Rouge (pop group)
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Rouge was a commercially successful girl group
, formed in the first season of the Brazilian reality show Popstars
, broadcast by SBT in 2002. In four years of career, they achieved four Gold, three Platinum and one Diamond album in Brazil and released various hit singles, becoming the most successful Brazilian girl group of all time.
was to form a girl band. Thousands of young women participated the first phase of the show, and, through tests, five girls were selected to form Rouge. While Popstars had a good rating for SBT, nobody expected Rouge's album to be as big as it ended up being.
In 2002, they released their debut self-titled album, which was tremendously successful and sold over a million copies (1.2 million copies) in Brazil, receiving the Diamond certification. Part of the unexpected success was due to the song Ragatanga (the Portuguese version of Las Ketchup
's global hit The Ketchup Song (Asereje)), which became a huge phenomenon in the country when released. Rouge was particularly popular among young girls and shoe-line, dolls, candies, toys, among other licensed products were released targeting the public.
Their second album came in 2003, named C'est La Vie. The lead single, "Brilha La Luna", performed well on Brazilian charts, but was not as huge as Ragatanga. The album went 2x Platinum (500,000 copies sold).
. In 2002 on the Sônia Abrão's program Falando Francamente (en: Speaking Frankly), Fantine said she did not like Luciana and she was the only one she did not want the group, but said they had become friends. Luciana was forbidden to record a solo album for seven years for breaking the contract. The ban was completed in 2010.
The group released a greatest hits compilation, named Mil E Uma Noites, in 2005. The album featured six previously unreleased songs, featuring the hit song "Vem Habib (Wala Wala)", and went Gold (50,000 copies sold). Since then, any new material from Rouge was announced or released. The group formally broke-up in December 2005.
and had millions of views. In a few months, the Twitter of 5 members began to have thousands of messages asking for the return of the Rouge. In 2011 Lissah (formerly known as Patricia), Aline and Karin accept a return and Sony BMG showed interest in the DVD recording, but the fight between Luciana and Fantine is a hindrance to the return.
Total album sales: 3,4 million
Girl group
A girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonise together.Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production...
, formed in the first season of the Brazilian reality show Popstars
Popstars (Brazil)
Popstars was a Brazilian reality television series based on the Popstars international series. In Brazil, Popstars was produced by RGB and broadcast on the Brazilian Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão channel...
, broadcast by SBT in 2002. In four years of career, they achieved four Gold, three Platinum and one Diamond album in Brazil and released various hit singles, becoming the most successful Brazilian girl group of all time.
2002–2003: Formation, Popstars and Success
The goal of the first season (2002) of the Brazilian version of the show PopstarsPopstars (Brazil)
Popstars was a Brazilian reality television series based on the Popstars international series. In Brazil, Popstars was produced by RGB and broadcast on the Brazilian Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão channel...
was to form a girl band. Thousands of young women participated the first phase of the show, and, through tests, five girls were selected to form Rouge. While Popstars had a good rating for SBT, nobody expected Rouge's album to be as big as it ended up being.
In 2002, they released their debut self-titled album, which was tremendously successful and sold over a million copies (1.2 million copies) in Brazil, receiving the Diamond certification. Part of the unexpected success was due to the song Ragatanga (the Portuguese version of Las Ketchup
Las Ketchup
Las Ketchup is a Latin Grammy Award nominated 4-girl group composed of sisters Lola Muñoz, Pilar Muñoz, Lucía Muñoz and Rocío Muñoz from Córdoba in Andalucia, Spain. They are the daughters of Juan Muñoz, a flamenco guitarist known as Tomatito , which is not the same as famous and virtuoso flamenco...
's global hit The Ketchup Song (Asereje)), which became a huge phenomenon in the country when released. Rouge was particularly popular among young girls and shoe-line, dolls, candies, toys, among other licensed products were released targeting the public.
