Ogg page header

An Ogg page is a variable sized unit of data within an Ogg bitstream.

Purpose[link]

One of the purposes of multimedia container formats is to allow multiple codecs to be muxed into a single file or stream. For example, to combine audio, video, and subtitles into a single file.

The viewpoint held by Christopher Montgomery, creator of the Ogg format, is that the units of muxed codec data should be a separate abstraction layer from the units of data used by the codec in order to limit the amount of buffering necessary when decoding the contained data. In his opinion, which is supported by other developers working with the Xiph.org Foundation, this gives Ogg a technical advantage over alternative bitstream formats such as AVI, QuickTime, and MPEG.

Each Ogg page also provides the time offset of the contained data which allows efficient seeking which works with streaming and time accurate. In contrast, many other formats seek to byte positions in the stream or rely on a table of contents for seeking information.

Page structure[link]

Every Ogg page begins with the four-byte magic string "OggS". If sync is lost a decoder can look for the next occurrence of this sequence to begin decoding again. This string is followed by a null byte for Ogg version 0. The version field had originally been intended to allow multiple Ogg page types tuned for different payloads to coexist in the same stream. At the 2000s it became clear that only one page version will be used.^[1]

The sixth byte of each page specifies type flags. The value of 1 specifies that contained data is continued from the last page. The value of 2 specifies that this is the first page of the stream, and the value of 4 specifies that this is the last page of the stream. These values can be combined with addition or logical OR.

The next 8 bytes, or 64 bits, is called the absolute granule position which is a synthetic value that encodes the Decode Timestamp, the Presentation time stamp and distance to first-needed reference. The exact encoding of the granule position is up to a specific codec.^[1][2]

The following 4 bytes are the stream serial number to which this page belongs. Each logical stream must have a unique serial number within a physical stream. It is also intended to be used like a weak hash so that a collision is very unlikely when multiplexing different streams, which eliminates the need for continuous recalculation of page headers at every multiplexing step.

The following 4 bytes are the page sequence number within the stream. Its a Page counter that lets you know if a page is lost. In comparison to other container formats, the large number of bits also allows direct UDP unicast/multicast with Ogg handling reordering and reassembly.^[1]

The next 4 bytes, starting at the 23rd byte of the page, is the CRC checksum of the page. Because the value of this field changes the result of the check is computed with this field equal to zero.

Next, the 27th byte of each page specifies the number of segments it contains which ranges from 0 to 255. This is also the size of the following segment table in bytes. Each byte of the segment table provides the length of a segment.

Each segment can be up to 255 bytes in length and is bounded by the page. If a segment is less than 255 it marks the end of a packet, the next segment will begin a new packet. If a packet ends on a multiple of 255, it will end in a segment 0 bytes long. If the last segment of the page is 255 bytes then the last packet is continued on the following page.

Editing with pages[link]

One of the common uses of Ogg pages is for editing Ogg files without the loss of quality or processing expense involved in transcoding.

Any series of pages within a stream can be preceded by the stream's header pages (pages with an absolute granule position of 0) and be decoded properly by media players. This technique can be used to losslessly crop a media file.

Multiple cropped segments can be appended to each other with a process known as chaining provided that the serial numbers of these segments are modified to unique numbers. New content can also be inserted between these segments.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Ogg Page Structure
• RFC 3533 - The Ogg Encapsulation Format Version 0

Ogg is a free, open container format maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation. The creators of the Ogg format state that it is unrestricted by software patents^[4] and is designed to provide for efficient streaming and manipulation of high quality digital multimedia.

The Ogg container format can multiplex a number of independent streams for audio, video, text (such as subtitles), and metadata.

In the Ogg multimedia framework, Theora provides a lossy video layer. The audio layer is most commonly provided by the music-oriented Vorbis format but other options include the human speech compression codec Speex, the lossless audio compression codec FLAC, and OggPCM.

