cite news|title="El día que me quieras" nueva carta de Luis Miguel|date=29 July 1994|work=El Informador|page=4-D|language=es}}</ref> Its title was announced in June 1994.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1994/06/10&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04801&PageLabel=48|title=Segundo álbum de boleros de Luis Miguel|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|page=48|date=10 June 1994|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724143935/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1994%2F06%2F10&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04801&PageLabel=48|archive-date=24 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Luis Miguel co-produced the album with [[Armando Manzanero]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1994/05/25&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar05100&PageLabel=51|title=Vida y obra de Fina Patrón|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|page=51|date=25 May 1994|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724151127/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1994%2F05%2F25&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar05100&PageLabel=51|archive-date=24 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> (who produced ''Romance)'', [[Juan Carlos Calderón]] (who produced Luis Miguel's albums prior to ''Romance'')<ref>{{cite web|title=20 Anos&nbsp; Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/20-anos-mw0000265062/credits|access-date=1 April 2011|work=Allmusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222201431/http://www.allmusic.com/album/20-anos-mw0000265062/credits|archive-date=22 December 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and Kiko Cibrian (who co-produced ''Aries'').<ref name="listo">{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1994/07/27&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar03403&PageLabel=34|title=Listo el "Segundo Romance" de Luismi|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|page=34|date=27 July 1994|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304195916/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1994%2F07%2F27&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar03403&PageLabel=34|archive-date=4 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Liner"/> Manzanero helped with [[arrangement]]s and song selection, Calderón was involved with the [[string section]] and Cibrian with [[Music director|music direction]].<ref name="espectaculo">{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1994/06/28&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar03700&PageLabel=37|title=Luis Miguel y todo su espectáculo|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|date=28 June 1994|page=37|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724145937/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1994%2F06%2F28&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar03700&PageLabel=37|archive-date=24 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


The song "[[Lo Mejor de Mí (song)|Lo Mejor de Mí]]", composed by [[Rudy Pérez]], was considered for inclusion on the album, but Miguel decided against recording it as he felt the song would work better as a ballad for his next album, rather than as a bolero.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dará Luis Miguel lo mejor de sí|work=El Informador|date=8 May 1995|page=4-D|language=es}}</ref>
The song "[[Lo Mejor de Mí (song)|Lo Mejor de Mí]]", composed by [[Rudy Pérez]], was considered for inclusion on the album, but Luis Miguel decided against recording it as he felt the song would work better as a ballad for his next album, rather than as a bolero.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dará Luis Miguel lo mejor de sí|work=El Informador|date=8 May 1995|page=4-D|language=es}}</ref>


===Musical style===
===Musical style===
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==Singles==
==Singles==
"El Día Que Me Quieras" was released as the album's [[lead single]] on 5 August 1994.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1994/06/28&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04403&PageLabel=44|title=Luis Miguel y Stephanie Salas listos para estrenar producto en breve|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|page=44|date=28 June 1994|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724145134/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1994%2F06%2F28&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04403&PageLabel=44|archive-date=24 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It reached number one on the [[Hot Latin Songs|''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs]] chart in the United States for the week of 17 September 1994, and remained there for five weeks.<ref name="latinsongs">{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=luis miguel|chart=Latin Songs}}|title=Luis Miguel&nbsp; Chart history: Latin Songs|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=15 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/1994-09-17/latin-songs|title=Hot Latin Songs : Sep 17, 1994|date=17 September 1994|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=15 July 2014|archive-date=17 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717114647/https://www.billboard.com/charts/latin-songs/|url-status=live}}</ref> Its [[music video]] was directed by Kiko Guerrero and filmed at the [[Palacio de Bellas Artes]] in Mexico City with Miguel and a 36-piece orchestra.<ref name="listo"/><ref>{{cite AV media| people = Guerrero, Kiko (director)| title = El Día Que Me Quieras| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk0O35bcIFc| medium = Television| publisher = Warner Music Mexico| location = Mexico City, Mexico| year = 1994| url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140603050515/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk0O35bcIFc| archive-date = 3 June 2014| df = dmy-all}}</ref> "La Media Vuelta", the second single, was released in November 1994 and reached number one on the Hot Latin Songs chart for the week of 26 November,<ref name="latinsongs"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1994/11/05&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04908&PageLabel=49|title=Promueve Luismi "La media vuelta"|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|page=49|date=26 November 1994|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724150134/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1994%2F11%2F05&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04908&PageLabel=49|archive-date=24 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> topping the chart for three weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/1994-11-26/latin-songs|title=Hot Latin Songs : Nov 26, 1994|date=26 November 1994|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=15 July 2014|archive-date=17 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717114647/https://www.billboard.com/charts/latin-songs/|url-status=live}}</ref> Its music video, directed by Pedro Torres and filmed in black-and-white, features Miguel reminiscing at a bar about a woman who deceived him.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1994/08/08&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04901&PageLabel=49|title=Luis Miguel y su video-clip en el Palacio|last=Romero|first=Victor M|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|page=49|date=8 August 1994|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724151700/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1994%2F08%2F08&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04901&PageLabel=49|archive-date=24 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media| people = Torres, Pedro (director)| title = La Media Vuelta| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfGc8PLZgaY| medium = Television| publisher = Warner Music Mexico| year = 1994| url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151202200636/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfGc8PLZgaY| archive-date = 2 December 2015| df = dmy-all}}</ref> The third single, "Todo y Nada",<ref name="brasil">{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1995/03/06&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar03501&PageLabel=35|title=Luismi esta en Brasil grabará un video|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|page=35|date=8 August 1994|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724145532/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1995%2F03%2F06&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar03501&PageLabel=35|archive-date=24 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> reached number three on the Hot Latin Songs and number one on the [[Latin Pop Airplay|''Billboard'' Latin Pop Airplay]] charts.<ref name="latinsongs"/><ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=luis miguel|chart=Latin Pop Songs}}|title=Luis Miguel&nbsp; Chart history: Latin Songs|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=15 July 2014}}</ref> "Todo y Nada" was featured as the main theme for the Mexican [[telenovela]] ''[[Imperio de cristal]]'' (1994).<ref>{{cite web|title=Recordamos 5 veces donde Luis Miguel le puso música a telenovelas|url=https://www.lasestrellas.tv/espectaculos-1/tus-estrellas-1/luis-miguel-la-serie-canciones-telenovelas-todo-y-nada-televisa|website=Las Estrellas TV|publisher=Televisa|access-date=22 May 2018|language=es-MX|date=17 May 2018|archive-date=22 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522011119/https://www.lasestrellas.tv/espectaculos-1/tus-estrellas-1/luis-miguel-la-serie-canciones-telenovelas-todo-y-nada-televisa|url-status=live}}</ref> "Delirio", the fourth single, peaked at number 16 on the Hot Latin Songs chart; its music video was filmed in Brazil.<ref name="latinsongs"/><ref name="brasil"/>
"El Día Que Me Quieras" was released as the album's [[lead single]] on 5 August 1994.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1994/06/28&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04403&PageLabel=44|title=Luis Miguel y Stephanie Salas listos para estrenar producto en breve|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|page=44|date=28 June 1994|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724145134/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1994%2F06%2F28&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04403&PageLabel=44|archive-date=24 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It reached number one on the [[Hot Latin Songs|''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs]] chart in the United States for the week of 17 September 1994, and remained there for five weeks.<ref name="latinsongs">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/luis-miguel/chart-history/latin-songs|title=Luis Miguel&nbsp; Chart history: Latin Songs|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=15 July 2014|archive-date=21 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121093625/https://www.billboard.com/artist/luis-miguel/chart-history/latin-songs/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/1994-09-17/latin-songs|title=Hot Latin Songs |date=17 September 1994|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=15 July 2014|archive-date=17 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717114647/https://www.billboard.com/charts/latin-songs/|url-status=live}}</ref> Its [[music video]] was directed by Kiko Guerrero and filmed at the [[Palacio de Bellas Artes]] in Mexico City with Luis Miguel and a 36-piece orchestra.<ref name="listo"/><ref>{{cite AV media| people = Guerrero, Kiko (director)| title = El Día Que Me Quieras|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk0O35bcIFc| medium = Television| publisher = Warner Music Mexico| location = Mexico City, Mexico| year = 1994| url-status = live| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140603050515/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk0O35bcIFc| archive-date = 3 June 2014| df = dmy-all}}</ref> "La Media Vuelta", the second single, was released in November 1994 and reached number one on the Hot Latin Songs chart for the week of 26 November,<ref name="latinsongs"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1994/11/05&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04908&PageLabel=49|title=Promueve Luismi "La media vuelta"|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|page=49|date=26 November 1994|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724150134/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1994%2F11%2F05&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04908&PageLabel=49|archive-date=24 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> topping the chart for three weeks.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/1994-11-26/latin-songs|title=Hot Latin Songs : Nov 26, 1994|date=26 November 1994|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=15 July 2014|archive-date=17 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717114647/https://www.billboard.com/charts/latin-songs/|url-status=live}}</ref> Its music video, directed by Pedro Torres and filmed in black-and-white, features Luis Miguel reminiscing at a bar about a woman who deceived him.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1994/08/08&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04901&PageLabel=49|title=Luis Miguel y su video-clip en el Palacio|last=Romero|first=Victor M|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|page=49|date=8 August 1994|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724151700/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1994%2F08%2F08&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04901&PageLabel=49|archive-date=24 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media| people = Torres, Pedro (director)| title = La Media Vuelta|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfGc8PLZgaY| medium = Television| publisher = Warner Music Mexico| year = 1994| url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151202200636/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfGc8PLZgaY| archive-date = 2 December 2015| df = dmy-all}}</ref> The third single, "Todo y Nada",<ref name="brasil">{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1995/03/06&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar03501&PageLabel=35|title=Luismi esta en Brasil grabará un video|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|page=35|date=8 August 1994|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724145532/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1995%2F03%2F06&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar03501&PageLabel=35|archive-date=24 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> reached number three on the Hot Latin Songs and number one on the [[Latin Pop Airplay|''Billboard'' Latin Pop Airplay]] charts.<ref name="latinsongs"/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/luis-miguel/chart-history/latin-pop-songs|title=Luis Miguel&nbsp; Chart history: Latin Songs|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=15 July 2014|archive-date=21 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121094945/https://www.billboard.com/artist/luis-miguel/chart-history/latin-pop-songs/|url-status=live}}</ref> "Todo y Nada" was featured as the main theme for the Mexican [[telenovela]] ''[[Imperio de cristal]]'' (1994).<ref>{{cite web|title=Recordamos 5 veces donde Luis Miguel le puso música a telenovelas|url=https://www.lasestrellas.tv/espectaculos-1/tus-estrellas-1/luis-miguel-la-serie-canciones-telenovelas-todo-y-nada-televisa|website=Las Estrellas TV|publisher=Televisa|access-date=22 May 2018|language=es-MX|date=17 May 2018|archive-date=22 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522011119/https://www.lasestrellas.tv/espectaculos-1/tus-estrellas-1/luis-miguel-la-serie-canciones-telenovelas-todo-y-nada-televisa|url-status=live}}</ref> "Delirio", the fourth single, peaked at number 16 on the Hot Latin Songs chart; its music video was filmed in Brazil.<ref name="latinsongs"/><ref name="brasil"/>


