Belinda Peregrín
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Belinda Peregrín Schüll is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
), is a two-time Latin Grammy Award nominated Mexican
Mexican people
Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....
singer, songwriter and actress.
Early life
Belinda was born in Madrid, Spain on August 15, 1989 to a SpanishSpanish people
The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....
father, Ignacio Peregrín and French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
mother, Belinda Schüll. She has a younger brother named Ignacio. Ignacio Peregrín owned several factories in Mexico. The family moved to Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
when Belinda was five years old, and have lived there ever since.
Television career
At a very early age Belinda showed an incredible talent for singing, acting and making home videos that she wrote and filmed herself. When she was 10, she starred in her first TV series entitled ¡Amigos X Siempre!Amigos x siempre
¡Amigos X Siempre! is a Mexican television series. It first aired in 2000, and 115 episodes were broadcast. Leading cast members included Belinda, Martín Ricca and Christopher Uckermann....
, produced by Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
in Mexico and contributed to a soundtrack for the program. Her second role was playing Violeta in the telenovela Aventuras En El Tiempo
Aventuras en el tiempo
Aventuras En El Tiempo is a Mexican telenovela from 2001, presented completely in Spanish, and featuring a young pre-teen girl named Violeta.-Synopsis:...
, that also starred Christopher Uckermann
Christopher Uckermann
Christopher Alexander Luis Casillas von Uckermann , better known as Christopher Uckermann, is a Mexican singer-songwriter and actor, best known as a member of the pop band RBD.-Biography:...
. Following the success of ¡Amigos X Siempre!
Amigos x siempre
¡Amigos X Siempre! is a Mexican television series. It first aired in 2000, and 115 episodes were broadcast. Leading cast members included Belinda, Martín Ricca and Christopher Uckermann....
and Aventuras En El Tiempo
Aventuras en el tiempo
Aventuras En El Tiempo is a Mexican telenovela from 2001, presented completely in Spanish, and featuring a young pre-teen girl named Violeta.-Synopsis:...
, Belinda starred in the dual role playing identical twins, Mariana Cantú and Silvana Del Valle, who were separated at birth in the popular children's telenovela, Cómplices Al Rescate
Cómplices al rescate
Cómplices al Rescate is a Mexican telenovela starring Belinda as two twins who were separated at birth.- Synopsis :...
. She recorded a soundtrack for the show, and received her first Latin Grammy nomination for her work on the soundtrack. Before the second season started, Belinda dropped out of the show in order to pursue other projects. For the remainder of the series, her role was played by Mexican actress and singer, Daniela Luján
Daniela Luján
Daniela Luján is a Mexican pop singer and actress.-Biography:Born on April 5, 1988 to Miguel Barrios Luján and Amalia Rodríguez Gómez, she is the youngest of three daughters....
.
In 2006, Belinda returned to the small screen in the Disney Channel Original Movie The Cheetah Girls 2
The Cheetah Girls 2
The Cheetah Girls 2 is the 2006 sequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie, The Cheetah Girls. Its premiere received the highest ratings of all Disney Channel Movies at its time, a total of over 8.1 million viewers, beating the premiere ratings of High School Musical , and beating previous highest...
, playing the role of Marisol. The movie premiered on August 25, 2006 and it received a total of over 8.1 million viewers. Belinda also contributed a total of 4 songs to Soundtrack
The Cheetah Girls 2 (soundtrack)
The Cheetah Girls 2 is the soundtrack to the Disney Channel Original Movie The Cheetah Girls 2. The songs are a diverse blend of pop, R&B, Latin, and dance-pop. The album was released on August 15, 2006, ten days before the film was first aired. Most of the songs were sung by Raven-Symoné and The...
, which was released on August 15, 2006 and debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
and it has sold 1.4 million copies to date in the US.
Belinda has recently been seen in a new telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
called Camaleones
Camaleones
Camaleones is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa. The soap opera premiered on Mexico's Canal de las Estrellas, replacing the completed series Verano de Amor...
