Luciana Andrade (born September 18, 1978 in Varginha), better known as
Lu Andrade, 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, where she
remained until 2009. In 2010 it debuted in the stages of the theater
musical Into The Woods, Brazilian version of the Broadway classic. In
2012 it releaseed its second tour, titled Tour O Amor e o Tempo. In
2012 it released its first single, "Mind and Heart", releasing second,
"Amanheceu", in 2014. In 2015 he formed the Duo Elétrico project
along with guitarist Ciro Visconti, playing several covers of rock
bands, besides becoming vocalist of the return of the band Aries in
commemorative tour of 25 years. In 2016, conciliating with the works
in the music, she became presenter of the program Estúdio Acesso
Cultural, exhibited online, in addition to becoming a singing
instructor in the Souza Lima Conservatory, where she had studied music
15 years earlier.Born on September 18, 1978, Andrade is a native of
Varginha, Minas Gerais, and is the daughter of the couple Walter
Andrade and Clair Andrade, and her brothers Guilherme, Gustavo and
Lidiane. From childhood she had a passion for music, improvising
little shows for her family on the stage in the basement of her house.
In 1984, at the age of 5, she sang for the first time in public in a
tribute to Mother's Day, and from then on she performed at all the
festivals held at her school. Soon after it becomes part of the choir
of her church and is invited to interpret the National Anthem in
cities of Minas Gerais. As a teenager, he formed her first pop rock
band called Trem de Minas, besides working in several places as an
English school and even as a trainee in a local television network in
your city. In 1999, at the age of 20, he began to compose her own
songs, and in the same year he went to the advertising school, where
he attended until the sixth semester before leaving and moving to São
Paulo to study music, earning a scholarship of the Souza Lima
Conservatory.In 2002 a friend of Andrade saw the talent show Popstars
commercial and encourages her to sign up by sending her audition
video. Selected from 30,000 enrolled, Andrade went straight to the
second phase of the program, where more than 6,000 were classified in
the Anhembi Sambadrome of São Paulo where they performed song
evaluation. In the following phases, the jurors became more and more
demanding, in this way, selecting for the next stages only the girls
who really were able to face the career of popstar. After 5 qualifying
rounds, only 8 girls were classified for the final stage that took
place at the home of the Popstars. After the 6th and final eliminatory
round, the Brazilian girl group was finally formed by Andrade, Li
Martins, Aline Wirley, Karin Hils and Fantine Thó. In the same year
was released the first studio album, the homonym Rouge, reaching the
first position and selling around 2 million copies, receiving the
certificate of diamond. His Lead single was "Não Dá para Resistir",
followed by "Ragatanga", track with special participation of Spanish
girl group Las Ketchup, in addition to "Beijo Molhado" and "Nunca
Deixe de Sonhar," Also the group released the remix album titled Rouge
Remixes, selling 150 thousand copies, receiving certificate of gold,
and the video album O Sonho de Ser Uma Popstar, bringing its first
show.
Lu Andrade, 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, where she
remained until 2009. In 2010 it debuted in the stages of the theater
musical Into The Woods, Brazilian version of the Broadway classic. In
2012 it releaseed its second tour, titled Tour O Amor e o Tempo. In
2012 it released its first single, "Mind and Heart", releasing second,
"Amanheceu", in 2014. In 2015 he formed the Duo Elétrico project
along with guitarist Ciro Visconti, playing several covers of rock
bands, besides becoming vocalist of the return of the band Aries in
commemorative tour of 25 years. In 2016, conciliating with the works
in the music, she became presenter of the program Estúdio Acesso
Cultural, exhibited online, in addition to becoming a singing
instructor in the Souza Lima Conservatory, where she had studied music
15 years earlier.Born on September 18, 1978, Andrade is a native of
Varginha, Minas Gerais, and is the daughter of the couple Walter
Andrade and Clair Andrade, and her brothers Guilherme, Gustavo and
Lidiane. From childhood she had a passion for music, improvising
little shows for her family on the stage in the basement of her house.
In 1984, at the age of 5, she sang for the first time in public in a
tribute to Mother's Day, and from then on she performed at all the
festivals held at her school. Soon after it becomes part of the choir
of her church and is invited to interpret the National Anthem in
cities of Minas Gerais. As a teenager, he formed her first pop rock
band called Trem de Minas, besides working in several places as an
English school and even as a trainee in a local television network in
your city. In 1999, at the age of 20, he began to compose her own
songs, and in the same year he went to the advertising school, where
he attended until the sixth semester before leaving and moving to São
Paulo to study music, earning a scholarship of the Souza Lima
Conservatory.In 2002 a friend of Andrade saw the talent show Popstars
commercial and encourages her to sign up by sending her audition
video. Selected from 30,000 enrolled, Andrade went straight to the
second phase of the program, where more than 6,000 were classified in
the Anhembi Sambadrome of São Paulo where they performed song
evaluation. In the following phases, the jurors became more and more
demanding, in this way, selecting for the next stages only the girls
who really were able to face the career of popstar. After 5 qualifying
rounds, only 8 girls were classified for the final stage that took
place at the home of the Popstars. After the 6th and final eliminatory
round, the Brazilian girl group was finally formed by Andrade, Li
Martins, Aline Wirley, Karin Hils and Fantine Thó. In the same year
was released the first studio album, the homonym Rouge, reaching the
first position and selling around 2 million copies, receiving the
certificate of diamond. His Lead single was "Não Dá para Resistir",
followed by "Ragatanga", track with special participation of Spanish
girl group Las Ketchup, in addition to "Beijo Molhado" and "Nunca
Deixe de Sonhar," Also the group released the remix album titled Rouge
Remixes, selling 150 thousand copies, receiving certificate of gold,
and the video album O Sonho de Ser Uma Popstar, bringing its first
show.
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