Belle Perez

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Maribel Pérez (born on January 29, 1976 in Neerpelt, Belgium), best known by her stage name Belle Perez, is a Belgian musician and songwriter.

Born in Neerpelt to Spanish parents as María Isabelle Perez Cerezo. The 31 year old Belgian singer was discovered for her musical talents by her current manager Patrick Renier at a local talent show. In 1999 she participated in the Belgian preselections of the Eurovision Song Contest and from then on Belle's career in music took off. She started off in pop music but in 2002 she changed her style to latino/pop and went live on stage with her own "Baila Perez"-band. The album that came with it was an instant success and remained on the top spot in the Belgian charts for several weeks.

As of 2006, she has achieved a relatively high level of fame in her native Belgium and the Netherlands. She has also become the presenter of a popular Dutch music show in the meanwhile. Perez participated in the Belgian tryouts for the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, but ended up getting 3rd place. Her newest album Gotitas De Amor was released on August 23 2006. In December 2006 she released her 4th single of "Gotitas de amor", called "Hoy (Le pido a dios)", a ballad.

On 5 May she will be performing another "Mega Latino"-Concert in the "Sportpaleis" Antwerpen. She will be performing in front of about 15,000 people. According to some articles on her fan-site she is planning to release a cd in Germany, Austria and Switzerland upcoming summer. She has already signed a contract. Due to some rumours "El mundo bailando" is going to be the first single in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Before summer she will release another single from her album "Gotitas de amor" in Belgium and Netherlands which will be "Amor Latino" but a release date has not yet been confirmed.

[edit] Discography

2000: Hello World

Hello World
Honeybee #6 Belgium
This Crazy Feeling
Kiss and Make Up

2002: Everything

Planet of Love
Get Up and Boogie
Everything
Me & You #9 Netherlands, #10 Belgium

2003: Baila Pérez Platinum in Belgium sold around 50 000 copies

Bailaremos, #15 Belgium
Hijo de la Luna, #8 Belgium
Enamorada, #7 Belgium
Sobreviviré

2004: Arena 2004

Light of My Life, #11 Belgium
Loca de Amor

2005: The Best Of sold around 35 000 copies

Que Viva La Vida, #2 Belgium, #3 NL
Dime, #9 Belgium

2006: Gotitas De Amor #3 B /// #4 NL

El Mundo Bailando, #1 Belgium (Gold single 25.000 sold copies), #17 Dutch Top 40)
Ave Maria #11 Belgium
Gotitas De Amor #63 Belgium
Hoy (Le pido a dios) #63 Netherlands
Amor Latino #22 Belgium, #? Netherlands

2006: Edición Especial (DVD) (release on 3/12/06 in Belgium):

2 DVDs of the concert in Sportpaleis from 6/5/06
3 CDs (full concert on CD + Gotitas de amor-Disc)

Tracklist of "Gotitas de amor" (2006):

01 EL Mundo Bailando 02 Ave Maria, 03 Gotitas De Amor 04 Amor Latino 05 Quién Eres 06 Ay Mi Vida 07 Hoy (le pido a dios) 08 Mi Primer Amor 09 Fiësta 10 La Distancia 11 Salomé 12 Gotitas De Amor (maxi version) bonus Akoestische versies live in het Sportpaleis Antwerpen 13 Ave Maria 14 Elmundo Bailando