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Directo al corazón

2nd studio album by Luis Miguel

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ3281893 ↗
Source-derived summary

Directo al corazón (Straight to the heart) is the second album released by Mexican singer Luis Miguel and was released in 1982. The album sold around 900,000 copies in Mexico, and 115,000 copies in Argentina, where it was certified Platinum.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Directo al corazón” is 2nd studio album by Luis Miguel. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Directo, corazón and studio, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1982—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1982. For this dossier, Directo, corazón and studio is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “2nd studio album by Luis Miguel” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3281893. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1982.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

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  • Identifying works and editions
  • Tracing reception history
  • Finding collection records
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The original object or edition, catalogue raisonné, performance record, rights file and holding institution.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Directo al corazón”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Directo al corazón primary sources, Directo al corazón archive and Directo research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Directo al corazón”?
  2. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
  3. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
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This entry incorporates text from “Directo al corazón” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.