Miguel Jontel Pimentel Also known as Miguel is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was born and raised in California by an African American mother and a Mexican American father, who got separated when Miguel was only 8 years old. His interest in music was inherited from both his mother and father. He was very passionate about music and sung his first song when he was 13. During his school period, he worked a lot with local production company “Drop Squad”
About Miguel:
- Full name: Miguel Jontel Pimentel
- Another name: Jontel Johnson
- Spouse: Nazanin Mandi
- Sexual Orientation: Straight
- Children: N/A
- Girlfriend: N/A
- Nationality: American
- Birthday: October 23, 1985.
- Age: 34 years
- Height: 1.68m
- Weight: 62 kg
- Years Active: 2000- Present
- Born in: Sen Pedro, California, United States
- Genre: R&B, alternative R&B
- Instruments: Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard and Sampler
In addition to singing, Miguel also plays guitar. Miguel incorporates R&B, Funk, Hip-hop, Rock and Electronic styles into his music Miguel described his sound as “nostalgic in a sense that it’s familiar … it’s shocking, edgy, energizing”. In an interview with Paper magazine, he regarded his music as “fly, funkadelic, intergalactic-hip-hop-meets-sexy-orgasmic crazy, dope shit”. Miguel is often compared to Babyface and Prince. His vocals are influenced by classic rock bands such as The Beatles, Queen, The Police and Def leppard.
Net Worth of Miguel:
As of March 2020, the singer, songwriter, music producer, and actor Miguel’s net worth is estimated to be $12 million. He earned his wealth of millions from the music he releases and performs.
Awards of Miguel:
He was nominated multiple times for different awards like “Coca-Cola Viewer’s Choice Award”, “Top R&B Artist Award”, “Best Collaboration Award”, “Song of the Year Award” and many others. He won the following:
- Best Collaboration award for the song “Lotus Flower Bomb (with wales)”
- Best New Artist and Best Male R&B Artist Awards for the song “Himself”
- Best R&B Song award for the song “Born”
- The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter’s Award for the songnight (Best you had)”
Albums:
- From Argentina to the World (1997)
- Xtreme (1998)
- Mar Deserto (1999)
- Barco na Alba 2000
- Doce 2000 (2000)
- La Hora Pico (2003)
- Ao Viva No Colisue do Porto (2005)
- Bachata Hits 2007 (2006)
- Acusticazo (2006)
- Bachata Explosion Mix (2007)
- Todo Por Luna (2007)
- Viva Portugal – Romantico 2 (2007)
- Doce Mel (2008)
- All I want is You (2010)
- Amibition (Deluxe Version, 2011)
- Romanticos de Portugal (2012)
- Danca Kizomba Vol.1 (2012)
- Disco Do Ano 2012-2013 (2012)
- Kaleidoscope Dream (2012)
- Viva Portugal- Duetos 2 (2013)
- La Fievre du Flamenco(2013)
- Frankenstein (2014)
- Die Tribute Von Panem (2014)
- Corazon (Deluxe Version) (2014)
- Earth, Wind and Fire (2014)
- Wild Heart (2015)
- Top Portugal (2015)
- The Get Down (2016)
- Rouge Waves. EP (2016)
- Pinoy Dream Academy. Scholar sings Cyabayab (2016)
- Bachata De Amor Vol.6 (2017)
- War and Leisure (2017)
- I got Next+ (2019)
- Unreleased+ (2019)
Films By Miguel:
- Live By Night (2016)
- Detroit(2017)
- The Platinum Life(2017)