, where she plays a prefect for a high class high school, and doubles as a thief with her love interest, who is also a teacher at the school where she works.
Belinda
Her international self-titled debut studio album BelindaBelinda (Belinda album)
Belinda is the self-titled debut studio album by Spanish-born Mexican recording artist Belinda. It was released in Mexico by Sony BMG and internationally by RCA Records on August 5, 2003. The album had huge commercial success, reaching number one in the Mexican charts, and spawning three number one...
was released in Mexico by Sony BMG and RCA Records
RCA Records
RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...
on August 5, 2003 and became as great a success in many different countries, as it was in Mexico. The album was produced
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
by Rudy Pérez, Graeme Pleeth, Mauri Stern and Robin Barter. It included singles such as Lo Siento
Lo Siento
"Lo Siento" is the debut single from Belinda's debut album, Belinda.- Information :The song was written by Lucy Abbot, Sara Eker, Cheryl Parker, Twin; adapted by Belinda, co-adapted and produced by Mauri Stern.- Tracklist :...
, Boba Niña Nice, Ángel
Ángel
Ángel is the third single from Belinda's debut studio album Belinda. It received a Gold certification in Mexico for ringtone sales.- Information :...
, and Vivir, which was also chosen as the main theme song for Corazones al límite
Corazones al límite
-Plot:Corazones al límite was a Mexican telenovela about a teenage girl named Diana who was emotionally neglected from her parents, and felt unwanted. After being expelled from her boarding school in Switzerland, Diana goes back to live with her parents...
, another soap opera where she briefly appeared in. There were 4 different versions of the album released: the original version "Belinda", "Belinda (Repackage)" which featured 1 extra track: No Entiendo featuring Andy & Lucas
Andy & Lucas
Andy & Lucas is a popular Spanish Flamenco-inspired pop duo originally from the province of Cádiz in Spain. The band consists of Andrés Morales and Lucas González, who first knew each other as neighbours and friends in their Cádiz neighborhood of La Laguna....
, "Belinda (Enchanced)" which featured 2 Remixes and 2 Multimedia Tracks, and "Belinda: Edición Especial" which included a CD with 18 tracks and a DVD that contained five videos. The albums titled "Belinda", "Belinda (Enhanced)" and "Belinda: Edición Especial" are the only albums that are being sold today, the rest were limited editions.
In 2005, she collaborated with the Mexican rock band Moderatto
Moderatto
Moderatto is a Mexican band active since the late-1990s.-Beginning:Moderatto began playing in the mid nineties in Mexico City, as a parody of the glamorous style of many 1980s bands like Poison and Mötley Crüe. Originally started as a side project for the members' original bands, they eventually...
on their single Muriendo Lento, which is a cover of one of Timbiriche
Timbiriche
Timbiriche is the name of a Mexican group that debuted on April 30, 1982, during a broadcast of the news program Hoy Mismo with Alex Gongora and disbanded in 1994....
's songs, a Mexican pop group from the 1980s, which in turn was a cover of the record "Slowly", written by ABBA members Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus for the album "Shine", released by another former member of ABBA - Frida.
Utopía
Her second studio album UtopíaUtopía
Utopía is the second studio album by Spanish-born Mexican recording artist Belinda. It was released on October 3, 2006 by EMI Televisa Music in Mexico and Latin America. The album was later released on September 17, 2007 to Europe and the United States...
reached #3 on the Mexican Charts. Belinda revealed in a program aired by Televisa, "Bailando por un Sueño" and "Bailando por la Boda de Tus Sueños", that EMI wanted her to spend one week in Los Angeles recording "Utopía 2", her first album in English which was released in Europe and North America by EMI International on September 25, 2007. This new CD included tracks in English and a DVD. She also appeared as a guest star in Buscando a Timbiriche, La Nueva Banda
Buscando a Timbiriche, La Nueva Banda
Buscando a Timbiriche, La Nueva Banda was a Mexican reality show set to look for the new, re-make of the '80s and '90s Mexican band Timbiriche, hosted by Galilea Montijo. The show premiered on June 24, 2007, in Mexico on Canal de las Estrellas and on July 1, 2007 in the United States on Univision a...
