Rouge (Rouge album)
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

''Rouge'' is the
self-titled An eponym is a person, a place, or a thing after whom or which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. The adjectives which are derived from the word eponym include ''eponymous'' and ''eponymic''. Usage of the word The term ''epon ...
debut studio album by Brazilian pop girl group
Rouge Rouge is the French word for "red" and may refer to: Compounds * Rouge (cosmetics), a cosmetic used to color the cheeks and emphasize the cheekbones * Jeweler's rouge or iron(III) oxide * Rouging, a form of corrosion applicable to stainless ...
, released on by
Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...
in featuring with
Sony BMG Sony BMG Music Entertainment was an American record company owned as a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann. The venture's successor, the revived Sony Music, is wholly owned by Sony, following their buyout o ...
. Recorded during the show ''
Popstars ''Popstars'' is an international reality television Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Realit ...
'' with the music production of
Rick Bonadio Ricardo "Rick" Bonadio (born June 21, 1969) is a Brazilian music producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and sound engineer, owner of Midas Studio and record companies Arsenal Music and Midas Music. Career He began his career in the 80's as a ...
, who signs 9 of the 14 compositions, the album counts on compositions of Milton Guedes, Dudu Falcão, Piska, besides having nine versions of international songs and the participation of trio
KLB KLB is a pop band from Brazil. The band consists of three brothers from São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and we ...
in one of the tracks. The album mixes hectic songs from pop and
dance-pop Dance-pop is a popular music subgenre that originated in the late 1970s to early 1980s. It is generally uptempo music intended for nightclubs with the intention of being danceable but also suitable for contemporary hit radio. Developing from a ...
, in songs that talk about fame, love, domination and the power of dreams. It features the singles: " Não Dá pra Resistir", first single released after the victory of the group in the program Popstars ; " Ragatanga" a cover of
Las Ketchup Las Ketchup is a Spanish girl group founded by flamenco record producer Manuel "Queco" Ruiz. The group, which consists of sisters Lucía, Lola, and Pilar Muñoz (later to be joined by a fourth sister Rocío), is best known for the 2002 hit singl ...
, song that became a fever in 2002, boosted sales of the album and the group's career, winning the audience with their unusual lyrics and dancing and reaching the top of the charts, staying for eleven weeks in the lead, and " Beijo Molhado", single released on the radio to finalize the promotion of the album. The album was a resounding commercial success on Brazil's top-selling album charts, peaking at the top of the charts top-selling for while the at the top of the list for ten full weeks in the same week that "Ragatanga" topped the hit chart for the entire nine-week. ''Rouge'' was certified 2×
Platinum Platinum is a chemical element with the symbol Pt and atomic number 78. It is a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, precious, silverish-white transition metal. Its name originates from Spanish , a diminutive of "silver". Platinu ...
by the
Pro-Música Brasil Pro-Música Brasil (PMB), previously Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos (ABPD) (English: Brazilian Association of Record Producers), is an official representative body of the record labels in the Brazilian phonographic market. Hi ...
, and has sold over 1.2 million copies. To promote the album, the group embarked on the ''Popstar Tour'', as well as having recorded the DVD ''O Sonho de Ser Uma Popstar'' and participating in various TV shows.


