Xuxa

Xuxa

Xuxa born (Maria da Graça Meneghel) on March 27, 1963 in Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) is a Brazilian television actress and singer and children's television show host. Her various shows have been broadcast in Portuguese, Spanish, and English languages.

Xuxa is of German, Austrian, Italian and Polish descent and was the first Brazilian to appear on Forbes Magazine's list of richest artists in 1991, taking 37th place with an annual gross income of US$19 million. Xuxa has dated Pelé and the late Ayrton Senna, both regarded as important figures in Brazil. Xuxa's personal life has often been very public and sometimes scandalous. She had a daughter, Sasha, in 1998 whose birth was televised live. Sasha studies at Brazil's most expensive school, the bilingual "Escola Americana do Rio de Janeiro" (EARJ), aslo known as the American School of Rio de Janeiro), with a tuition of about $2,000 per month. Xuxa's maternal habits are often criticized, particularly as she has been very indulgent with Sasha, throwing her lavish parties. One, for instance, involved a rented theme park, while another came with a $1,000,000 bill.

Rise to Stardom

Xuxa and Pele

While performing at nightclubs, she graced the centerfold of Playboy magazine's Brazilian edition in December 1982, which led to her being cast in the motion picture Amor Estranho Amor (Love Strange Love) IMDB page in which she plays a prostitute who seduces a 13 year old boy. Some scenes with underage actors in this movie would not be allowed by current Brazilian laws concerning child pornography. After becoming famous for dating soccer star Pele, she hosted Xou da Xuxa, a weekday morning show that featured musical performances, games, guests and cartoons from 1986 to 1993.

In 1988, at her peak in popularity, she featured in the highly successful movie Super Xuxa Contra o Baixo Astral (Super Xuxa Against the Low Happiness), that included her hit song Arco-Íris (Rainbow), a hit across Latin America that was the biggest box office success of the year in Brazil. In the early 1990s Xuxa hosted two more shows: Xuxa Planet, and Xuxa Park. Xuxa Planet was a show aimed at teenagers, and was controversial in that she would interview stars about their sex lives. Xuxa Park was a modern version of her original show, Xou da Xuxa. Both shows had good ratings but were cancelled after a fire on the set at Xuxa Park during a show casued serious injuries to members of the crew and children in the audience.

Children's entertainer

Reinvented as a children's entertainer, Xuxa began the Xuxa Só para Baixinhos (Xuxa Just for Kids) series, releasing CDs and a videotape with song clips. She also began her first tour since the end of her Xou da Xuxa show, and won two Grammy awards.

In 2001 Xuxa began a new children's show, Xuxa No Mundo da Imaginação (Xuxa at the World of Imagination), a show for preschool children on weekday mornings. The show was initially successful, but following a dispute between Xuxa and her manager, Marlene Matos, ratings for the show began to decline, resulting in the show being pulled from air in 2004. Xuxa, however, being one of the most popular Brazillian TV personalities at the time, was kept on and a new show, TV Xuxa was launched, containing more educational content and cartoons, and less of Xuxa than previous shows.

In her children's shows, she consistently wore tight clothing, showing her belly, legs, and even parts of her buttocks, and in her first LP (also targeted at children), she revealed her breasts on the cover by wearing a translucent shirt.

Actress

Xuxa is also an actress and, together with comedy group Os Trapalhões, she has the 9 biggest Box Office hits in Brazilian history. In 1989 she starred for the first time in a movie with the comedy group Os Trapalhões in A Princesa Xuxa e Os Trapalhões (Princess Xuxa and The Messed-Up Guys), which was another hit.

The following year, she starred in two movies: Xuxa e os Trapalhões em 'O Mistério de Robin Hood' (Xuxa and The Messed-Up Guys in 'The Mystery of Robin Hood') and Lua de Cristal (Crystal Moon). The second was her biggest box office hit, spawning her hit single 'Lua de Cristal'.

In 1999 Xuxa appeared in Xuxa Requebra (Xuxa in Shake It), a movie that was a critical flop but a big hit with the audience. Targeted at teenagers, the movie was still a hit with the audience and next year, a movie in the same style (no story line, lots of advertisements, lots of popular actors/groups/singers making cameos) was made, called Xuxa Popstar.

Then, in 2001 she did her first children's movie in twelve years, Xuxa e os Duendes. A fantasy movie, it not only had many cameos, but also a story line and no advertisements, a first for Xuxa's movie. The movie was a hit and a sequel was made for the following year.

In 2003 she did another fantasy movie, Xuxa em Abracadabra and in 2004, Xuxa e o Tesouro da Cidade Perdida (Xuxa and the Treasure of the Lost City). As of 2005, Xuxa is about to release her first animated movie.

