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Lu Andrade
Brazilian singer, songwriter, and actress / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Luciana de Andrade (born 18 September 1978) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, presenter and actress. In 2002 she won the talent show Popstars and joined the Brazilian girl group Rouge until 2004, recording two of the four studio albums, Rouge (2002), C'est La Vie (2003). In 2004 she left the band claiming a lack of identification with the musical style of the group that sold 6 million copies in all and became the most successful girl group of Brazil and one of the twenty that more sold in the world.[1]
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Born | Luciana de Andrade (1978-09-18) 18 September 1978 (age 45) Varginha, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
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Leonardo Pereira
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Years active | 2002–present |
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In 2004, after leaving the group, Andrade returned to the parents' home in Varginha, where she remained for some months without giving statements to the press.[2] In 2005 returns to São Paulo to study music and to improve its musical ideology, working like vocal of support for Negra Li, Nasi, Theft, Forgotten Boys and Sérgio Britto, besides the American Eric Silver.[3] In 2007 Andrade was invited to become a reporter for the Show Total program, the TVA subscription channel, where she remained until 2009.[4] In 2010 it debuted in the stages of the theater musical Into The Woods, Brazilian version of the Broadway classic.[5] In 2012 it released its second tour, titled Tour O Amor e o Tempo.[6] In 2012 it released its first single, "Mind and Heart", releasing second, "Amanheceu", in 2014.[7] In 2015 he formed the Duo Elétrico project along with guitarist Ciro Visconti, playing several covers of rock bands, besides becoming vocalist of the return of the band Aries in a commemorative tour of 25 years.[8] In 2016, conciliating with the works in the music, she became the presenter of the program Estúdio Acesso Cultural, exhibited online, in addition to becoming a singing instructor in the Souza Lima Conservatory, where she had studied music 15 years earlier.[9]