Karin Hils

Karin Pereira de Souza (born February 7, 1979) is a Brazilian actress, singer and songwriter. In 2002, she won the talent show Popstars and joined the Brazilian girl group Rouge until 2005, with which she released four studio albums, Rouge (2002), C'est La Vie (2003), Blá Blá Blá (2004) and Mil e Uma Noites (2005), selling in all 6 million copies and becoming the most successful girl group of Brazil and one of the twenty that more sold in the world.

Karin Hils
Karin in 2018.
Born	Karin Pereira de Souza (1979-02-07) 7 February 1979 Paracambi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation	Actress singer songwriter dancer
Television	Popstars Aquele Beijo Pé na Cova Sexo e as Negas Carinha de Anjo
Musical career
Genres	Pop R&B Soul
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Columbia Sony BMG
Associated acts	Rouge
Website	karinhils.com

It gained prominence like actress when starring several musicals in the theater, like In 2009 Hairspray, Emoções Baratas, Alô, Dolly!, Xanadu and Mudança de Hábito, besides starring in the serials television Pé na Cova and Sexo e Negas.[1] In 2016, returns to the SBT to integrate the cast of the telenovela Carinha de Anjo, interpreting fun and confused nun, Sister Fabiana.[2]

Career

2002–06: Rouge

In 2002 Karin enrolled in the talent show Popstars, being selected from 30 thousand enrolled for the second phase of the program, where more than 6 thousand were classified in the Anhembi Sambadrome, Sao Paulo, where they performed song evaluation. In the following phases, the jurors became more and more demanding, in this way, selecting for the next stages only the girls who really were able to face the career of popstar. After 5 qualifying rounds, only 8 girls were classified for the final stage that took place at the home of the Popstars. After the 6th and final eliminatory phase, the Brazilian girl group was finally formed by Fantine Thó, Li Martins, Luciana Andrade, Aline Wirley and Karin. In the same year was released the first studio album, the homonym Rouge, reaching the first position and selling around 2 million copies, receiving the certificate of diamond by Brazilian Association of Record Producers (ABPD).[3] His Lead single was "Não Dá para Resistir"[4] followed by "Ragatanga", track with special participation of Spanish girl group Las Ketchup, in addition to "Beijo Molhado" and "Nunca Deixe de Sonhar."[5] Also the group released the remix album titled Rouge Remixes, selling 150 thousand copies, receiving certificate of gold, and the video album O Sonho de Ser Uma Popstar, bringing its first show.[3]

In 2003 the group released the second studio album, C'est La Vie, selling around 100,000 copies in the first week of release and around 1 million copies in total, bringing as singles "Brilha La Luna", "Um Anjo Veio Me Falar" and "Vem Cair na Zueira".[6] On December 3 is released the second record of concerts of the group on DVD, titled A Festa dos Seus Sonhos.[7] On February 11, 2004 Luciana announced that she was leaving the group, claiming the lack of identification with the most dance-pop sound that the group was taking.[8] After the departure of Luciana, the four remaining members continued and released the albums Blá Blá Blá (2004) and Mil e Uma Noites (2005). The group split definitively in June 2006, when the contract with Sony Music expired and was not renewed. Over four years, the group sold about 6 million records,[9] becoming the most successful female group in Brazil and one of the twenty that more sold in the world, and received in all, two gold certification, two platinum certification, one double platinum certification and one diamond certification by ABPD.[3]

2006–present: Career as an actress

Between 2006 and 2008 Karin tried to present for some record companies a project for an album, not obtaining success in obtaining a contract.[10] In 2008 it became backing vocal of the rapper Tulio Dek, also recording the vocals of support in its studio album O Que Se Leva da Vida É a Vida Que Se Leva.[11] In 2009 the producer Rick Bonadio began to work with her in its debut album, that would be released by Midas Music and focused in the R&B, bringing also the participation of some rappers.[11] The album ended up never being released and no band released, giving no reasons for the happened thing.[11] In the same year, focusing on the career of actress, made its debut in the musical theatre in the musical Hairspray, also happening in 2010 by the reassembly of Emoções Baratas.[1] In the same year it gained prominence as the personage Dionne in Hair.[12] After meeting Miguel Falabella behind the scenes of the shows, he was invited by him to join the telenovela Aquele Beijo in 2011, making her debut on television.[13] In 2012 it was the turn to give life to Ensemble, the musical Alô, Dolly! and, soon after, Thalia of the classic Xanadu.[1] In 2013 joined the cast of the series television Pé na Cova, Rede Globo, playing Soninja in the first three seasons.[14]

