Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel is a Brazilian TV host, actress, singer, and businesswoman. Known as the "queen of children", Xuxa built the largest Latin and Southern American children's entertainment empire. In the early 1990s, she presented television programs in Brazil, Argentina, Spain and the United States simultaneously, reaching around 100 million viewers daily. Xuxa has sold over 30 million copies of her records worldwide, which makes her the highest-selling Brazilian female singer. Her net worth was estimated at US$100 million in the early 1990s. Also successful as a businesswoman, she has the highest net worth of any Brazilian female entertainer, estimated at US$400 million.
Roberto Menescal is a Brazilian composer, record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and pioneer of bossa nova. In many of his songs there are references to the sea, including his best-known composition "O Barquinho". He is also known for work with Carlos Lyra, Nara Leão, Wanda Sá, Ale Vanzella, and many others. Menescal has performed in Latin music genres such as Música popular brasileira, bossa nova, and samba. He was nominated for a Latin Grammy for his work with his son's bossa group Bossacucanova in 2002 and received the 2013 Latin Recording Academy Special Awards in Las Vegas in November 2013.
Silvia D'Atri Telles was a Brazilian jazz Samba and Bossa Nova singer and composer of the 1950s and 1960s, considered one of the major artists of Bossa Nova and MPB. Most of her original recordings are out of print, though occasional compilations are released.
This is the discography of Xuxa, a presenter, actress, singer and former model from Brazil. The singer has released twenty-eight studio albums, thirteen compilations, eight Spanish-language albums, over two hundred music videos and one hundred and ten singles. Xuxa became notorious after presenting the Clube da Criança program on the now defunct Rede Manchete network between 1984 and 1985, and soon after embarked on her first studio albums and soundtracks: Clube da Criança and Xuxa e Seus Amigos. However, it was with the albums of the Xou da Xuxa collection, which had significant sales that she achieved success.
Bossacucanova is a Brazilian musical group. The group combines traditional bossa nova with electronica. The group is most notable for having been nominated for a Latin Grammy award in 2002 for Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album for their album Brasilidade.
Xuxa is the sixth studio album and the first in the Spanish-language by Brazilian recording artist Xuxa. It was first released on November 18, 1989, in Argentina, Chile, Mexico and United States by the record company Som Livre, in the Latin America in January 1990, and in August of the same year in Europe.
Ugo Marotta is a Brazilian musician, conductor, arranger, composer, keyboardist and vibraphonist. He took part at the Brazilian music movements Bossa Nova and Musicanossa.
Uns (transl. Some) is an album by Brazilian singer Caetano Veloso, released in 1983.
Xuxa 3 is the tenth studio album and the third in Spanish language by Brazilian recording artist Xuxa. It was released in October 1992 in Latin America, United States and Europe.
Talk to Me is the first English language album by Brazilian recording artist Xuxa. The album is a compilation of Xuxa's most popular songs in English versions for her TV show - Xuxa - but the material was never released commercially neither in America, nor in Brazil.
El Pequeño Mundo is the nineteenth studio album and the fourth in Spanish language album by Brazilian recording artist Xuxa Meneghel. It was released in October 1994 by Polygram.
Xuxa Dance is the 17th studio album and the fifth in Spanish by the Brazilian recording artist Xuxa. It was produced by Christian de Walden and released in December 1996 by PolyGram in Latin America and Mercury Records in the United States.
Solamente para Bajitos is the twenty-eighth studio album and the seventh Spanish language album by Brazilian recording artist Xuxa Meneghel. It was released February 12, 2005 by Sony BMG. This album marks the return of Xuxa to her Hispanic audience, since El Mundo és de los Dos (1999). It includes Spanish-language versions of tracks from her audiovisual series Xuxa só para Baixinhos.
Xou da Xuxa 3 is the fourth studio album by Brazilian recording artist Xuxa. It was released on June 30, 1988, by Som Livre. Xuxa' best-selling album, has sold over 5 million copies in Brazil, making it the best-selling brazilian albums of all time, as well as the best-selling album by a female artist in the country.
Xou da Xuxa is the second studio album by Brazilian recording artist Xuxa. It was released on 6 August 1986 by Som Livre, alongside her television show on Globo. With over 2 million copies sold, the LP became the best-selling album in Brazil and South America.
Xuxa 5 is the seventh studio album by Brazilian recording artist Xuxa Meneghel. It was released on August 1, 1990, by Som Livre. It was the fifth album in the series Xou de Xuxa. The best-known songs from this album are "Pinel Por Você", "Trem Fantasma" and mainly "Lua de Cristal". The album sold more than 1 million copies in Brazil.
Xou da Xuxa Seis is the ninth studio album by Brazilian recording artist Xuxa Meneghel, released on September 12, 1991, by Som Livre. This album was the sixth album in the "Xou da Xuxa" collection, which totals seven. In this album are included songs like "O Xou da Xuxa Começou", "Novo Planeta" and "Hoje é Dia de Folia". The album sold more than 1 million copies.
Xou da Xuxa Sete is the eleventh studio album by Brazilian recording artist Xuxa Meneghel. It was released on October 2, 1992, by Som Livre. It was the last album of the series Xuxa Show.
Só Faltava Você is the twenty-first studio album by Brazilian recording artist Xuxa Meneghel. It was released by Som Livre in September 1998.
Xuxa Abracadabra is a 2003 Brazilian fantasy adventure film produced by Diler Trindade and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and Globo Filmes. Directed by Moacyr Góes, it stars Xuxa Meneghel, Márcio Garcia, Cláudia Raia, Brunno Abrahão, Maria Mariana Azevedo, Heloísa Périssé, Leandro Hassum, Lúcio Mauro Filho, and Sérgio Mamberti. The film tells the story of a librarian named Sofia who agrees to babysit her friend Matheus's children. While looking after the children at Matheus's great uncle's house, they find a magical book that takes them to a fairy-tale land.