Before 2007, the .ogg filename extension was used for all files whose content used the Ogg container format. Since 2007, the Xiph.Org Foundation recommends that .ogg only be used for Ogg Vorbis audio files. The Xiph.Org Foundation decided to create a new set of file extensions and media types to describe different types of content such as .oga for audio only files, .ogv for video with or without sound (including Theora), and .ogx for multiplexed Ogg.^[5]

As of December 7, 2010, the current version of the Xiph.Org Foundation's reference implementation, is libogg 1.2.2.^[1] Another version, libogg2, has been in development, but is awaiting a rewrite as of 2008.^[6] Both software libraries are free software, released under the new BSD license. Ogg reference implementation was separated from Vorbis on September 2, 2000.^[7]

Because the format is free, and its reference implementation is not subject to restrictions associated with copyright, Ogg's various codecs have been incorporated into a number of different free and proprietary media players, both commercial and non-commercial, as well as portable media players and GPS receivers from different manufacturers.

Naming[link]

It is sometimes assumed that the name Ogg comes from the character of Nanny Ogg in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, but the Ogg developers say that is not true.^[8] Ogg derives from ogging, jargon from the computer game Netrek, which came to mean doing something forcefully, possibly without consideration of the drain on future resources. At its inception, the Ogg project was thought to be somewhat ambitious given the power of the PC hardware of the time.^[8] Still, to quote the same reference: "Vorbis, on the other hand is named after the Terry Pratchett character from the book Small Gods."

The project started in 1994. It was originally named Squish but that was already trademarked so the project underwent a name change. The new name, OggSquish, was used until 2001 when it was changed again to Ogg. Ogg has since come to refer to the file format, which is now part of the larger Xiph.org multimedia project. Today, the Squish only refers to a particular codec of the Ogg format.^[9]

File format[link]

Ogg Example

The Ogg bitstream format, spearheaded by the Xiph.Org Foundation, has been created as the framework of a larger initiative aimed at developing a set of components for the coding and decoding of multimedia content, which are available free of charge and freely re-implementable in software.

The format consists of chunks of data each called an Ogg Page. Each page begins with the characters, OggS, to identify the file as Ogg format.

A serial number and page number in the page header identifies each page as part of a series of pages making up a bitstream. Multiple bitstreams may be multiplexed in the file where pages from each bitstream are ordered by the seek time of the contained data. Bitstreams may also be appended to existing files, a process known as chaining, to cause the bitstreams to be decoded in sequence.

A BSD-licensed library, called libvorbis, is available to encode and decode data from Ogg streams. Independent Ogg implementations are used in several projects such as RealPlayer and a set of DirectShow filters.

Page structure[link]

The following is the field layout of an Ogg page header:

Capture pattern – 32 bits

The capture pattern or sync code is a magic number used to ensure synchronisation when parsing Ogg files. Every page starts with the four ASCII character sequence OggS. This assists in resynchronising a parser in cases where data has been lost or is corrupted, and is a sanity check before commencing parsing the page structure.

Version – 8 bits

This field indicates the version of the Ogg bitstream format, to allow for future expansion. It is currently mandated to be 0.

Header type – 8 bits

This is an 8 bit field of flags, which indicates the type of page that follows. The rightmost or least significant bit is considered bit 0, with value 0x01, the next least significant digit is bit 1, with value 0x02. The third is bit 2, with value 0x04, and so on.

Bit	Value	Flag	Page type
0	0x01	Continuation	The first packet on this page is a continuation of the previous packet in the logical bitstream.
1	0x02	BOS	Beginning Of Stream. This page is the first page in the logical bitstream. The BOS flag must be set on the first page of every logical bitstream, and must not be set on any other page.
2	0x04	EOS	End Of Stream. This page is the last page in the logical bitstream. The EOS flag must be set on the final page of every logical bitstream, and must not be set on any other page.

Granule position – 64 bits

A granule position is the time marker in Ogg files. It is an abstract value, whose meaning is determined by the codec. It may for example be a count of the number of samples, the number of frames or a more complex scheme.

