Rouge (pop group)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Rouge
Img_capt = Rouge on the cover of their second album "C'est La Vie" (2003).
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Genre = Pop, Dance, Latin
Years_active = 2002–2005
Label = Columbia
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Current_members = Aline Silva
Fantine Thó
Karin Souza
Patrícia Martins
Past_members = Luciana Andrade (2002-2003)
Notable_instruments = Vocal

Rouge was a commercially successful, Spice Girls-like Brazilian vocal group and girl band, formed in the first season of the reality show "Popstars", broadcasted 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.

Biography

The goal of the first season (2002) of the show "Popstars" was to form a girl band. Many thousands of young adult 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 in Brazil, receiving the Diamond certification. Their single "Ragatanga" (a version for global-hit Asereje by Las Ketchup) was the most successful song of the year and one of the most remembered songs of the decade.

Rouge was particularly popular among young girls and shoe-line, dolls, candies, toys, among other 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 wasn't as huge as Ragatanga. The album went 2x Platinum (500,000 copies sold). Luciana left the group after the release of "C'est La Vie", due to personal reasons.

In 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.

Discography

Total album sales: 4.3 million

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Trivia

* As well as Br'oZ, 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.

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/rouge2007 Rouge MySpace website]