About Xuxa
Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel is a Brazilian TV host, actress, singer, and businesswoman. Nicknamed "The Queen of Children", Xuxa built the largest Latin and South American children's entertainment empire. In the early 1990s, she presented television programs in Brazil, Argentina, Spain and the United States simultaneously, reaching around 20 million viewers daily. According to different sources, the singer's sales range between 30 and 50 million copies. In 2025, the record label Som Livre, with which the artist recorded almost all of her albums, gave her an award for her more than 28 million copies sold only in Brazil, during her career, and 10 billion streams to date. Although she was named for the Virgin as promised, Xuxa, the youngest member of the Meneghel family, received her famous nickname from her brother, Bladimir. In Christmas 1986, Xuxa received her eighth platinum record, a prize awarded to every 250,000 copies sold. At 15 years old, she was discovered by a modeling agency, and began her professional career as a model at 16.
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