==Promotion==
==Promotion==
{{main|Segundo Romance Tour}}
{{main|Segundo Romance Tour}}
To promote the album, Miguel began his Segundo Romance Tour in August 1994 with 16 shows at the [[National Auditorium]] in [[Mexico City]], which drew an audience of more than 155,000.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1994/08/31&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04505&PageLabel=45|title=Record de Luismi|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|date=31 August 1994|page=45|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724144742/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1994%2F08%2F31&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04505&PageLabel=45|archive-date=24 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Miguel performed throughout Mexico, the United States, Peru and Argentina until 31 December 1994, when the tour concluded in [[Acapulco]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1994/10/07&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04409&PageLabel=44|title=Es una minita el "Romance II" de Luis Miguel|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|date=7 October 1994|page=44|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724150714/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1994%2F10%2F07&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04409&PageLabel=44|archive-date=24 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The first part of Miguel's [[set list]] featured pop songs and contemporary ballads; during the second half he sang boleros from ''Segundo Romance'' and ranchera songs, before closing with "Será Que No Me Amas", the Spanish version of [[the Jackson 5]]'s "[[Blame It on the Boogie]]".<ref name="cobo">{{cite news|last=Cobo-Hanlon|first=Leila|author-link=Leila Cobo|title=Pop music review: Luis Miguel displays his musical range at Universal|url=https://articles.latimes.com/1994-09-24/entertainment/ca-42237_1_luis-miguel|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=24 September 1994|access-date=9 October 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102205352/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-09-24/entertainment/ca-42237_1_luis-miguel|archive-date=2 November 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
To promote the album, Luis Miguel began his Segundo Romance Tour in August 1994 with 16 shows at the [[National Auditorium]] in [[Mexico City]], which drew a total audience of more than 155,000.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1994/08/31&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04505&PageLabel=45|title=Record de Luismi|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|date=31 August 1994|page=45|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724144742/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1994%2F08%2F31&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04505&PageLabel=45|archive-date=24 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Luis Miguel performed throughout Mexico, the United States, Peru and Argentina until 31 December 1994, when the tour concluded in [[Acapulco]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1994/10/07&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04409&PageLabel=44|title=Es una minita el "Romance II" de Luis Miguel|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|date=7 October 1994|page=44|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724150714/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1994%2F10%2F07&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04409&PageLabel=44|archive-date=24 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The first part of Luis Miguel's [[set list]] featured pop songs and contemporary ballads; during the second half he sang boleros from ''Segundo Romance'' and ranchera songs, before closing with "Será Que No Me Amas", the Spanish version of [[the Jackson 5]]'s "[[Blame It on the Boogie]]".<ref name="cobo">{{cite news|last=Cobo-Hanlon|first=Leila|author-link=Leila Cobo|title=Pop music review: Luis Miguel displays his musical range at Universal|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-09-24-ca-42237-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=24 September 1994|access-date=9 October 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102205352/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-09-24/entertainment/ca-42237_1_luis-miguel|archive-date=2 November 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


