Editing Miguel Cancel

{{short description|Member of Menudo, boy band}}

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| birth_place        = [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S.
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| birth_name         = Miguel Ángel Cancel Vázquez
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| occupation         = Singer, actor, police officer
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'''Miguel Ángel Cancel Vázquez''' (born June 28, 1968) is a Puerto Rican singer, actor and retired [[police officer]] who began his career with the [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico-based]] [[boy band]] [[Menudo (band)|Menudo]].

==Career==
===Menudo===
Miguel was born in [[Chicago, Illinois]] as the only child of Gloria and Felix Cancel. Miguel joined Menudo as a singer in 1981, replacing [[Óscar Meléndez]]. He was the first bilingual element on the band, and he was part of the most iconic age of the band called "the golden age" next to [[Xavier Serbiá]], [[René Farrait]], [[Ricky Meléndez]], [[Johnny Lozada]], [[Charlie Masso|Charlie Massó]] and [[Ray Reyes]], collaborating in making Menudo an international sensation, with LP albums like [[Fuego (Menudo album)|Fuego]], [[Quiero Ser]], [[Por Amor (Menudo album)|Por Amor]] and [[Una Aventura Llamada Menudo]].

He acted in the 2 movies Menudo appeared at, ''[[Menudo: La Pelicula]]'' in 1981 and ''[[Una Aventura Llamada Menudo]]'' in 1982, and the two mini series ''[[Quiero Ser]]'' and ''[[Es Por Amor]]'' next to Xavier Serbiá, Johnny Lozada, Charlie Massó, Ricky Meléndez and René Farrait, and he also appeared on the TV show, [[La Gente Joven de Menudo]] on Telemundo PR as a member of the group.

In 1983, Cancel quit drastically Menudo at the age of 15, a year before the mandatory retirement age of 16, due to his desire to live a "normal life", even as his voice was already recorded for Menudo's next album, "A Todo Rock". He was replaced by [[Roy Rosselló]].

Cancel sang lead on various Menudo hits, including A Volar, Cuándo Pasará, Por Amor, Xanadú, Quiero Rock, Me Voy A Enamoriscar etc.

Miguel entered at the start of  1981 and left at the end of 1983, an era that was part of what is the golden age of the band and the international "menuditis" era, the band becoming famous on countries like the [[U.S.]], [[Mexico]], [[Peru]] and others

===After Menudo===

====1980s====
In 1984, Cancel released his first solo recording, the pop rock single entitled "Fun Fun Fun Fun" (English/Spanish).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://collectorsfrenzy.com/details/290758823058/Miguel_Cancel_Fun_Fun_Fun_RARE_LA_NEWWAVEPOWERPOP_84_synth_knack_HEAR | title=Ex-Menudo singer, Miguel Cancel, releases 1984 single entitled "Fun Fun Fun Fun" | publisher=collectorsfrenzy.com | accessdate=19 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNWugemXB9U | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/oNWugemXB9U| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live| title=Miguel Cancel performs Spanish version of "Fun Fun Fun Fun" on TV show, ''Entre Amigos'' | publisher=youtube.com | accessdate=19 September 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The single was produced and written by [[Doug Fieger]], lead singer of [[The Knack]], and issued on Cancel's newly formed independent label, Miguel Enterprises.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://collectorsfrenzy.com/details/290758823058/Miguel_Cancel_Fun_Fun_Fun_RARE_LA_NEWWAVEPOWERPOP_84_synth_knack_HEAR | title=Knack lead singer, Doug Fieger, produces and writes 1984 "Fun Fun Fun Fun" single by former Menudo singer, Miguel Cancel | publisher=collectorsfrenzy.com | accessdate=19 September 2013}}</ref>

====El Reencuentro====
In 1998, Cancel was recruited by his ex bandmate Ray Reyes while he worked in the kitchen of a fast food restaurant in the suburbs of Los Angeles to join [[El Reencuentro]], a group consisting of former Menudo members. The band recorded and issued an album of previously released Menudo songs and toured throughout the world in promotion of the album.

====2000s-present====
In 2003, Cancel became a police officer of the [[Coral Gables, Florida]] Police Department. In December 2004, he was ejected from the back seat of a Coral Gables police van resulting in the loss of two fingers from his left hand.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/menudo-singer-injured-in-crash | title=Coral Gables police officer, Miguel Cancel, is seriously injured in 2004 police vehicle accident | date=6 December 2004 | publisher=www.contactmusic.com | accessdate=19 September 2013}}</ref>

Cancel currently lives in [[Miami, Florida]], with his family. He has 4 children Sasha Cancel, Izabella Cancel, Miguel Cancel, Jr. and Mariangelik Cancel. Miguel Cancel Jr. (Miguel Cancel Gulliver) is a swimmer who has won medals in competition at the Florida High School Athletic Association level.

In 2012, Cancel announced that he would again be returning to the music industry as a solo artist, his first solo effort having been in 1984.

== In pop culture ==

Miguel with Johnny, Ricky, Rene, Xavier, Charlie and Ray, among many others, became part of the history of Latin music as the most important boy band of all times in Latin America, being icons of the decade with songs like "Claridad", "Fuego" and "Sùbete a mi moto" that are considered by many the most important and iconic songs in the history of Latin America

Cancel is played by [[Mauro Hernandez]] in the 2020 Amazon Prime Video series based on Menudo, ''[[Súbete a Mi Moto (2020 TV series)|Súbete A Mi Moto]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvynovelas.com/mx/television/menudo-integrantes-subete-a-mi-moto-reparto-serie-amazon-prime-video/ |title=¿Quiénes son los integrantes de Menudo y reparto de Súbete A Mi Moto? |website=www.tvynovelas.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021002610/https://www.tvynovelas.com/mx/television/menudo-integrantes-subete-a-mi-moto-reparto-serie-amazon-prime-video/ |archive-date=2020-10-21}} </ref>

==Discography==
=== With Menudo ===
* ''[[Fuego (Menudo album)|Fuego]]'' (1981)
* ''[[Xanadu (Menudo album)|Xanadu]]'' (1981)
* ''[[Quiero Ser]]'' (1981)
* ''[[Por Amor (Menudo album)|Por Amor]]'' (1982)
* ''[[Una aventura llamada Menudo]]'' (1982)
* ''[[Feliz Navidad (Menudo album)|Feliz Navidad]]'' (1982)
* ''Adios Miguel'' (1983)

==See also==

*[[List of Puerto Ricans]]
*[[List of Menudo members]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.kiwaniscoralgables.org/Appreciation.html Kiwanis award for Officer of the Month]
* [http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2004/12/07/local/iq_3254219.txt Racine Journal-Times article that mentions van crash]
* {{IMDb name|nm1258980}}

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[[Category:Singers from Chicago]]
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[[Category:Puerto Rican law enforcement personnel]]
[[Category:Los Angeles Police Department officers]]
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[[Category:American male singers]]
[[Category:American musicians of Puerto Rican descent]]
[[Category:People from Coral Gables, Florida]]