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Xuxa
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Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel ( , ; born Maria da Graça Meneghel on 27 March 1963) 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.
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Maria da Graça Meneghel, known professionally as Xuxa, is a Brazilian television presenter, film producer, singer, and businessperson. Born on March 27, 1963, in Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, she holds citizenship in both Brazil and Italy. She resides in Rio de Janeiro and began her professional work in 1982. Her musical career spans pop and children's music genres, with releases on labels including Som Livre, Sony Music, RCA Records, and PolyGram.
Xuxa has received the Brazilian Music Awards and the Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil). She is the mother of one child, Sasha Meneghel. Her personal relationships have included partnerships with Pelé, Ayrton Senna, and Luciano Szafir, the latter of whom is also her spouse. She is left-handed and performs as a vocalist.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Memórias
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Film & TV
Acting · Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel (born 27 March 1963) is a Brazilian television host, film actress, singer, model, and businesswoman. Her various shows have been broadcast in Portuguese, English, and Spanish worldwide, and her films are among the top earning Brazilian releases of all time, including the record-breaking box office hit "Lua de Cristal" (1990). As a singer, she is a two-time winner of…
Known for
- Mamonas: Eu Te Ai Lóve Iú — Self (archive footage)2026
- O Mistério de Varginha — Self (archive footage)2026
- Tributo: Renato Aragão — Self2025
- Xuxa Só Para Baixinhos 14: Cores — Self2025
- Show 60 Anos — Self2025
- FÔLEGO - Até Depois do Fim2025
- Mallandro: O Errado que Deu Certo — Anjo2024
- The Job Whisperer — Self2024
- Universo Spanta - Melhores Momentos2024
- Tributo: Boni — Self2024
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Brazil
- Active from
- 1963
Discography
- Xuxa e seus amigos1985
- Xou da Xuxa1986
- Karaokê da Xuxa1987
- Xegundo xou da Xuxa1987
- Xou da Xuxa 31988
- 4º xou da Xuxa1989
- Dançalinha da Xuxa1989
- Xuxa1989
- Xuxa 51990
- Xou da Xuxa seis1991
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 244,311
- Total plays
- 5,265,914
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Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel, better known as Xuxa, is a Brazilian presenter, actress, singer, businesswoman, philanthropist and former model. Known as "Queen of the Baixinhos", Xuxa built the largest Ibero-American children's entertainment empire. In the early 1990s, she presented television programs in Brazil, Argentina, Spain and the United States simultaneously, reaching around 100 million viewers daily. In her main works as a singer, she has released 35 studio albums and 23 video albums th
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Recent publications · Crossref
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Key facts
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- Xuxa
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- Person.caption
- Xuxa in 2020
- Person.birth_name
- Maria da Graça Meneghel
- Person.birth_place
- Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Person.years_active
- –present
- Person.children
- Sasha Meneghel
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- Xuxa's signature in ink
- Musical artist.embed
- yes
- Musical artist.background
- solo_singer
- Musical artist.instrument
- Vocals
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Spouse
- Luciano Szafir
- Child
- Sasha Meneghel
- Occupation
- film director
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Eye colour
- blue
- Genre
- children's music
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- xuxa.globo.com
- Image
- Xuxa on the Prêmio Multishow de Música Brasileira 2021 red carpet.png
- Number of children
- 1
- Residence
- Rio de Janeiro
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- Commons category
- Xuxa Meneghel
- date of birth
- 1963-03-27
- unmarried partner
- Luciano Szafir
- Commons gallery
- Xuxa
- start of work period
- 1982-00-00
- handedness
- left-handedness
- birth name
- Maria da Graça Meneghel
- name in native language
- Xuxa
- pseudonym
- Xuxa
- nickname
- Xuxa
- social media followers
- 4370000
- lifestyle
- veganism
- ancestral home
- Italy
- pronunciation
- SHOO-sha
- IPA transcription
- [maˈɾi.ɐ dɐ ˈɡɾasɐ ˈʃuʃɐ mẽneˈɡɛw]
- short name
- Xuxa
- medical condition
- androgenic alopecia
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Encyclopedic overview
22 sectionsContents
- Early life and education
- Career
- 1983–1986: A beginning by chance at Rede Manchete
- 1986–1992: ''Xou da Xuxa'' and breakthrough
- 1991–1993: International career
- 1994–2000: Weekend shows
- 2001–2014: ''Xuxa no Mundo da Imaginação'' and ''TV Xuxa''
- 2015–present: TV Globo exit and new phase
- Career in music
- Social activism
- Personal life
- Fortune and investments
- Relationships and children
- Filmography
- Television
- Films
- Discography
- Awards and nominations
- Notes
- See also
- References
- External links
Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel ( , ; born Maria da Graça Meneghel on 27 March 1963) 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. Her net worth was estimated at US$100 million in the early 1990s. Also successful as a businesswoman, she has the highest net worth of any Brazilian female entertainer, estimated at US$400 million.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xuxa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.