HanCinema is an independent Korean Movie and Drama Database created by Cedric Collemine in 2003. It provides information related to Korean movies, television dramas, actors, and other related information.^[2][3][4]

See Also[link]

• Internet Movie Database
• Korean Movie Database

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Hancinema on Facebook
• Hancinema on Twitter

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James McTeigue (born 29 December 1967) is an Australian film director. He has been an assistant director on many films, including No Escape (1994), the Matrix trilogy (1999–2003) and Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002), and made his directorial debut with the 2006 film V for Vendetta.

Early life[link]

Born on Sydney's North Shore, he grew up in Collaroy Plateau, a suburb on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia. McTeigue attended Marist Brothers North Sydney then Cromer High School, in Cromer, a northern beach suburb of Sydney. He completed tertiary study in film at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga Campus.

Career[link]

He first became involved in the film industry in the late 1980s, acting as production runner or production assistant in a number of small Australian films. In 1991 his role became assistant director, being the third assistant director in another Australian film, titled The Girl Who Came Late.

In 1994 he was the second assistant director in Country Life, a film adaptation based on Michael Blakemore's National Theatre production of Uncle Vanya, which had a much wider audience than his previous affairs. He also acted again as second assistant director in a small Australian television film.

It was however, later in the year of 1994 the McTeigue broke into mainstream Hollywood, being the second assistant director for No Escape, and the big budget Street Fighter. In 1996, McTeigue again assumed the role of second assistant director, with an American television film and a small Australian film being completed that year.

In 1997 he was the second assistant director for WWII film, Paradise Road, as well as The Well, that year he also became first assistant director for a television series, Big Sky. The following year he was the second assistant director for the American science-fiction film, Dark City as well as Australian film, The Sugar Factory.

It was the following year, 1999, that McTeigue really came to prominence. McTeigue was apparently going to act as second assistant director for The Matrix film, that is, until the first assistant director, a friend of McTeigue who told him about the project had to drop out, which saw The Wachowski Brothers make McTeigue first assistant. The film was released in 1999 and became a huge success.

The following year he acted as first assistant director on the massively popular Australian film, Looking for Alibrandi. He was also involved in The Monkey's Mask that year, again as first assistant director.

In 2000, McTeigue worked with George Lucas and became the first assistant director for Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, which was released in 2002. Following this, he was also the first assistant director for both Matrix sequels, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions.

In 2006 McTeigue made his directorial debut, directing the Wachowski brothers' produced film, V for Vendetta. After spending so much time on The Matrix film series, the brothers gave the opportunity to McTeigue to direct, first showing him a copy of the Vendetta graphic novel during post-production of The Matrix Revolutions. McTeigue has been highly praised since the film's release in March 2006.

He directed the Wachowski brothers-produced film Ninja Assassin which was out in 2009.^[1]

McTeigue is currently in talks to direct Osiris Release^[2] and is stated to direct the adaptation of Richard K. Morgan's Altered Carbon^[3] in 2009. That same year, he expressed interest in directing a reboot of the Superman film series, though Warner Bros. ultimately gave the job of rebooting the Superman franchise to Zack Snyder.^[4]

Filmography[link]

Director[link]

• V for Vendetta (2006)
• Ninja Assassin (2009)
• The Raven (2012)

References[link]

External links[link]

• James McTeigue at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview with McTeigue and Joel Silver

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Kim Jong Kook (born April 25, 1976) is a South Korean singer and TV personality. He was initially part of the Korean duo Turbo, later pursuing a successful career as a solo artist.

Biography[link]

Kim Jong Kook first entered the Korean music industry in 1995 as a member of the group Turbo, which became immensely popular for their catchy music. After the group disbanded a few years later, he became a solo singer in 2001, mostly concentrating on ballads.^[1] Although his unusually high tone of voice is often joked about (with many stars jokingly calling it a "mosquito voice"), he has had many hit singles and has also been a frequent guest on many variety shows, most notably X-Man.^[2] In addition, his muscular body is often considered one of the best in K-pop, due to constant weight training.^[3]

