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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, having had shows in Portuguese, Spanish, and English languages. In 1993, Xuxa's show, Xuxa, premiered in English syndication but was cancelled in 1994.
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 $19 million. Xuxa has dated soccer star Pelé and the late Ayrton Senna, both regarded as important figures in Brazil. Xuxa's personal life was always very public and sometimes a little scandalous. She had a daughter in 1998 and the birth was televised live. Her maternal habits are constantly criticized because some people say she spoils her daughter too much (giving her a $1,000,000 party and closing a theme park for another one). Sasha, Xuxa's daughter, studies at Brazil's most expensive school, the bilingual Escola Americana do Rio de Janeiro (EARJ - American School of Rio de Janeiro) with a tuition of about $2,000 per month.
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Rise to Stardom
While performing at nightclubs, she graced the centerfold of Playboy magazine's Brazilian edition in December 1982, leading to her casting in the motion picture, Amor Estranho Amor (Love Strange Love) where she played a prostitute who seduced a 13 year old boy. Some scenes with underage actors in this movie would not be allowed by current Brazilian laws covering child pornography. However, she went to court to prevent Amor, Estranho Amor being released on video in the mid-90s. 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 did the highly successful movie 'Super Xuxa Contra o Baixo Astral', that featured her hit song 'Arco-Íris' (Rainbow), a hit in the whole Latin America. It was the biggest Box Office sell-out of the year. Later she hosted a game show and sitcom, and in the early 1990's hosted two more shows: Planeta Xuxa (Xuxa Planet), a show aimed at teenagers, controversial in that she would interview stars about their sex lives. Xuxa Park, a modern version of Xou da Xuxa, also had a brief run. Both shows had good ratings but were cancelled after a fire at Xuxa Park sent several children to the hospital.
Children's entertainer
Reinvented as a children's entertainer, Xuxa began the Xuxa Só para Baixinhos (Xuxa Just for Kids) series, putting out CDs and a videotape with song clips, began her first tour since her show, Xou da Xuxa had ended and won two Grammy awards.
Xuxa began another children's show, Xuxa No Mundo da Imaginação (Xuxa at the World of Imagination) (2001), a show for preschool kids on weekday mornings. Marlene Matos, Xuxa's manager since the 80's left after she and Xuxa had a fight. The ratings at the beginning were good but later began to decline. The show was eventually cancelled in 2004. But Xuxa, one of the most popular TV personalities could not be fired, so a new show, TV Xuxa, followed with more cartoons and educational content and less Xuxa.
In her children's shows, she constantly wore tight clothes 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 see-through 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) her biggest box office hit, spawning her hit single 'Lua de Cristal'.
It was her last movie for a while, until 1999 with 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: XUXA POPSTAR.
Then, in 2001 she did her first children's movie for 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, but it did not achieve the popularity conquered throughtout Latin America and Spain. Xuxa did not master the English language, which was the greatest barrier to success. However, the show was sold to countless of 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.
During the year 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. She also taped in a month, 22 episodes of XUXA, the American version of her show. But, after she had to stay at the hospital for several days because of exhaustion, she decided to stop her international career.
Brazilian Icon
Xuxa is a Brazilian icon, who was part of the childhood of many young people born in the 80s and 90s. 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 in the whole 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.
She had a multiplicity of licensed products since the 80s, from bubble gums to televisions, Shampoos, soaps, food, books, clothes, shoes, dolls, toys, video games, board games and almost everything with her face in it was sold in Brazilian stores and in the rest of 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 woman in Brazil, with a net worth of more than US$160,000,000.00.
In 1998, her daughter was born with the labour being shown live at 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.
Her first animated movie and 5th 'Só para Baixinhos' CD are coming out soon.
Brazilian Discography & Sales
- 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-Xuxa Hit´s I
- 1995-Xuxa Hit´s II
- 1996-10 Anos
- 1996-Tô de Bem Com A Vida
- 1997-Arraiá da Xuxa
- 1997-Boas Notícias
- 1998-Só Faltava Você
- 1999-Xuxa 2000
- 2000-Só Pra Baixinhos
- 2001-Só Pra Baixinhos 2
- 2002-Só Pra Baixinhos 3
- 2003-Só Pra Baixinhos 4
- 2004-Só Pra Baixinhos 5
- 2005-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)
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
External links
- Xuxa Official Website (in Portuguese)
- Large Xuxa Photo Archive (in English)
- Xuxa Information Website (in English and Portuguese)
- Xuxa Fan Club International (Info in 15 Languages)
- Xuxa Meneghel at the Internet Movie Database
Other Meanings
Xuxa is also a song from the arcade and Playstation 2 dancing game, In the Groove.