In October 1995, Warner Music released the ''[[El Concierto]]'' [[live album]] and video, a compilation of Miguel's performances at the National Auditorium in Mexico City and his concert at the [[José Amalfitani Stadium]] in [[Buenos Aires]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1995/10/15&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar05001&PageLabel=50|title="El Concierto", la nueva producción de Luis Miguel|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|date=15 October 1995|page=50|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724152210/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1995%2F10%2F15&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar05001&PageLabel=50|archive-date=24 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Stephen Thomas Erlewine of [[AllMusic]] praised its production and Miguel's performance.<ref>{{cite web|title=El Concierto&nbsp; Overview|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/el-concierto-mw0000178186|access-date=18 June 2014|work=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830183625/http://www.allmusic.com/album/el-concierto-mw0000178186|archive-date=30 August 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
In October 1995, Warner Music released the ''[[El Concierto]]'' [[live album]] and video, a compilation of Luis Miguel's performances at the National Auditorium in Mexico City and his concert at the [[José Amalfitani Stadium]] in [[Buenos Aires]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1995/10/15&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar05001&PageLabel=50|title="El Concierto", la nueva producción de Luis Miguel|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|date=15 October 1995|page=50|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724152210/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1995%2F10%2F15&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar05001&PageLabel=50|archive-date=24 July 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Stephen Thomas Erlewine of [[AllMusic]] praised its production and Luis Miguel's performance.<ref>{{cite web|title=El Concierto&nbsp; Overview|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/el-concierto-mw0000178186|access-date=18 June 2014|work=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830183625/http://www.allmusic.com/album/el-concierto-mw0000178186|archive-date=30 August 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Promis">{{cite web|last=Promis|first=Jose|title=Segundo Romance—Luis Miguel: Overview|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/segundo-romance-mw0000121649|website=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|access-date=21 September 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905142402/http://www.allmusic.com/album/segundo-romance-mw0000121649|archive-date=5 September 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Promis">{{cite web|last=Promis|first=Jose|title=Segundo Romance{{snd}}Luis Miguel: Overview|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/segundo-romance-mw0000121649|website=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|access-date=21 September 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905142402/http://www.allmusic.com/album/segundo-romance-mw0000121649|archive-date=5 September 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Lopetegui">{{cite web|last=Lopetegui|first=Enrique|date=27 November 1994|title=Pop : do you hear what we hear?|url=https://articles.latimes.com/1994-11-27/entertainment/ca-1939_1_soap-opera-star-carlos-vives-vallenato|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=26 June 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107105059/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-11-27/entertainment/ca-1939_1_soap-opera-star-carlos-vives-vallenato|archive-date=7 November 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Lopetegui">{{cite web|last=Lopetegui|first=Enrique|date=27 November 1994|title=Pop : do you hear what we hear?|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-27-ca-1939-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=26 June 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107105059/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-11-27/entertainment/ca-1939_1_soap-opera-star-carlos-vives-vallenato|archive-date=7 November 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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AllMusic critic Jose F. Promis gave ''Segundo Romance'' four-and-a-half stars out of five, calling it "a first-rate collection of timeless Latin American standards" and praised Miguel's vocals and the production.<ref name="Promis"/> According to Promis, the album "further established Miguel as a first-rate balladeer,<ref name="Promis"/> and enhanced his immense international popularity, not only with the youth market, but with an older, more sophisticated market as well."<ref name="Promis"/> Enrique Lopetegui of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' gave the album three stars out of four, saying that it contained "updated, well-produced versions of classic romantic bolero and tango songs".<ref name="Lopetegui"/> In ''Americas'' magazine, Mark Holston described ''Segundo Romance'' as a "superb encore", citing "El Día Que Me Quieras" and "Historia de un Amor" as "memorable songs".<ref name="ageless">{{cite journal|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Ageless+romance+with+bolero.-a017482173|title=Ageless Romance with Bolero|last=Holston|first=Mark|journal=Americas (English Edition)|publisher=[[Organization of American States]]|date=1 September 1995|access-date=19 July 2014|archive-date=12 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512010551/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Ageless+romance+with+bolero.-a017482173|url-status=live}}</ref> Though ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' reviewer Paul Verna wrote that it offered "few surprises," he praised Miguel's "scrumptious, [[sophisti-pop]] take of 'Nosotros' and 'Delirio'."<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Verna|first1=Paul|title=Album Reviews|magazine=Billboard|date=10 September 1994|volume=106|issue=37|page=88|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> Mario Tarradell of the ''[[Miami Herald]]'' was less pleased with the album, writing that it "pales in comparison to the original".<ref name="Tarradell"/> Tarradell criticized Miguel's vocals being "on autopilot" compared to his "rich, sophisticated hues" on ''Romance'' and called the singer's production a "bad idea".<ref name="Tarradell">{{cite news|title=Sinead O'Connor delivers a stark mother|last=Tarradell|first=Mario|work=[[Miami Herald]]|publisher=[[The McClatchy Company]]|date=14 September 1994}}</ref>
AllMusic critic Jose F. Promis gave ''Segundo Romance'' four-and-a-half stars out of five, calling it "a first-rate collection of timeless Latin American standards" and praised Luis Miguel's vocals and the production.<ref name="Promis"/> According to Promis, the album "further established Luis Miguel as a first-rate balladeer,<ref name="Promis"/> and enhanced his immense international popularity, not only with the youth market, but with an older, more sophisticated market as well."<ref name="Promis"/> Enrique Lopetegui of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' gave the album three stars out of four, saying that it contained "updated, well-produced versions of classic romantic bolero and tango songs".<ref name="Lopetegui"/> In ''Americas'' magazine, Mark Holston described ''Segundo Romance'' as a "superb encore", citing "El Día Que Me Quieras" and "Historia de un Amor" as "memorable songs".<ref name="ageless">{{cite journal|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Ageless+romance+with+bolero.-a017482173|title=Ageless Romance with Bolero|last=Holston|first=Mark|journal=Americas (English Edition)|publisher=[[Organization of American States]]|date=1 September 1995|access-date=19 July 2014|archive-date=12 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512010551/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Ageless+romance+with+bolero.-a017482173|url-status=live}}</ref> Though ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' reviewer Paul Verna wrote that it offered "few surprises," he praised Luis Miguel's "scrumptious, [[sophisti-pop]] take of 'Nosotros' and 'Delirio'."<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Verna|first1=Paul|title=Album Reviews|magazine=Billboard|date=10 September 1994|volume=106|issue=37|page=88|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> Mario Tarradell of the ''[[Miami Herald]]'' was less pleased with the album, writing that it "pales in comparison to the original".<ref name="Tarradell"/> Tarradell criticized Luis Miguel's vocals being "on autopilot" compared to his "rich, sophisticated hues" on ''Romance'' and called the singer's production a "bad idea".<ref name="Tarradell">{{cite news|title=Sinead O'Connor delivers a stark mother|last=Tarradell|first=Mario|work=[[Miami Herald]]|publisher=[[The McClatchy Company]]|date=14 September 1994}}</ref>


