Segundo Romance
{{short description|1994 studio album by Luis Miguel}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Segundo Romance
| type = studio
| artist = Luis Miguel
| cover = segundoromance.jpg
| alt = A man in a dark room is wearing a tuxedo and looking right. His face is partially visible.
| released = {{start date|df=yes|1994|8|30}}
| recorded = 1994
| venue =
| studio = Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, California
| genre = Bolero
| length = {{duration|m=38|s=57}}
| language = Spanish
| label = WEA Latina
| producer = {{flatlist|
| prev_title = Aries
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = El Concierto
| next_year = 1995
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Segundo Romance
| type = studio
| single1 = El Día Que Me Quieras
| single1date = August 1994
| single2 = La Media Vuelta
| single2date = November 1994
| single3 = Todo y Nada
| single3date = 1995
| single4 = Delirio
| single4date = April 1995
}}
}}
Segundo Romance ({{langx|en|italic=yes|Second Romance}}) 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
In 1991, Luis Miguel released his eighth studio album, Romance, a collection of classic boleros (slow ballads "endowed with romantic lyrics"). The album was successful in Latin America and sold more than six million copies worldwide.{{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}}{{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 }} 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.{{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}} 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.{{cite news|last1=Burr|first1=Ramiro|title=Luis Miguel meets his challenges|work=San Antonio Express-News|publisher=Hearst Corporation|date=11 July 1993}} 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.{{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}}{{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}}
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Segundo Romance was recorded at the Record Plant in Los Angeles, chosen for its state-of-the-art recording facilities.{{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}} Its title was announced in June 1994.{{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}} Luis Miguel co-produced the album with Armando Manzanero{{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}} (who produced Romance), Juan Carlos Calderón (who produced Luis Miguel's albums prior to Romance){{cite web|title=20 Anos – 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}} and Kiko Cibrian (who co-produced Aries).{{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}} Manzanero helped with arrangements and song selection, Calderón was involved with the string section and Cibrian with music direction.{{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}}
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.{{cite news|title=Dará Luis Miguel lo mejor de sí|work=El Informador|date=8 May 1995|page=4-D|language=es}}
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Segundo Romance comprises 11 cover versions of classic boleros, the oldest dating to 1934. The arrangements consist of strings, saxophone solos, and a piano. 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.{{cite book|title=La copla de México|last=González|first=Aurelio|language=es|publisher=El Colegio de México|page=166|year=2007|isbn= 978-968-12-1299-5}}{{cite news|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1994/09/04&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar06508&PageLabel=65|title=Luis Miguel rompe record de ventas con una nueva produccion|language=es|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|publisher=Editora de la Laguna|date=4 September 1994|page=65|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724143722/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT%2F1994%2F09%2F04&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar06508&PageLabel=65|archive-date=24 July 2014|df=dmy-all}} The album features covers of three songs composed by Manzanero: "Somos Novios", "Cómo Yo Te Amé", and "Yo Sé Que Volverás".
Singles
"El Día Que Me Quieras" was released as the album's lead single on 5 August 1994.{{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}} 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.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/luis-miguel/chart-history/latin-songs|title=Luis Miguel – 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}}{{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}} The track also topped the ballads chart in Mexico.{{cite news |title=El elepé de Vilo |url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1994/09/01&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar04412&PageLabel=44 |access-date=7 April 2025 |work=El Siglo de Torreon |date=1 September 1994 |page=44 |language=es}} 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.{{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}} "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,{{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}} topping the chart for three weeks.{{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}} It became the second single to reach number on the ballads chart in Mexico.{{cite news |title=Lista de popularidad |url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1994/12/05&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ad04808&PageLabel=48 |access-date=7 April 2025 |work=El Siglo de Torreon |date=5 December 1994 |page=48 |language=es}} The song's 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.{{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}}{{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}} The third single, "Todo y Nada",{{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}} reached number three on the Hot Latin Songs and number one on the Billboard Latin Pop Airplay charts in the US and number three on the ballads chart in Mexico.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/luis-miguel/chart-history/latin-pop-songs|title=Luis Miguel 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}}{{cite news |title=Listas de popularidad |url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToSaveGifMSIE_ELSIGLO&Type=text/html&Locale=spanish-skin-custom&Path=EDT/1995/05/24&ChunkNum=-1&ID=Ar02820&PageLabel=28 |access-date=7 April 2025 |work=El Siglo de Torreon |date=24 May 1995 |page=28}}"Todo y Nada" was featured as the main theme for the Mexican telenovela Imperio de cristal (1994).{{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}} "Delirio", the fourth single, peaked at number 16 on the Hot Latin Songs chart; its music video was filmed in Brazil.