Background

On March 1, 2002,
SBT sbt is an open-source build tool for Scala and Java projects, similar to Apache's Maven and Gradle. Its main features are: *Native support for compiling Scala code and integrating with many Scala test frameworks *Continuous compilation, t ...
announced that they were looking for girls between the ages of 18 and 25, who could sing and dance for a chance to become a "
popstar A pop icon is a celebrity, character, or object whose exposure in popular culture is regarded as constituting a defining characteristic of a given society or era. The usage of the term is largely subjective since there are no definitively object ...
", the name of the reality show. Professionals in the music industry would choose the best candidates in several stages, going through a rigorous selection to form a pop
girl group A girl group is a music act featuring several female singers who generally harmonize together. The term "girl group" is also used in a narrower sense in the United States to denote the wave of American female pop music singing groups, many of who ...
. The show ''
Popstars ''Popstars'' is an international reality television Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Realit ...
'', a co-production of SBT and
RGB The RGB color model is an additive color model in which the red, green and blue primary colors of light are added together in various ways to reproduce a broad array of colors. The name of the model comes from the initials of the three additiv ...
in partnership with
Sony Music Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainment ...
, received 30,000 entries from girls aged 18 to 25 from all over Brazil. In the first round, 6,000 girls were chosen, and on the second round, they were cut down to 2,000. ''Popstars'' had 20 episodes. They were broadcast every Saturday on SBT, and during the week, a one-minute newsletter was displayed at the same time as the weekly attraction at 7:45 p.m. Sony Music was responsible for the release of the album, music video and concerts. The panel was formed by the producer Liminha, vice president of marketing of Sony Music in Brazil, Alexandre Schiavo, music producer
Rick Bonadio Ricardo "Rick" Bonadio (born June 21, 1969) is a Brazilian music producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and sound engineer, owner of Midas Studio and record companies Arsenal Music and Midas Music. Career He began his career in the 80's as a ...
, singer Iara Negrete and choreographer Ivan Santos. When they were down to 20 candidates, the girls had to learn the debut single of the group, "Não Dá pra Resistir". The 20 candidates also had to divide into groups to perform the song. In the group "Barish Bashan" were Karin Hils and Fantine Thó, whereas in the group "Ethnic" were Patrícia Lissa, Luciana Andrade and Aline Wirley. The first members of the group were Karin and Patricia, being the first to be called. Soon after, Fantine, Luciana and Aline were also summoned, thus forming the group "Rouge", name chosen by the members themselves, who among some options given, found that in addition to having five members and also because in French it means red, it is associated color to sensuality ... and it's pop! ".


Recording and Songs

Amid the eliminations and tests to continue in the program, the group's first album, which had no name yet, was already being recorded. The song "Nunca Deixa de Sonhar" was recorded by the trio
KLB KLB is a pop band from Brazil. The band consists of three brothers from São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and we ...
with the aim of showing that everyone should go after their dreams. Thus, Kiko told that the girls would record the song with them and that the song would be part of the first disc of the "PopStars". The album counts with fourteen tracks, being 9 versions of international songs, and the other 5 compositions of Rick Bonadio, in partnership with other composers. Bonadio emphasized the participation of the Popstars in the vocal arrangements, saying: "They contributed a lot, choosing who would sing what." Liminha went to a meeting with Sony representatives from around the world and commented that she needed a repertoire for a group that would launch in Brazil, receiving from Spain the song " Ragatanga", sung by a group called
Las Ketchup Las Ketchup is a Spanish girl group founded by flamenco record producer Manuel "Queco" Ruiz. The group, which consists of sisters Lucía, Lola, and Pilar Muñoz (later to be joined by a fourth sister Rocío), is best known for the 2002 hit singl ...
. From there, Bonadio made a version and turned it into Ragatanga, a key hit that says unrelated words adopted by children. "The secret of a good version is to have fidelity to the original, not to try to invent," Minister Bonadio. But the music that drove their success to heights, however, almost did not come on the album. "The list of songs was ready when I heard about 'Ragatanga,'" Schiavo said. The chorus of the song, "Aserehe ra de re De hebe tu de hebere seibiunouba mahabi" does not mean anything. that the people who do not know English usually sing "Thing that the adolescents of the Ketchup invented", it counts.The Brazilian version has a mixture of Spanish and Portuguese. The song "Não Dá Pra Resistir" is a version of Milton Guedes for the song "Irresistible" by Frederik Thomander and sung by
Nikki Cleary Brittney Rose "Nikki" Cleary (born May 11, 1988, Albany, New York) is an American pop-rock singing, singer. She first entered the pop market with the song "I.M. Me" while still using her given name. Her first album, ''Everything I Wished For'', w ...
. The album also brings other romantic ballads full of lyrics talking about youthful passions.


