Miguel Rios

Miguel Ríos (2014)

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

A song of joy   DE 24 11/15/1970 (4 weeks)   US 140 08/29/1970 (4 weeks)

Singles

A song of joy   DE 1  gold 08/01/1970 (34 weeks)   AT 1 08/15/1970 (24 weeks)   CH 1 07/14/1970 (24 weeks)   UK 16 07/11/1970 (12 weeks)   US 14th 06/13/1970 (9 weeks) Like an Eagle   DE 47 05/03/1971 (1 week) Sunshine and rainbow   DE 22nd 11/22/1971 (4 weeks)

Miguel Ríos Campaña (born June 7, 1944 in Granada , Spain ), known as Miguel Ríos , is a Spanish musician and rock singer .

Career

His world hit A Song of Joy was released in 1969, took him to number 1 on the German, Austrian and Swiss charts in June 1970, as well as to top positions in Spain, the USA and Great Britain and sold seven million copies. The title is a version of the fourth movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th Symphony designed with elements of pop music . It was arranged and produced by Waldo de los Ríos .

In 1970 he received the Golden Lion from Radio Luxemburg for A Song of Joy . He sang the title in 1971 in the German hit film That knocks down the strongest twin . Also in 1971 he took first place with the title Sunshine and Rainbow at the Grand Prix RTL International .

Discography

• Mira hacia ti 1969
• Despierta 1970
• Unidos 1971
• Miguel Ríos en directo: Conciertos de Rock y amor. 1972
• Miguel Ríos: Éxitos 1973
• Memorias de our humano 1974
• La huerta atómica 1976
• Al-Andalus 1977
• Los viejos rokeros nunca mueren 1979
• Rocanrol boomerang 1980
• Extraños en el escaparate 1981
• Rock and Rios 1982
• El Rock de una noche de verano 1983
• La encrucijada 1984
• Lo más de rock en el ruedo 1985
• El año del cometa 1986
• Que noche la de aquel año 1987
• Miguel Ríos 1989
• Directo al corazón 1991
• Así que pasen treinta años 1992
• Por siempre 1995
• Canciones de amor para tiempos difíciles 1995
• Como si fuera la primera vez 1996
• Miguel Ríos en concierto: Big Band Ríos 1998
• Ana Belén, Miguel Ríos cantan a Kurt Weill 1999
• Miguel Ríos y las estrellas del rock latino 2001
• 60mp3 2004
• Solo o en compañía de otros 2008
• Bye Bye Ríos 2010
• Symphonic Rios 2018

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Spain 1980: for the album Rocanrol Boomerang 1981: for the album Extranos En El Escaparate 1984: for the album La Encrucijada 1985: for the single Bienvenidos 1986: for the single Santa Lucía 1993: for the album Así Que Pasen Treinta Anos 1999: for the album En Concierto Con La Big Band Rios 2001: for the album Miguel Ríos Y Las Estrellas Del Rock Latino

Platinum record  Spain 1983: for the album El Rock De Una Noche De Verano 3 × platinum record  Spain 1982: for the album Rock And Ríos 1997: for the album El Gusto Es Nuestro

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Germany (BVMI)	gold1	-	500,000	See individual evidence
Spain (Promusicae)	8 × gold8th	7 × platinum7th	1,050,000	promusicae.es ES1 ES2 ES3 ES4
All in all	9 × gold9	7 × platinum7th

Individual evidence

1. ^ Günter Ehnert: Hit balance sheet - German chart singles 1956-1980 . 1st edition. Verlag popular music-literature, Norderstedt 2000, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 446 .
2. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
3. ↑ Ehnert, Günter (Ed.): Hit balance sheet. German chart singles 1956-1980 . Hamburg: Taurus Press, 1990, p. 171

Web links

• Official website