In 2014 Karin left the cast temporarily to dedicate to the other work in the transmitter, being explained in the series that its personage had entered an aesthetic clinic and mysteriously disappeared.[15] The project in question was Sexo e as Negas, inspired by the American Sex and the City, but it is based on the periphery and exclusively with black actresses.[16] In 2015, after six years of theater career, he finally received the chance to play her first protagonist, the character Deloris Van Cartier, Mudança de Hábito, performed in theaters by Whoopi Goldberg and on the American stage by Raven-Symoné.[17] In 2016 returns to the fifth season of Pé na Cova.[18] Soon after it signs contract with the SBT to integrate the soap opera Carinha de Anjo, interpreting Sister Fabiana.[2]

Filmography

Year	TV Show	Role	Notes
2002	Popstars	Contestant (Won)	Season 1
2002	Rouge: A História	Presenter
2003	Romeu e Julieta	Friend of Julieta	Year end special
2005	Floribella	Herself	Episode: "July 14, 2005"
2011	Aquele Beijo	Bernadete do Amaral
2013	Fábrica de Estrelas	Herself	Episode: "The Return of the Rouge" Episode: "Everything Is Rouge" Episode: "Everything Again"
2013–16	Pé na Cova	Soninja Torres Sampaio
2014	Sexo e as Negas	Zulma dos Santos
2016-18	Carinha de Anjo	Sister Fabiana Canto Teixeira[2]

Films

Year	Film	Character
2003	Xuxa Abracadabra	Herself
2005	Eliana em O Segredo dos Golfinhos	Herself

Theatre appearances

Year	Production	Role
2009	Hairspray	Dinamite 3[1]
2010	Emoções Baratas	Cici[19]
2010–11	Hair	Dionne[20]
2012–13	Xanadu	Thalia[21]
2013	Alô, Dolly!	Ensemble[22]
2015–16	Mudança de Hábito	Deloris Van Cartier[17]

Discography

Main article: Rouge discography

Other appearances

Song	Year	Other artist (s)	Album
"Crise de Existência" (backing vocal)	2005	CPM 22	Felicidade Instantânea
"Nossa Festa Começou"	2007	Suave, Endrigo Baggio with Michel Martins	Dance Dance Dance
"Só Eu e Você"	2008	Túlio Dek	O Que Se Leva da Vida É a Vida Que Se Leva
"Cartas pra Você" (backing vocal)	2009	NX Zero	Agora
"Última Missão"	2013	Edi Rock with Nego Jam	Contra Nós Ninguém Será

References

1. "Ex-Rouge Karin Hils entra para o elenco de "Aquele Beijo"". Retrieved 29 June 2017.
2. "Exclusivo: Karin Hils substitui Priscilla Marinho na novela "Carinha de Anjo"". Notícias da TV. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
3. "Rouge". ABPD. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
4. Terra (6 July 2002). "Candidatas ensaiam primeira música de trabalho das Popstars" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 June 2017.
5. "As cinderelas do pop" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 June 2017.
6. "Rouge na QUEM". Revista Quem. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
7. "Álbuns mais vendidos de 2003". ABPD. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
8. ""Não sei se é possível voltar com o Rouge", diz Luciana Andrade". Terra. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
9. Grupo Rouge retorna com turnê e novos singles
10. "Após parceria com Akon, Negra Li sonha cantar com Kanye West". Geledes. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
11. "Com rappers americanos, Wanessa e Negra Li buscam R'n'B à brasileira". G1. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
12. Elenco de 'Hair' convida o público para subir ao palco
13. "Ex-Rouge Karin Hils chega causando em 'Aquele Beijo'". Extra. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
14. "Atriz Karin Hils se prepara para nova temporada de Pé na Cova". Divirta-se Mais. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
15. "Atriz Karin Hils deixa o elenco do seriado 'Pé Na Cova'". Revista Quem. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
16. "Protagonista de 'Sexo e as Negas', Karin Hils fala sobre polêmica: "Achei uma besteira"". Caras. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
17. Abril. "Karin Hils, de "Sexo e as Negas" para "Mudança de Hábito": "sei cada fala de cor desde a minha adolescência"". Veja (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 June 2017.
18. ""Pé na Cova" ganha data para estrear quinta temporada, mas tem dia de exibição alterado". TV Foco. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
19. Abril. "'Emoções Baratas' reestreia depois de 20 anos". EnTeatro (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 16 September 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
20. Abril. "O musical que não mudou o mundo". O Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 June 2017.
21. Abril (20 November 2014). "Karin Hils concilia as gravações de Aquele Beijo com musical". O Fuxico (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 June 2017.
22. ""Alô, Dolly"! Do interior de Nova York para a capital de São Paulo". A Broadway É Aqui (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

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