Bitstream serial number – 32 bits

This field is a serial number that identifies a page as belonging to a particular logical bitstream. Each logical bitstream in a file has a unique value, and this field allows implementations to deliver the pages to the appropriate decoder. In a typical vorbis and theora file, one stream is the audio (vorbis), and the other is the video (theora)

Page sequence number – 32 bits

This field is a monotonically increasing field for each logical bitstream. The first page is 0, the second 1, etc. This allows implementations to detect when data has been lost.

Checksum – 32 bits

This field provides a checksum of the data in the entire page, performed with the checksum field set to 0. This allows verification that the data has not been corrupted since it was created. Pages that fail the checksum should be discarded.

Page segments – 8 bits

This field indicates the number of segments that exist in this page. It also indicates how many bytes are in the segment table that follows this field. There can be a maximum of 255 segments in any one page.

Segment table

The segment table is an 8 bit vector of values indicating the length of each segment within the page body. The number of segments is determined from the preceding Page Segments field. Each segment is between 0 and 255 bytes in length.

The segments provide a way to group segments into packets, which are meaningful units of data for the decoder. When the segment's length is indicated to be 255, this indicates that the following segment is to be concatenated to this one and is part of the same packet. When the segment's length is 0–254, this indicates that this segment is the final segment in this packet. Where a packet's length is a multiple of 255, the final segment is length 0.

Where the final packet continues on the next page, the final segment value is 255, and the continuation flag is set on the following page to indicate that the start of the new page is a continuation of last page.

Metadata[link]

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Currently, there is no official standard for including metadata in Ogg containers. Implementation is still a long way off as of Quarter 3, 2007. The Xiph.Org Foundation are currently welcoming suggestions and feedback. Suggested metadata implementation methods include the following:^[10]

• Dublin core in RDF
• XML-encoding (options include generic RDF, CMML, and XMP)
• MusicBrainz XML MetaData
• Ogg Skeleton is emerging as the way to approach machineable metadata.

Metadata must currently be included in the codec. There is fairly good software support for Vorbis metadata—often referred to as comments. But software support for Theora and FLAC comments in Ogg containers is very limited.

History[link]

The Play Ogg web button

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The Ogg project began with a simple audio compression package as part of a larger project in 1993.^[8] The software was originally named Squish but due to an existing trade mark it was renamed to OggSquish. This name was later used for the whole Ogg project. In 1997, the Xiphophorus OggSquish was described as "an attempt both to create a flexible compressed audio format for modern audio applications as well as to provide the first audio format that is common on any and every modern computer platform".^[11] The OggSquish was in 2000 referred to as "a group of several related multimedia and signal processing projects". In 2000, two projects were in active development for planned release: Ogg Vorbis format and libvorbis - the reference implementation of Vorbis. Research also included work on future video and lossless audio coding.^{[8][12][13][14][15]} In 2001, OggSquish was renamed to Ogg and it was described as "the umbrella for a group of several related multimedia and signal processing projects".^[16] Ogg has come to stand for the file format, as part of the larger Xiph.org multimedia project. Squish became just the name of one of the Ogg codecs.^[9] In 2009, Ogg is described as "a multimedia container format, and the native file and stream format for the Xiph.org multimedia codecs".^[17]

Ogg reference implementation was separated from Vorbis on September 2, 2000.^[7]

In May 2003, two Internet RFCs were published relating to the format. The Ogg bitstream was defined in RFC 3533 (which is classified as 'informative') and its Internet content type (application/ogg) in RFC 3534 (which is, as of 2006^[update], a proposed standard protocol). In September 2008, RFC 3534 was obsoleted by RFC 5334, which added content types video/ogg, audio/ogg and filename extensions .ogx, .ogv, .oga, .spx.

OGM[link]

In 2002, the lack of formal video support in Ogg resulted in the creation of the OGM file format, a hack on Ogg that allowed embedding of video from the Microsoft DirectShow framework into an Ogg-based wrapper. OGM was initially supported only by closed source Windows-only tools, but the code base was subsequently opened. Later, video (and subtitle) support were formally specified for Ogg but in a manner incompatible with OGM. Independently, the Matroska container format reached maturity and provided another alternative for people interested in combining Vorbis audio and arbitrary video codecs. As a result OGM is no longer supported or developed and is formally discouraged by Xiph.org.^[18] Today, video in Ogg is found with the .ogv file extension, which is formally specified and officially supported.

