Luiza Possi

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Luiza Possi
Luiza Possi em Pelotas (marco de 2017) - 16.jpg
Possi in Pelotas (2017)
Background information
Born (1984-06-26) June 26, 1984 (age 38)
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
GenresPop, pop rock, MPB
Occupation(s)Singer, actress and songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocal, guitar
Years active1999–present
Labels Indie Records (2002–2004)
LGK Music (2006–)
Website Luiza Possi

Luiza Possi Gadelha (born June 26, 1984) is a Brazilian pop singer. She is the daughter of another famous Brazilian singer, Zizi Possi.

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Biography

In 1999, Luiza was invited to go on stage and sing a song with a band that was opening a show by Skank at Credicard Hall in São Paulo. The audience consisted of 12 thousand people, and the singer performed the song "O Vento", Jota Quest, backed only by a piano.

In 2001, Possi went with some bands playing in an informal way, until she participated in the Programa do Jô, beside her mother, Zizi Possi, which aired on Rede Globo, and performed the song "Angel" theme from the movie City of Angels . The next day she received multiple invitations to sign music contracts.[ citation needed ]

Luiza lived with her father, who was then president of Indie Records, and recorded her first album in 2001 under the production of Rick Bonadio. The album took the name of "I'm So" and produced two hits, "Same Day," which was her biggest hit. It was one of the most played in 2002, and the title track from the album is another great success, being subject of the novel Women Love, which was a huge hit with teenagers, and, at the time, the media said it had Luiza in a rivalry with two other pop singers of the time, Sandy and Leah Wanessa. In the same year she made her first national tour, and received several awards, which included the Award Multishow Brazilian Music Singer of Revelation. She became the co-host of Jovens Tardes on the Globo network in 2003. [1]

Luiza Possi live in Angra dos Reis (2023) Luiza Possi ao vivo em Angra dos Reis (01.Jan.2023) - 05.jpg
Luiza Possi live in Angra dos Reis (2023)

In 2004, Possi released her second album, entitled "Pro World Bringing" through Indie Records, under the production of Rick Bonadio. The disc Veude sold 10 thousand copies, less than its predecessor, but it produced a hit, "All That Is Good", also the subject of the novel Lady of Destiny's Globe. Her father had a sudden stroke during the release of "All That Is Good," and, following her father's stroke, she decided to not release her second single from the album, her record closed and she cancelled her tour(because of the father). She was on hiatus for two years without work, during which she studied voice and piano.

In late 2005, Luiza received invitations to record a new album and sign major labels in the country, but the record that she did was an album for a teenage audience as in her previous albums, but it hit the foot is turned down several contracts. Possi and her father opened their own label LGK Music, with distribution by EMI / Som Livre. That same year, she released the CD Listening Luiza, in the production of her father, marked the debut of Luiza MPB style centered on the theme of love and critically acclaimed, and considered her best work by launching the first of many watersheds in career of the singer with this album she left the image of teen pop singer, to be become a mature woman of the MPB. He had three hits, "Gandaia Wave / Stone and Sand," "Listen" and "Your Name", the latter two being the subject of novels Globe, Pé na Jaca and Pages of Life respectively, all three made the radios segimento MPB. In the same year Luiza entered the third tour, Listening Tour, with a hundred concerts a year and had a recording of the first DVD, with eleven new tracks is eight tracks taken from their other albums, was recorded in Rio de Janeiro; to release DVD her label released a CD with fifteen songs, and helped make the DVD to be a sales success, with 15 thousand copies sold in the same year. In 2007, the album Listen, earned her her first nominations to the Latin Grammy Awards, the prize more important than the music in three categories: Best New Artist, Best Album and Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album of Brazilian popular music, but lost in all three categories.

After promoting her hit record in 2006, she returned with her fifth album, which was more creative, which was dedicated to new songs from pop and MPB: Good Winds Always arrive, is acclaimed by critics and many fans and critics have said, that did not exceed its last studio album. This album, is her copyright and had six tracks signed by her.

