Rouge (Rouge album)

Rouge is the self-titled debut studio album by Brazilian pop girl group of the same name, formed through the Popstars.

It was later certified double platinum by the Pro-Música Brasil (PMB) and currently stands as best-selling album by a girl group in the Brazil (with sales of 2 million copies).

On March 1, 2002, SBT announced that they were looking for girls between the ages of 18 and 25, who could sing and dance for a chance to become a "popstar", the name of the reality show.

Professionals in the music industry would choose the best candidates in several stages, going through a rigorous selection to form a pop girl group.

[3] The show Popstars, a co-production of SBT and RGB in partnership with Sony Music, received 30,000 entries from girls aged 18 to 25 from all over Brazil.

[8] The album counts with fourteen tracks, being 9 versions of international songs, and the other 5 compositions of Rick Bonadio, in partnership with other composers.

that the people who do not know English usually sing "Thing that the adolescents of the Ketchup invented", it counts.The Brazilian version has a mixture of Spanish and Portuguese.

[3][12] After the recording of the Rouge, the group performed for the first time in the Domingo Legal, hosted by Gugu Liberato on August 18, 2002.

[13] On the same day, the girls were presented to the press, debuting the "Não Dá pra Resistir"'s music video.

[19] During the preparation of the group on the show Popstars, Sony Music's intention was to release the song "Não Dá pra Resistir" as the debut single.

[20] On August 19, the group performed for the debut time with the "No Dá pra Resistir" music video,[1] and the next day the song was sent to the radio as the album's lead single.

[23][24] Due to the success of its version made by the Spanish girl group Las Ketchup, the label saw in "Ragatanga" a hit, and released quickly.

[29] According to the record company Sony Music, in less than three months the album had already sold more than 700 thousand copies, made rare in the time of the piracy.

The group during Rouge 15 Anos tour performing "Beijo Molhado".