2006[link]

Although Ogg hadn't reached anywhere near the ubiquity of the MPEG standards^[19] (e.g., MP3/MP4), as of 2006^[update], it was commonly used to encode free content (such as free music, multimedia on Wikimedia projects and Creative Commons files) and had started to be supported by a significant minority of digital audio players. Also supporting the Ogg format were many popular video game engines, including Doom 3, Unreal Tournament 2004, Halo: Combat Evolved, Jets n Guns, Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, Myst IV: Revelation, Stepmania, Serious Sam: The Second Encounter, Lineage 2, Vendetta Online, Battlefield 2, and the Grand Theft Auto engines. The more popular Vorbis codec had built-in support on many software players, and extensions were available for nearly all the rest.

2007[link]

On May 16, 2007, the Free Software Foundation started a campaign to increase the use of Vorbis "as an ethically, legally and technically superior audio alternative to the proprietary MP3 format."^[20] People were also encouraged to support the campaign by adding a web button to their website or blog. For those who don't want to download and use FSF's suggested Ogg player (VLC), the Xiph.Org Foundation had an official codec^[21] for QuickTime-based applications in Windows and Mac OS X, such as iTunes players and iMovie applications; and Windows users could install a Windows Media Player Ogg codec.^[22]

2009[link]

By June 30, 2009, the Ogg container, through the use of the Theora and Vorbis, was the only container format included in Firefox 3.5 web browser's implementation of the HTML 5 <video> and <audio> elements.^[23][24] This was in accordance with the original recommendation outlined in, but later removed from, the HTML 5 draft specification (see Ogg controversy).

2010[link]

On March 3, 2010, a technical analysis of an FFmpeg developer was critical about the general purpose abilities of Ogg as a multimedia container format.^[25] In a lengthy response, the creator of Ogg refuted these claims.^[26] By December 2010, browsers supporting Ogg had surpassed browsers supporting both MP4 and WebM. ^[27]

Ogg codecs[link]

Ogg is only a container format. The actual audio or video encoded by a codec is stored inside an Ogg container. Ogg containers may contain streams encoded with multiple codecs, for example, a video file with sound contains data encoded by both an audio codec and a video codec.

Being a container format, Ogg can embed audio and video in various formats^[28][29] (such as Dirac, MNG, CELT, MPEG-4, MP3 and others) but Ogg was intended and usually is used with the following Xiph.org free codecs:

• Audio
  • Lossy
    • Speex: handles voice data at low bitrates (~8–32 kbit/s·channel)
    • Vorbis: handles general audio data at mid- to high-level variable bitrates (~16–500 kbit/s·channel)
  • Lossless/Uncompressed
    • FLAC: handles archival and high fidelity audio data
    • OggPCM: The experimental uncompressed PCM audio codec.

• Video
  • Lossy
    • Theora: based upon On2's VP3, it is targeted at competing with MPEG-4 video (for example, encoded with DivX or Xvid), RealVideo, or Windows Media Video.
    • Tarkin: an experimental and now obsolete video codec developed in 2000, 2001 and 2002 utilizing discrete wavelet transforms in the three dimensions of width, height, and time.^{[14][30][31][32]} It has been put on hold after Theora became the main focus for video encoding (in August 2002).^[33]
    • Dirac: a free and open video format developed by the BBC. Uses wavelet encoding.^[34]
  • Lossless/Uncompressed
    • OggUVS: a draft codec for storing uncompressed video.
    • Dirac: a part of the specification of dirac covers lossless compression.

• Text
  • Writ: a text codec designed to embed subtitles or captions
  • Continuous Media Markup Language: a text/application codec for timed metadata, captioning, and formatting
  • Annodex: A free and open source set of standards developed by CSIRO to annotate and index networked media.
  • OggKate: An overlay codec, originally designed for karaoke and text, that can be multiplixed in Ogg.