.
On October 18, 2007, Belinda won two awards, Video of the Year for "Bella Traición" and Best Solo Artist at the MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamerica. Belinda and Armando Garcia were nominated in two categories in the 2007 Latin Grammy Awards
Latin Grammy Awards
A Latin Grammy Award is an accolade by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. Unlike the regular Grammy Award which primarily honors music produced in the United States, the Latin Grammy honors works produced anywhere around the...
, which were held on November 8. Her nominations included Song of the Year for "Bella Traición" and Best Female Pop Album for her hit album, "Utopía". Belinda also provided vocals for the Spanglish
Spanglish
.Spanglish refers to the blend of Spanish and English, in the speech of people who speak parts of two languages, or whose normal language is different from that of the country where they live. The Hispanic population of the United States and the British population in Argentina use varieties of...
remix of "Te Quiero" by DJ Flex
Flex (singer)
Félixer Danilo Gómez , known by his stage name DJ Flex and Nigga, is a Panamanian Latin Grammy Award winning reggaeton artist...
.
Carpe Diem
On August 18, 2009, "Sal de Mi PielSal De Mi Piel
"Sal de Mi Piel" , is a song by Spanish-born Mexican actress, singer Belinda released airplay on August 17 and digitally on August 18, 2009 included on her third studio album Carpe Diem...
" was released on iTunes.
On August 27, 2009, EMI Televisa posted a video teaser of Belinda's new song "Sal de Mi Piel
Sal De Mi Piel
"Sal de Mi Piel" , is a song by Spanish-born Mexican actress, singer Belinda released airplay on August 17 and digitally on August 18, 2009 included on her third studio album Carpe Diem...
". It also announced the new name of her third album, Carpe Diem
Carpe Diem (Belinda album)
Carpe Diem is the third studio album from Mexican pop singer Belinda, released on March 23, 2010 through Capitol Latin. The album has a mixture of electropop, dance-pop as well as a different sound from her previous albums.- Production :...
, which was released on March 23, 2010. Two days after its release, the album was certified gold in Mexico, after 30,000 copies sold. Her first single for the album was "Egoísta
Egoísta
"Egoísta" , is a song by Spanish-born Mexican actress and singer Belinda released as lead single from Carpe Diem on February 8, 2010 on radio stations, and digitally on February 23, 2010. The song features Cuban rapper Pitbull. The song was originally recorded in Spanish, but later was re-released...
" featuring Pitbull
Pitbull (rapper)
Armando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...
, which was released on February 8, 2010 on radios. Belinda also wrote the song "Lolita
Lolita
Lolita is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, first written in English and published in 1955 in Paris and 1958 in New York, and later translated by the author into Russian...
", will be the main theme of Niñas Mal, the first soap opera on MTV Latinoamérica. The album's second single is "Dopamina
Dopamina
"Dopamina" , is a song by Spanish-born Mexican actress and singer-songwriter Belinda released as second and finale single from Carpe Diem on August 10, 2010 on radio stations.- Information :...
", which was released on August 10, 2010 on radios. The video for Dopamina was released on February 2, 2011. Belinda also stated on her Facebook that she is putting the final touches on her next two videos for the singles Gaia and Amor Transgénico.
Discography
- 2003: BelindaBelinda (Belinda album)Belinda is the self-titled debut studio album by Spanish-born Mexican recording artist Belinda. It was released in Mexico by Sony BMG and internationally by RCA Records on August 5, 2003. The album had huge commercial success, reaching number one in the Mexican charts, and spawning three number one...
