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Blá Blá Blá
''Blá Blá Blá'' is the third studio album released by Brazilian girl group Rouge on June 16, 2004 by Columbia Records. The album is the first of the group like quartet, marking the absence of member Luciana Andrade. In this work, the Rouge bet in a more aggressive and mature pop, being considered the preferred album among the members. After having few to no writing credits on their previous two studio albums, in ''Blá Blá Blá'' brings the four members of the group writing two songs in partnership with Milton Guedes and Rick Bonadio, and Fantine and Karin have written a song by themselves; the repertoire also brings Bonadio's original compositions, alone or together with Fúlvio Márcio, Clio, Beto Paciello and Guedes. The album features versions of three songs previously released by other artists, plus four songs composed in English and the group's record company, Sony Music, brought the group to record with exclusivity. ''Blá Blá Blá'' is characterized by a combination ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rouge (pop Group)
Rouge is a Brazilian pop girl group formed in 2002, through the SBT and Disney Channel talent show ''Popstars'' produced by RGB. The group comprised singers Aline Wirley, Fantine Thó, Karin Hils, Li Martins (then known as Patrícia Lissah) and Lu Andrade. The group's debut studio album, the best-selling self-titled ''Rouge'' (2002), sold more than 1,5 million copies in Brazil. The success of the album was boosted by the songs " Não Dá pra Resistir", " Beijo Molhado" and, mainly, " Ragatanga", which helped to establish the group on a national platform. Their follow-up album, ''C'est La Vie'' (2003) produced the singles "Brilha La Luna", " Um Anjo Veio Me Falar" and " Vem Cair na Zueira", sold over 900,000 copies. After the departure of Andrade, the four remaining members continued and released the albums ''Blá Blá Blá'' (2004) and '' Mil e Uma Noites'' (2005). The group disbanded in June 2006, when the contract with Sony Music was not renewed. Measures of their success ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Rock
Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre with an emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than rock music. Originating in the late 1950s as an alternative to normal rock and roll, early pop rock was influenced by the beat, arrangements, and original style of rock and roll (and sometimes doo-wop). It may be viewed as a distinct genre field rather than music that overlaps with pop and rock. The detractors of pop rock often deride it as a slick, commercial product and less authentic than rock music. Characteristics and etymology Much pop and rock music has been very similar in sound, instrumentation and even lyrical content. The terms "pop rock" and "power pop" have been used to describe more commercially successful music that uses elements from, or the form of, rock music. Writer Johan Fornas views pop/rock as "one single, continuous genre field", rather than distinct categories. To the authors Larry Starr and Chri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardcore Punk
Hardcore punk (also known as simply hardcore) is a punk rock music genre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock. Its roots can be traced to earlier punk scenes in San Francisco and Punk rock in California, Southern California which arose as a reaction against the still predominant History of the hippie movement, hippie cultural climate of the time. It was also inspired by Washington D.C. and New York City, New York punk rock and early proto-punk. Hardcore punk generally disavows commercialism, the established music industry and "anything similar to the characteristics of Rock music, mainstream rock" and often addresses social and political topics with "confrontational, politically-charged lyrics." Hardcore sprouted underground scenes across the United States in the early 1980s, particularly in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. hardcore, Washington, D.C., Boston, and New York h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zouk (musical Movement)
Zouk is a musical movement pioneered by the French Antillean band Kassav' in the early 1980s. It was originally characterized by a fast tempo (120–145 bpm), a percussion-driven rhythm and a loud horn section. The fast zouk béton of Martinique and Guadeloupe faded away during the 1980s. Musicians from Martinique and Guadeloupe added MIDI instrumentation to their compas style, which developed into zouk-love. Zouk-love is effectively the French Lesser Antilles' compas.Popular Musics of the Non Western World. Peter Manuel, New York Oxford University Press, 1988, p74 Zouk gradually became indistinguishable from the genre known as compas. This light compas influenced the Cape-Verdean new generation. Zouk béton The original fast carnival style of zouk, best represented by the band Kassav', became known as "zouk béton", "zouk chiré" or "zouk hard". Zouk béton is considered a synthesis of various French Antillean dance music styles of the 20th century: kadans (cadence), konp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dance Music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance music and recorded dance music. While there exist attestations of the combination of dance and music in ancient times (for example Ancient Greek vases sometimes show dancers accompanied by musicians), the earliest Western dance music that we can still reproduce with a degree of certainty are old fashioned dances. In the Baroque period, the major dance styles were noble court dances (see Baroque dance). In the classical music era, the minuet was frequently used as a third movement, although in this context it would not accompany any dancing. The waltz also arose later in the classical era. Both remained part of the romantic music period, which also saw the rise of various other nationalistic dance forms like the barcarolle, mazurka, ecossaise, ballade and po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Martins
