Lu was a Mexican pop duo formed by Mario Sandoval and

Paty Cantú Patricia Giovanna Cantú Velasco (born 25 November 1983), known professionally as Paty Cantú, is a Mexican singer, songwriter and actress, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the Mexican pop duo Lu. Early life Cantú was bor ...

, both from

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. The sound of their music is similar to

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's,

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. They have received moderate success in the Spanish-speaking world, with songs like "Por Besarte" and "Duele."

Career

Paty was studying law, but she changed to music when they were signed to Warner Music Mexico. Mario started to write lyrics at the age of 6 when he wrote a song called "Teresa." Their debut album is self-titled and was produced by Áureo Baqueiro, producer of artists like

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, Sin Bandera, Kabah, and Moenia. Their videos had good reception between MTV,

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, and Ritmoson Latino, among others. Also they did a ReEdition of their album debut which has a cover of

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's song "Viviendo Deprisa." They also enjoyed success in Brazil because their song "Por Besarte" is played on Rebelde. Their album debut was released on May, 2006. Actually, their album debut sold over 30,000 in that country and gained the status of Gold. The downloads of the ringtone "Por Besarte" peaked at #2.

Break-up

After several rumors, finally, on August 7, 2007 it was confirmed that the duet would say "goodbye" to the stages. Mario stated that the reason behind the separation were personal and professional differences between him and Paty. Paty then declared that the separation was "definitive". Their last concert as a duo was that October, in Reynosa, México.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Award nominations

, - , 2004 , Best New Artist Mexico , MTV Video Music Awards Latin America 2004 , , - , 2006 , Best New Soloist or Group of the Year , Premios Lo Nuestro 2006 ,

References

External links

Lu's Official MySpaceLu's News Blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lu Mexican pop music groups Musical groups from Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexican musical duos Male–female musical duos