See also[link]

• Use of Ogg formats in HTML5
• Audio data compression
• Comparison of container formats
• Commons:file types
• WikiCommons' Theora video conversion help page
• Wikipedia:Media help (Ogg) Installing audio and video software

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ogg files

Look up ogg in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• The Xiph.Org Foundation official webpage — Ogg
• RFC 3533 — The Ogg Encapsulation Format Version 0
• RFC 5334 — Ogg Media Types
• RFC 3534 — The application/ogg Media Type - obsoleted by RFC 5334
• Using Creative Commons Metadata in Ogg containers
• Ogg etymology from the Jargon File
• Xiph.Org's official Ogg QuickTime Components for iTunes and iMovie (Windows and Mac OS X)
• Windows Media Player codecs for Vorbis, Speex, Theora and FLAC
• ffmpeg2theora Ogg Theora encoder, commandline application for Linux, Win32 and DOS (use port or HX)
• Online tool to convert ogg files, no downloads
• MiroVideoConverter

Look up page in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Page, Pages or Paging may also refer to:

Position or occupation[link]

• Page (servant), a traditionally young male servant
• Page (wedding attendant)
• Page of Honour, a ceremonial position in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom
• A participant in any of the following programs:
  • Canadian House of Commons Page Program
  • Canadian Senate Page Program
  • United States House of Representatives Page
  • United States Senate Page
  • NBC page

Technology[link]

• Page (computer memory), a block of virtual memory
  • The act of paging, a method of data retrieval
• Bank switching, sometimes known as paging
• Code page
• Electronic page, a type of electronic document
• Homepage, the originating page of a web browser
• Multiple buffering, also known as paging
• Ogg page, a unit of data in an Ogg bitstream
• Pager, a personal telecommunications device
• Pages (word processor), a word processor and page layout application
• Splash page (disambiguation)
• Web page
• PolyAcrylamide Gel Electrophoresis

Music[link]

• Pages (band), an American pop rock band
• Pages (album), by Bering Strait
• Page (band), a Swedish synth pop group
• Page (group), a Korean musical group
• Page Music, a record label
• "Pages", a 2007 EP by alternative rock band There for Tomorrow
• Big Page (rapper), a rap musician

People[link]

• Page (surname)

Fictional characters[link]

• Bob Page, a character in the computer game Deus Ex
• Valerie Page, is a fictional character from the comic book series V for Vendetta
• Victoria Page, a character in the Dream Theater concept album Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory

Places[link]

Australia[link]

• Division of Page, New South Wales
• Page, Australian Capital Territory

United States[link]

• Page, Arizona
• Page Park, Florida
• Page, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Page Township, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota
• Page, Nebraska
• Page, North Dakota
• Page Township, Cass County, North Dakota
• Page Township, Le Flore County, Oklahoma
• Page County, Iowa
• Page County, Virginia

Other uses[link]

• Page (paper), one side of a leaf of paper, as in a book
• Use of a pager to contact a person
• Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, a variety of gel electrophoresis
  • SDS-PAGE, sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
• Thomas Nelson Page House, house listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
• An announcement requesting someone's presences - see Public address

See also[link]

• Paige (disambiguation)

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Anna Kendrick
Kendrick at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival
Born	(1985-08-09) August 9, 1985 (age 26) Portland, Maine, United States
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1998–present
Partner	Edgar Wright (2009–present)

Anna Kendrick (born August 9, 1985) is an American actress. She rose to fame after her performance as Natalie Keener in Up in the Air, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Her other work includes The Twilight Saga, Camp, Rocket Science, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, 50/50, and the Broadway musical High Society.

Career[link]

Kendrick "caught the [acting] bug" at the age of 10, when she caught a bus from Portland, Maine, to New York City so that she could attend auditions.^[1] Kendrick's first acting role was as Dinah in the Broadway musical High Society in August 1998 when she was 12 years old, a performance for which she earned Theatre World Award, Drama Desk Award, and Tony Award nominations,^[2] making her the third-youngest Tony Award nominee.^[3]

Kendrick went on to appear in a number of other theater productions, including the musical A Little Night Music, before making her film debut in the 2003 musical comedy Camp,^[2] for which she was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category at the 2004 Chlotrudis Awards and Best Debut Performance Independent Spirit Award for her portrayal of Fritzi Wagner.

