Miguel Bose

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Miguel Bosé (2006)

Miguel Bosé Dominguín (born April 3, 1956 in Aries , Panama ) is a Spanish singer and actor . With over 20 million records sold, he is one of the most popular musicians in Spain, Italy and Latin America . In 2010 he also acquired Colombian citizenship.

Life

Bosé is the son of the torero Luis Miguel Dominguín and the Italian actress Lucia Bosè . His family friends included Pablo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway . Miguel's godfather was Luchino Visconti . He went to London in the early 1970s and enrolled in Lindsay Kemp's School of Dance and Mimic ; later he switched to the dance school of Maurice Béjart in Paris.

Bosé gained his first film experience in 1973; especially between 1976 and 1978 he was very active as an actor. Afterwards he was seen regularly but less often on the big screen.

In 1975 he made his debut in the music business with the help of Camilo Sesto . He had his first major success in 1977 with the hit and the album of the same name, Linda . In 1978 his second album, Miguel Bosé , hit the market with the hit Anna .

In his career he recorded a total of 21 albums. He has also worked as an actor in 35 films, including High Heels (1991) by Pedro Almodóvar and The Bartholomew Night (1994) by Patrice Chéreau . He also directed and acted in plays and hosted a program on the first Spanish television from 1997 to 1999 . In 2002 he moderated the Italian version of the Spanish program Operación Triunfo , a format that combines elements from Germany looking for the superstar and Big Brother .

Bosé has been an ambassador for the development aid organization Oxfam since 2005 .

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
2004 Por vos muero IT33
gold
gold

(4 weeks)IT
2005 Velvetina IT1
gold
gold

(12 weeks)IT
2007 Papito IT1
Quintuple platinum
× 5
Quintuple platinum

(111 weeks)IT
Papitour IT3
platinum
platinum

(43 weeks)IT
2008 Bravo Bosé: 30 grandes éxitos IT97 (1 week)
IT
Bosegrafia 1986-2005 IT30 (12 weeks)
IT
2010 Cardio IT1
platinum
platinum

(49 weeks)IT
2011 Cardio tour IT15 (10 weeks)
IT
2012 Papitwo IT1
platinum
platinum

(61 weeks)IT
2014 Amo IT4th
gold
gold

(47 weeks)IT
2016 MTV Unplugged IT1
gold
gold

(53 weeks)IT

More albums

  • 1975: Soy
  • 1976: Es tan fácil
  • 1977: Linda - beautiful
  • 1978: Miguel Bosé
  • 1979: Chicas! (IT:goldgold)
  • 1980: Miguel (ES:Double platinum× 2Double platinum )
  • 1981: Más allá (ES:goldgold)
  • 1983: Made in Spain (ES:goldgold)
  • 1984: Bandido (ES:platinumplatinum)
  • 1986: Salamandra (ES:platinumplatinum)
  • 1987: XXX (ES:platinumplatinum)
  • 1990: Los chicos no lloran (ES:Double platinum× 2Double platinum )
  • 1993: Bajo el signo de Caín (ES:Double platinum× 2Double platinum )
  • 1995: Laberinto (ES:platinumplatinum)
  • 1998: 11 maneras de ponerse un sombrero
  • 2001: Sereno (ES:Double platinum× 2Double platinum )
  • 2011: Sea lo que sea sera (feat. Above & Beyond )
  • 2013: Colección definitiva

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT
1977 Linda
 IT27 (2 weeks)
IT
Chart entry in ES only in 2012
1984 Amante bandido
 IT9 (4 weeks)
IT
Chart entry in ES only in 2000
2001 Morenamía
 IT7 (4 weeks)
IT
2010 Estuve a punto de ...
 IT13 (15 weeks)
IT
2012 Linda
 IT18 (2 weeks)
IT
feat. Malú
2014 Encanto
 IT39 (1 week)
IT

More singles

  • 1978: Anna
  • 1978: Amor mio, cómo estás?
  • 1979: Super Superman
  • 1979: Shoot Me in the Back
  • 1980: Olympic Games
  • 1980: Te amaré
  • 1981: Marchate ya
  • 1981: You Can't Stay the Night
  • 1981: Si esto es amor
  • 1982: Bravi ragazzi
  • 1983: Non siamo soli
  • 1983: Fuego
  • 1984: Seville
  • 1984: Miraggi
  • 1986: Nena
  • 1987: Aire soy
  • 1988: Como un lobo
  • 1990: Los chicos no lloran
  • 1991: Madrid, Madrid
  • 1993: Si tú no vuelves
  • 1996: La auto-radio canta
  • 1998: Muro
  • 1999: No hay un corazón que valga la pena
  • 2005: Down with Love
  • 2007: Nena (with Paulina Rubio )
  • 2008: Hacer Por Hacer (with Gloria Gaynor )

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • SpainSpain Spain
    • 1988: for the album De Bandido A Duende

Platinum record

  • SpainSpain Spain
    • 1991: for the album Directo 90
    • 1998: for the album Once Maneras De Ponerse El Sombrero
    • 2000: for the album Girados

3 × platinum record

  • SpainSpain Spain
    • 2000: for the album Lo Mejor De Bosé
Country / Region Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Spain (Promusicae) Spain (Promusicae) Gold record icon.svg 8 × gold8th Platinum record icon.svg 26 × platinum26th 2,720,000 elportaldemusica.es ES1 ES2 ES3 ES4
All in all Gold record icon.svg 8 × gold8th Platinum record icon.svg 26 × platinum26th

Filmography (selection)

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Bose, Miguel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bosé Dominguín, Miguel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish singer and actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Aries , Panama