Promotion
{{main|Segundo Romance Tour}}
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.{{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}} Luis Miguel performed throughout Mexico, the United States, Peru and Argentina until 31 December 1994, when the tour concluded in Acapulco.{{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}} 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".{{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}}
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.{{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}} Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic praised its production and Luis Miguel's performance.{{cite web|title=El Concierto – 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}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev4 = Los Angeles Times
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{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}}
}}
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. According to Promis, the album "further established Luis Miguel as a first-rate balladeer, and enhanced his immense international popularity, not only with the youth market, but with an older, more sophisticated market as well." 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". 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".{{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}} Though Billboard reviewer Paul Verna wrote that it offered "few surprises," he praised Luis Miguel's "scrumptious, sophisti-pop take of 'Nosotros' and 'Delirio'."{{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}} Mario Tarradell of the Miami Herald was less pleased with the album, writing that it "pales in comparison to the original". 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".{{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}}
=Accolades=
In Argentina, Luis Miguel received the Asociación de Cronistas del Espectáculo award for Latin Ballad Album by a Male Solo Artist in 1994.{{cite news|title=Premio ACE a "Cronos" de Guillermo del Toro|language=es|newspaper=El Informador|date=19 November 1994|page=66}} At the 1995 Grammy Awards Segundo Romance won the Best Latin Pop Performance award{{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}} 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.
{{cite magazine| last = Lannert| first = John| date = 21 January 1995| title = Artists & Music – 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}} 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";{{cite web|url=http://i.univision.com/contentuvn/rinconlatino/plnuestro/images/index_historia.swf|title=Lo Nuestro – 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}} "El Día Que Me Quieras" was nominated for Pop Song of the Year.{{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 }} Segundo Romance won the award for the Pop Album of the Year by a Male Artist at the 1995 Billboard Latin Music Awards,{{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}} and was named Best Album of the Year by the Association of Latin Entertainment Critics.{{cite news|title=Premio ACE a "Cronos" de Guillermo del Toro|language=es|newspaper=El Informador|date=21 March 1995|page=39}} Luis Miguel was the Best-Selling Latin Artist of the Year at the 1995 World Music Awards.
Commercial performance
Segundo Romance was released on 30 August 1994. Within two days, the album sold more than one million copies worldwide.{{cite news|title=With love, Luis|work=San Jose Mercury News|publisher=MediaNews Group|date=1 September 1994}} 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.{{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}} That week, Segundo Romance also debuted at number seven on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart;{{cite magazine |title=Top Latin Albums – 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 }} 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.{{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}}{{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}} 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.{{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}} 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. 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.{{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}}
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. 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. In Argentina, it was certified 11× platinum and later received a diamond award for sales of 500,000 copies. By 1995, Segundo Romance had sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide.{{cite news|title=Luis Miguel en la cima del éxito|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-267381|language=es|newspaper=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}}
Legacy
{{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". 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".{{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}} 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".{{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}} Chicago Tribune editor Achy Obejas noted that the albums "scored in such unlikely places as Saudi Arabia and Finland".{{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}} Segundo Romance was followed by two more bolero albums: Romances (1997) and Mis Romances (2001).{{cite web|title=Romances – 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}}{{cite web|title=Mis Romances 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}} In 1998, Romance, Segundo Romance, and Romances were compiled on Todos Los Romances, released by WEA Latina.{{cite web|title=Todos Los Romances – 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}}
Track listing
All tracks produced by Luis Miguel, Manzanero, Calderón, and Cibrian.