In 2007, she appeared in her next film, Rocket Science, in which she portrayed Ginny Ryerson, a fast-talking high school debater. Although she says she found the role intimidating and challenging after watching an actual national collegiate championship debate, her performance was praised by critics^[2] and she was nominated for a 2007 Independent Spirit Award in the category of Best Supporting Actress.^[4]

In late 2007, she auditioned for the role of Jessica Stanley in Twilight, a 2008 film adapted from the first book of the novel series by Stephenie Meyer.^[5] She had intended to do a mix-and-match audition with various actors, but was too ill and had to leave; she was, however, brought in for a later session where she was given the role.^[1] Screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg said that the characters Jessica Stanley and Lauren Mallory from the book were combined to create the role.^[6] Kendrick reprised her role as Jessica in the Twilight sequel, New Moon.^[7]

Kendrick's theater singing experience gave her the opportunity to star in her next project, 2009's The Marc Pease Experience, where she appears opposite Jason Schwartzman and Ben Stiller as a high school senior involved in musical theater.^[2][8]

She appeared in the 2009 films Elsewhere, in which she plays her first lead character, a girl whose best friend (played by Tania Raymonde) goes missing,^[2] and in director Jason Reitman's Up in the Air, based on Walter Kirn's 2001 novel of the same name, alongside George Clooney and Vera Farmiga.^[9] For her role in Up in the Air, the National Board of Review named her Best Supporting Actress^[10] and she has also picked up nominations from numerous critics awards and The Golden Globes^[11] and The Screen Actors Guild^[12] and the Academy Awards.

Kendrick at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2010

She reprised her role as Jessica Stanley in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg devised a graduation speech for her character that was not part of the novel.^[13] She appeared in Edgar Wright's adaptation of the graphic novel Scott Pilgrim, titled Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.^[14] Kendrick played Stacey Pilgrim, the sister of the lead character.

In 2010, Kendrick appeared in LCD Soundsystem's music video "Pow Pow" as a "shape-shifter" who collects "the souls of wicked men".^[15] In October 2010, she attended the 2010 Top Glamour Awards in Mexico where she won for "Best International Actress".^{[citation needed]}

In 2011, she starred in the dramatic comedy 50/50, alongside Joseph Gordon Levitt, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Seth Rogen. She also reprised her role as Jessica Stanley in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.

In 2012, she plays the part of Rosie in the screen adaptation of the consummate baby guide, What To Expect When You're Expecting.

It has been reported that in 2012 she will star opposite John Francis Daley in Rapturepalooza,^[16] that she has been cast in The Archivist,^[17] to be directed by Robin Wright, and that she will voice a character in the stop-motion animated feature, ParaNorman.^[18] She also will star in Pitch Perfect, where she plays a rebellious and goth-like college student who discovers her voice in her school’s female a cappella group and in a political thriller called The Company You Keep starring Shia LaBeouf.

Personal life[link]

Kendrick was born in Portland, Maine, the daughter of Janice, an accountant, and William Kendrick, a history teacher.^[19] Kendrick and her older brother, actor Michael Cooke Kendrick, who appeared in the 2000 film Looking for an Echo, both attended Longfellow Elementary School, Lincoln Middle School and Deering High School in Portland.^[20]

As of 2009^[update], she is in a relationship with director Edgar Wright, whom she met during the production of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.^[21][22]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Anna Kendrick

• Anna Kendrick at the Internet Movie Database
• Anna Kendrick at the Internet Broadway Database

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Luiza Possi
Luiza Possi in Rio de Janeiro
Background information
Born	(1984-06-26) June 26, 1984 (age 28)
Origin	Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Genres	MPB, pop/rock, post-grunge
Occupations	Singer, actress and songwriter
Instruments	Vocal, guitar
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Indie Records (2002–2004) LGK Music (2006–)
Website	Luiza Possi

Luiza Possi (born June 26, 1984) is a Brazilian pop singer. She is the daughter of another famous Brazilian singer, Zizi Possi.

