Belle Perez (real name - Maribel Pérez) is a Belgian musician and songwriter. She was born on January 29, 1976 in Neerpelt, Belgium.

The 31 year old Belgian singer was discovered for her musical talents by her current manager Patrick Renier at a local talent show.

In 1999 she participated in the Belgian preselections of the Eurovision Song Contest and from then on Belle's career in music took off. She started off in pop music but in 2002 she changed her style to Latino/pop and went live on stage with her own "Baila Perez"-band. The album that came with it was an instant success and remained on the top spot in the Belgian charts for several weeks.

Her newest album Gotitas De Amor was released on August 23 2006. In December 2006 she released her 4th single of "Gotitas de amor", called "Hoy (Le pido a dios)", a ballad.

On 5 May she will be performing another "Mega Latino"-Concert in the "Sportpaleis" Antwerpen. She will be performing in front of about 15,000 people.

In June 2007 she released her first album "Gotitas de amor" and the first single "El mundo bailando" in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In the mean time she recorded a new single called "Djolei! Djolei!" which has already been released on 15th June 2007 in Belgium and Netherlands.

In The Netherlands she will release a new album. It will be a compilation with former hits like Que viva la vida and her current hit Djolei, Djolei. The name is going to be Greatest Latin Hits and it will also contain Live-Versions of previous mentioned songs.

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