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Luciana de Andrade (born 18 September 1978) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and actress. In 2002 she won the talent show ''
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'' and joined the Brazilian
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Rouge, recording two of the four
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s, '' Rouge'' (2002) and '' C'est La Vie'' (2003). With over 6 million records sold, the Rouge are the best-selling Brazilian female group of all time. In 2004 she left the band citing exhaustion and creative differences, but rejoined when they reunited for a fifth studio album, '' Les 5inq'' (2019) and concert tour:
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(2018). In 2004, after leaving the group, Andrade returned to the parents' home in
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, where she remained for some months without giving statements to the press. In 2005 returns to
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to study music and to improve its musical ideology, working like vocal of support for
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,
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, Theft, Forgotten Boys and
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, 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
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, Brazilian version of the
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classic. In 2012 it released 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 a commemorative tour of 25 years. In 2016, conciliating with the works in the music, she became the 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.


Biography

Born on September 18, 1978, Andrade is a native of
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,
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, 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
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, 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, she formed her first
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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, she began to compose her own songs, and in the same year she went to the advertising school, where she attended until the sixth semester before leaving and moving to
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to study music, earning a scholarship of the Souza Lima Conservatory.


Career


2002-04: Career with Rouge

In 2002 a friend of Andrade saw the
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''
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'' 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
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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
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. 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
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was finally formed by Andrade,
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,
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,
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and
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. In the same year was released the first
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, the homonym '' Rouge'', reaching the first position and selling around 2 million copies, receiving the certificate of diamond. His
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was " Não Dá para Resistir", followed by " Ragatanga", track with special participation of
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girl group
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, in addition to " Beijo Molhado" and "Nunca Deixe de Sonhar," Also the group released the
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titled ''
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'', selling 150 thousand copies, receiving certificate of gold, and the
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''O Sonho de Ser Uma Popstar'', bringing its first show. In 2003 the group released the second album, '' C'est La Vie'', selling around 100,000 copies in the first week of release and around 1 million copies in total, bringing as singles "
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", "
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" and "
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". On December 3 is released the second record of concerts of the group on
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, titled '' A Festa dos Seus Sonhos''. On On February 11, 2004, Andrade announced her departure from the Rouge through press conference. The singer first cited that she was suffering from exhaustion and disillusionment. Rumours of a power struggle with Thó circulated in the press. She revealed, in an interview years later, that her departure was due to
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committed by managers and low pay. The other members said that her departure had a positive effect because this made them reevaluate their careers. An album in
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was being recorded to realensed in the
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, but with the Andrade's deapture, the project was canceled.


2004-10: Participations, television and theater

In 2004, after leaving the group, Andrade returned to the parents' home in
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, Minas Gerais, where she remained a few months withdrawn, without giving statements to the press. In the same year he recorded a special participation in the album '' Trova di Danú'', of the
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band Tuatha de Danann, putting the vocals in the track "A Song Of Oengus". In 2005, despite not intending to release a solo material, he returned to São Paulo to study music and improve his musical ideology in works with other artists, recording the supporting vocals of ''Sangueaudiência'' and ''Stand By The DANCE'' albums of the bands Furto and Forgotten Boys, respectively. In 2006 also records the
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s in ''Negra Livre'' and ''Onde Os Anjos Não Ousam Pisar'', albums of
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and the vocalista of
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,
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. In the same year he joined
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's band, a member of the
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, traveling throughout Brazil with the ''Tour Eu Sou 300''. Soon after also embarked as backing vocal also of the tour of the American singer Eric Silver. In 2007 Andrade was invited to become a reporter for the ''Show Total'' program, the TVA subscription channel. The invitation came after she was interviewed by him and won the interest of the team, staying in the interview reports for two years. On May 25, 2007 her first tour, titled ''Luciana Andrade Pocket Show'', premiered at the Souza Lima Conservatory music in São Paulo. The show was totally acoustic, with only Andrade on stage, and the repertoire included versions of other artists such as Skank,
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and
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, as well as unreleased songs of his own, such as "Outra História", "Sempre" and "De Longe". At the time, Andrade announced that her first album would be released in the second half of that year, bringing the production of Briton Paul Ralphes: "There are a lot of partnerships and other people's compositions, I think there's a lot of good music to be recorded. to make an album of only my compositions. The launch forecast is for the second half of this year." The album, however, was never released and the songs were not available anywhere. In 2010 Andrade invested in the career of theater actress, starring in the
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''
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'', directed by Armando Bravi Filho and Felipe Senna, a Brazilian version of the
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classic, where she played
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. Conciliando the works, in the same year, was part of the band of and
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, member of Titãs, where it was by some time like backing vocal.


