Belinda

Her enchanting beauty as a child and her ease in front of the lights profiled her as a young music and acting prospect when she took her first steps in show business years ago.

With an immense talent and vivacious green eyes, Belinda Peregrín Schull captivated talent scouts at the first sight of her before the camera. She was not afraid to take risks; her poise was secure and determined. Yet, there was something else to her, a certain "charm." Those who saw her audition for her first novela, didn’t hesitate to predict her future success.

Very few know that this Mexican artist was actually born in Madrid, Spain. Her family, of French-Spanish origin, settled on Aztec ground when she was very young, and there she developed an interest for the arts, for music in particular.

Her big moment arrived with the start of the new millennium, when as an 11-year-old she began her artistic career, after being selected to star on the children’s novela Amigos X Siempre, alongside actor Martín Ricca.

Young audiences identified themselves with her very quickly, which led her to be cast in other shows such as Aventuras en el tiempo and Cómplices al rescate, where she simultaneously portrayed two characters.

Belinda also collaborated on the soundtracks of the shows she starred in, which reached high sales. These performances highlighted her innate gifts for singing and greatly impacted her followers, who in turn motivated music producers, and the artist herself, to work on a solo album.

In 2003, as the final details were fine-tuned to produce her music debut, Belinda, who was only 13 years-old at the time, asked to compose some of the songs that would make up the album’s repertoire.

Her self-titled debut album sold over two million copies worldwide, thanks to the booming success of singles such as "Lo siento," "Ángel," "Boba niña nice," and "Be free."

The tour that followed, Fiesta En La Azotea, exceeded all expectations with an attendance of more than 1.5 million fans to hundreds of shows worldwide.

After wrapping up the tour, she reached the top of the charts on a collaboration with the Mexican group Moderatto on "Muriendo Lento," originally recorded by Timbiriche.

Three years after her debut album, Belinda recorded a second album, Utopía. The work showcased her evident growth as an artist and the evolution of her lyrics and performance skill, as she blended in other rhythms such as Dance, R&B, and even Rock. From this album sprung the hits "Ni Freud ni tu mamá," "Bella traición," and "Luz sin gravedad," plus two other tracks in English.

She received Platinum Record in México for the production; scored the number four spot in the Top 10 Pop Albums of 2006, and released a special edition, entitled Utopía 2, that included new songs, and a DVD with unreleased material recorded during the making of the album.

Keeping up with her own sound, in 2010, Belinda returned reinvented with her new album, Carpe Diem. "This album is different from anything that I have done before, charged with different emotions, that are more realistic and reflective, because I am no stranger to the state of our world, and I believe that people need messages of faith and hope to identify with, and that is what I have done," she explains.

Starting with the lead single, "Egoísta", which testifies to her chameleon-like ease to sing different genres. Featuring urban superstar, Pitbull, she introduces a song that is as "aggressive" as it is "expressive", with urban and electronic beats.

The album includes some songs that can be very "controversial," according to the singer-songwriter. Among them, "Lolita," a satire on girls that is similar to the iconic character from the movie of the same name by Stanley Kubrick, and "Dopamina," which talks about the analogy between the drug by this name, and other types of emotional addictions.

Authentic, full of talent and creativity, Belinda has established herself as a new revelation of Latin American Pop music and a versatile actress with one of the most brilliant and promising careers of her generation lying before her.