Miguel (singer)

Miguel (2013)

Miguel during the MTV Africa Music Awards (2014).

Miguel Jontel Pimentel (born October 23, 1985 in Los Angeles ), stage name Miguel , is an American R&B singer and songwriter.

Career

Pimentel comes from the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, where many Americans of Mexican descent live. He signed his first contract at the age of 14, but canceled it again when he was 18. After that he was under contract with an indie label for two years, but there was no release. His recordings found their way to Mark Pitts from Jive Records , who gave him a record deal in 2007.

Due to legal disputes with his old indie label, it was three years before he could release his first single. In between he worked as a songwriter with Usher and Asher Roth , on whose album track His Dream he sang along . Also on the Top 6 R & B hit If U Leave of Musiq Soulchild with Mary J. Blige , he was involved. His single debut All I Want Is You with the support of rapper J. Cole was released in September 2010 and hit the US singles charts straight away .

On the occasion of the Grammy Awards 2020 a tribute concert for Prince took place on January 28, 2020 in the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles under the motto "Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince", at which Miguel I Would Die 4 U sang . The concert aired on U.S. television on April 21, 2020, the fourth anniversary of Prince's death.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
year	title	CH	UK	US	Remarks
2010	All I want is you	-	-	US37 platinum (45 weeks)US	First published: November 30, 2010
2012	Kaleidoscope Dream	-	-	US3 platinum (49 weeks)US	First published: September 25, 2012
2015	Wildheart	CH93 (1 week) CH	UK31 (2 weeks) UK	US2 (14 weeks) US	First published: June 29, 2015
2017	War & Leisure	-	UK92 (1 week) UK	US9 gold (34 weeks)US	First published: December 1, 2017

EPs

year	title	Remarks
2012	Kaleidoscope Dream: The Water Preview	First published: July 31, 2012
	iTunes Festival: London 2012	First published: August 31, 2012
	Kaleidoscope Dream: The Air Preview	First published: September 11, 2012
2013	Spotify Sessions London	First published: July 2, 2013
2016	Rogue waves	First published: February 26, 2016
2016	Spotify sessions	First published: July 24, 2016
2019	Te lo dije	First published: April 5, 2019

Mix tapes

year	title	Remarks
2012	Art Dealer Chic Vol. 1	First published: February 27, 2012
	Art Dealer Chic Vol. 2	First published: March 27, 2012
	Art Dealer Chic Vol. 3	First published: April 27, 2012
	Kaleidoscope Dream: The Water Preview	First published: July 31, 2012
2014	Wild	First published: December 19, 2014

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
year	Title album	UK	US	Remarks
2010	All I Want Is You All I Want Is You	-	US58 platinum (14 weeks)US	First published: May 25, 2010 feat. J. Cole
2011	Sure Thing All I Want Is You	-	US36 × 3 Triple platinum (23 weeks)US	First published: January 17, 2011
2011	Quickie All I Want Is You	-	US62 gold (14 weeks)US	First published: August 2, 2011
2012	Adorn Kaleidoscope Dream	UK49 gold (6 weeks)UK	US17th × 3 Triple platinum (33 weeks)US	First published: August 7, 2012
2013	How many drinks? Kaleidoscope Dream	-	US69 platinum (20 weeks)US	First published: March 3rd, 2013 feat. Kendrick Lamar
2015	Coffee Wildheart	UK97 (1 week) UK	US78 platinum (3 weeks)US	First published: May 4th 2015 feat. Whales
2017	Sky Walker War & Leisure	UK- silver UK	US29 × 3 Triple platinum (26 weeks)US	First published: August 31, 2017 feat. Travis Scott

More singles

2006: Getcha Hands Up
2011: Girls Like You
2012: Do You ... (US:gold)
2015: Simple Things (Remix feat. Chris Brown & Future ) (US:platinum)
2016: Waves (US:gold)
2016: Come Through and Chill (feat. J Cole & Salaam Remi) (US:platinum)
2017: 2 Lovin U (with DJ Premier )
2017: Shockandawe
2017: Told You So
2017: Remember Me (Dúo) ( feat.Natalia Lafourcade )
2018: Python
2018: Banana Clip
2018: Spotify Singles (digital only, with the titles Sky Walker and Get You , a cover version by Daniel Caesar)
2019: I Found You / Nilda's Story (with Benny Blanco & Calvin Harris )
2019: Funeral