Kim Jong Kook had a big slump after Turbo; however, he made a huge comeback with his second album. One of the songs in the second solo album called Han Nam Ja (One Man) was the reason for all his success. Furthermore, a scandal rumor with Yoon Eun Hye grabbed a lot of attention. This rumor started because both of them were permanent members of a famous variety show called X-Man. This rumor actually brought them close and they started to act like a couple in X-Man.^[4]

By 2005, Kim Jong Kook became one of Korea's most popular artists; his third album sold in excess of 300,000 copies,^[5] making it one of the year's best-selling albums in Korea. He capped off that year by sweeping the 3 Daesang from all 3 major TV stations. In doing so, he became only the second artist ever to accomplish this feat since Jo Yong Phil in the 1980s. The lead single from the album, "Lovable", topped many charts. It was also included in Pump It Up and Audition Online.

On January 21, 2006, Kim Jong Kook, Jeon Hye Bin, and Im Tae Kyung participated in Thuy Nga's Paris by Night 81 Vietnamese concert in California. Kim Jong Kook performed "To Her Man".

In March 2006 Kim Jong Kook received his military service enlistment letter at the height of his popularity and career. Kim also released his fourth album around this time, unable to directly promote it while in the military, he used unorthodox methods. To comply with Korean law, the music video was shot so that his face would never be seen on screen. Also, in order to raise awareness, Kim Jong Kook's rumored girlfriend Yoon Eun Hye was asked to star in the music video. Though there has been no direct promotion, his fourth album has sold in excess of 100,000 copies.^[6]

It was announced in late April 2008 that the singer would end his military service on May 23, 2008. On that day, he was greeted by fans, and during his interview, he said that he was "relieved".^[7] His fifth studio album was released on October 22, 2008 as "Here I am" with the featuring song as "Today More than Yesterday" and "Thank you." Proving the "tradition" of not being able to rise once again after military service false, Kim Jong Kook made a successful comeback, making one album, one digital single [Happy Virus] and one trot [Ddajo].

Kim also returned to television, becoming a permanent member of variety show Family Outing, part of SBS's Good Sunday lineup and earning popularity, especially with the love scandals between Lee Hyori and Park Ye Jin. Kim Jong Kook's Hoolala CF with Kim Sooro was released on July 2009. He has also posed for many advertisement for clothing. His sixth album was released on January 27, and a preview of the album was released with the song "Don't Be Good to Me." However the title song for the album is titled "This is the Person". The music video for the song included Park Ye Jin who is famous for the "Family Outing Scandal" between Kim Jong Kook, Lee Hyori and Park Ye Jin. His sixth album is titled "The Eleventh Story" because in his music career, he has so far released 11 albums. It included 3 MV. Right now, he is a regular on SBS's Running Man.

On August 27, 2010 Kim Jong Kook received a lumbar microdiscectomy back disk surgery at Seoul’s Kwan Ahk Goo Chung Ryong Dong Kangnam Choice hospital. Kim Jong Kook’s management company, 101 Entertainment, stated, “Kim Jong Kook carried on with his daily activities without knowing that he had a ruptured disk. He did feel pain, but didn’t think much of it, and he endured his condition with painkillers while filming SBS Running Man.

Kim Jong Kook active participation in SBS Running Man makes him one of the big names in Korean Variety Shows World. He had been called "SpartaKook" and "The Commander" throughout the SBS Running Man and he has received a favorable evaluation leading the mission with his muscular body and extraordinary intelligence. This proved as he won SBS 연예대상 (SBS Entertainment Awards) Best TV Star Award on 2010 and SBS 연예대상 (SBS Entertainment Awards) Excellence Award on 2011. ^[8]

Discography[link]

Solo Albums[link]

Group Albums (Turbo)[link]

Digital singles[link]

• December 1, 2005: Big4 Of Voices In My Dream (Kim Jong Kook, SG Wannabe, Vibe and M to M): 바람과 함께 사라지다 (Gone With The Wind)
• December 11, 2006: Kim Jong Kook and SG Wannabe: 바람만 바람만 (Only Wind, Only Wind)
• December 2005: Kim Jong Kook and Mikey: 스키장에서 (White Love)
• November 23, 2007: Turbo & Kim Jong Kook Digital Mini Album "2007 Hwesang (Recollection)" (part1)
• January 4, 2008: Turbo & Kim Jong Kook Digital Mini Album "2007 Hwesang (Recollection) " (part2)
• March 5, 2009: Kim Jong Kook ft. Shorry J (MM): 행복병 (Happy Virus)
• April 13, 2009: Kim Jong Kook: 따줘 (Give To Me)