===Accolades===
===Accolades===
In Argentina, Miguel received the ''Asociación de Cronistas del Espectáculo'' award for Latin Ballad Album by a Male Solo Artist in 1994.<ref>{{cite news|title=Premio ACE a "Cronos" de Guillermo del Toro|language=es|newspaper=[[El Informador (Mexico)|El Informador]]|date=19 November 1994|page=66}}</ref> At the [[37th Annual Grammy Awards|1995 Grammy Awards]] ''Segundo Romance'' won the [[Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album|Best Latin Pop Performance]] award<ref name="grammy">{{cite news|title=The 1995 Grammy winners|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/03/arts/the-1995-grammy-winners.html|work=[[New York Times]]|date=3 March 1995|access-date=9 October 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612044635/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/03/arts/the-1995-grammy-winners.html|archive-date=12 June 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> despite competition from Cristian Castro, [[Juan Gabriel]], [[La Mafia]] and [[Plácido Domingo]], the latter who was favored to win by John Lannert of ''Billboard'' for his album ''[[De Mi Alma Latina]]''.<ref name="billboardmag">
In Argentina, Luis Miguel received the ''Asociación de Cronistas del Espectáculo'' award for Latin Ballad Album by a Male Solo Artist in 1994.<ref>{{cite news|title=Premio ACE a "Cronos" de Guillermo del Toro|language=es|newspaper=[[El Informador (Mexico)|El Informador]]|date=19 November 1994|page=66}}</ref> At the [[37th Annual Grammy Awards|1995 Grammy Awards]] ''Segundo Romance'' won the [[Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album|Best Latin Pop Performance]] award<ref name="grammy">{{cite news|title=The 1995 Grammy winners|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/03/arts/the-1995-grammy-winners.html|work=[[New York Times]]|date=3 March 1995|access-date=9 October 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612044635/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/03/arts/the-1995-grammy-winners.html|archive-date=12 June 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> despite competition from Cristian Castro, [[Juan Gabriel]], [[La Mafia]] and [[Plácido Domingo]], the latter who was favored to win by John Lannert of ''Billboard'' for his album ''[[De Mi Alma Latina]]''.<ref name="billboardmag">
{{cite magazine| last = Lannert| first = John| date = 21 January 1995| title = Artists & Music&nbsp;– Latin Notes| magazine = Billboard| publisher = Prometheus Global Media| volume = 107| issue = 3| page = 36| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uAsEAAAAMBAJ&q=segundo+romance+luis+miguel&pg=PA36| access-date = 2 November 2010| url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171017135211/https://books.google.com/books?id=uAsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36&dq=segundo+romance+luis+miguel&cd=1#v=onepage&q=segundo%20romance%20luis%20miguel&f=false| archive-date = 17 October 2017| df = dmy-all}}</ref> At the [[Premio Lo Nuestro 1995|seventh Lo Nuestro Awards]] that year, Miguel won [[Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Male Artist of the Year|Pop Male Artist of the Year]], [[Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Album of the Year|Pop Album of the Year]], and [[Lo Nuestro Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]] for "La Media Vuelta";<ref name="Winners-archive">{{cite web|url=http://i.univision.com/contentuvn/rinconlatino/plnuestro/images/index_historia.swf|title=Lo Nuestro&nbsp;– Historia|language=es|work=[[Univision]]|publisher=[[Univision Communications]]|access-date=8 March 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626102925/http://i.univision.com/contentuvn/rinconlatino/plnuestro/images/index_historia.swf|archive-date=26 June 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> "El Día Que Me Quieras" was nominated for [[Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Song of the Year|Pop Song of the Year]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Burr| first = Ramiro | title = Tejano Artists in line for national honors | newspaper = [[San Antonio Express-News]]| date = 7 May 1995 | publisher =[[Hearst Corporation]] }}</ref> ''Segundo Romance'' won the award for the Pop Album of the Year by a Male Artist at the 1995 [[Billboard Latin Music Awards|''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards]],<ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine| last = Lannert| first = John| date = 10 June 1995| title = Latin Music Conference| magazine = Billboard| publisher = Prometheus Global Media| page = LM-54| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0QsEAAAAMBAJ&q=india+dicen+que+soy+awards&pg=PA54| access-date = 9 October 2010| url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140702040910/http://books.google.com/books?id=0QsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54&dq=india+dicen+que+soy+awards&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iJovU4JssNLbBfnbgNgD&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAQ| archive-date = 2 July 2014| df = dmy-all}}</ref> and was named Best Album of the Year by the [[Association of Latin Entertainment Critics]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Premio ACE a "Cronos" de Guillermo del Toro|language=es|newspaper=El Informador|date=21 March 1995|page=39}}</ref> Miguel was the Best-Selling Latin Artist of the Year at the 1995 [[World Music Awards]].<ref name="popculture"/>
{{cite magazine| last = Lannert| first = John| date = 21 January 1995| title = Artists & Music&nbsp;– Latin Notes| magazine = Billboard| publisher = Prometheus Global Media| volume = 107| issue = 3| page = 36| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uAsEAAAAMBAJ&q=segundo+romance+luis+miguel&pg=PA36| access-date = 2 November 2010| url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171017135211/https://books.google.com/books?id=uAsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36&dq=segundo+romance+luis+miguel&cd=1#v=onepage&q=segundo%20romance%20luis%20miguel&f=false| archive-date = 17 October 2017| df = dmy-all}}</ref> At the [[Premio Lo Nuestro 1995|seventh Lo Nuestro Awards]] that year, Luis Miguel won [[Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Male Artist of the Year|Pop Male Artist of the Year]], [[Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Album of the Year|Pop Album of the Year]], and [[Lo Nuestro Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]] for "La Media Vuelta";<ref name="Winners-archive">{{cite web|url=http://i.univision.com/contentuvn/rinconlatino/plnuestro/images/index_historia.swf|title=Lo Nuestro&nbsp;– Historia|language=es|work=[[Univision]]|publisher=[[Univision Communications]]|access-date=8 March 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626102925/http://i.univision.com/contentuvn/rinconlatino/plnuestro/images/index_historia.swf|archive-date=26 June 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> "El Día Que Me Quieras" was nominated for [[Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Song of the Year|Pop Song of the Year]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Burr| first = Ramiro | title = Tejano Artists in line for national honors | newspaper = [[San Antonio Express-News]]| date = 7 May 1995 | publisher =[[Hearst Corporation]] }}</ref> ''Segundo Romance'' won the award for the Pop Album of the Year by a Male Artist at the 1995 [[Billboard Latin Music Awards|''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards]],<ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine| last = Lannert| first = John| date = 10 June 1995| title = Latin Music Conference| magazine = Billboard| publisher = Prometheus Global Media| page = LM-54| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0QsEAAAAMBAJ&q=india+dicen+que+soy+awards&pg=PA54| access-date = 9 October 2010| url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140702040910/http://books.google.com/books?id=0QsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54&dq=india+dicen+que+soy+awards&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iJovU4JssNLbBfnbgNgD&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAQ| archive-date = 2 July 2014| df = dmy-all}}</ref> and was named Best Album of the Year by the [[Association of Latin Entertainment Critics]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Premio ACE a "Cronos" de Guillermo del Toro|language=es|newspaper=El Informador|date=21 March 1995|page=39}}</ref> Luis Miguel was the Best-Selling Latin Artist of the Year at the 1995 [[World Music Awards]].<ref name="popculture"/>