In an interview with MTV Brazil, Luiza announced a DVD of her current tour, Weatherlight, which will be released in the near future.

She participated in the first edition of the reality show, Circus of the program Faustão Domingão Faustão, placing 5th. [2]

Discography

Studio albums

TitleDetails
Eu Sou Assim
  • Released: September 18, 2002
  • Label: Indie
  • Format: CD, download digital
Pro Mundo Levar
  • Released: August 30, 2004
  • Label: Indie
  • Format: CD, download digital
Escuta
  • Released: January 30, 2006
  • Label: LGK Music
  • Format: CD, download digital
Bons Ventos Sempre Chegam
  • Released: May 29, 2009
  • Label: LGK Music
  • Format: CD, download digital
Sobre Amor e o Tempo
  • Released: November 20, 2013
  • Label: Radar
  • Format: CD, download digital
LP
  • Released: March 11, 2016
  • Label: independent, ONErpm
  • Format: CD, download digital

Live albums

TitleDetails
A Vida é Mesmo Agora – Ao Vivo
  • Released: October 1, 2007
  • Label: LGK Music
  • Format: CD, DVD, download digital
Seguir Cantando
  • Released: August 30, 2011
  • Label: LGK Music
  • Format: CD, DVD, download digital

Compilation albums

TitleDetails
Momentos
  • Released: June 12, 2015
  • Label: LGK Music
  • Format: CD

Singles

YearSingle BRA Album
2002"Dias Iguais"1Eu Sou Assim
2003"Eu Sou Assim"1
"Tanto Faz"15
"Sem Você"32
"Além Do Arco-Íris"14 Chocolate com Pimenta: Soundtrack
"Over The Rainbow"23Pro Mundo Levar
2004"Tudo Que Há de Bom"3
"Sair De Casa"6
"Em Busca Da Felicidade"55
2006"Gandaia Das Ondas/Pedra e Areia"42Escuta
"Um Pequeno Imprevisto"56
"Seu Nome"88
2007"Escuta"47
"Folhetim"91 Duas Caras: Soundtrack
"Me Faz Bem"32A Vida é Mesmo Agora – Ao Vivo
2008"Eu, Não"65
"Tango De Nanci"98
2009"Tudo Certo"30Bons Ventos Sempre Chegam
"Vou Adiante"25
"Eu Espero"59
2011"Ainda é Tudo Seu"(ft. Thiaguinho)40Seguir Cantando
2013"Tempo em Movimento"(ft. Lulu Santos)44Sobre Amor e o Tempo
2015"Pra Te Lembrar"23
2016"Insight"LP
"Aventura"

DVD

TitleDetails
A Vida é Mesmo Agora – Ao Vivo
  • Released: October 1, 2007
  • Label: LGK Music
  • Format: CD, DVD, download digital
Seguir Cantando
  • Released: August 30, 2011
  • Label: LGK Music
  • Format: CD, DVD, download digital

Soundtrack

YearSongAlbum
2002"Dias iguais " Marisol
2003"Eu Sou Assim" Mulheres Apaixonadas
"Quase Um Segundo" Jamais Te Esquecerei
"Over The Rainbow" Chocolate com Pimenta
"Além Do Arco-Íris"
2004"Tudo que há de bom"Senhora do Destino
2005"Em busca da felicidade"A Lua me Disse
2006"Seu Nome"Páginas da Vida
"Escuta"Pé na Jaca
"Este Seu Olhar" (feat. Osmar Castro Neves)Casa da Bossa
2007"Eu Sou Assim"Amigas e Rivais
"Folhetim" Duas Caras
"Gandaia das Ondas / Pedra e Areia"Café Octavio & Nova Brasil FM
2008"Dias Iguais"Mulher 2
"Com Lágrimas Na Voz" Guilherme Vergueiro e Paulinho Lima – Parceria
"Teletema"Barzinho, Um Violão – Novelas Anos 70

Tours

Videography

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References

  1. Gomes, Tom (March 29, 2003). "AméricaLatina..." Billboard . p. 25. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  2. Luiza Possi IMDb