Wanessa Camargo

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Wanessa Camargo

Background information
Birth name Wanessa Godói Camargo (married last name: Buaiz)
Born December 28, 1982 (1982-12-28) (age 25)
Origin Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Genre(s) Pop, romantic music and punk rock (occasionally Country Pop, Forró and Dance)
Occupation(s) Singer, Dancer, Songwriter
Years active 2000 – present
Label(s) RCA Records, Sony BMG Brazil
Website Wanessa Camargo Official

Wanessa Camargo (born on December 28, 1982 in Goiânia, Goiás) is a Brazilian singer and songwriter of pop music, romantic music and punk rock. She is the daughter of Brazilian country singer Zezé Di Camargo from the duo Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano.

She was also the spokesperson for various different brands, such as Maybelline, and several products based on her image targeting young girls (dolls, shoes, make-up) were released.

Currently, besides being a singer, Wanessa is also the ambassadress in the non-governamental organization SOS Mata Atlântica, which defends the preservation of the Atlantic Forest. Due to her hard work in promoting the NGO and its goals, and also working for the dispollution of the Tietê river, in São Paulo, Wanessa was awarded in 2007 with the Pro-Social Award from Brazil's Nickelodeon channel [2], and later received the Personality of the Year title from the Cisesp [3].

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[edit] Career

Wanessa was the first Brazilian female singer to have her first two singles reach #1 in Brazil. She has also performed a duet on television with Italian singer Eros Ramazzotti during one of his promotional trips to Brazil, and her newest album Total features a duet with another Italian singer, Gigi D'Alessio, in the song Um Coração Apaixonado (Un Cuore Malato), also included in D'Alessio's Made In Italy Brazilian album edition.

After marrying the businessman Marcus Buaiz on May 26th., Wanessa kept working on her new album with Nashville producer Jason Deere and Miami producer Cesar Lemos. After many delays due to the record company, her new album, Total, was released on August 25, 2007. Its first single, Não Tô Pronta Pra Perdoar, is a version of Dixie Chicks' 2007 Grammy Award-winning song Not Ready To Make Nice, authorized by the own trio.

In March, 2008, Wanessa went to Miami to record a musical partnership with Mexican trio Camila, in a special rendition of Camila's 2006 hit song Abrázame. The partnership was included in both Camila's Todo Cambió album in its Brazilian edition and in Wanessa's Total re-release.

In April, 2008, the singer started her new national tour, named after her sixth album. Wanessa recently announced that she will begin working on her next album in December, and that she will also promote this next album in Mexico.[1]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Album Year Sales Certification (ABPD) Peak Position Hot100Brasil. Gravadora
Wanessa Camargo November, 2000 250,000 2x Platinum 1 RCA Records/Sony BMG
Wanessa Camargo November, 2001 375,000 3x Platinum 1 RCA Records/Sony BMG
Wanessa Camargo December, 2002 250,000 2x Platinum 2 RCA Records/Sony BMG
Transparente - ao Vivo April, 2004 125,000 Platinum 12 RCA Records/Sony BMG
W August, 2005 50,000 Gold 1 RCA Records/Sony BMG
Total August, 2007 20,000 (still charting) - 11 RCA Records/Sony BMG

[edit] EPs

  • Total (CD Zero) (2007)

[edit] Soundtracks

Telenovelas

  • Beleza Pura (Rede Globo, 2008) - "Independente (Ladies Night)"
  • Bang Bang (Rede Globo, 2006) - "Não Resisto A Nós Dois"
  • Um Anjo Caiu do Céu (Rede Globo, 2001) - "Apaixonada Por Você"

Films

  • 2 Filhos de Francisco (2005) - "O Lavrador" (duet with Nando Reis)
  • O Casamento de Romeu X Julieta (2005) - "Nada Me Importa No Mundo (Che m’importa del mondo)"
  • Xuxa e os Duendes (2002) - "Tudo Que Você Sonhar"

TV shows

  • High School Musical: A Seleção (SBT, 2008) - "O Sonho Não Termina"
  • Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (Rede Globo, 2006) - "Patty Pop"
  • Jovens Tardes (Rede Globo, 2003) - "Eu Não Sabia Que Você Existia" (duet with Leandro Scornavacca) and "Estúpido Cupido (Stupid Cupid)"
  • Fica Comigo (MTV Brazil, 2001) - "O Amor Não Deixa"

[edit] Singles

Wanessa Camargo.
Wanessa Camargo.
Song Year Peak position
O Amor Não Deixa 2000 1
Apaixonada por Você[2] 2001 1
Eu Posso te Sentir 2001 9
Eu Quero Ser o seu Amor 2001 9
Tanta Saudade 2002 3
Gostar de Mim 2002 20
Um Dia... Meu Primeiro Amor 2002 9
Sem Querer 2003 11
Filme de Amor 2003 15
Me Engana que Eu Gosto 2004 4
Metade de Mim 2004 11
Amor, Amor 2005 4
Não Resisto a Nós Dois 2006 2
Louca 2006 9
Culpada 2007 8
Não Tô Pronta Pra Perdoar 2007 15
Me Pega de Jeito (Me Pega de Jeito ou não Pega) 2008 12
Independente (Ladies Night) 2008 52
Abrázame / Me Abrace (featuring Camila) 2008 10*
  • still charting

[edit] Awards

Prêmio Multishow de Música Brasileira:

  • 2001: Best New Artist

Meus Prêmios Nick:

  • 2007: Pro-Social Award

Centro de Integração Cultural e Empresarial de São Paulo (Cisesp):

  • 2007: Personality of the Year title

Prêmio iBest:

  • 2008: Best Celebrity Blog (Audience Choice)

[edit] References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ "Apaixonada Por Você" was part of the "Um Anjo Caiu do Céu" soap opera soundtrack and had two different versions: the original, dance-oriented version, and the slow ballad version made for the soap opera

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