==Commercial performance==
==Commercial performance==
''Segundo Romance'' was released on 30 August 1994.<ref name="Promis"/> Within two days, the album sold more than one million copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite news|title=With love, Luis|work=[[San Jose Mercury News]]|publisher=[[MediaNews Group]]|date=1 September 1994}}</ref> In the United States, it debuted at number 29 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] the week of 10 September 1994, the highest debut on the chart at the time for a Spanish-language album.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Enrique En Fuego|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42|volume=109|issue=7|page=42|date=15 February 1997|access-date=16 July 2014|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|issn=0006-2510|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017135211/https://books.google.com/books?id=FA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42|archive-date=17 October 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> That week, ''Segundo Romance'' also debuted at number seven on the [[Top Latin Albums|''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums]] chart;<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Top Latin Albums&nbsp; Week of Sep: 10, 1994 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/1994-09-10/latin-albums |date=10 September 1994 |access-date=17 July 2014 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |archive-date=17 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717114647/https://www.billboard.com/charts/latin-albums/ |url-status=live }}</ref> it reached number one a week later, replacing [[Selena]]'s ''[[Amor Prohibido]]''. It spent a total of 29 nonconsecutive weeks atop the chart, and was the second-bestselling Latin album of the year behind ''[[Mi Tierra]]'' by [[Gloria Estefan]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/1994-09-17/latin-albums|title=Top Latin Albums : Sep 17, 1994|date=17 September 1994|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=17 July 2014|archive-date=17 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717114647/https://www.billboard.com/charts/latin-albums/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="1994-yearend">{{cite magazine|title=The Year in Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA52|volume=106|issue=52|page=YE-78|date=24 December 1994|access-date=17 July 2014|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|issn=0006-2510|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017135211/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA52|archive-date=17 October 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The album topped the [[Latin Pop Albums|''Billboard'' Latin Pop Albums]] chart for 30 weeks, and was the highest-selling Latin pop album of the year in the U.S.<ref name="1994-yearend"/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/1994-09-17/latin-pop-albums|title=Latin Pop Albums : Sep 17, 1994|date=17 September 1994|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=17 July 2014|archive-date=17 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717114648/https://www.billboard.com/charts/latin-pop-albums/|url-status=live}}</ref> According to [[Nielsen SoundScan]], the record has sold 603,000 copies in the US {{as of|October 2017|lc=y}}, making the 21st bestselling Latin album in the country.<ref name="bestselling"/> ''Segundo Romance'' was certified platinum for shipping one million copies,{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|title=Segundo Romance|artist=Luis Miguel|type=album|award=Platinum|access-date=17 July 2014}} making Miguel the first Latin artist to have two certified platinum albums in the U.S. following ''Romance''.<ref name="cobo"/><ref name="bio">{{cite web|title=Luis Miguel|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/luis-miguel-mn0000311680/biography|website=AllMusic|first=Sandra|last=Brennan|publisher=Rovi Corporation|access-date=17 July 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826182441/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/luis-miguel-mn0000311680/biography|archive-date=26 August 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
''Segundo Romance'' was released on 30 August 1994.<ref name="Promis"/> Within two days, the album sold more than one million copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite news|title=With love, Luis|work=[[San Jose Mercury News]]|publisher=[[MediaNews Group]]|date=1 September 1994}}</ref> In the United States, it debuted at number 29 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] the week of 10 September 1994, the highest debut on the chart at the time for a Spanish-language album.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Enrique En Fuego|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42|volume=109|issue=7|page=42|date=15 February 1997|access-date=16 July 2014|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|issn=0006-2510|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017135211/https://books.google.com/books?id=FA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42|archive-date=17 October 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> That week, ''Segundo Romance'' also debuted at number seven on the [[Top Latin Albums|''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums]] chart;<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Top Latin Albums&nbsp; Week of Sep: 10, 1994 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/1994-09-10/latin-albums |date=10 September 1994 |access-date=17 July 2014 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |archive-date=17 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717114647/https://www.billboard.com/charts/latin-albums/ |url-status=live }}</ref> it reached number one a week later, replacing [[Selena]]'s ''[[Amor Prohibido]]''. It spent a total of 29 nonconsecutive weeks atop the chart, and was the second-bestselling Latin album of the year behind ''[[Mi Tierra]]'' by [[Gloria Estefan]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/1994-09-17/latin-albums|title=Top Latin Albums : Sep 17, 1994|date=17 September 1994|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=17 July 2014|archive-date=17 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717114647/https://www.billboard.com/charts/latin-albums/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="1994-yearend">{{cite magazine|title=The Year in Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA52|volume=106|issue=52|page=YE-78|date=24 December 1994|access-date=17 July 2014|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|issn=0006-2510|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017135211/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA52|archive-date=17 October 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The album topped the [[Latin Pop Albums|''Billboard'' Latin Pop Albums]] chart for 30 weeks, and was the highest-selling Latin pop album of the year in the U.S.<ref name="1994-yearend"/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/1994-09-17/latin-pop-albums|title=Latin Pop Albums : Sep 17, 1994|date=17 September 1994|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=17 July 2014|archive-date=17 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717114648/https://www.billboard.com/charts/latin-pop-albums/|url-status=live}}</ref> According to [[Nielsen SoundScan]], the record has sold 603,000 copies in the US {{as of|October 2017|lc=y}}, making the 21st bestselling Latin album in the country.<ref name="bestselling"/> ''Segundo Romance'' was certified platinum for shipping one million copies,{{Certification Cite Ref|region=United States|title=Segundo Romance|artist=Luis Miguel|type=album|award=Platinum|access-date=17 July 2014}} making Luis Miguel the first Latin artist to have two certified platinum albums in the U.S. following ''Romance''.<ref name="cobo"/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Lopez |first=Sonny |date=November 8, 1995 |title=Fans of 'El Idol' Return |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-paso-herald-post-el-paso-november-7th/94501662/ |access-date=2024-06-08 |work=[[El Paso Herald-Post]] |pages=21}}</ref>


