Grandes Éxitos (English: "Greatest Hits") is a greatest hits album by Mexican singer Luis Miguel. Released on 22 November 2005 by Warner Music Latina, the album features 24 previously recorded songs from Miguel's career with his record label as well as two new songs ("Misterios del Amor" and "Si Te Perdiera"); both songs were released as singles from the album. A special edition of the record was also released and features six extra songs as well as a DVD containing music videos from Miguel's career. Grandes Éxitos received a favorable review by AllMusic critic, Thom Jurek who commended Miguel's trajectory as an artist. Commercially, it reached number one in Mexico and the top ten in Argentina, Spain, Portugal, and the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart in the United States. It was certified Multi-Platinum in Mexico and the United States (Latin) and Platinum in Spain.
On 15 October 2005, Luis Miguel announced that he was releasing a greatest hits album on 22 November 2005.[1] The contains 24 previously recorded songs from his music career, ranging from pop music, boleros from his Romance series, and mariachi. The set includes tracks he recorded under his label Warner Music Latina since 1987.[2] A special edition of the album was also released on 22 November and features six extra songs, as well as a DVD of his music videos.[1]
Two original songs were composed for Grandes Éxitos: "Misterios del Amor" and "Si Te Perdiera". The former song was composed by Francisco Loyo and Alejandro Asensi while the latter track was written by Manuel Alejandro;[3] both songs were produced by Miguel.[2][4] "Misterios del Amor" was released as the album's lead single on 24 October 2005 and peaked at number 29 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States.[5][6] "Si Te Perdiera" was released as the album's second single on 16 January 2006 and peaked at number 47 on the Hot Latin Songs chart.[5][7] "Si Te Perdiera" served as the main theme for the Mexican telenovelaLa verdad oculta (2006).[8]
AllMusic critic Thom Jurek gave Grandes Éxitos four-out-of-five stars noting Miguel's maturity from a teen idol into crooner. He commented some of the songs sounds "dated" but remarked that Miguel's trajectory as "utterly engaging and worthwhile".[9] In the United States, Grandes Éxitos peaked at number eight on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and was certified double platinum in the Latin field by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipping 200,000 copies.[10][11] In Mexico, the double-disc reached the top of the Top 100 Mexico albums chart and was certified quadruple platinum by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON) for shipping 400,000 units.[12][13] The DVD was certified double platinum by AMPROFON as well for shipments of 40,000 units.[13] In Argentina, it peaked at number three on the albums chart. In Europe, the record peaked at number five in Spain and was certified platinum by the Productores de Música de España and reached seven in Portugal.[14][15][16]
^ abc"Top 100 Album"(PDF) (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. 2006. Archived from the original(PDF) on 15 February 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
^ abcd"Efemérides de espectáculos del 16 de febrero". Notimex (in Spanish). 15 February 2009. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022 – via ProQuest. (...) un cuádruple Disco de Platino por "Grandes éxitos" y doble Disco de Platino por el DVD de este último material.
^"Top 100 Album"(PDF) (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. 2005. Archived from the original(PDF) on 15 February 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
^García, Juan Carlos; Contreras, Héctor (16 January 2006). "Iluminara Luismi 'palacios' de playa". Mural (in Spanish). p. 2. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022 – via ProQuest. Con su mas reciente disco, "Grandes Éxitos", el cantante Luis Miguel vendio 395 mil copias en Mexico, informo un vocero de Warner Music, su compania disquera.
^"Efemérides de espectáculos del 7 de diciembre". Notimex (in Spanish). 6 December 2007. ProQuest428167452. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022 – via ProQuest. A una semana del lanzamiento del disco "Grandes éxitos", de Luis Miguel, álbum doble que incluye 32 de los mejores temas del intérprete, ya se vendieron más de 600 mil copias.
^Miguel, Luis (2005). Grandes Éxitos (Album liner notes). United States: Warner Music Latina, a division of Warner Music Group.