Others[link]

• April 23, 2004: special appearance in "나가 남자이기 때문에" (Because I'm Still A Guy) (MC Mong's first album)
• June 22, 2004: 김장훈 - 二色英雄新聞
  • Track 3 - 고속도로 로망스
• December 24, 2004: 통일염원 Special Album 사랑 (Love)
  • Track 1 - 그날이 오면 (When That Day Comes)
• November 15, 2006: S.101 Digital Single "I'll Follow You (ParamMan ParamMan)" (ft.SG Wannabe)
• June 8, 2009: Family Outing - 패밀리의 하루
  • Track 1 - 패밀리의 하루
• November 16, 2010: Soya - 매일매일 사랑해 (I Love You Everyday)
  • Track 1 - 매일매일 사랑해 (I Love You Everyday)
• June 23, 2011: Mikey - All For You
  • Track 1 - All for You

Filmography[link]

Television[link]

• 2004: SBS's Banjun Drama, (special appearance)
• 2004: MBC's Special TV Story
• 2005: Old Miss Diary (special appearance)
• 2005 to 2006: KBS's 슟돌이 Shootdori (coach)
• 2008: Kim Jung Eun's Chocolate [080903]
• 2008: KBS2TV Immortal Musical Classics [080907]
• 2008: Happy Together [081106]
• 2008: KBS2 Star Golden Bell [081202]
• 2008: MBC Golden Fishery [081203]
• 2010: KBS2 Yoo Heeyeol’s Sketchbook [100129]
• 2010: Kim Jung Eun's Chocolate [100206] & [101010]
• 2010: Happy Together [100211]
• 2010: KBS2 Star Golden Bell [100312]
• 2011: KBS 2TV ‘Yoo Heeyeol’s Sketch Book’ [110715] (ft. Mikey)

Variety Shows[link]

• 2001 to 2003: KBS　Dream Team
• 2002: Star Survival
• 2004 to 2006: SBS X-Man
• 2004 to 2006: KBS Happy Sunday
• 2005 to 2006: SBS Real Situation Saturday Love Letter
• 2008 to 2010: SBS Family Outing
• 2010 to present: SBS Running Man

Film[link]

• 2012: Wonderful Radio - cameo appearance

Awards[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Kim Jong Kook's Official Website (Korean)
• Kim Jong Kook Interview on The Korea Times

• Kim Jong Kook's Global Fan Club
• Kim Jong Kook's Official Fan Site [papitus]

Radio London, also known as Big L and Wonderful Radio London, was a top 40 (in London's case, the "Fab 40") offshore commercial station that operated from 16 December 1964 to 14 August 1967, from a ship anchored in the North Sea, three and a half miles off Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England. The station, like the other offshore radio operators at the time, was dubbed a pirate radio station and its offices were located in the West End of London at 17 Curzon Street just off Park Lane.

The station broadcast from the MV Galaxy, a former Second World War United States Navy minesweeper originally named USS Density. The majority of programmes were presented live from a studio in the hold. The ship's metal bulkheads presented problems with acoustics and soundproofing that were originally solved by lining the walls with mattresses from the crew's bunk beds, which meant none of them could sleep during the day.

Origin of the station[link]

Radio London was the brainchild of Don Pierson who lived in Eastland, Texas, United States. In a 1984 interview, Pierson said that he got the idea in 1964 to start the station while reading The Dallas Morning News. The daily carried a report of the start-up of Radio Caroline and Radio Atlanta from ships at that time anchored off the coastline of south east England.