Their second album came in 2003, named C'est La Vie. The lead single, "Brilha La Luna", performed well on Brazilian charts, but was not as huge as Ragatanga. The album went 2x Platinum (500,000 copies sold).
2004: Andrade's departure
In January 2004 Luciana left the group before the release of the third album due to personal reasons. She would not reveal what prompted her to leave the group, but many newspapers says the reason was the fights with Fantine. Fantine attacked constantly Luciana in media and claimed that she did not sing good parts in the songs because most solo parts sung by Luciana and Patricia. But the Fantine's disgust by Luciana began hearings on PopstarsPopstars
Popstars is an international reality television franchise and a precursor to the Idol series. The series first began in New Zealand in 1999 when producer Jonathan Dowling formed the five member all-girl group TrueBliss...
. In 2002 on the Sônia Abrão's program Falando Francamente (en: Speaking Frankly), Fantine said she did not like Luciana and she was the only one she did not want the group, but said they had become friends. Luciana was forbidden to record a solo album for seven years for breaking the contract. The ban was completed in 2010.
2004-2005: New albums and breakup
In June 2004 when the public thought Rouge would break up, Blá Blá Blá was released. The title song was also successful. Blá Blá Blá was certified Platinum (125,000 copies sold. The certifications had changed since 2003: Platinum was 125,000 and 2x Platinum was 250,000); although the album sold well, its sales are low in comparison to Rouge's previous albums.The group released a greatest hits compilation, named Mil E Uma Noites, in 2005. The album featured six previously unreleased songs, featuring the hit song "Vem Habib (Wala Wala)", and went Gold (50,000 copies sold). Since then, any new material from Rouge was announced or released. The group formally broke-up in December 2005.
Return
In 2010 the fans started a petition to the group's return. The intent of the petition were recording a DVD celebrating 10 years of career in 2012. The petition started on the Internet, but received attention from the television because of the video aired on YouTubeYouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
and had millions of views. In a few months, the Twitter of 5 members began to have thousands of messages asking for the return of the Rouge. In 2011 Lissah (formerly known as Patricia), Aline and Karin accept a return and Sony BMG showed interest in the DVD recording, but the fight between Luciana and Fantine is a hindrance to the return.
Solo careers
- Lissah Martins: Formerly known as Patricia, change the name in 2007. She became an important musical actress and starred in enumerous plays, including the Brazilian montage of musical Miss SaigonMiss SaigonMiss Saigon is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr.. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover...
and The Beauty and the Beast and won some awards for acting career. She released few singles by Walt Disney RecordsWalt Disney RecordsWalt Disney Records is a family music record label owned by the Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Records was formed in 1956 as Disneyland Records. Before that time, Disney recordings were licensed out to a variety of other labels such as . It was Walt Disney’s brother Roy O...
as the Brazilian version of the High School MusicalHigh School MusicalHigh School Musical is a 2006 American television film, first in the High School Musical film franchise. Upon its release on January 20, 2006, it became the most successful film that Disney Channel Original Movie ever produced, with a television sequel High School Musical 2 released in 2007 and...
's song "Gotta Go My Own Way", entitled "Vou Ser do Jeito Que Sou (en: I'll Be The Way I Am). In 2011 the Brazilian producer E.Motion released the single "Promise (Till The End Of Time)" featuring Lissah and DJ Tonanni.
- Luciana Andrade: She was prevented from release an album for 7 years, because breaking the contract in 2004. During this period she did backing vocals for famous singers and participated in festivals and music events. Luciana also recorded many live songs for her fans and made some pocket during this years. For a long time she refused to sing Rouge's songs, but in 2008 she returned to sing songs like "Um Anjo Veio Me Falar". In 2010 the ban for breaking the contract in 2004 is over and she released the independent album Tão Diferente (en: So Different) with live songs recorded at pocket shows and 4 studio recordings. In the same year she released a free digital album, Ao Vivo Music (en: Live Music). She also participates in musical, she starred in Cinderella.