- 2006: UtopíaUtopíaUtopía is the second studio album by Spanish-born Mexican recording artist Belinda. It was released on October 3, 2006 by EMI Televisa Music in Mexico and Latin America. The album was later released on September 17, 2007 to Europe and the United States...
- 2010: Carpe DiemCarpe Diem (Belinda album)Carpe Diem is the third studio album from Mexican pop singer Belinda, released on March 23, 2010 through Capitol Latin. The album has a mixture of electropop, dance-pop as well as a different sound from her previous albums.- Production :...
- 2012: TBA
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | The Cheetah Girls 2 The Cheetah Girls 2 The Cheetah Girls 2 is the 2006 sequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie, The Cheetah Girls. Its premiere received the highest ratings of all Disney Channel Movies at its time, a total of over 8.1 million viewers, beating the premiere ratings of High School Musical , and beating previous highest... |
Marisol Durán | Disney Channel Original Movie |
| 2008 | Despereaux: Un Pequeño Gran Héroe The Tale of Despereaux (film) The Tale of Despereaux is a 2008 computer-animated film directed by Sam Fell and Robert Stevenhagen. Loosely based on the 2003 fantasy book of the same name by Kate DiCamillo, the movie is narrated by Sigourney Weaver and stars Matthew Broderick and Emma Watson... |
Princess Pea | Latin America Spanish voiceover |
| Television | |||
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 2000 | ¡Amigos X Siempre! Amigos x siempre ¡Amigos X Siempre! is a Mexican television series. It first aired in 2000, and 115 episodes were broadcast. Leading cast members included Belinda, Martín Ricca and Christopher Uckermann.... |
Ana Capistrán Vidal | Main role |
| 2001 | Aventuras En El Tiempo Aventuras en el tiempo Aventuras En El Tiempo is a Mexican telenovela from 2001, presented completely in Spanish, and featuring a young pre-teen girl named Violeta.-Synopsis:... |
Violeta / Rosenda | Main role |
| 2002 | Cómplices Al Rescate Cómplices al rescate Cómplices al Rescate is a Mexican telenovela starring Belinda as two twins who were separated at birth.- Synopsis :... |
Mariana Cantú / Silvana Del Valle | Main role |
| 2004 | Corazones al límite Corazones al límite -Plot:Corazones al límite was a Mexican telenovela about a teenage girl named Diana who was emotionally neglected from her parents, and felt unwanted. After being expelled from her boarding school in Switzerland, Diana goes back to live with her parents... |
Elena 'Elenita' Arellano Gómez | Supporting role |
| 2007 | Patito Feo Patito Feo Patito Feo is a comedy TV series for kids and teens from Argentina, starring Laura Natalia Esquivel, Brenda Asnicar, Juan Darthes, Griselda Sicilliani and Gastón Soffritti produced by Ideas del Sur for Canal 13... |
Herself | Special participation |
| 2009 | Camaleones Camaleones Camaleones is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa. The soap opera premiered on Mexico's Canal de las Estrellas, replacing the completed series Verano de Amor... |
Valentina Izaguirre / Valentina Jaramillo | Main role |
| 2010 | Mujeres Asesinas 3 | Annette VanDiryk | Main role |
| 2011 | Belinda, Un Reality Sobre Mi Vida (Belinda, A Reality About My Life) | Herself | Aired on Most Latin American Cosmopolitan Channels |
Latin Grammy Awards
The Latin Grammy AwardsLatin Grammy Awards
A Latin Grammy Award is an accolade by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. Unlike the regular Grammy Award which primarily honors music produced in the United States, the Latin Grammy honors works produced anywhere around the...
are awarded annually in the United States since 2000 for outstanding contributions to Spanish language
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
music. Belinda has received three nominations.
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| rowspan="1" align="center"|2002
| rowspan="1"|Cómplices Al Rescate
| Best Latin Children's Album
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| rowspan="2" align="center"|2007
| rowspan="1" |Bella Traición
Bella Traición
"Bella Traición" , is the official second single from Belinda's second studio album "Utopía".- Information :...
|Song of the Year
Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year
The Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence, creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally...