Patricia Lissa Kashiwaba Martins (born 29 March 1984) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and actress. In 2002, she won the talent show ''Popstars'' and joined the Brazilian girl group Rouge. She remained with the group until 2005, during which time they released four studio albums, ''Rouge'' (2002), ''C'est La Vie'' (2003), '' Blá Blá Blá'' (2004), and '' Mil e Uma Noites'' (2005), collectively selling 6 million copies. This made the group one of the most successful in Brazil, and one of the twenty best-selling girl groups in the world. In 2007, she became a stage actress, focusing on musical theatre. She debuted as a protagonist in ''Miss Saigon'' playing Kim, an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover. In 2009 she starred in the Broadway version of the Beauty and the Beast, based on the Walt Disney animated film. In 2010, she starred in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and in 2011 she starred in her first comedy, The Phantom of the Mask, inspired by the classic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulina Rubio
Paulina Susana Rubio Dosamantes (; born 17 June 1971) is a Mexican singer. Referred to as "Honorific nicknames in popular music, The Golden Girl" and "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Latin Pop", she first achieved recognition as a member of the successful pop group Timbiriche from 1982 through 1991. After leaving Timbiriche, she embarked on a solo career. Rubio has sold over 15 million records, making her one of the best-selling Latin music artists of all time. Rubio's first two studio albums, ''La Chica Dorada'' (1992) and ''24 Kilates'' (1993), were commercial successes and made her then Capitol Latin, EMI Latin's best-selling Mexican female artist. In the mid-1990s, she adopted a more mature and Electronic dance music, electronic style for her next two albums, ''El Tiempo Es Oro (album), El Tiempo Es Oro'' (1995) and Planeta Paulina (1996), and made her feature film debut with a starring role in Bésame En La Boca (film), ''Bésame en la Boca'' (1995). Followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istoé
''Istoé'' (Portuguese for 'This is'; often stylized ''ISTOÉ'' or ''IstoÉ'') is a weekly news magazine in Portuguese published in Brazil, roughly the equivalent of the American magazines ''Time'' or ''Newsweek''. History The magazine was established in 1976. It is published weekly by Editora Três on Saturdays. It is considered one of the three main magazines being published in the country, along with ''Veja Veja may refer to : Places * Veja, a town in Lazio, central Italy; now Vejano comune * Veja, a village in Stănița Commune, Neamț County, Romania * Veja River, Romania * Veja State, a former princely state in present Gujarat, western India Perso ...'' and '' Época''. Circulation In 2003 the circulation of ''Istoé'' was 362,307 copies. References External links Istoé website 1976 establishments in Brazil Magazines published in Brazil Weekly magazines published in Brazil Magazines established in 1976 News magazines published in South America Portuguese-la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folha De S
''Folha de S.Paulo'' (sometimes spelled ''Folha de São Paulo''), also known as simply ''Folha'' (, ''Sheet''), is a Brazilian daily newspaper founded in 1921 under the name ''Folha da Noite'' and published in São Paulo by the Folha da Manhã company. The newspaper is the centerpiece for Grupo Folha, a conglomerate that also controls UOL (Universo Online), the leading Internet portal in Brazil; polling institute Datafolha; publishing house Publifolha; book imprint Três Estrelas; printing company Plural; and, in a joint-venture with the Globo group, the business daily ''Valor'', among other enterprises. It has gone through several phases and has targeted different audiences, such as urban middle classes, rural landowners, and the civil society, but political independence has always been one of its editorial cornerstones. Ever since 1986, ''Folha'' has had the biggest circulation among the largest Brazilian newspapers – according to data by IVC (Instituto Verificador de Circ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciana Andrade
Luciana de Andrade (born September 18, 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 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. 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. 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. In 2007 Andrade was invited to become a reporter for the ''Show Total'' program, the TVA subscription channel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C'est La Vie (Rouge Album)
''C'est La Vie'' ( en, It's Life, italic=yes) is the second studio album by Brazilian girl group Rouge. It was first released by Columbia Records on . The album is the successor to the band's debut album, ''Rouge'' (2002), which sold more than two million copies, having as main hit the song " Ragatanga". The album features zouk as the main style in the songs "Brilha La Luna" and "Vem Cair na Zueira", as well as international versions such as "Eu Quero Fugir" (version for " Runaway" by The Corrs) and "C'est La Vie" (version of the song of the same name of the band B*Witched). ''C'est La Vie'' was certified platinum and has sold over 350,000 copies. Over 100,000 copies of the album were sold in just one week. In 2003, the album appeared at number 17 in the list of the 20 most sold albums in Brazil according to the ABPD. A few weeks after its release, the album was reissued in a special edition, a CD and DVD kit that features the making of recording and the transition of the girls in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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