- Aline Silva (also known as Aline Willy): In 2006 planned to release a pop album, but was canceled. In 2009 release a sambaSambaSamba is a Brazilian dance and musical genre originating in Bahia and with its roots in Brazil and Africa via the West African slave trade and African religious traditions. It is recognized around the world as a symbol of Brazil and the Brazilian Carnival...
album Saudade do Samba (en: I Miss the Samba) and received good reviews, but unsuccessfully sales. Currently she participates in musicals such as HairsprayHairspray (musical)Hairspray is a musical with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on the 1988 John Waters film Hairspray. The songs include 1960s-style dance music and "downtown" rhythm and blues...
, HairHair (musical)Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement...
and AladdinAladdinAladdin is a Middle Eastern folk tale. It is one of the tales in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights , and one of the most famous, although it was actually added to the collection by Antoine Galland ....
.
- Karin Hills: She tried to release an album, but failed to record. In 2008/2009 worked as a backing vocalist for the rapper Tulio Dek. In 2010 she played an role in the Brazilian montage of HairsprayHairspray (musical)Hairspray is a musical with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on the 1988 John Waters film Hairspray. The songs include 1960s-style dance music and "downtown" rhythm and blues...
, as Motormouth Maybelle.
- Fantine Thó: In the Netherland Fantine formed the Thó Band with his brother Jhonathan Thó and release some singles and musicvideos, but she never recorded an album (solo or as Thó Band). She's married and lives in the NetherlandNetherlandNetherland is a critically acclaimed novel by Joseph O'Neill. It concerns the life of a Dutchman living in New York in the wake of the September 11 attacks who takes up cricket and starts playing at the Staten Island Cricket Club.-Plot summary:...
. She is currently touring with Dutch guitarist Martijn Niggebrugge.
Albums
- 2002: Rouge
- 2003: C'est La Vie
- 2004: Blá Blá Blá
- 2005: Mil e Uma Noites
Total album sales: 3,4 million
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Nomination | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Prêmio Qualidade Brasil | Best New Group | Rouge | |
| Prêmio Austregésilo de Athayde | Best New Group | Rouge | ||
| Prêmio Jovem Brasil | Best New Group | Rouge | ||
| Best Song | Ragatanga | |||
| 2003 | Video Music Brasil | Viewer's Choice | Brilha La Luna | |
| 4th Latin Grammy Awards | Best Pop Album By A Duo Or Group With Vocal | Rouge | ||
| Prêmio Multishow | Best New Group | Rouge | ||
| Best DVD | O Sonho de Ser Uma Popstar | |||
| Prêmio Miscelânea Design (ABRE) | ? | CD + DVD C'est La Vie | ||
| Meus Prêmios Nick(Nicklodeon's Kids Choice Awards Brazil) | Best Song | Brilla La Luna | ||
| Best Video | Brilla La Luna | |||
| Prêmio Troféu Imprensa | Best Group | Rouge | ||
| 2004 | Video Music Brasil | Viewer's Choice | Blá Blá Blá | |
| Prêmio Academia Brasileira de Letras Academia Brasileira de Letras Academia Brasileira de Letras is a Brazilian literary non-profit society established at the end of the 19th century by a group of 40 writers and poets inspired by the Académie Française. The first president, Machado de Assis, declared its foundation on December 15, 1896, with the statutes being... |
Best Group | Rouge | ||
| Prêmio Troféu Imprensa | Best Group | Rouge | ||
| 2005 | Meus Prêmios Nick(Nicklodeon's Kids Choice Awards Brazil) | Best Group | Rouge |
Trivia
- As well as Br'oZBr'oZBr'oZ is a short-lived Brazilian vocal group and boy band, formed in the second season of the reality show Popstars, broadcast by SBT in 2003...
, formed in the second season of Popstars, Rouge has achieved two number-one songs in Brazil. - They made a special appearance in a song called "Por Amor", on Br'oZ's debut album.