...Un Sol | ||||
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Released | January 21, 1982 | |||
Recorded | 1981 | |||
Genre | Latin pop | |||
Length | 27:29 | |||
Label | EMI Mexico | |||
Producer |
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Luis Miguel chronology | ||||
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Un Sol (stylized as ...Un Sol), also known as 1 + 1 = 2 Enamorados,[1] is the debut studio album by Mexican singer Luis Miguel. Released in 1982, when Miguel was eleven years old. The album peaked at number two at the California's "Hot Latin LPs".[2]
Four songs from the album were done in Portuguese and released as two different singles in Brazil. According to the Brazilian newspaper A Luta Democrática, the single "1 + 1 = Dois Apaixonados" was certified gold there while the single "Mentira" sold 80,000 copies in the country.[3] The success motivated the label to plan an album by the singer with songs in Brazilian Portuguese.[3]
According to different sources the album sold around 700,000 copies in Miguel's home country, earning a gold and platinum certification there,[4][5] and one million copies in Mexico alone.[6][7] In Argentina it sold over 10,000 copies.[8]
(...) After receiving a gold record in Brazil with the hit "Um Mais Um - Dois Apaixonados" and having sold more than 80,000 copies of "Mentira", Luis Miguel returned to Brazil and recorded his first LP in Portuguese. (...)
(...) His first LP, Un Sol, sold 700,000 copies in three months in Mexico and earned him a gold and platinum record. (...)
Luis Miguel, only twelve years old, son of a musician, born in Porto de Vera Cruz, Mexico, who leads the charts in his country, having achieved sales of around seven hundred thousand copies already on his first album, earning him the "Gold record" and "Platinum record" awards (...)
Su primer disco 1 + 1 = 2 enamorados había vendido más de un millón de copias en México y el estribillo pegajoso de la canción sonaba en todas las radios limeñas
(...) A success in his country, Luis Miguel is thirteen years old and has recorded two LPs. The first one sold a million copies; the second is already around 900,000 copies. (...)