2010-present: Musical releases and internet

On November 21, 2010, Andrade launched a digitally ''
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''
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, directly on their social networks, featuring four tracks - "Tão Diferente", "De Longe", "A Casa Mal-Assombrada" and "Outra História", as well as acoustic version of "De Longe" as bonuses - being a small selection of songs recorded for his first album previously filed. In the same year it records the opening theme of the series ''
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'', of the Network
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, that would become part of the soundtrack released next year. In 2012 Andrade was asked by the press about Rouge's return campaign and would return, saying that she would like to do a new job with the other members, provided it was something more mature, without choreography: "I would like to meet the girls, sing a new song or record the Shakira version we wrote together, I think it's a great idea to do something unique and new." On September 20, he premiered his new tour, the O Amor e o Tempo Tuor, at the Café Paon show in São Paulo. The tour brought a repertoire focused on unreleased songs and reverted versions for the folk genre, as well as a band of their own, Fabio Russo on guitar, Jhonny Maia on bass and Léo Baeta on drums. On December 24, 2012, Andrade released her first official single, " Mind and Heart", which received promotion in several television programs, including
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, ''Leão Lobo Visita'' and ''Jornal da Record News'', besides the ''Brasil Ideal'' and ''Tá Ligado'', of broadcasters in the interior of São Paulo. On May 5, 2014, she released her second single, " Amanheceu", a tribute to his late father. In 2015 she joined drummer André Pinguim of
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to reformulate the band Aries, becoming a vocalist during the new tour after a long period of hiatus, reconciling the shows with the band with his solo work. At the same time it launched its third tour, ''the Acoustic Tour''. Soon after also it forms the Electric Duo along with the guitarist Ciro Visconti, playing covers of bands of rock and own compositions in diverse shows. On July 25, 2016, she became a presenter of the "Estúdio Acesso Cultural" program, directly on the Internet, interviewing artists and proposing duets of different styles, as well as becoming a singing instructor at the Souza Lima Conservatory, where she studied music 15 years earlier.


Personal life

Luciana began dating the photographer Leonardo Pereira in 1998, at age 19, when the two still lived in Varginha. In 1999 it began to study advertising in the University Center of the South of Minas (UNIS), leaving it in the sixth semester. In 2001 decided to move to São Paulo along with her boyfriend to study music, gaining a full scholarship in the Conservatory Souza Lima and going to live in a republic with ten other musicians. In 2003 he married Leonardo in a ceremony only civil and away from the media coverage, having only a few guests. In 2004 she became godmother of the Cultural Artistic Festival, in Varginha, which aims to discover young talents among students of the city, directing them to studies focused on the arts, being one of the jurors annually. In 2013 participated in the campaign Leukemia Tem Healing, which encourages the donation of blood and bone marrow.


Musical characteristics

During its adolescence she had inspirations of diverse artists like
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, Flávio Venturini and
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, besides other Brazilian great names like
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,
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e Pato Fu. According to Luciana herself, the greatest reference for her throughout her career was the Canadian singer
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, emphasizing that she always wanted to make a sound between
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and
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: "My style was always Sarah's. I came to São Paulo wanting to make a sound similar to hers." She also stated that she has added musical content to singers
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and
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. In his passage through the talent show ''Popstars'' were cited as reference for her work
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. Among international names were also mentioned by
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, as well as the solo careers of
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. The Minas Gerais bands Skank and
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were reinforced as two of their greatest influences. In 2011, Luciana stated in an interview with Popline that the greatest reference to her solo career were folk and indie pop music, introducing artists like
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to the ones she had heard most.


Discography


Extended plays


''Singles''


Other appearances


Music videos


Filmography


Films


Theatre appearances


Tours

;Officials * Luciana Andrade Pocket Show * O Amor e o Tempo Tour * Acustic Tour * Duo Elétrico ;With the Áries band * O Retorno de Áries


References

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