Luis Miguel’s 54 years in photos: the bond with his parents, the love of his brothers and his definitive redemption

Apr 18, 2024 11:38 pm EST

Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri, better known as Luis Miguel, was born in 1970 in Puerto Rico, at 11:30 at night. He celebrates his birthday on April 19, since his father recorded it that day in the Demographic Registry of the Associated State of the island. His parents were Marcela Basteri and the Spaniard Luisito Rey. They met in Argentina, which could, perhaps, be the beginning of the singer’s bond with the country. Marcela had arrived from her native Italy when she was barely 10 years old, after her father, Sergio Basteri, went to look for her at an orphanage in Tuscany, where Luis Miguel’s grandmother had left her. He had a strong relationship with both, his mother was protective and his father projected on him her desire to succeed in music. On his Instagram account, Alejandro, the singer’s brother, shared an unpublished photo of his mother. him, Marcela. Among the hashtags he chose to explain the photo he put: children, memories, best mother. He is the eldest of three brothers: Alejandro and Sergio. As the years went by, the disappearance of Marcela and the tyranny of his father, the brothers were a support and refuge each otherComplete family in happy times: Luisito Rey and Marcela Basteri with their children Luis Miguel, Alejandro and SergioLuis Miguel, like his father, debuted as an artist when he was a child. At the age of fifteen he won his first Grammy for the song “I like you just as you are” (a duet with Sheena Easton) and established himself as the first youngest Hispanic singer to obtain one (Photo/PEOPLE) In his role as an actor, during During his childhood, Luis Miguel starred in two films forced by his father. The first of them, called “Ya siempre más”, was made at the age of 13 and played Luis Aranda, a teenager with great musical talent, who suffered an accident for which he had to have a leg amputated. The great pain of his life, the a wound that still remains open is the disappearance of his mother. The singer was always clear that Marcela would never have left of her own free will. To find her, he resorted to all resources, but to this day it is unknown what happened to her. Years after Marcela’s disappearance, Luis Miguel and his brother Alex went through the loss of their father together (Photo/PEOPLE) In the midst of the rise of their career, Luis Miguel went to Verónica Castro’s program in Mexico (Photo/Screenshot) Luis Miguel’s sentimental career was also on the rise. He was always accompanied and had many partners. The best known occurred in 1999, when he met Mariah Carey in Aspen. However, this bond was dissolved in 2001, amid speculation about Carey’s alleged infidelity with rapper EminemLuis Miguel is the father of three children: Michelle Salas, Miguel and Daniel. The two little ones were born during his controversial relationship with actress Aracely Arámbula. In the photo, with his eldest daughter After many years of silence, the singer reappeared and underwent hair treatment in Madrid for his return to the stage (Photo/Twitter) Once he returned to the stage, he rediscovered his passion for music and it didn’t stop. Last March he came to Argentina and performed at a gala in La Rural, before a select audience (Photo / Fenix ​​Press) In his 54 years of life, Luis Miguel released 33 albums. This includes studio albums, compilations and live albums (Photo/Prensa Fenix) He had to go through storms, good and bad times, sadness and joy, but the reward came a few years ago, when he began his relationship with Paloma Cuevas and his life began to change. change