¡México Por Siempre! (Spanish for: 'Mexico Forever'; stylized as ¡MÉXICO Por Siempre!) is the 20th studio album by Mexican singer Luis Miguel. Released on 24 November 2017 via Warner Music Mexico, it is his second full-length mariachi album following México en la Piel (2004). The album was produced solely by Luis Miguel, with instrumentation done by mariachi ensemble Vargas de Tecalitlán.
The album was a commercial success, being certified three times platinum by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON) and peaking in the top ten on record charts in Mexico, Argentina and Spain. It won two Latin Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Ranchero/Mariachi Album, and won the Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican Music Album.
Promotion
To promote ¡México por siempre!, Luis Miguel began his México Por Siempre Tour on 21 February 2018 at the National Auditorium in Mexico City. The tour totaled 150 concerts throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America and Spain and was confirmed by Billboard as the tour of the year and the most successful Latin tour worldwide.
Boxscore reported that the 2018 leg of Luis Miguel's México Por Siempre Tour was the highest-grossing Latin tour since the chart launched in 1990, pulling in $64.9 million from 613,000 tickets sold, and earning Luis Miguel a Latin American Music Award for tour of the year. He also broke his own record, performing 35 concerts in a tour at the National Auditorium in Mexico City, surpassing the 30 shows he did with the México En La Piel Tour in 2006.
Track listing
Personnel Adapted from the ¡México Por Siempre! liner notes:
Performance credits
Mariachi Vargas De Tecalitlán Carlos Martínez – director, first violin Alberto Alfaro – violin Miguel Ángel Barrón "Gigio" – violin Andrés González – violin Arturo Vargas – guitar Enrique de Santiago – guitarrón Gilberto Aguirre – vihuela Gustavo Alvarado – trumpet Jorge Aguayo – trumpet Eduardo Serna – trumpet
Additional musicians Armando Arellano – violin Sergio Caratache – violin Simón Casas – violin Fernando Martínez – violin Pepe Martínez Jr. – violin Julio Serna – violin Luke Maurer – viola Michael Whitson – viola Rodney Wirtz – viola Alwyn Wright – viola Vanessa Freebairn-Smith – cello Alisha Bauer – cello Giovanna Clayton – cello Trevor Handy – cello Chris Bleth – oboe Heather Clark – flute Stephen Kujala – flute James Thatcher – french horn Jenny Kim – french horn Guillermo Acuña – harp Ramón Stagnaro – acoustic guitar David Reitzas – percussion
Chorus
Alberto Alfaro Israel Bustos Simón Casas Andrés González Carlos Martínez Pepe Martínez Jr. Jonathan Palomar Arturo Vargas
Technical credits
Luis Miguel – producer David Reitzas – co-producer, engineer, mixer, mastering engineer Carlos Martínez – musical direction Shari Sutcliffe – production coordinator Jess Sutcliffe – orchestra recording Jeremy Simoneaux – recording assistant and mixing Wesley Seidman – recording assistant Monique Evelyn – recording assistant Greg Eliason – recording assistant Eric Boulanger – mastering engineer Omar Cruz – photography Stephanie Hsu – graphic design Ravali Yan – photography pages 10 & 11
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2017) Peak position Argentinian Albums (CAPIF) 2 Mexican Albums (AMPROFON) 1 US Regional Mexican Albums (Billboard)"Luis Miguel Chart History (Regional Mexicana Álbumes)". 1
Year-end charts Chart (2017) Position Mexican Albums (AMPROFON) 2 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) 75 Chart (2018) Position Mexican Albums (AMPROFON) 2 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) 65 US Regional Mexican Albums (Billboard) 15 US Top Latin Albums (Billboard) 44 Chart (2019) Position Mexican Albums (AMPROFON) 50
Certifications
See also 2017 in Latin music List of number-one albums of 2017 (Mexico) List of number-one albums of 2018 (Mexico)
References
External links Official site of the artist