International Career

In the 90s, Xuxa became very popular in the whole of Latin America, widening her appeal among Spanish-speaking audiences, when she recorded a programme in Argentina, Show de Xuxa, which was also popular when broadcast in Chile, Mexico and other 16 Latin American countries. She also recorded a programme in Spain in 1992, Xuxa Park, which achieved a huge success.

In 1993 Xuxa hosted an English language series in the United States, "Xuxa", but it did not achieve the popularity Xuxa had enjoyed throughout Latin America and Spain. Xuxa did not master the English language, which was her greatest barrier to success. However, the show was sold in many countries throughout the world, among them Japan, Israel, Russia and some Arab countries. Many parents were taken aback by her seemingly open displays of sexuality and lack of modest clothing as well as her practice of putting on bright red lipstick and kissing the cheeks of prepubescent males at the end of each show. Also in 1993, she taped "Xuxa Park" in Spain. The theme song of the show spent 8 weeks on the top of the charts and her CD charted gold. Her international ambitions ended after she taped 22 episodes of her American show in a month. After she was hospitalized for several days due to exhaustion, she decided to give up her international career.


Brazilian Icon

Xuxa is a Brazilian icon, who was part of the childhood of many young people born in the 1980s and 1990s. She is still popular with children today, who listen to her CD collection 'Só Para Baixinhos'.

Her third album is the best-selling album in Brazilian history, selling almost 4 million copies. The album included the hit Ilarie, which went to Number 1 across Latin America and it was the bestselling single and most-played song on the radio in 1989. Xuxa's biggest singles were during her Xou da Xuxa era, the biggest of them all being Ilariê, but she was also successful with Lua de Cristal; Tindolelê; Brincar de Índio and Arco-Íris.

The Disneyesque monument to Xuxa in downtown Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul - the city is Xuxa's birthplace

She had a multiplicity of licensed products since the 80s, from bubble gum to televisions, Shampoos, soap, food, books, clothes, shoes, dolls, toys, video games and board games. Just about anything could be found with her face on it in stores in Brazil and across Latin America.

Her revealing clothes were not a big controversy in Brazil, which has traditionally been more relaxed about nudity than North America or Western Europe, and most of Brazilians didn't see anything wrong with the clothes she wore.

Xuxa is one of the richest Brazilian entertainers. Ahead of her, only Silvio Santos, who is the presenter of lots of shows from the number 2-net: SBT. But, while Xuxa is just a TV personality, Silvio Santos is also the owner of SBT. Xuxa is richer than Roberto Carlos, the best-selling artist ever in Brazil. In 1991, she was one of the 40 Best Paid Celebrities in the World according to Forbes. She and Julio Iglesias were the only Latin Americans on the list. Xuxa is one of the richest women in Brazil, with a net worth of more than US$160 million.

In 1998, her daughter was born live on Jornal Nacional, the most important and most watched news shows in Brazil. Nine months before, she had announced live at Globo's Sunday show Domingão do Faustão that her dream would come true and she would have a child. She has an on and off relationship with model and heir Luciano Szafir, father of her daughter.

Currently

Her show 'TV Xuxa' is in the number one spot for children's programming in Brazil.

Her first animated movie and 5th 'Só para Baixinhos' CD are coming out soon.

Brazilian Discography & Sales

Xuxa album cover for Só Pra Baixinhos (Solamente Para Bajitos in Spanish)
  • 1986-Xou da Xuxa
  • 1987-Xegundo Xou da Xuxa
  • 1987-Karaokê da Xuxa
  • 1988-Xou da Xuxa 3
  • 1989-4o. Xou da Xuxa
  • 1990-Xuxa 5
  • 1991-Xou da Xuxa 6
  • 1992-Xou da Xuxa 7
  • 1993-Xuxa
  • 1994-Sexto Sentido
  • 1995-Luz No Meu Caminho
  • 1996-Xuxa 10 Anos
  • 1996-Tô de Bem Com A Vida
  • 1997-Arraiá da Xuxa
  • 1997-Boas Notícias
  • 1998-Só Faltava Você
  • 1999-Xuxa 2000
  • 2000-Xuxa Só Pra Baixinhos
  • 2001-Xuxa Só Pra Baixinhos 2
  • 2002-Xuxa Só Pra Baixinhos 3
  • 2003-Xuxa Só Pra Baixinhos 4
  • 2004-Xuxa Só Pra Baixinhos 5
  • 2005-Xuxa Só Pra Baixinhos 6 - Xuxa Festa

Total Worldwide Sales: 30 million (Taking into account her albums in Spanish: Xuxa, Xuxa 2, Xuxa 3, Todos sus Éxitos, El Pequeño Mundo, Xuxa Dance, El Mundo es de los Dos, Xuxa Solamente para Bajitos) Since Xou da Xuxa era, she sold 14 million copies.