{{tracklist
| extra_column = Year of composition{{cite AV media notes |title=Segundo Romance|last=Luis Miguel |year= 1994|type= CD liner|publisher= WEA Latina|id= W2 97234|location= United States}}
| title1 = El Día Que Me Quieras
| length1 = 3:58
| lyrics1 = Carlos Gardel
| music1 = Alfredo Le Pera
| extra1 = 1934
| title2 = Sin Ti
| length2 = 3:00
| lyrics2 = Pepe Guízar
| music2 = Guízar
| extra2 = 1940
| title3 = Somos Novios
| length3 = 3:10
| lyrics3 = Armando Manzanero
| music3 = Manzanero
| extra3 = 1968
| title4 = La Media Vuelta
| length4 = 2:42
| lyrics4 = José Alfredo Jiménez
| music4 = Jiménez
| extra4 = 1963
| title5 = Solamente una Vez
| length5 = 2:58
| lyrics5 = Agustín Lara
| music5 = Lara
| extra5 = 1941
| title6 = Todo y Nada
| length6 = 3:35
| lyrics6 = Vicente Garrido
| music6 = Garrido
| extra6 = 1957
| title7 = Historia de un Amor
| length7 = 3:55
| lyrics7 = Carlos E. Almarán
| music7 = Almarán
| extra7 = 1955
| title8 = Cómo Yo Te Amé
| length8 = 3:30
| lyrics8 = Manzanero
| music8 = Manzanero
| extra8 = 1986
| title9 = Nosotros
| length9 = 4:00
| lyrics9 = Pedro Junco
| music9 = Junco
| extra9 = 1943
| title10 = Yo Sé Que Volverás
| length10 = 3:35
| lyrics10 = Luis Pérez Sabido
| music10 = Manzanero
| extra10 = 1993
| title11 = Delirio
| length11 = 4:34
| lyrics11 = César Portillo de la Luz
| music11 = Portillo de la Luz
| extra11 = 1956
}}
Personnel
The following information is from AllMusic and from the Segundo Romance liner notes.{{cite web|title=Segundo Romance – 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}}
=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=
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
- 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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=Weekly charts=
=All-time charts=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+All-time chart performance for Segundo Romance |
| scope="col"|Chart (1993-2018)
!scope="col"|Position |
|---|
| scope="row"|US Top Latin Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|last=Roiz|first=Jessica |title=The Top 20 Latin Albums of All Time |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/8475939/top-20-latin-albums-of-all-time |magazine=Billboard |access-date=May 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004104733/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/8475939/top-20-latin-albums-of-all-time |archive-date=October 4, 2018 |date=September 20, 2018}}
|align="center"|4 |
{{col-2}}
=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Year-end chart performance for Segundo Romance |
| style="text-align:center;"|Chart (1994)
! style="text-align:center;"|Position |
|---|
| scope="row" align="left"|Argentine Albums (CAPIF){{cite magazine|title=Luismi y los demás|newspaper=Página 12|url=https://archive.org/details/BNA_S001207768_19950112N00150No/page/n3/mode/2up|date=January 12, 1995|page=5|access-date=27 March 2025|quote=La llegada del Segundo Romance, en junio del '94, no defraudó las expectativas de la compañía, y llegó a fin de año con 689.847 placas vendidas.|language=es}}
|align="center"|1 |
| scope="row" align="left"|Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)
|align="center"|1 |
| scope="row" align="left"|US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)
| style="text-align:center;"|2 |
| scope="row" align="left"|US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard)
| style="text-align:center;"|1 |
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| style="text-align:center;"|Chart (1995)
! style="text-align:center;"|Position |
|---|
| scope="row" align="left"|US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)
| style="text-align:center;"|4 |
| scope="row" align="left"|US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1995/BB-1995-12-23.pdf|title=The Year in Music|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|pages=YE-64, 66|date=23 December 1995|access-date=10 April 2022|archive-date=28 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628190958/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1995/BB-1995-12-23.pdf|url-status=live}}
| style="text-align:center;"|3 |
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| style="text-align:center;"|Chart (1996)
! style="text-align:center;"|Position |
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| scope="row" align="left"|US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)
| style="text-align:center;"|20 |
| scope="row" align="left"|US Latin Pop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1996/BB-1996-12-28.pdf|title=The Year in Music|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|pages=YE-63, 66|date=28 December 1996|access-date=10 April 2022|archive-date=28 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628173408/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1996/BB-1996-12-28.pdf|url-status=live}}
