''Xuxa 2'' is the eighth studio album and the second in

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ian pop singer,

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and actress

Xuxa Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel ( ; ; born Maria da Graça Meneghel, 27 March 1963) is a Brazilian television host, film actress, singer, model, and businesswoman. Known as "Queen of Little Ones", Xuxa built the largest Latin American children's e ...

. The album was released on April 25, 1991, by BMG in

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and other countries in

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, the

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and

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. The tracks did not undergo major changes, the instrumental sounded more pleasant and with a more Latin beat. The song "Crocki Crocki" is the only one that does not belong to the last two albums, but to '' Xegundo Xou da Xuxa'' (1987). The album was produced by Michael Sullivan and Paulo Massadas. The direction of the voice and the versions of the songs were made by Graciela Carballo.

Production

The album was produced by Michael Sullivan and Paulo Massadas with artistic coordination by Max Pierre and Marlene Mattos. The repertoire selection was made by Xuxa, Mattos and Sullivan. The recordings were made at the

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studio in

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. Like the previous album, Xuxa consists of some hits from the Spanish-language TV presenter such as "Tindolelê" ("Chindolele"), "Hada Madrina" ("Dinda Ou Dindinha"), "I Love You Xuxu" and "Luna de Cristal" "("Lua de Cristal"). The song "El milagro de la vida" was the opening theme of the Argentine telenovela ''

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'', which was shown between 1991 and 1992 by

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. The cover of "Xuxa 2" was chosen in August 1990, before the album was even recorded. The recordings of the album did not begin until October of that same year (then, there was no photographic essay for the album "Xuxa 2" and '' Xou da Xuxa Seis'' but a reuse of the essay for Xuxa 5), including, the photographer Paulo Rocha is credited to all 3 albums. For that, in the cover of the Xou album of the '' Xou da Xuxa Seis'', it appears in the lower left corner of the cover, it owns a Brazilian flag, to inform the consumers that is the

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version of the album.

Release and reception

The album was distributed internationally by Globo Records and released on April 25, 1991, in

, the United States and some European countries, such as Spain, by

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. ''Xuxa'' reached the seventh position in the ranking '' Billboard''

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on July 27, 1991, during 27 consecutive weeks the album was among the best sellers.

Track listing

Personnel

*Produced: Michael Sullivan and Paulo Massadas *Artistic Coordination: Max Pierre, Marlene Mattos *Selection of repertoire: Xuxa, Marlene Mattos, Michael Sullivan *Art Direction in Spanish: Graciela Carballo *Spanish Art Direction: Maria Haydeé, Ester Piro *Voice recording of the adult choir: Graciela Carballo *Artistic Coordination: Helio Costa Manso *Technicians of additional recordings: Luis Paulo, Marcos Caminha *Recorded at the studios: Som Livre (Los Angeles) *Engineer of choir recording and mixing in Spanish:

Moogie Canazio Antonio "Moogie" Canazio is a Brazilian recording engineer, mixing engineer and record producer known for his work with Antônio Carlos Jobim, Caetano Veloso, Ivan Lins, João Gilberto, Ray Charles, Sarah Vaughan and Luis Miguel. He has won two ...

*Musical Direction for Choir: Kenny O Brien *Studio Assistants and Mixing: Marcelo Serôdio, Julio Carneiro Cláudio Oliveira, Cesar Barbosa, Ivan Carvalho, Mauro Moraes *Recording and mixing engineer: Jorge Gordo Guimarães, Luis Guilherme D Orey.

Charts

Chart positions

Single

Sales and certifications

References

External links

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