Miguel Bosé was born in Panama City, Panama, the son of Italian actress Lucia Bosè and Spanish bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín. He studied acting as well as dancing and singing in 1975. Bosé signed a contract with CBS Records in 1977 and published his first album, Linda. Between 1977 and 1982, Bosè was a major teen idol in Italy, Spain, Southern Europe and in all Latin America.