Pierson said he was captivated by the fact that these two offshore stations were the first and only all-day commercial radio broadcasters serving the UK. Pierson was an entrepreneur – and he compared the number of stations then serving the population of his native Northwest Texas with the two stations serving the entire UK. He had an idea that would be worth a lot of money while bringing enjoyment to many people, he told Gilder. He caught the next available "red eye" flight from Love Field in Dallas to the UK where he investigated the British broadcasting scene. On arriving, he chartered a small plane and flew over the two existing radio ships on the North Sea and after taking photographs, returned to Texas determined to create a station bigger and better than either of them. However, owing to a disagreement with its members, Pierson had to leave the Radio London consortium. His participation came to a complete end several weeks before the radio station went on air except he was allowed to keep a small shareholding in the venture.

Broadcasting staff[link]

The disc jockeys included: Chuck Blair; Tony Blackburn; Pete Brady; Tony Brandon; Dave Cash - who also teamed-up to present a very popular Kenny and Cash Show. Ian Damon; Chris Denning; Dave Dennis; Pete Drummond; John Edward; Kenny Everett (co-host of the Kenny and Cash Show, and ultimately fired for on-air indiscretions); Garner Ted and Herbert W. Armstrong (the station's biggest advertisers on the station); Graham Gill; Bill Hearne; Duncan Johnson; Paul Kaye (who became the station's main news reader); Lorne King; "Marshall" Mike Lennox; John Peel (see The Perfumed Garden (radio show)). Earl Richmond; Mark Roman; John Sedd; Keith Skues; Ed "Stewpot" Stewart; Norman St. John; Tommy Vance (who came to the station late via Radio Caroline South and had been a DJ on KHJ Los Angeles); Richard Warner; Willy Walker; Alan West; Tony Windsor (who had begun his offshore career with Radio Atlanta) and John Yorke.

In August 1966, The Beatles started their last US concert tour. After the storm John Lennon's “more popular than Jesus” had caused in the US, the group’s reception was a cause for speculation – and the Beatles' management company arranged for a number of British journalists to accompany them. Radio London's Kenny Everett (a Liverpudlian), Caroline's Jerry Leighton and Swinging Radio England's Ron O'Quinn were invited to tag along. Because the UK Post Office – then the country’s monopoly telephone service provider – had cut ship-to-shore communication with all the pirate vessels, Everett had to call a number on land.

The station’s news chief Paul Kaye would go ashore, take the call in Harwich and tape the conversation before heading back to the ship where the recording was edited and music inserted to make a 30 minute programme, sponsored by Bassett's Jelly Babies, allegedly The Beatles' favourite sweets; the shows went out each evening at 7.30pm for 40 days of the tour.^[1][2] In 1967, Radio London got an 8-day UK exclusive on the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, playing it first on 12 May 1967 – the album was in the shops on 1 June 1967 – but Everett had left the station on 21 March that year.

Advertising sales[link]

A Cadillac car dealer in Abilene, Texas who became one of the investors associated with Pierson in his offshore project, nominated Philip Birch, a J. Walter Thompson account director who had relocated from JWT's offices in the US to their offices in London. Birch was appointed Managing Director and was responsible for the entire management of Radio London and of its sales company Radlon (Sales). Birch, a hard-headed businessman, was largely responsible for the station's success, tailoring the American-style format to give the broadest appeal to a British audience.

The cost of running the station was covered by local and national advertising revenue and the half-hour religious commentary The World Tomorrow presented by either Herbert W. Armstrong or his son Garner Ted Armstrong.

British authorities would not allow registration of a British sales company called "Radio London" because the name was considered "too similar" to that of an existing company, Commercial Radio (London) Ltd and so it was registered as "Radlon (Sales) Ltd." and was owned by Philip Birch and was the name on the air for advertising sales. The investors were based in Texas and used a series of different names for interlocking companies outside the UK and USA that represented their ownership in order to disguise primarily for tax reasons, their financial interests.

After the closure of Big L, Birch later became the founding managing director of Piccadilly Radio, one of Britain's most successful radio stations, when it was awarded the UK licence for Manchester during 1973. He also founded Air Services Ltd a leading radio advertising sales company responsible for selling national advertising for stations located throughout the UK. He continued as CEO of Piccadilly Radio and Chairman of Air Services Ltd until his retirement in January 1984.