Filmography

  • 1982 - Fuscão Preto
  • 1982 - Amor estranho Amor
  • 1983 - O Trapalhão na Arca de Noé
  • 1984 - Os Trapalhoes e o Mágico de Orós
  • 1985 - Os Trapalhões no reino da fantasia
  • 1988 - Super Xuxa contra Baixo-Astral
  • 1989 - A Princesa Xuxa e os Trapalhões
  • 1990 - Xuxa e os Trapalhões e o Mistério de Hobin Hood
  • 1990 - Lua de Cristal
  • 1991 - Gaúcho Negro
  • 1999 - Xuxa Requebra
  • 2000 - Xuxa Pop Star
  • 2001 - Xuxa e os Duendes
  • 2002 - Xuxa e os Duendes 2
  • 2003 - Xuxa em Abracadabra
  • 2004 - Xuxa em O Tesouro da Cidade Perdida
  • 2005- Xuxinha e Guto Contra Os Monstros do Espaço

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Xuxa's biggest singles were during her Xou da Xuxa era, the biggest of them all being Ilariê, but she was also successful with Lua de Cristal; Tindolelê; Brincar de Índio and Arco-Íris. "Arc Minute." From MathWorld -- A Wolfram Web Resource. The album included the hit Ilarie, which went to Number 1 across Latin America and it was the bestselling single and most-played song on the radio in 1989. Weisstein. Her third album is the best-selling album in Brazilian history, selling almost 4 million copies. Eric W. She is still popular with children today, who listen to her CD collection 'Só Para Baixinhos'. Paul, Minnesota, 1991.

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The theme song of the show spent 8 weeks on the top of the charts and her CD charted gold. Also in 1993, she taped "Xuxa Park" in Spain. Many parents were taken aback by her seemingly open displays of sexuality and lack of modest clothing as well as her practice of putting on bright red lipstick and kissing the cheeks of prepubescent males at the end of each show. However, the show was sold in many countries throughout the world, among them Japan, Israel, Russia and some Arab countries.

Xuxa did not master the English language, which was her greatest barrier to success. In 1993 Xuxa hosted an English language series in the United States, "Xuxa", but it did not achieve the popularity Xuxa had enjoyed throughout Latin America and Spain. She also recorded a programme in Spain in 1992, Xuxa Park, which achieved a huge success. In the 90s, Xuxa became very popular in the whole of Latin America, widening her appeal among Spanish-speaking audiences, when she recorded a programme in Argentina, Show de Xuxa, which was also popular when broadcast in Chile, Mexico and other 16 Latin American countries.

As of 2005, Xuxa is about to release her first animated movie. In 2003 she did another fantasy movie, Xuxa em Abracadabra and in 2004, Xuxa e o Tesouro da Cidade Perdida (Xuxa and the Treasure of the Lost City). The movie was a hit and a sequel was made for the following year. A fantasy movie, it not only had many cameos, but also a story line and no advertisements, a first for Xuxa's movie.

Then, in 2001 she did her first children's movie in twelve years, Xuxa e os Duendes. Targeted at teenagers, the movie was still a hit with the audience and next year, a movie in the same style (no story line, lots of advertisements, lots of popular actors/groups/singers making cameos) was made, called Xuxa Popstar. In 1999 Xuxa appeared in Xuxa Requebra (Xuxa in Shake It), a movie that was a critical flop but a big hit with the audience. The second was her biggest box office hit, spawning her hit single 'Lua de Cristal'.

The following year, she starred in two movies: Xuxa e os Trapalhões em 'O Mistério de Robin Hood' (Xuxa and The Messed-Up Guys in 'The Mystery of Robin Hood') and Lua de Cristal (Crystal Moon). In 1989 she starred for the first time in a movie with the comedy group Os Trapalhões in A Princesa Xuxa e Os Trapalhões (Princess Xuxa and The Messed-Up Guys), which was another hit. Xuxa is also an actress and, together with comedy group Os Trapalhões, she has the 9 biggest Box Office hits in Brazilian history. In her children's shows, she consistently wore tight clothing, showing her belly, legs, and even parts of her buttocks, and in her first LP (also targeted at children), she revealed her breasts on the cover by wearing a translucent shirt.