| style="text-align:center;"|15 |
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| style="text-align:center;"|Chart (1997)
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| scope="row" align="left"|US Top Latin Catalog Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1997/Billboard-1997-12-27.pdf|title=The Year in Music|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|volume=108|issue=52|pages=YE-70|date=27 December 1997|access-date=10 April 2022|archive-date=7 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307150222/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1997/Billboard-1997-12-27.pdf|url-status=live}}
| style="text-align:center;"|9 |
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Certifications and sales
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Argentina|title=Segundo Romance|artist=Luis Miguel|type=album|award=Diamond|certref={{cite web|url=http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=1&LanDesde_AA=1980&LanHasta_MM=12&LanHasta_AA=2010&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706084844/http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=1&LanDesde_AA=1980&LanHasta_MM=12&LanHasta_AA=2010&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP|archive-date=6 July 2011|title = Discos de oro y platino|trans-title=Gold and platinum discs|access-date=4 November 2012|publisher=Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas|language=es}}|salesamount=813,082|salesref={{cite news|last1=Franco|first1=Adriana|title=Nuevo galardón en la industria del disco|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/nuevo-galardon-en-la-industria-del-disco-nid158931|website=La Nación|publisher=Grupo Nación|access-date=13 May 2019|date=27 October 1999|archive-date=13 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513000619/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/nuevo-galardon-en-la-industria-del-disco-nid158931|url-status=live}}|access-date=13 May 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Bolivia|title=Segundo Romance|artist=Luis Miguel|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|certref={{cite book|last1=Stavans|first1=Ilan|author-link1=Ilan Stavans|title=Latin music: Musicians, Genres, and Themes|date=29 July 2014|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-34396-4|page=502|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qE-LBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA502|access-date=26 October 2017|archive-date=17 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717114648/https://books.google.com/books?id=qE-LBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA502|url-status=live}}|nosales=true|relyear=1994}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|title=Segundo Romance|artist=Luis Miguel|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1994|certyear=1996|access-date=18 July 2014}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Central America|title=Segundo Romance|artist=Luis Miguel|type=album|award=Platinum|number=3|certref=|nosales=true|relyear=1994}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Chile|title=Segundo Romance|artist=Luis Miguel|type=album|award=Diamond|certref={{cite news|url=http://wvw.nacion.com/viva/1999/noviembre/20/espec6.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027144619/http://wvw.nacion.com/viva/1999/noviembre/20/espec6.html|archive-date=27 October 2019|url-status=live|title=Luis Miguel en Chile|language=es|newspaper=La Nación|date=20 November 1999|access-date=27 October 2019}}|relyear=1994|salesamount=325,000|salesref={{cite news|title=Los 'Romances' arrasan en Chile|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/311488907|access-date=December 27, 2021|newspaper=Reforma|page=6|language=es|url-status=live|date=August 25, 1997|id={{ProQuest|311488907}}|archive-date=5 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405094532/https://www.proquest.com/docview/311488907}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Colombia|title=Segundo Romance|artist=Luis Miguel|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|salesamount=120,000|salesref={{cite news|url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-268395|title=Entre los villancicos y la música caliente|language=es|newspaper=El Tiempo|date=23 December 1994|access-date=8 April 2022|archive-date=8 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408122720/https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-268395|url-status=live}}|certref=}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Ecuador|title=Segundo Romance|artist=Luis Miguel|type=album|award=Platinum|certref=|nosales=true|relyear=1994}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|title=Segundo Romance|artist=Luis