Station name[link]

The name of the station was to have been Radio KLIF London because the floating station was to have used recorded programmes from KLIF, Dallas. When it was decided that the sound should be live instead of recorded, Pierson hired Ben Toney as programme director. Philip Birch was appointed CEO in charge of the radio station and of advertising sales. Birch suggested calling the station Radio Galaxy, in anticipation of its star making ability. As a compromise the minesweeper was renamed MV Galaxy while the station became Radio London. However, the PAMS jingles caused a further refinement of the name so that it was known as Wonderful Radio London and Big L; just as KLIF in Dallas called its hometown Big D.

Transmitter power[link]

The station's American-manufactured RCA Ampliphase transmitter was rated at 50,000 watts (50 kW) – An on-air slogan ran 'Your 50,000 watt Tower of Power', although initially it operated at 17,000 watts. In contrast, Radio Caroline, its main rival, operated with a Continental Electronics 10 kW transmitter. In 1966, Caroline South upgraded to a 50 kW Continental transmitter and, for a time, Radio London pretended to retaliate by increasing its transmitter power to 75 kW.

The station's antenna was a vertical guyed tubular steel mast positioned aft of the bridge house. Radio London's official publicity always claimed that the mast had a height of 212 feet (64.6 metres), but this was another exaggeration. A recent estimate based on photographs of the ship puts the actual height at around 170 feet (about 52 metres). [1]

While the wavelength was always announced as "266 metres" The station experimented with various frequencies between 1133 and 1137.5 kHz and tended to suffer nighttime heterodyne interference from stations in Zagreb and elsewhere.

Station close-down[link]

At midnight on 14 August 1967, the Marine, etc., Broadcasting (Offences) Act came into effect in the United Kingdom. The intention and effect was to create a criminal offence for any person who supplied music, commentary, advertising, fuel, food, water or any other assistance except for life-saving purposes, to any ship, offshore structure such as a former WWII fort, or flying platform such as an aircraft used for broadcasting without a licence granted by the regulatory authority for broadcasting in the UK.

Despite some initial plans to the contrary Radio London decided not to defy the law and to close before the Act came into effect.

It was decided to close at 3pm on 14 August 1967. The timing was chosen partly because it would guarantee the station a large audience and also to enable the broadcasting staff on board the MV Galaxy to return to shore and board a train to London. A one hour recorded show was broadcast from 2pm to 3pm to allow the staff to get ready to leave the ship. The time also described an "L" shape on the clock face, though whether this was a consideration is unknown.

Their Final Hour, as the programme was called, celebrated recorded greetings of farewell and remembrance from recording stars of the day. Included were the voices of Mick Jagger, Cliff Richard, Ringo Starr and Dusty Springfield. Managing director Birch thanked the DJs and staff and others involved throughout the station's life, as well as the politicians and others who fought for the station – and its 12 million listeners in the United Kingdom and 4 million in the Netherlands, Belgium and France'. This was followed by the last record A Day in the Life by The Beatles. This was followed by Paul Kaye's final announcement: "Big L time is now three o'clock, and Radio London is now closing down." The station's theme tune, the "PAMS Sonowaltz", popularly called Big Lil was the last music heard before the transmitter was turned off just after 3pm.

Just after Radio London closed down, Robbie Dale on Radio Caroline South (previously Radio Atlanta) broadcast a brief tribute to the station, thanked its staff and DJs, and held a minute's silence.

Most of the offshore stations had already left the air. Radio Scotland and Radio 270 closed at midnight. Radio Caroline South announced that both it and Radio Caroline North (the original Caroline) would continue. Owner Ronan O'Rahilly said they were defending the principle of free broadcasting, rather than being mere business assets. (Caroline's offshore broadcasts continued on and off until 1990, after which the station pursued legal means of broadcasting.)

When the Radio London staff arrived at London's Liverpool Street station later that night they were greeted by large numbers of fans (some wearing black armbands and carrying placards with slogans such as "Freedom died with Radio London") the fans attempted to storm the platform leading to minor scuffles with police.^[3]

The MV Galaxy sailed to West Germany, where Erwin Meister and Edwin Bollier attempted to buy it for what became Radio Nordsee International. When the deal fell through Meister and Bollier set about finding another ship. In 1979 the Galaxy, with its 212 ft mast still erect, was sunk in Kiel harbour as an artificial reef. By 1986 concerns about pollution from the ship's oil tanks led to its being raised and broken up.