Xuxa, however, being one of the most popular Brazillian TV personalities at the time, was kept on and a new show, TV Xuxa was launched, containing more educational content and cartoons, and less of Xuxa than previous shows. The show was initially successful, but following a dispute between Xuxa and her manager, Marlene Matos, ratings for the show began to decline, resulting in the show being pulled from air in 2004. In 2001 Xuxa began a new children's show, Xuxa No Mundo da Imaginação (Xuxa at the World of Imagination), a show for preschool children on weekday mornings. She also began her first tour since the end of her Xou da Xuxa show, and won two Grammy awards.

Reinvented as a children's entertainer, Xuxa began the Xuxa Só para Baixinhos (Xuxa Just for Kids) series, releasing CDs and a videotape with song clips. Both shows had good ratings but were cancelled after a fire on the set at Xuxa Park during a show casued serious injuries to members of the crew and children in the audience. Xuxa Park was a modern version of her original show, Xou da Xuxa. Xuxa Planet was a show aimed at teenagers, and was controversial in that she would interview stars about their sex lives.

In the early 1990s Xuxa hosted two more shows: Xuxa Planet, and Xuxa Park. In 1988, at her peak in popularity, she featured in the highly successful movie Super Xuxa Contra o Baixo Astral (Super Xuxa Against the Low Happiness), that included her hit song Arco-Íris (Rainbow), a hit across Latin America that was the biggest box office success of the year in Brazil. After becoming famous for dating soccer star Pele, she hosted Xou da Xuxa, a weekday morning show that featured musical performances, games, guests and cartoons from 1986 to 1993. Some scenes with underage actors in this movie would not be allowed by current Brazilian laws concerning child pornography.

While performing at nightclubs, she graced the centerfold of Playboy magazine's Brazilian edition in December 1982, which led to her being cast in the motion picture Amor Estranho Amor (Love Strange Love) IMDB page in which she plays a prostitute who seduces a 13 year old boy. . One, for instance, involved a rented theme park, while another came with a $1,000,000 bill. Xuxa's maternal habits are often criticized, particularly as she has been very indulgent with Sasha, throwing her lavish parties.

Sasha studies at Brazil's most expensive school, the bilingual "Escola Americana do Rio de Janeiro" (EARJ), aslo known as the American School of Rio de Janeiro), with a tuition of about $2,000 per month. She had a daughter, Sasha, in 1998 whose birth was televised live. Xuxa's personal life has often been very public and sometimes scandalous. Xuxa has dated Pelé and the late Ayrton Senna, both regarded as important figures in Brazil.

Xuxa is of German, Austrian, Italian and Polish descent and was the first Brazilian to appear on Forbes Magazine's list of richest artists in 1991, taking 37th place with an annual gross income of US$19 million. Her various shows have been broadcast in Portuguese, Spanish, and English languages. Xuxa born (Maria da Graça Meneghel) on March 27, 1963 in Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) is a Brazilian television actress and singer and children's television show host. 2005- Xuxinha e Guto Contra Os Monstros do Espaço.

2004 - Xuxa em O Tesouro da Cidade Perdida. 2003 - Xuxa em Abracadabra. 2002 - Xuxa e os Duendes 2. 2001 - Xuxa e os Duendes.

2000 - Xuxa Pop Star. 1999 - Xuxa Requebra. 1991 - Gaúcho Negro. 1990 - Lua de Cristal.

1990 - Xuxa e os Trapalhões e o Mistério de Hobin Hood. 1989 - A Princesa Xuxa e os Trapalhões. 1988 - Super Xuxa contra Baixo-Astral. 1985 - Os Trapalhões no reino da fantasia.

1984 - Os Trapalhoes e o Mágico de Orós. 1983 - O Trapalhão na Arca de Noé. 1982 - Amor estranho Amor. 1982 - Fuscão Preto.

2005-Xuxa Só Pra Baixinhos 6 - Xuxa Festa. 2004-Xuxa Só Pra Baixinhos 5. 2003-Xuxa Só Pra Baixinhos 4. 2002-Xuxa Só Pra Baixinhos 3.

2001-Xuxa Só Pra Baixinhos 2. 2000-Xuxa Só Pra Baixinhos. 1999-Xuxa 2000. 1998-Só Faltava Você.

1997-Boas Notícias. 1997-Arraiá da Xuxa. 1996-Tô de Bem Com A Vida. 1996-Xuxa 10 Anos.

1995-Luz No Meu Caminho. 1994-Sexto Sentido. 1993-Xuxa. 1992-Xou da Xuxa 7.

1991-Xou da Xuxa 6. 1990-Xuxa 5. Xou da Xuxa. 1989-4o.

1988-Xou da Xuxa 3. 1987-Karaokê da Xuxa. 1987-Xegundo Xou da Xuxa. 1986-Xou da Xuxa.