Miguel|type=album|award=Platinum|number=5|salesamount=2,000,000|salesref={{cite news|title=No fue el mejor año, pero varios artistas mexicanos tuvieron éxitos en 1994|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6xNDAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22luis+miguel%22+copias&pg=PA14&article_id=1283,7154660|newspaper=La Opinión|page=3D|language=es|quote=Luis Miguel, quién a pesar de las inumerables críticas en seis meses vendió, sólo en México, más de dos millones de copias de su disco de boleros Segundo Romance|date=December 26, 1994|access-date=February 18, 2024}}|certref=|relyear=1994|note=1994 Sales}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Paraguay|title=Segundo Romance|artist=Luis Miguel|type=album|award=Platinum|number=3|certref=|nosales=true|relyear=1994}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Perú (IFPI Perú) |title=Segundo Romance|artist=Luis Miguel|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|certref={{cite news|title=Luis Miguel live in person and on disc|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/368519970|access-date=February 21, 2022|newspaper=La Prensa|page=1B|via=ProQuest|date=October 20, 1995|archive-date=17 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717114658/https://www.proquest.com/docview/368519970|id={{ProQuest|368519970}} |url-status=live}}|relyear=1994|salesamount=40,000|salesref={{cite magazine|title=Unknown|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RAczAAAAYAAJ&q=Romance|access-date=February 10, 2022|magazine=Caretas|page=91|language=es|date=1994|via=Google Books|quote=Que los boleros están de moda no es ninguna novedad , pero que el Segundo Romance de Luis Miguel haya logrado un disco de platino ( 20,000 copias vendidas ) en el Perú en sólo 10 días , constituye todo un record en plena recesión.|number=1327–1335|archive-date=10 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210202756/https://books.google.com/books?id=RAczAAAAYAAJ&q=Romance|url-status=live}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|title=Segundo Romance|artist=Luis Miguel|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|certref={{cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos. Año a año. 1959-2002|trans-title=Only Hits. Year by year. 1959–2002|year=2005|location=Madrid, Spain|publisher=Iberautor Promociones Culturales|pages=962|language=es|isbn=978-84-8048-639-2}}|relyear=1994}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Segundo Romance|artist=Luis Miguel|type=album|award=Platinum|salesamount=603,000|salesref={{cite magazine|last1=Estevez|first1=Marjua|title=The Top 25 Biggest Selling Latin Albums of the Last 25 Years: Selena, Shakira & More|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/8005603/selena-quintanilla-top-selling-latin-albums-ranking-25-years|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=18 October 2017|date=17 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017153546/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/8005603/selena-quintanilla-top-selling-latin-albums-ranking-25-years|archive-date=October 17, 2017}}|access-date=17 July 2014}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Uruguay|title=Segundo Romance|certyear=1994|artist=Luis Miguel|type=album|award=Platinum|number=3|certref=|relyear=1994}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Venezuela|title=Segundo Romance|artist=Luis Miguel|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|certref=|nosales=true|relyear=1994}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide|nocert=true|salesamount=4,500,000|salesref={{cite book|last=de la Espriella Ossío|first=Alfonso|title=Historia de la música en Colombia: A través de nuestro bolero|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VSAUAQAAIAAJ&q=%22que+se+hab%C3%ADan+vendido%22|publisher=Grupo Editorial Norma|date=1997|page=29|isbn=978-9580442387|access-date=15 April 2022|archive-date=17 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717114651/https://books.google.com/books?id=VSAUAQAAIAAJ&q=%22que+se+hab%C3%ADan+vendido%22|url-status=live}}|note=1994 Sales}}
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See also
- 1994 in Latin music
- List of best-selling albums in Argentina
- List of best-selling albums in Chile
- List of best-selling albums in Colombia
- List of best-selling albums in Mexico
- List of best-selling Latin albums
- List of best-selling Latin albums in the United States
- List of diamond-certified albums in Argentina
- List of fastest-selling albums
- List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums from the 1990s
- List of number-one Billboard Latin Pop Albums from the 1990s
References
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{{Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album}}
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