The album was also successful in Spanish-speaking countries. It was certified quintuple platinum in Mexico, triple platinum in Paraguay and Uruguay as well as in Central America; double platinum in Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Spain and Venezuela, and platinum in Ecuador.<ref name="stavans"/><ref name="spaincert"/> In Brazil, ''Segundo Romance'' was certified gold for sales of 100,000 copies.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=Brazil|title=Segundo Romance|artist=Luis Miguel|type=album|access-date=18 July 2014}} The album reached number one on the Chilean album charts, and was certified diamond for shipping 250,000 copies.<ref name="chilechart"/><ref name="chilecert"/> In Argentina, it was certified 11× platinum and later received a diamond award for sales of 500,000 copies.<ref name="stavans"/><ref name="argentinecert"/> By 1995, ''Segundo Romance'' had sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide.<ref name="ww">{{cite news|title=Luis Miguel en la cima del éxito|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-267381|language=es|newspaper=[[El Tiempo (Colombia)|El Tiempo]]|date=19 December 1994|access-date=10 April 2022|archive-date=8 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408122050/https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-267381|url-status=live}}</ref>
The album was also successful in Spanish-speaking countries. It was certified quintuple platinum in Mexico, triple platinum in Paraguay and Uruguay as well as in Central America; double platinum in Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Spain and Venezuela, and platinum in Ecuador.<ref name="stavans"/><ref name="spaincert"/> In Brazil, ''Segundo Romance'' was certified gold for sales of 100,000 copies.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=Brazil|title=Segundo Romance|artist=Luis Miguel|type=album|access-date=18 July 2014}} The album reached number one on the Chilean album charts, and was certified diamond for shipping 250,000 copies.<ref name="chilechart"/><ref name="chilecert"/> In Argentina, it was certified 11× platinum and later received a diamond award for sales of 500,000 copies.<ref name="stavans"/><ref name="argentinecert"/> By 1995, ''Segundo Romance'' had sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide.<ref name="ww">{{cite news|title=Luis Miguel en la cima del éxito|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-267381|language=es|newspaper=[[El Tiempo (Colombia)|El Tiempo]]|date=19 December 1994|access-date=10 April 2022|archive-date=8 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408122050/https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-267381|url-status=live}}</ref>
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==Legacy==
==Legacy==
{{main|Romances (Luis Miguel album)|Mis Romances}}
{{main|Romances (Luis Miguel album)|Mis Romances}}
Like its predecessor, ''Segundo Romance'' helped to revive interest in bolero music. Mark Holston wrote that the album "proves again that the bolero is back, its heart beating as strongly as ever, its soul alive with tropical passion, a music for every time and all times".<ref name="ageless"/> According to Enrique Lopetegui of the ''Los Angeles Times'', both albums "created a revival for the bolero—the old-fashioned, string-based romantic messages of [[unrequited love]] were embraced even by young listeners".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://articles.latimes.com/1995-09-20/entertainment/ca-47892_1_luis-miguel-gallego|title=One World Will Do, for Now : Pop music: 'My language and my world is Spanish,' says Luis Miguel, when asked about his crossover aspirations.|last=Lopetegui|first=Enrique|work=Los Angeles Times|date=20 September 1995|access-date=18 July 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811103554/http://articles.latimes.com/1995-09-20/entertainment/ca-47892_1_luis-miguel-gallego|archive-date=11 August 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Ed Morales wrote in his book ''The Latin Beat: The Rhythms and Roots of Latin Music from Bossa Nova to Salsa and Beyond'': "Beyond merely being a revival, ''Romance'' and its 1994 follow-up, ''Segundo Romance'' was a significant update of the genre".<ref name="morales">{{cite book|title=The Latin Beat: The Rhythms and Roots of Latin Music From Bossa Nova to Salsa and Beyond|url=https://archive.org/details/latinbeatrhythms00mora_0|url-access=registration|last=Morales|first=Ed|year=2003|publisher=[[Da Capo Press]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/latinbeatrhythms00mora_0/page/155 155]|isbn=978-0-7867-3020-9|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' editor [[Achy Obejas]] noted that the albums "scored in such unlikely places as Saudi Arabia and Finland".<ref name="growsup">{{cite web|last=Obejas|first=Achy|date=30 August 1996|title=Luis Miguel grows up and moves on with his latest albums|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-08-30/entertainment/9608300302_1_luis-miguel-nada-es-igual-aries|work=Chicago Tribune|publisher=Tribune Company|access-date=19 February 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612021741/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-08-30/entertainment/9608300302_1_luis-miguel-nada-es-igual-aries|archive-date=12 June 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ''Segundo Romance'' was followed by two more bolero albums: ''[[Romances (Luis Miguel album)|Romances]]'' (1997) and ''[[Mis Romances]]'' (2001).<ref>{{cite web|title=Romances&nbsp; Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/romances-mw0000595152/credits|access-date=7 May 2014|work=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514235031/http://www.allmusic.com/album/romances-mw0000595152/credits|archive-date=14 May 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mis Romances&nbsp;Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/romances-mw0000595152/credits|access-date=7 May 2014|work=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514235031/http://www.allmusic.com/album/romances-mw0000595152/credits|archive-date=14 May 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 1998, ''Romance'', ''Segundo Romance'', and ''Romances'' were compiled on ''[[Todos Los Romances]]'', released by WEA Latina.<ref>{{cite web|title=Todos Los Romances&nbsp; Overview|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/todos-los-romances-mw0000259290|access-date=7 May 2014|work=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224191750/http://www.allmusic.com/album/todos-los-romances-mw0000259290|archive-date=24 February 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
Like its predecessor, ''Segundo Romance'' helped to revive interest in bolero music. Mark Holston wrote that the album "proves again that the bolero is back, its heart beating as strongly as ever, its soul alive with tropical passion, a music for every time and all times".<ref name="ageless"/> According to Enrique Lopetegui of the ''Los Angeles Times'', both albums "created a revival for the bolero{{snd}}the old-fashioned, string-based romantic messages of [[unrequited love]] were embraced even by young listeners".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-09-20-ca-47892-story.html|title=One World Will Do, for Now : Pop music: 'My language and my world is Spanish,' says Luis Miguel, when asked about his crossover aspirations.|last=Lopetegui|first=Enrique|work=Los Angeles Times|date=20 September 1995|access-date=18 July 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811103554/http://articles.latimes.com/1995-09-20/entertainment/ca-47892_1_luis-miguel-gallego|archive-date=11 August 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Ed Morales wrote in his book ''The Latin Beat: The Rhythms and Roots of Latin Music from Bossa Nova to Salsa and Beyond'': "Beyond merely being a revival, ''Romance'' and its 1994 follow-up, ''Segundo Romance'' was a significant update of the genre".<ref name="morales">{{cite book|title=The Latin Beat: The Rhythms and Roots of Latin Music From Bossa Nova to Salsa and Beyond|url=https://archive.org/details/latinbeatrhythms00mora_0|url-access=registration|last=Morales|first=Ed|year=2003|publisher=[[Da Capo Press]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/latinbeatrhythms00mora_0/page/155 155]|isbn=978-0-7867-3020-9|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' editor [[Achy Obejas]] noted that the albums "scored in such unlikely places as Saudi Arabia and Finland".<ref name="growsup">{{cite web|last=Obejas|first=Achy|date=30 August 1996|title=Luis Miguel grows up and moves on with his latest albums|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1996/08/30/luis-miguel-grows-up-and-moves-on-with-his-latest-albums/|work=Chicago Tribune|publisher=Tribune Company|access-date=19 February 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612021741/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-08-30/entertainment/9608300302_1_luis-miguel-nada-es-igual-aries|archive-date=12 June 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ''Segundo Romance'' was followed by two more bolero albums: ''[[Romances (Luis Miguel album)|Romances]]'' (1997) and ''[[Mis Romances]]'' (2001).<ref>{{cite web|title=Romances&nbsp; Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/romances-mw0000595152/credits|access-date=7 May 2014|work=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514235031/http://www.allmusic.com/album/romances-mw0000595152/credits|archive-date=14 May 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mis Romances&nbsp;Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/romances-mw0000595152/credits|access-date=7 May 2014|work=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514235031/http://www.allmusic.com/album/romances-mw0000595152/credits|archive-date=14 May 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 1998, ''Romance'', ''Segundo Romance'', and ''Romances'' were compiled on ''[[Todos Los Romances]]'', released by WEA Latina.<ref>{{cite web|title=Todos Los Romances&nbsp; Overview|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/todos-los-romances-mw0000259290|access-date=7 May 2014|work=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224191750/http://www.allmusic.com/album/todos-los-romances-mw0000259290|archive-date=24 February 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
All tracks produced by Miguel, Manzanero, Calderón, and Cibrian.<ref name="Liner"/>
All tracks produced by Luis Miguel, Manzanero, Calderón, and Cibrian.<ref name="Liner"/>
{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| extra_column = Year of composition<ref name="Liner">{{cite AV media notes |title=Segundo Romance|others= Luis Miguel|year= 1994|type= CD liner|publisher= WEA Latina|id= W2 97234|location= United States}}</ref>
| extra_column = Year of composition<ref name="Liner">{{cite AV media notes |title=Segundo Romance|last=Luis Miguel |year= 1994|type= CD liner|publisher= WEA Latina|id= W2 97234|location= United States}}</ref>
| title1 = [[El Día Que Me Quieras (song)|El Día Que Me Quieras]]
| title1 = [[El Día Que Me Quieras (song)|El Día Que Me Quieras]]
| length1 = 3:58
| length1 = 3:58
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==Personnel==
==Personnel==
The following information is from AllMusic and from the ''Segundo Romance'' liner notes.<ref name="Liner"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Segundo Romance&nbsp; Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/segundo-romance-mw0000121649/credits|access-date=14 July 2014|website=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514234950/http://www.allmusic.com/album/segundo-romance-mw0000121649/credits|archive-date=14 May 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
The following information is from AllMusic and from the ''Segundo Romance'' liner notes.<ref name="Liner"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Segundo Romance&nbsp; Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/segundo-romance-mw0000121649/credits|access-date=14 July 2014|website=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514234950/http://www.allmusic.com/album/segundo-romance-mw0000121649/credits|archive-date=14 May 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