Further history[link]

When his second radio ship venture closed and the vessel returned to Miami, Florida, in 1967, Don Pierson attempted to restart Wonderful Radio London from there. His plan was to interest investors in restarting Radio London from off New York. When that failed, he began a venture involving yet another ship which would restart Wonderful Radio London off San Diego, California. That, too, sank.

In 1982 Pierson helped promote a syndicated Wonderful Radio London Show, first aired over KVMX, a station he owned in Eastland, Texas. He promoted the show at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. When Ben Toney, the original offshore Radio London program director, became involved, the show was aired on KXOL in Fort Worth, Texas and as a daily show aired over 250,000 watt XERF in Mexico. Further plans were made to extend the early morning airtime of XERF into Wonderful Radio London as a full service station and to send a new ship to the UK as Wonderful Radio London International' (WRLI), in the hopes of replicating Radio London's success of the 1960s. However, these further plans failed to materialize beyond their syndication stage.

Pierson died in 1996.

Swinging Radio England and Britain Radio[link]

As a result of his Radio London initiative, Pierson created Swinging Radio England and Britain Radio on board another ship in 1965. However, these stations did not get on the air until 1966 when their vessel anchored close to Big L on board the MV Galaxy. The twin stations were not commercially successful due to technical problems and mismanagement. Dutch station Radio Dolfijn replaced Radio England in November 1966. Radio 355 replaced Britain Radio and Dolfijn gave way to Radio Twee Twee Zeven (227) in early 1967.

In pop culture[link]

• Wonderful Radio London is referred to (and some of its jingles used) on The Who's album The Who Sell Out.
• Wonderful Radio London also featured in The Who film Quadrophenia.
• The station features in the 1966 film Dateline Diamonds, which includes a few external shots of the Galaxy and a fanciful studio re-creation of its interior.
• Radio London was parodied in the film The Boat That Rocked.

See also[link]

• The Perfumed Garden

• See Radio London for other stations that have used this name or its variations in whole or in part. Several stations are listed.

References[link]

Other sources[link]

• Mass Media Moments in the United Kingdom, the USSR and the USA, by Gilder, Eric. - "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu Press, Romania. 2003 ISBN 973-651-596-6 - Contains reprinted work from 'The History of Pirate Radio in Britain and the End of BBC Monopoly in Radio Broadcasting in the United Kingdom' by Eric Gilder, North Texas State University, 1982. "London My Hometown", the second chapter, tells the Pierson story from his perspective and from original and exclusive archives. The chapter began as a 2000 audio-visual symposium called "Infinite Londons" sponsored in Romania by the British Council. The symposium's expanded proceedings later appeared in this book.
• The Wonderful Radio London Story, by Elliot, Chris. - Ray Anderson doing business as East Anglian Productions, Frinton-on-Sea, United Kingdom. 1997 ISBN 1-901854-00-0 - This was derived allegedly without permission from the archives Eric Gilder and Associates claim. (see note above.) The publisher was declared insolvent under UK law and it later turned out that the printer, designer and author had received no payment. The origins of this book's connection with Gilder lay in 1984's Wonderful Radio London International (WRLI) project, for which Elliot recorded the Wonderful Radio London Fab 40 in the UK – for KVMX and KXOL in Texas and XERF in Mexico to rebroadcast. When the WRLI venture came to an end, Elliot (born Christopher Gaydon, 1953) allegedly kept files on Pierson borrowed from Gilder – and later arranged for their publication under his name in two publications before the book appeared. This contains photographs and some hitherto unknown information, but it is not documented and it gives no credits. .

