Marisa Monte
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Marisa de Azevedo Monte |
| Born | July 1, 1967 |
| Origin | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Genre(s) | Música Popular Brasileira |
| Instrument(s) | Singing,Guitar,Cavaquinho,Ukulele |
| Associated acts | Tribalistas |
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| Acoustic Guitar | |
Marisa de Azevedo Monte (born July 1, 1967 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian popular singer.
While classically trained in opera singing, she grew up surrounded by the sounds of the Portela samba school, and combines diverse influences into her music. After failing to break through 1980s Brazilian Pop Rock she went to semi-exile in Italy where she met the famous producer Nelson Motta (soon her boyfriend). Thereafter she became a hybrid of MPB diva and Pop Rock performer. While most of her music is in the style of modern MPB, she has also recorded traditional samba and folk tunes, as well and songs by Marvin Gaye and Lou Reed. Much of her work has been in collaboration with musicians/songwriters Carlinhos Brown, Arnaldo Antunes, and Nando Reis, and producer Arto Lindsay. She has also worked with foreign artists such as Laurie Anderson, David Byrne and Ryuichi Sakamoto.
[edit] Discography & Sales
- Marisa Monte (1989) - 500,000 (2x platinum)
- Mais (1991) - 500,000 (2x platinum)
- Verde, Anil, Amarelo, Cor-de-Rosa e Carvão (Rose & Charcoal) (1994) 600,000 - (2x platinum)
- Barulhinho Bom (A Great Noise) (1996) - 600,000 (2x platinum)
- Memórias, Crônicas, e Declaracões de Amor (Memories, Chronicles and Declarations of Love) (2000) - 1,200,000 (Diamond)
- Os Tribalistas (as the Tribalistas, with Carlinhos Brown and Arnaldo Antunes) (2003) - 1,300,000 (Diamond)
- Universo ao Meu Redor (2006) - 300,000 (2x platinum)
- Infinito Particular (2006) - 300,000 (2x platinum)