===Performance credits===
===Performance credits===
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*Bruce Donnelly&nbsp;– cello
*Bruce Donnelly&nbsp;– cello
*Kirstin Fife&nbsp;– violin
*Kirstin Fife&nbsp;– violin
*[[Ramón Flores (trumpet player)|Ramon Flores]]&nbsp;– trumpet ("La Media Vuelta")
*Ramón Flores&nbsp;– trumpet ("La Media Vuelta")
*Matt Funes&nbsp;– viola
*Matt Funes&nbsp;– viola
*Harris Goldman&nbsp;– violin
*Harris Goldman&nbsp;– violin
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' Top 100 Pop Albums<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1994/CB-1994-09-24.pdf|title=Top 100 Pop Albums|magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]|page=12|date=24 September 1994|access-date=20 October 2022}}</ref>
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' Top 100 Pop Albums<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1994/CB-1994-09-24.pdf|title=Top 100 Pop Albums|magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]|page=12|date=24 September 1994|access-date=20 October 2022|archive-date=20 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020042005/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1994/CB-1994-09-24.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Segundo Romance
A man in a dark room is wearing a tuxedo and looking right. His face is partially visible.
Studio album by
Released30 August 1994 (1994-08-30)
Recorded1994
StudioRecord Plant Studios, Los Angeles, California
GenreBolero
Length38:57
LanguageSpanish
LabelWEA Latina
Producer
Luis Miguel chronology
Aries
(1993)
Segundo Romance
(1994)
El Concierto
(1995)
Singles from Segundo Romance
  1. "El Día Que Me Quieras"
    Released: August 1994
  2. "La Media Vuelta"
    Released: November 1994
  3. "Todo y Nada"
    Released: 1995
  4. "Delirio"
    Released: April 1995

Segundo Romance (English: Second Romance)[1] is the tenth studio album by Mexican singer Luis Miguel, released on 30 August 1994 through WEA Latina. Like Luis Miguel's 1991 album Romance, Segundo Romance comprises cover versions of boleros (Latin ballads) written between 1934 and 1993. It was produced by Luis Miguel with Juan Carlos Calderón, Kiko Cibrian and Armando Manzanero and recorded in early 1994 at the Record Plant in Los Angeles.

Luis Miguel promoted the album with tours in the United States and Latin America from August to December 1994. Four singles were released: "El Día Que Me Quieras", "La Media Vuelta", "Todo y Nada", and "Delirio". The former two reached the top of the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States.

Segundo Romance received positive reviews from music critics, who praised its production, Luis Miguel's vocals and the choice of songs. It won several awards, including the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Performance. By 1995, Segundo Romance had sold over 4.5 million copies and achieved multi-platinum status in many Latin American countries and Spain, and was certified platinum in the United States. Like its predecessor, the album helped continue renewing mainstream interest in bolero music.

Background and recording

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In 1991, Luis Miguel released his eighth studio album, Romance, a collection of classic boleros (slow ballads "endowed with romantic lyrics").[2] The album was successful in Latin America and sold more than six million copies worldwide.[3][4] 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.[5] Despite its success, Luis Miguel did not immediately release another album of boleros as the follow-up album. Instead, he recorded Aries (1993), an album comprising original pop ballads and dance songs with R&B influences.[6] Four months after the release of Aries, he confirmed that he would begin recording another collection of classic boleros in March 1994, with the working title Romance II.[7][8]

A man facing left is performing on a stage with a microphone in his right hand.
Mexican singer-songwriter Armando Manzanero (pictured) assisted production of Segundo Romance, as he had done with Romance. The album features covers of three Manzanero compositions: "Somo Novios", "Cómo Yo Te Amé", and "Yo Sé Que Volverás".

Segundo Romance was recorded at the Record Plant in Los Angeles, chosen for its state-of-the-art recording facilities.[9] Its title was announced in June 1994.[10] Luis Miguel co-produced the album with Armando Manzanero[11] (who produced Romance), Juan Carlos Calderón (who produced Luis Miguel's albums prior to Romance)[12] and Kiko Cibrian (who co-produced Aries).[13][14] Manzanero helped with arrangements and song selection, Calderón was involved with the string section and Cibrian with music direction.[15]

The song "Lo Mejor de Mí", composed by Rudy Pérez, was considered for inclusion on the album, but Luis Miguel decided against recording it as he felt the song would work better as a ballad for his next album, rather than as a bolero.[16]

Musical style

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Segundo Romance comprises 11 cover versions of classic boleros, the oldest dating to 1934.[14] The arrangements consist of strings, saxophone solos, and a piano.[17] Other styles include covers of Carlos Gardel and Alfredo Le Pera's tango "El Día Que Me Quieras", which uses a bandoneon (an accordion from Argentina), and the ranchera-bolero "La Media Vuelta" by José Alfredo Jiménez, which features horns, strings, and Spanish guitars.[18][19] The album features covers of three songs composed by Manzanero: "Somos Novios", "Cómo Yo Te Amé", and "Yo Sé Que Volverás".[15]

Singles

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"El Día Que Me Quieras" was released as the album's lead single on 5 August 1994.[20] It reached number one on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States for the week of 17 September 1994, and remained there for five weeks.[21][22] Its music video was directed by Kiko Guerrero and filmed at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City with Luis Miguel and a 36-piece orchestra.[13][23] "La Media Vuelta", the second single, was released in November 1994 and reached number one on the Hot Latin Songs chart for the week of 26 November,[21][24] topping the chart for three weeks.[25] Its music video, directed by Pedro Torres and filmed in black-and-white, features Luis Miguel reminiscing at a bar about a woman who deceived him.[26][27] The third single, "Todo y Nada",[28] reached number three on the Hot Latin Songs and number one on the Billboard Latin Pop Airplay charts.[21][29] "Todo y Nada" was featured as the main theme for the Mexican telenovela Imperio de cristal (1994).[30] "Delirio", the fourth single, peaked at number 16 on the Hot Latin Songs chart; its music video was filmed in Brazil.[21][28]

Promotion

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To promote the album, Luis Miguel began his Segundo Romance Tour in August 1994 with 16 shows at the National Auditorium in Mexico City, which drew a total audience of more than 155,000.[31] Luis Miguel performed throughout Mexico, the United States, Peru and Argentina until 31 December 1994, when the tour concluded in Acapulco.[32] The first part of Luis Miguel's set list featured pop songs and contemporary ballads; during the second half he sang boleros from Segundo Romance and ranchera songs, before closing with "Será Que No Me Amas", the Spanish version of the Jackson 5's "Blame It on the Boogie".[33]

In October 1995, Warner Music released the El Concierto live album and video, a compilation of Luis Miguel's performances at the National Auditorium in Mexico City and his concert at the José Amalfitani Stadium in Buenos Aires.[34] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic praised its production and Luis Miguel's performance.[35]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Los Angeles Times[36]

AllMusic critic Jose F. Promis gave Segundo Romance four-and-a-half stars out of five, calling it "a first-rate collection of timeless Latin American standards" and praised Luis Miguel's vocals and the production.[1] According to Promis, the album "further established Luis Miguel as a first-rate balladeer,[1] and enhanced his immense international popularity, not only with the youth market, but with an older, more sophisticated market as well."[1] Enrique Lopetegui of the Los Angeles Times gave the album three stars out of four, saying that it contained "updated, well-produced versions of classic romantic bolero and tango songs".[36] In Americas magazine, Mark Holston described Segundo Romance as a "superb encore", citing "El Día Que Me Quieras" and "Historia de un Amor" as "memorable songs".[2] Though Billboard reviewer Paul Verna wrote that it offered "few surprises," he praised Luis Miguel's "scrumptious, sophisti-pop take of 'Nosotros' and 'Delirio'."[37] Mario Tarradell of the Miami Herald was less pleased with the album, writing that it "pales in comparison to the original".[17] Tarradell criticized Luis Miguel's vocals being "on autopilot" compared to his "rich, sophisticated hues" on Romance and called the singer's production a "bad idea".[17]

