Fantine Thó
Fantine Thó | |
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Thó in 2018 | |
| Born | 15 February 1979 Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil |
| Other names | Atma Mutriba (Yoga confirmation name) |
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| Years active | 2002–present |
| Spouse | Nick Van Balen
(m. 2007; div. 2013) |
| Children | 1 |
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| Website | fantinetho |
Fantine Rodrigues Thó (born 15 February 1979) is a Brazilian and Dutch singer, songwriter and instructor. In 2002, she won the talent show Popstars and joined the Brazilian girl group Rouge, 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 Latin America, before leaving in 2005. In 2006, she formed the progressive rock band Banda Thó with her brother Jonathan and some friends, which did not give continuity at the end of the following year, when she married and moved to Netherlands.
On November 25, 2011, the group released its first extended play, Rise, directly on the SoundCloud streaming platform. On February 20, 2015, she released her debut album, Dusty But New, with nine songs composed by her. In that same year, she became a reporter for Do Brasil, video for Brazilians living in Europe. In 2016, she founds her own yoga center, Atma Mutriba, in which she happened to be the instructor.