Chico and Roberta
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| Chico and Roberta | |
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| Origin | France, Brazil |
| Genre(s) | Lambada |
| Years active | 1989-1993 |
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| Chico Roberta |
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Chico and Roberta was a Franco-Brazilian duet founded in 1989.
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[edit] Biography
The duet was composed of two children (a Brazilian boy, Chico, and a French girl, Roberta), who had featured in the 1989 Kaoma's videoclip "Lambada". The duet had the same producer, Jean-Claude Bonaventure, as the Brazilian group. All there songs were composed by Loalva Braz, Daniel Darras, Alan Pype, Bonaventure, M. Nogueira and themselves[1].
At the end of 1990, Chico and Roberta had a great success with their album Frente a Frente, which was certified Gold album, and their first two singles "Frente a Frente" and "Esperanca do natal" (a song for Christmas), also certified gold disc by the French certificator, the SNEP, in 1991[2]. These singles were listed in the highest positions for several weeks on French SNEP Singles Chart[3]. According to Infodisc website, these songs were sold respectively about 322,000 and 228,000 copies[4].
The duet recorded all the songs in Portuguese language, and they performed them in several French TV shows at the time.
After these hits, the two children's musical career stopped suddenly[5].
[edit] Discography
[edit] Singles
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[edit] External link
- (French) Chico and Roberta, on Bide et Musique
- (French) Site about Chico and Roberta
[edit] References
- ^ Elia Habib, Muz hit. tubes, p. 197 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)
- ^ Chico and Roberta's certifications Chartsinfrance.net (Retrieved February 10, 2008)
- ^ Peak positions of Chico and Roberta's singles Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 10, 2008)
- ^ Sales of Chico and Roberta's singles (see 'Certifications', at left) Infodisc.fr (Retrieved February 10, 2008)
- ^ Elia Habib, Muz hit. tubes, p. 204 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)