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|-
|Utopía
| Best Female Pop Vocal Album
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2000
- TVyNovelas Awards - Child Disclosure - Won;2001
- TVyNovelas Awards - Best Female Newcomer - Nominated
- Premios Eres - Best Singer and Actress - Won
2002
- Oye AwardsPremios Oye!Premios Oye! are presented annually by the Academia Nacional de la Música en México for outstanding achievements in the Mexican record industry...
- Best Solo Grupero - Nominated
2003
- Tu Musica Awards - Female Newcomer - Won
2004
- Latin Billboard Awards - Best Female Pop Album – Nominated
- MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamerica - Best New Artist - Won
- MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamerica - Best Artist North – Nominated
- Oye Awards - Best Female Solo Singer - Won
- Oye Awards - Album of the Year (Belinda) – Nominated
- Oye Awards - Video of the Year (Ángel) – Nominated
2005
- TVyNovelas Awards - Best Soap Opera Theme (Vivir) – Nominated
- Premios Juventud - Perfect combination (Belinda & Moderatto) – Nominated
- MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamerica - Best Pop Artist – Nominated
- MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamerica - Best Female Artist – Nominated
- Oye Awards - Song of the Year (Muriendo Lento) - Won
- Oye Awards - Video of the Year (Muriendo Lento) – Nominated
2007
- Lo Nuestro Awards - Video of the Year (Ni Freud Ni Tu Mamá) – Nominated
- Premios Juventud - Favorite Rock Artist – Nominated
- Orgullosamente Latino Awards - Latin Solo of the Year – Nominated
- Oye Awards - Best Female Solo Singer - Won
- Oye Awards - Best Basic 40 – Nominated
- Los Premios MTV - Best Solo Artist - Won
- Los Premios MTV - Best Pop Artist – Nominated
- Los Premios MTV - Best Artist North – Nominated
- Los Premios MTV - Video of the Year (Bella Traición) - Won
- Los Premios MTV - Fashionista – Nominated
- Los Premios MTV - Artist of the Year – Nominated
- Latin Music and Sports Awards - Best Artist New Generation of the Year - Won
- 40 Principales Awards - Best Artist International – NominatedBest New Artist – Nominated
- Premios Juventud - Pop Artist – Nominated
- Premios Juventud - Rock Artist – Nominated
- Orgullosamente Latino Awards - Latin Solo of the Year – Nominated
- 40 Principales Awards - Best Artist International – Nominated
- 40 Principales Awards - Best International Song (Bella Traición) – Nominated
2010
- Premios Juventud - Hottest Romance (Belinda y Giovanni dos Santos) – Nominated
- Premios Juventud - Perfect Combination (Somos el mundo) - Won
- Premios Juventud - The Best Dressed - Won
- Kids Choice Awards México - Favorite Female Character Series (Valentina "Camaleones") – Nominated
- Monitor Latino Awards - Special Collaboration (Egoísta ft. Pitbull) – Nominated
- People en Español Awards- Best Young Actress – Nominated
- People en Español Awards - Best Couple (With Alfonso Herrera "Camaleones") – Nominated
- People en Español Awards - Álbum of the Year (Carpe Diem) - Won
- People en Español Awards - Best Song of the Year (Egoísta) – Nominated
- People en Español Awards - Best Singer or Pop Group – Nominated
- People en Español Awards - Video of the Year (Egoísta) - Won
- People en Español Awards - Cover of the Year (Somos el Mundo) – Nominated
- Top Glamour Awards - Female Singer - Won
- Telehit Awards - Young Artist of the Year - Won
- 40 Principales Awards - Best Clip (Ay Haití) - - Won
- Premios Quiero - Best Female Video Artist (Egoísta) – Nominated
2011
- Lo Nuestro Awards - Video of the Year (Egoísta) - Won
External links
- Official Website
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