Biography[link]

In 1999, Luiza was invited to go on stage and sing a song with a band that was opening a show by Skank at Credicard Hall in São Paulo. The audience consisted of 12 thousand people, and the singer performed the song "O Vento", Jota Quest, backed only by a piano.

In 2001, Possi went with some bands playing in an informal way, until she participated in the Programa do Jô, beside her mother, Zizi Possi, which aired on Rede Globo, and performed the song "Angel" theme from the movie City of Angels. The next day she received multiple invitations to sign music contracts.^{[citation needed]}

Luiza lived with her father, who was then president of Indie Records, and recorded her first album in 2001 under the production of Rick Bonadio. The album took the name of "I'm So" and produced two hits, "Same Day," which was her biggest hit. It was one of the most played in 2002, and the title track from the album is another great success, being subject of the novel Women Love, which was a huge hit with teenagers, and, at the time, the media said it had Luiza in a rivalry with two other pop singers of the time, Sandy and Leah Wanessa. In the same year she made her first national tour, and received several awards, which included the Award Multishow Brazilian Music Singer of Revelation. She became the co-host of Jovens Tardes on the Globo network in 2003.^[1]

In 2004, Possi released her second album, entitled "Pro World Bringing" through Indie Records, under the production of Rick Bonadio. The disc Veude sold 10 thousand copies, less than its predecessor, but it produced a hit, "All That Is Good", also the subject of the novel Lady of Destiny's Globe. Her father had a sudden stroke during the release of "All That Is Good," and, following her father's stroke, she decided to not release her second single from the album, her record closed and she cancelled her tour(because of the father). She was on hiatus for two years without work, during which she studied voice and piano.

In late 2005, Luiza received invitations to record a new album and sign major labels in the country, but the record that she did was an album for a teenage audience as in her previous albums, but it hit the foot is turned down several contracts. Possi and her father opened their own label LGK Music, with distribution by EMI / Som Livre. That same year, she released the CD Listening Luiza, in the production of her father, marked the debut of Luiza MPB style centered on the theme of love and critically acclaimed, and considered her best work by launching the first of many watersheds in career of the singer with this album she left the image of teen pop singer, to be become a mature woman of the MPB. He had three hits, "Gandaia Wave / Stone and Sand," "Listen" and "Your Name", the latter two being the subject of novels Globe, Pé na Jaca and Pages of Life respectively, all three made the radios segimento MPB. In the same year Luiza entered the third tour, Listening Tour, with a hundred concerts a year and had a recording of the first DVD, with eleven new tracks is eight tracks taken from their other albums, was recorded in Rio de Janeiro; to release DVD her label released a CD with fifteen songs, and helped make the DVD to be a sales success, with 15 thousand copies sold in the same year. In 2007, the album Listen, earned her her first indiçaões the Latin Grammy Awards, the prize more important than the music in three categories: Best New Artist, Best Album and Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album of Brazilian popular music, but lost in all three categories.

After divulagação of your hard-hit well in 2006, she returned with her fifth album, which was more creative, which was dedicated to new songs from pop and MPB: Good Winds Always arrive, is acclaimed by critics and many fans and critics have said, that did not exceed its last studio album. This album, is her copyright and had six tracks signed by her.

In an interview with MTV Brazil, Luiza announced a DVD of her current tour, Weatherlight, which will be released in the near future.

She participated in the first edition of the reality show, Circus of the program Faustão Domingão Faustão, placing 5th^[2].

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Singles[link]

DVD[link]

Soundtrack[link]

Tours[link]

• 2002: Turnê Eu Sou Assim
• 2004: Turnê Pro Mundo Levar
• 2006: Turnê Escuta
• 2007: Turnê A Vida é Mesmo Agora

Videography[link]

• 2007 - Circo do Faustão
• 2005 - Romeu e Julieta
• 2003 - Jovens Tardes

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