Release and promotion

After the recording of the album, the girls faced a marathon, participating in the show ''Domingo Legal'' of
Gugu Liberato Antônio Augusto de Moraes Liberato (April 10, 1959 – November 21, 2019), better known as Gugu Liberato or simply Gugu, was a Brazilian television presenter, entrepreneur, actor and singer. Early life Liberato was born in São Paulo, Brazil, ...
, on Sunday, August 18, releasing the album on Monday, August 19. On the same day of the release of the album, the girls were presented to the press, having the debut
music video A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a m ...
of the group, of the song " Não Dá pra Resistir", was exhibited for the debut time. The album, also was released in
Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
,
Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
and
Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...
. In the show on August 31, the girls were shown recording the song " Ragatanga", as well as showing the girls making their first pocket show at the Parque Dom Pedro Shopping in
Campinas, São Paulo Campinas (, ''Plains'' or ''Meadows'') is a Brazilian municipality in São Paulo State, part of the country's Southeast Region. According to the 2020 estimate, the city's population is 1,213,792, making it the fourteenth most populous Brazilian ...
, bringing together 10,000 people. On August 31, they performed the first live performance, in
Via Funchal Via Funchal, with an area of 15,000 m2, was an arena in São Paulo, Brazil, that hosted many events, such as concerts and other shows before closing in December 2012.Seated, it hosted 3,120 people and standing, it hosted as many as 6,000 people. ...
, one of the biggest concert halls in
São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
. "Hoje Eu Sei", was inserted as a soundtrack to
SBT sbt is an open-source build tool for Scala and Java projects, similar to Apache's Maven and Gradle. Its main features are: *Native support for compiling Scala code and integrating with many Scala test frameworks *Continuous compilation, t ...
's soap opera ''
Jamais Te Esquecerei Jamais Te Esquecerei ( en:"I will never forget you") is a Brazilian telenovela shown by the SBT between April 14 and September 26 of 2003, at 10h30. Based on the original text of Caridad Bravo Adams, it was translated by Henrique Zambelli and ad ...
'' (2003) and was later included in the album '' Mil e Uma Noites'' (2005). The "Não Dá Pra Resistir" Music was the subject of SBT's soap opera ''Pequena Travessa''.


''Singles''

During the preparation of the group on the show ''Popstars'',
Sony Music Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainment ...
's intention was to release the song " Não Dá pra Resistir" as the debut single. In the show of July 6, 2002, the 24 candidates received the song for rehearsal. On August 19, the group performed for the debut time with the "No Dá pra Resistir"
music video A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a m ...
, and the next day the song was sent to the radio as the album's
lead single A lead single (also known as a debut single) is the first single to be released from a studio album by an artist or a band, usually before the album itself is released and also occasionally on the same day of the album's release date. Release s ...
. According to Sony Music, the intention was to make the song reach the top of the charts. The song became a hit in Brazil, reaching also figure in the
Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
charts, reaching the position number 10. On August 22, "Nunca Deixe de Sonhar" was released as single, bringing the participation of the ''boy group''
KLB KLB is a pop band from Brazil. The band consists of three brothers from São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and we ...
. The band was composed by the brothers especially for the girl group and served to boost their live album, ''KLB: Ao Vivo'' (2002). The third single from the album, " Ragatanga". Due to the success of its Spanish version made by the girl group
Las Ketchup Las Ketchup is a Spanish girl group founded by flamenco record producer Manuel "Queco" Ruiz. The group, which consists of sisters Lucía, Lola, and Pilar Muñoz (later to be joined by a fourth sister Rocío), is best known for the 2002 hit singl ...
, the label saw in "Ragatanga" a hit, and released quickly, and that according to the wording of the ''
Folha de Londrina ''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 co ...
''; "she practically ran over the song "Não Dá pra Resistir", which was meant to be the group's hit." The song became not only the biggest hit of the album, but the band's biggest hit, reaching and remaining at number one on the radio for 11 weeks. Months after "Ragatanga" lose strength on the radio, The fourth and final single from ''Rouge'', the song " Beijo Molhado", released as a single summer on 19 January 2003. In February, the song reached the fourth position in the ranking of the most played songs in Brazil. Due to the recording of the second album and the Sony Music's quick decision to focus on new songs, the song did not get a music video, and no next single was released from the album.


Commercial performance

The album came out with an initial draft of 150,000 copies. According to the record company Sony Music, in less than three months the album had already sold more than 700 thousand copies, made rare in the time of the piracy, thanks to the success of Ragatanga. In 2002, the album received the
certification Certification is the provision by an independent body of written assurance (a certificate) that the product, service or system in question meets specific requirements. It is the formal attestation or confirmation of certain characteristics of a ...
of
double platinum Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation or territory (see ...
(for selling more than 750 thousand copies) by the Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos. The whole album sold 1.2 million copies.


Track listing


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Certifications


See also

*
List of best-selling girl groups A girl group is a popular music act featuring several female singers who generally harmony, harmonize together. Girl groups have been popular at least since the heyday of the The Boswell Sisters, Boswell Sisters beginning in the 1930s, but the t ...
* List of best-selling girl groups#Best-selling girl group albums


Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rouge (Rouge album) Rouge (group) albums 2002 debut albums Albums produced by Rick Bonadio