Belinda

Belinda Peregrín Schull was born in Madrid on August 15, 1989. At the age of 4 she moved to Mexico City where she has lived with her family ever since.

At a very early age she showed an incredible talent for singing, acting and making home videos that she wrote and shot. When she was 10 she starred in her first TV Series named “Friends for ever”, produced by Televisa in Mexico, together with a CD of the soundtrack. Both the TV Series and the CD became a huge success in Latin America and other parts of the world. At the age of 11 she starred in her second TV Series named “Adventures in Time”, also produced by Televisa and together with a CD of the soundtrack, achieved both great success in many countries of the world besides Latin America.

At the age of 12 she starred in her third Television Series playing the character of twins, named “Accomplices at Rescue”, produced by Televisa, together with a CD of the soundtrack. Belinda’s performance of one rich and one poor twin sisters became an astonishing success in many countries such as the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Guatemala, Ecuador, Bolivia, Philippines, Indonesia and Spain. Millions of CDs are sold and Belinda’s touring of each TV Series became a huge success with more than 160 live shows and an audience of more than 1,800.000 people.

Just before turning 14 she launched her CD named “Belinda” and the CD becomes a great success in all Latin America and Spain exceeding the figure of 800,000 copies. The tour named “Party on the flat Roof” becomes also a huge success with more than 1,500,000 people attending the more than 120 live shows. She is awarded, among many awards, the female Record of the National Auditorium in Mexico City where she performed 12 Shows of the tour with 120,000 people attending. A DVD is produced in this Auditorium named “Party on the flat Roof” very quickly exceeded sales of over 100,000 units. She gathered more than 120,000 people at the Zocalo of Mexico City in a memorable live concert and created a new audience record with Coca-Cola Touring, ending the tour of her last CD “Belinda”.

Belinda has been awarded different and important awards such as MTV, acting Awards, Platinum and Gold CDs in different countries and has been sponsored by big companies such as LG, Office Depot and Coca-Cola.

Belinda loves her family, has a brother of 9 years old called Nacho and besides being Mexican she is also Spanish and French.

Belinda’s new album Utopia will be on the streets on October. Recorded in Los Angeles, Utopia contains 13 pop songs produced and composed by some of the best of their kind in the industry; including Kara DioGuardi (Kelly Clarkson and Gwen Stefani), Jimmy Harry (Kylie Minogue and Britney Spears), Doc McKeeny (RES), Greg Kursten (Lily Allen and Pink), Lester Méndez (Santana and Shakira), and Greg Wells (Celine Dion and Elton John).

She recently shot her first English movie with Disney named “Cheetah Girls 2”.

A child actress turned recording artist, Belinda Peregrin Schull was born in Madrid in 1989 of mixed Spanish and French heritage, relocating with her family four years later to their permanent residence of Mexico City. Displaying a talent for singing and performing from a young age, Belinda starred in three television series for the Televisa station, the last of which, Complices al Rescate, featured a soundtrack on which she made her vocal debut. The amazing success of the series triggered an international tour and enormous album sales.

Just before turning 14, Belinda released her debut solo record, entitled Belinda, which sold more than 800,000 copies worldwide. The subsequent tour -- Fiesta en la Azotea (meaning "party on the flat roof") -- exceeded expectations, with 1.5 million in attendance. The tour produced a live concert DVD of the same name, which was met with great success. Her first album under EMI's Norte label, Utopia, also marked her first non-Mexican production and featured some of L.A.'s most in-demand pop writers and producers. Belinda remained active on the screen as well, appearing in Disney's Cheetah Girls 2. ~ Evan C. Gutierrez, All Music Guide