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Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel (; born March 27, 1963), commonly known as Xuxa ( ; ), is a Brazilian television presenter, film actress, singer, and businesswoman. Her various shows have been broadcast in Portuguese, English, and Spanish worldwide. She is a two-time winner of the Latin Grammy award for Best Children's Album, and is also known for her epithet, "Queen of the Shorties".
Xuxa was the first Brazilian to appear on Forbes Magazine's list of richest artists in 1991, taking 37th place with an annual gross income of US$19 million.
Over her 30-year career, Xuxa Meneghel has sold over 40 million copies of her records worldwide, which makes her the second-highest selling Brazilian female singer after Rita Lee. Her net worth was estimated at US$100 million in the early 1990s. As of 2015, she continues to be among Brazil's most prominent celebrities. Also successful as a businesswoman, she has the highest net worth of any Brazilian female entertainer, estimated at US$1 billion.
Xuxa was the name of the Brazilian entertainer's weekday self-titled children's television series that ran in syndication in the United States during the 1993–1994 season and was distributed by MTM Enterprises. In 1994, the series had a two-year run on The Family Channel until 1996. The series was based on her similar children's series that was televised in Brazil and Latin America.
The series was initially broadcast by 124 stations across the country. The shows were produced at Studio 36 of CBS Television City in Los Angeles. 65 episodes were taped for its only season of the show. Taping of the episodes was done in a 5-week period in the summer of 1993.
Helping Xuxa on the show were the Pixies (three U.S. "Paquitas" plus one Brazilian Paquita), the Mellizas (uncredited), Jelly, Jam, and ten "child wranglers" for the 150 kids on set. The series also featured E. E. Bell as Jelly the Panda, Mark Caso as Jam the Jaguar, Natasha Pearce as Paquita, and Jeff Dunham.
Xuxa is a Brazilian singer, actress, and television show hostess. The word may also refer to:
- Xuxa (TV series), the children's show she hosts
- Xuxa (album), Xuxa's self-titled album
- nickname of Fernando Scherer, Brazilian Olympic swimmer
- Cássio Luís Rissardo, (born 1981) is a Brazilian footballer
- the Latin version of Susan (given name)
Cássio Luís Rissardo known as Xuxa (born 31 August 1981) is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Mirassol.
Xuxa was the twelfth studio album and the ninth in Portuguese by singer, TV presenter and actress, Xuxa Meneghel. It was released in July 1993 by Som Livre. The album was produced by Michael Sullivan, Max Pierre and Paulo Massadas. The disc is composed only of songs that were left out of their previous albums.
Sales were positive, despite being a collection of b-sides, about 500,000 copies. The arrangements of the album's tracks were redone in some songs.