Accolades

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In Argentina, Luis Miguel received the Asociación de Cronistas del Espectáculo award for Latin Ballad Album by a Male Solo Artist in 1994.[38] At the 1995 Grammy Awards Segundo Romance won the Best Latin Pop Performance award[39] despite competition from Cristian Castro, Juan Gabriel, La Mafia and Plácido Domingo, the latter who was favored to win by John Lannert of Billboard for his album De Mi Alma Latina.[40] At the seventh Lo Nuestro Awards that year, Luis Miguel won Pop Male Artist of the Year, Pop Album of the Year, and Video of the Year for "La Media Vuelta";[41] "El Día Que Me Quieras" was nominated for Pop Song of the Year.[42] Segundo Romance won the award for the Pop Album of the Year by a Male Artist at the 1995 Billboard Latin Music Awards,[43] and was named Best Album of the Year by the Association of Latin Entertainment Critics.[44] Luis Miguel was the Best-Selling Latin Artist of the Year at the 1995 World Music Awards.[5]

Commercial performance

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Segundo Romance was released on 30 August 1994.[1] Within two days, the album sold more than one million copies worldwide.[45] In the United States, it debuted at number 29 on the Billboard 200 the week of 10 September 1994, the highest debut on the chart at the time for a Spanish-language album.[46] That week, Segundo Romance also debuted at number seven on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart;[47] it reached number one a week later, replacing Selena's Amor Prohibido. It spent a total of 29 nonconsecutive weeks atop the chart, and was the second-bestselling Latin album of the year behind Mi Tierra by Gloria Estefan.[48][49] The album topped the Billboard Latin Pop Albums chart for 30 weeks, and was the highest-selling Latin pop album of the year in the U.S.[49][50] According to Nielsen SoundScan, the record has sold 603,000 copies in the US as of October 2017, making the 21st bestselling Latin album in the country.[51] Segundo Romance was certified platinum for shipping one million copies,[52] making Luis Miguel the first Latin artist to have two certified platinum albums in the U.S. following Romance.[33][53]

The album was also successful in Spanish-speaking countries. It was certified quintuple platinum in Mexico, triple platinum in Paraguay and Uruguay as well as in Central America; double platinum in Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Spain and Venezuela, and platinum in Ecuador.[54][55] In Brazil, Segundo Romance was certified gold for sales of 100,000 copies.[56] The album reached number one on the Chilean album charts, and was certified diamond for shipping 250,000 copies.[57][58] In Argentina, it was certified 11× platinum and later received a diamond award for sales of 500,000 copies.[54][59] By 1995, Segundo Romance had sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide.[60]

Legacy

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Like its predecessor, Segundo Romance helped to revive interest in bolero music. Mark Holston wrote that the album "proves again that the bolero is back, its heart beating as strongly as ever, its soul alive with tropical passion, a music for every time and all times".[2] According to Enrique Lopetegui of the Los Angeles Times, both albums "created a revival for the bolero – the old-fashioned, string-based romantic messages of unrequited love were embraced even by young listeners".[61] Ed Morales wrote in his book The Latin Beat: The Rhythms and Roots of Latin Music from Bossa Nova to Salsa and Beyond: "Beyond merely being a revival, Romance and its 1994 follow-up, Segundo Romance was a significant update of the genre".[62] Chicago Tribune editor Achy Obejas noted that the albums "scored in such unlikely places as Saudi Arabia and Finland".[63] Segundo Romance was followed by two more bolero albums: Romances (1997) and Mis Romances (2001).[64][65] In 1998, Romance, Segundo Romance, and Romances were compiled on Todos Los Romances, released by WEA Latina.[66]

Track listing

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All tracks produced by Luis Miguel, Manzanero, Calderón, and Cibrian.[14]

No.TitleLyricsMusicYear of composition[14]Length
1."El Día Que Me Quieras"Carlos GardelAlfredo Le Pera19343:58
2."Sin Ti"Pepe GuízarGuízar19403:00
3."Somos Novios"Armando ManzaneroManzanero19683:10
4."La Media Vuelta"José Alfredo JiménezJiménez19632:42
5."Solamente una Vez"Agustín LaraLara19412:58
6."Todo y Nada"Vicente GarridoGarrido19573:35
7."Historia de un Amor"Carlos E. AlmaránAlmarán19553:55
8."Cómo Yo Te Amé"ManzaneroManzanero19863:30
9."Nosotros"Pedro JuncoJunco19434:00
10."Yo Sé Que Volverás"Luis Pérez SabidoManzanero19933:35
11."Delirio"César Portillo de la LuzPortillo de la Luz19564:34

Personnel

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The following information is from AllMusic and from the Segundo Romance liner notes.[14][67]

Performance credits

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  • Robbie Buchanan – piano, keyboards
  • Jodi Burnett – cello
  • Kenneth Burward-Hoy – viola
  • Andrea Byers – violin
  • Darius Campo – violin
  • Ignacio "Kiko" Cibrian – acoustic guitar ("Delirio", "Historia de un Amor", "Todo y Nada"), co-producer
  • Luis Conte – percussion
  • Larry Corbett – cello
  • Rollice Dale – viola
  • Isabelle Daskoff – violin
  • Mario Diaz de Leon – violin
  • Brian Dembow – viola
  • George Doering – acoustic guitar
  • Bruce Donnelly – cello
  • Kirstin Fife – violin
  • Ramón Flores – trumpet ("La Media Vuelta")
  • Matt Funes – viola
  • Harris Goldman – violin
  • Joseph Goodman – violin
  • Endre Granat – violin
  • Gary Grant – brass horn
  • Jerry Hey – brass horn
  • Dan Higgins – brass horn
  • Tiffany Hu – violin
  • Paul Jackson, Jr. – electric guitar
  • 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")
  • Michael Markman – violin
  • Luis Miguel – lead vocalist, main 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. – brass horn
  • 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
  • Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar
  • Jorge Travisano – bandoneon ("El Día Que Me Quieras")
  • Francine Walsh – violin
  • Vivian Wolf – violin

Technical credits

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  • Craig Brock – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
  • Juan Carlos Calderón – co-producer
  • Alfredo Gatica – art direction, art coordinator
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • Brandon Harris – engineer, assistant Engineer
  • Armando Manzanero – co-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

Charts

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Certifications and sales

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[59] Diamond 813,082[78]
Bolivia[54] 2× Platinum  
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[56] Gold 100,000*
Central America (CFC)[54] 3× Platinum  
Chile[58] Diamond 325,000[79]
Colombia[54] 2× Platinum 120,000[80]
Ecuador[54] Platinum  
Mexico (AMPROFON)[54]
1994 Sales
5× Platinum 2,000,000[74]
Paraguay[54] 3× Platinum  
Perú (IFPI Perú)[81] 2× Platinum 40,000[82]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[55] 2× Platinum 200,000^
United States (RIAA)[52] Platinum 603,000[51]
Uruguay (CUD)[54] 3× Platinum 18,000^
Venezuela[54] 2× Platinum 200,000[83]
Summaries
Worldwide
1994 Sales
4,500,000[60][84]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

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References

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