Miguel signed a recording contract with Jive Records, and after being signed, he recorded his debut album All I Want Is You. In 2007, Miguel also contributed vocals to three tracks on the debut collaborative project of Blu and Exile, Below the Heavens, appearing under the moniker "Miguel Jontel". For the following three years, he contributed to Usher's Here I Stand and Raymond v. Raymond, as well as Asher Roth's Asleep in the Bread Aisle and Musiq Soulchild's IfULeave. Miguel also released Mischief: The Mixtape.
His second studio album, Kaleidoscope Dream, was released on October 2, 2012, to critical acclaim. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, selling 71,000 copies in its first week. In February 2013, he released a politically driven video for the song Candles in the Sun. The album's lead single Adorn, which had been released on August 7, became a sleeper hit on urban radio. It was Miguel's second number-one single on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and his highest-charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 17. By September, the single had sold 190,000 copies.
In 2013, the new single #Beautiful with Mariah Carey became Miguel's third million-seller in the US. Miguel released his third studio album titled Wildheart on June 30, 2015. In December 2014, Miguel released a 3-track EP entitled NWA.HollywoodDreams.Coffee in promotion for the album. The album was nominated for a Grammy in the category Best Urban Contemporary Album, also Coffee was nominated for Best R&B Song. In 2016, Miguel released the single Waves that's been remixed by RAC and Tame Impala.