External links[link]

• Wonderful Radio London in the Pirate Radio Hall of Fame - Contains many audio, visual and text biographical stories relating to personal involved in the 1964-1967 venture.
• Wonderful Radio London story by Eric Gilder - Contains an in-depth sequence of events relating to the history of the Don Pierson archives and publications that have drawn upon them.
• The Radio London website - Run by Chris and Mary Payne of Radio London Ltd, the site contains over 1600 pages, a full collection of Big L Fab Forties and many "Where Are They Now?" biographical stories about personnel involved with both Radio London and many other offshore stations.
• Bassett's Jelly Baby Show ' report by Kenny Everett on the Beatles' 1966 tour of the US (Requires player for Real Audio files)

Claudia Leitte
Background information
Birth name	Cláudia Cristina Leite Inácio
Born	(1980-07-10) July 10, 1980 (age 31)
Origin	São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Genres	Pop, axe
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active	2001-present
Labels	Sony Music

Cláudia Cristina Leite Inácio, known as Claudia Leitte (born July 10, 1980^[1] in São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro^[2]) is a Pop, Brazilian axé singer, and former vocalist of the group Babado Novo.^[3] Since she is one of the most popular axé singers in Brazil,^[4][5] she hosted MTV Brasil's Video Music Brasil 2007,^[6] in which she had been nominated as best singer in that award.^[7] Claudia Leitte has also won other awards.

Biography[link]

Claudia Leitte started singing children's songs, while still young, then worked as a singer in bars. She was also the vocalist of several axé music bands. As a teenager she sang in trios elétricos.^[2] She became a professional singer when she was thirteen years old.^[4]

Leitte has been the vocalist of Salvador-based axé band Babado Novo since November 2001. Her band released five albums.^[8] The band's first album, named Sem Vergonha, released in 2003, sold more than 90,000 copies, being the band's first Gold disc, while the album named Uau! Babado Novo ao Vivo em Salvador, released in 2004, sold more than 100,000 CDs and more than 70,000 DVDs, and the fourth album, released in December 2005, named Diário de Claudinha (meaning Claudinha's Diary, Claudinha being Claudia Leitte's nickname) sold 70,000 copies in just one week.^[4]

As a member of the band, she was nominated for the 2007 MTV Video Music Brasil, promoted by MTV Brasil.^[7] Claudia Leitte has also won in 2007 the Brazilian Best Female Singer award, promoted by GloboRadio, beating Ivete Sangalo, Sandy, Ana Carolina and Maria Rita,^[9] and she and her band won the following Carnatal awards: best female singer, best band, best bloco, best music ("Exttravasa") and best artist.^[5] In January 2008, Leitte announced that she would be leaving her band, and starting a solo career,^[10] recording her first solo career DVD in February 2008 in Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro.^[11] On February 5, 2008, Claudia Leitte performed for the last time as a member of Babado Novo band.^[12] On February 17, 2008, at a show in Copacabana Beach, she performed her first live album as a solo singer, watched by 700,000 people.^[13] On July 4, 2008, her first solo CD and DVD, named Ao Vivo em Copacabana (meaning Live in Copacabana) was released at Credicard Hall, São Paulo.^[14]

Claudia Leitte was twice on the cover of Brazilian magazine VIP, published by Editora Abril, the first time being in February 2006, and the second time in February 2008.^[15] She was also on the cover of the August 2006 edition of Corpo a Corpo magazine.^[16] In 2008 she signed a three-year contract with AmBev to star Guaraná Antarctica ads, her first ad was broadcast on March 23.^[17] She sang for the Miss Universe competition swimsuit competition in São Paulo, with the new single "Locomotion Batucada".

Discography[link]

CD[link]

• 2010: As Máscaras
• Sales: 50.000

• 2008: Ao Vivo em Copacabana
• Sales: 100.000

DVD[link]

• 2008: Ao Vivo em Copacana
• Sales: 200.000

Singles[link]

• 2011: Samba (feat. Ricky Martin)
• 2011: Locomotion Batucada
• 2011: Elixir (feat. Olodum)
• 2011: Preto
• 2011: Trilhos Fortes
• 2011: Água
• 2010: Don Juan (feat. Belo)
• 2010: Famo$a (Billionaire) (feat. Travie McCoy)
• 2010: Paixão
• 2010: As Máscaras (Se Deixa Levar)
• 2009: Sorri, Sou Rei (feat. Natiruts)
• 2009: Horizonte
• 2009: Beijar na Boca
• 2008: Pássaros
• 2008: Exttravasa

References[link]

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