Lu Andrade

Lu Andrade
Andrade in 2019
Born
Luciana de Andrade

(1978-09-18) 18 September 1978 (age 46)
Varginha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • actress
  • television personality
Spouse
Leonardo Pereira
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(m. 2003; div. 2018)​
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano
Years active2002–present
Labels

Luciana de Andrade (born 18 September 1978) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and actress. In 2002 she won the talent show Popstars and joined the Brazilian girl group Rouge, recording two of the four studio albums, Rouge (2002) and C'est La Vie (2003). With over 6 million records sold,[1] 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: 15 Anos Tour (2018).

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.[2] 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.[3] In 2007 Andrade was invited to become a reporter for the Show Total program, the TVA subscription channel, where she remained until 2009.[4] In 2010 it debuted in the stages of the theater musical Into The Woods, Brazilian version of the Broadway classic.[5] In 2012 it released its second tour, titled Tour O Amor e o Tempo.[6] In 2012 it released its first single, "Mind and Heart", releasing second, "Amanheceu", in 2014.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]

  1. ^ "Show de retorno do grupo Rouge em Curitiba ainda tem ingressos disponíveis". Tribuna do Paraná. 7 March 2018. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Bye bye Rouge". Terra. Archived from the original on February 11, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  3. ^ "Luciana Andrade, ex-Rouge, revela: 'Estava cansada de me sentir um produto". Globo. 3 June 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  4. ^ "Entrevista Exclusiva com Luciana Andrade, ex-rouge, e agora em carreira solo". Literatortura. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  5. ^ "Luciana Andrade encarna a personagem no musical 'Era uma Vez – Into The Woods'date=February 4, 2015". Veja. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  6. ^ "Longe do Rouge, Luciana Andrade prepara turnê solo: 'Voltar significa muito para mim'". UOL. 5 November 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  7. ^ "Lu Andrade lança "Mind & Heart" em rádios do interior de Minas Gerais". Portal PopLine. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  8. ^ "Ex-Rouge Lu Andrade lança single solo: "Amanheceu"". Portal PopLine. Archived from the original on July 23, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  9. ^ "Lu Andrade, ex-Rouge comanda o programa "Estúdio Acesso Cultural" — Folha Geral". Folha Geral (in Brazilian Portuguese). February 4, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2015.[permanent dead link]