Lu (duo)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Lu


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Origin = Guadalajara, Mexico
Genre = Pop
Years_active = 2000–2007
Label = Warner (2002-2007)
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Past_members = Mario Sandoval
Paty Cantú
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Lu was a Mexican pop duo formed by Mario Sandoval and Paty Cantú, both from Guadalajara, Mexico. Paty was studying Law, but she changed to Music when they were signed to Warner Music Mexico. Mario started to write lyrics at the age of 6 when he wrote a song called "Teresa." The sound of their music is similar to Aleks Syntek's, Sin Bandera, Mecano or Sentidos Opuestos. Their debut album is self-titled and was produced by Aureo Baqueiro, producer of artists like Natalia Lafourcade, Sin Bandera, Kabah, and Moenia. They have received moderate success in the Spanish-speaking world, with songs like "Por Besarte" and "Duele."

Their videos have had good reception between MTV, Telehit, and Ritmoson Latino, among others. Also they did a ReEdition of their album debut which has a cover of Alejandro Sanz's song "Viviendo Deprisa."

Recently, they enjoyed success in Brazil because their song "Por Besarte" is played on Rebelde. Their album debut was released on May, 2006. Actually, their album debut sold over 30,000 in that country and gained the status of Gold. The downloads of the ringtone "Por Besarte" peaked at #2.

Discography

Albums

ingles

still charting*

Award nominations

MTV Video Music Awards Latin America 2004

*"Best New Artist Mexico"::-Belinda won::-Kalimba::-La Quinta Estacion::-Lu::-María Barracuda

Premios Lo Nuestro 2006

*"Solísta o Grupo Revelación del Año (Best New Soloist or Group of the Year) [cite web | author=LMN | title= ‘Premio Lo Nuestro’ 2006 Nominees | publisher=atinmusicnews.com | year= 2005 | url=http://latinmusicnews.com/2005/12/13/premio-lo-nuestro-2006-nominees/ | accessdate=2007-01-17] ::-Lena::-Lu::-RBD won::-Reik

Break-up

After several rumors, finally, on August 7th, 2007 it was confirmed that the duet would say "goodbye" to the stages. Mario stated that the reason behind the separation were personal and profesional differences between him and Paty. Paty then declared that the separation was "definitive".

Their last concert as a duo was the past October, in Reynosa, México.

References

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/patycejas Lu's Official MySpace]
* [http://luenlinea.blogspot.com Lu's News Blog]
* [http://www.esmas.com/espectaculos/artistas/391868.html Biography of LU at esmas.com]
* [http://www.unaconfusionconlu.cjb.net/ Una Confusion con Lu Fansite]