After working for a time as a background singer for
Emmanuel,
Manuel Mijares (he has been billed simply as
Mijares since his debut album in 1986) launched his own career as a pop star with a series of hit singles like “Bella,” “Sonador,” “Poco a Poco,” and “Simpre,” and has remained active ever since with nearly two dozen albums in his catalog. This set,
Vivir Así, Vol. 2, a collection of romantic love songs produced by Scott Erickson, was released in 2010 and went platinum in sales in Mexico, as did its predecessor,
Vivir Así, also produced by Erickson, a year earlier in 2009. ~ Steve Leggett