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	UK	US	Remarks
2011	Lotus Flower Bomb Ambition	-	-	-	-	US38 gold (20 weeks)US	First published: October 11, 2011 Wale feat. Miguel
2013	Power Trip Born Sinner	-	-	-	UK46 silver (7 weeks)UK	US19th platinum (29 weeks)US	First published: February 14, 2013 J. Cole feat. Miguel
2013	#Beautiful Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse	-	-	-	UK22nd silver (16 weeks)UK	US15th platinum (16 weeks)US	First published: May 7, 2013 Mariah Carey feat. Miguel
2014	Good Lovin Ludaversal	-	-	-	-	US91 (1 week) US	First published: December 15, 2014 Ludacris feat. Miguel
2015	Everyday At.Long.Last.A $ AP	-	-	-	UK56 silver (9 weeks)UK	US92 platinum (2 weeks)US	First published: May 11, 2015 A $ AP Rocky feat. Mark Ronson & Rod Stewart
2017	Lost in Your Light Dua Lipa	-	-	-	UK86 silver (1 week)UK	-	First published: April 21, 2017 Dua Lipa feat. Miguel
2018	Remind Me to Forget Kids in Love	DE14 (22 weeks) DE	AT4th gold (24 weeks)AT	CH2 platinum (24 weeks)CH	UK69 silver (8 weeks)UK	US63 (11 weeks) US	First published: March 16, 2018 Kygo feat. Miguel
2018	Show me love	-	-	-	-	US90 gold (1 week)US	First published: September 17, 2019 Alicia Keys feat. Miguel
2020	Happiness Over Everything (HOE) Chilombo	-	-	-	-	US65 (1 week) US	Jhené Aiko feat. Future & Miguel

Further guest contributions

2011: Slide Over ( Baby Bash feat. Miguel)
2012: Pride n Joy ( Fat Joe feat. Kanye West , Miguel, Jadakiss , Mos Def , DJ Khaled , Roscoe Dash & Busta Rhymes )
2013: PrimeTime ( Janelle Monáe feat. Miguel)
2014: This Is Not a Game ( The Chemical Brothers feat.Miguel & Lorde )
2016: Weekend ( Mac Miller feat. Miguel)
2016: XPlicit ( French Montana feat. Miguel)
2016: Overtime ( Schoolboy Q feat.Miguel & Justine Skye)
2017: Stay for It (RL Grime feat. Miguel)
2017: Sunshine (Kyle feat. Miguel)
2017: Backstage (OverDoz. Feat. Miguel)
2017: Oásis ( Emicida feat.Miguel )
2018: Got Friends (GoldLink feat. Miguel)
2018: Stay Woke ( Meek Mill feat.Miguel)
2018: Light Me Up (RL Grime feat.Miguel & Julia Michaels )

Awards for music sales

Golden record

Belgium Belgium
- 2018: for the single Remind Me to Forget
Denmark Denmark
- 2013: for streaming #Beautiful
- 2013: for streaming Adorn
- 2018: for the single Everyday
- 2019: for the single Remind Me to Forget
France France
- 2018: for the single Remind Me to Forget
Italy Italy
- 2018: for the single Remind Me to Forget
New Zealand New Zealand
- 2013: for the single #Beautiful
Canada Canada
- 2019: for the single coffee
- 2019: for the single Simple Things
- 2019: for the single Waves
- 2019: for the single Come Through and Chill

Platinum record

Australia Australia
- 2013: for the single #Beautiful
- 2018: for the single Adorn
- 2018: for the single Everyday
Canada Canada
- 2019: for the single Sky Walker
- 2019: for the single Everyday
Poland Poland
- 2019: for the single Remind Me to Forget

2 × platinum record

Australia Australia
- 2018: for the single Remind Me to Forget
Canada Canada
- 2019: for the single Remind Me to Forget

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	0! S.-	0! G-	5 × platinum5	350,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	15,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	0! S.-	4 × gold4th	0! P-	90,000	ifpi.dk
France (SNEP)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	100,000	snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	25,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	0! S.-	4 × gold4th	4 × platinum4th	480,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	7,500	nztop40.co.nz
Austria (IFPI)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	15,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	0! S.-	0! G-	platinum1	20,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Switzerland (IFPI)	0! S.-	0! G-	platinum1	20,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	0! S.-	6 × gold6th	19 × platinum19th	22,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	6 × silver6th	gold1	0! P-	1,600,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	6 × silver6th	20 × gold20th	30 × platinum30th

Individual evidence

^ Blaxicans in the mix , HispanicAd.com, August 5, 2010
↑ Chuck Arnold: Grammy salute 'Let's Go Crazy' proves nothing compares 2 Prince. In: nypost.com. April 21, 2020, accessed April 24, 2020 .
↑ admin: The Best Moments From 'Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute To Prince' [Videos]. In: liveforlivemusic.com. April 21, 2020, accessed April 24, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
↑ Spotify Singles. Spotify, accessed April 17, 2019 .

Web links

Miguel Calls Playing Eminem & Jay-Z's Stadium Show 'Unbelievable' , Billboard, September 17, 2010
Official Homepage (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Miguel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pimentel, Miguel Jontel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American R&B singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	October 23, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH	Los Angeles , California , USA

[1] Blaxicans in the mix , HispanicAd.com, August 5, 2010

[2] Chuck Arnold: Grammy salute 'Let's Go Crazy' proves nothing compares 2 Prince. In: nypost.com. April 21, 2020, accessed April 24, 2020 .

[3] : The Best Moments From 'Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute To Prince' [Videos]. In: liveforlivemusic.com. April 21, 2020, accessed April 24, 2020 .

[charts-4] Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

[5] Spotify Singles. Spotify, accessed April 17, 2019 .