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Post by π―π² dollybaby π―π² on Apr 17, 2020 2:19:11 GMT -5
Larissa de Macedo Machado (born 30 March 1993), known by her stage name Anitta, is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, actress, dancer and businesswoman. She is managed internationally by John Shahidi of Shots Studios. She began singing at age 8 in a choir from a Catholic church in the HonΓ³rio Gurgel neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. At the age of 16, she attended a technical school and was called to work at Vale. In 2010, after posting a video on YouTube, Renato Azevedo, then producer of the independent record company FuracΓ£o 2000, called her to sign a contract with the label. Due to the success of the song "Meiga e Abusada" in 2012, she signed a contract with Warner Music Brasil the following year.
Anitta rose to national fame in 2013 after releasing the single "Show das Poderosas", which reached the top of the Brasil Hot 100 Airplay chart. Its music video has been viewed over 130 million times on YouTube. In July of the same year, she released her debut studio album which received a triple gold record certificate and platinum certification by ABPD. The album hit the mark of 170,000 copies sold, being also released in Portugal. Ritmo Perfeito (2014), her second studio album, sold 45,000 copies after a month of its release. On the same day she released her first live album, Meu Lugar. In November 2014, she performed at the Latin Grammy Award, becoming the youngest Brazilian singer to perform at the awards. In 2015, she released her third studio album entitled Bang, which was certified platinum and produced the singles "Deixa Ele Sofrer", "Bang", "Essa Mina Γ© Louca" and "Cravo e Canela".
In 2013, Anitta was the singer who most remained at the top of iTunes Brazil and was elected by the same as the Artist of the Year. She was also elected by the Associação Paulista de CrΓticos de Arte (APCA) as the revelation of the year in music in 2013. She is a five-time winner as the Best Brazilian Act on the MTV Europe Music Awards, and was the first Brazilian artist to win the Best Latin American Act award.
In 2017, she was chosen by Billboard as the 15th most influential artist in the world in social networks, getting ahead of artists like Lady Gaga, Shakira and Rihanna.
From: Imdb.com
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Post by π―π² dollybaby π―π² on Apr 17, 2020 23:25:44 GMT -5
Anitta Shares Quarantine Playlist That She Says 'Gets Me Through the Day'
Anitta is turning to music to get her through quarantine and listening to artists like Justin Bieber, John Mayer and Lorde.
"I curated this playlist to get me through the day," the Brazilian singer-songwriter tells Billboard.
"The beginning is music to get you moving, to wake you up. Then it transitions into more chill type which includes some new stuff that I am into and some old songs that I grew up listening to as well," she adds.
"The list is representative of sounds from different countries and genres: Brazilian, French, Anglo and Latin," she continues. "During these times, it is important to stimulate the brain and emotions and with music, we are transported to specific memories, moods and vibes. Hope you guys enjoy it! Stay safe and have fun while in quarantine!"
Below, listen to Anitta's playlist, exclusively via Billboard Latin.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2020 0:49:43 GMT -5
Idk about ya'll but Paradinha and Bang are BOPS for days
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Post by π―π² dollybaby π―π² on Jul 21, 2020 16:19:37 GMT -5
Female Latin artists with the most Spotify streams:
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Post by π―π² dollybaby π―π² on Sept 16, 2020 18:02:14 GMT -5
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Post by mrricx on Sept 16, 2020 23:31:47 GMT -5
By the snippet I listened to, it sounds promising! Bring it on, girrrrl
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Post by The Brazilian Guy π§π· on Sept 17, 2020 9:24:10 GMT -5
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Post by Kishi KCM on Sept 17, 2020 13:44:15 GMT -5
Her Brazilian/Portuguese songs are better than her English/Spanish/international collaborations.
Just because she's Brazilian doesn't mean she should be regulated to only Brazilian genres and the Portuguese language. But the quality should be there.
Kisses was a nice album, but it doesn't say much about her artistic identity.
My favorite songs of hers are: Portuguese - Bang, Deixa Ele Sofrer, Terremoto, Favela Chegou, Desce Pro Play, Romance Com Safadeza and Contatinho; Spanish - Paradinha and Veneno; English - Get To Know Me
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Post by The Brazilian Guy π§π· on Sept 17, 2020 23:14:04 GMT -5
βMe Gustaβ is out!
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Post by π―π² dollybaby π―π² on Oct 6, 2020 16:22:52 GMT -5
Anitta, Brazil's Biggest Pop Star, Doesn't Need the U.S. But Could She Make It Here Anyway?
Brazilian singer Anitta during the Bloco da Anitta in downtown Rio, on February 29, 2020 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Credit - Wagner MeierβGetty Images
In February, Rio de Janeiro was the scene of the biggest party in the world: the annual Carnival celebration, a 10-day, 10-night, rollicking, sparkling stretch of music and dancing in the streets. In the thick of it all was Anitta, performing twice a day with a smile on her face and her skin slick with sweat. Brazilβs foremost pop star, Anitta is no stranger to hard work. She pushed her way up from a childhood in Rioβs favela neighborhoods to her current perch, at 27, as the music-obsessed countryβs most recognizable new talent; she has taken home a slew of global and domestic awards, and itβs a rare week without her name at the top of her countryβs charts. βI donβt think I have the best voice, I donβt think Iβm the best dancer,β she told TIME from her Rio home earlier this month via Zoom, shrugging. βIβm a person who puts in a lot of effort to learn and do things right. Iβm very dedicated, very focused.β
That focus has meant Anitta has clocked collaborations with global stars like Madonna, J Balvin, Snoop Dogg, Diplo and Brazilian legend Caetano Veloso. Her music has regularly topped Brazilβs charts, and become popular throughout Latin America and parts of Europe, Asia and Africa; this summer, she had a hit in Italy. Her colorful, dance-heavy music videos rack up hundreds of millions of views. But despite the United Statesβ increasing openness to global sounds like K-pop, Afrobeat and reggaeton, Anitta has yet to break big in America.
Part of the challenge is in the specificity of her music: Anittaβs roots are in Brazilian funk, also called βbaile funkβ and βfunk carioca,β the distinctive Rio-born musical style that parallels hip-hop. Part of it is language: a native Portuguese speaker, Anitta is fluent in Spanish and Englishβand speaks some Italianβbut the bulk of her songs are in Portuguese, which can alienate both Spanish and English-speaking audiences who just want to sing along. But that may be changing; her new single, βMe Gusta,β just cracked the Billboard Hot 100, her first breakthrough on that list.
For a while, Anitta was her own manager, hungry to make hits and maximize her exposure around the world. Her fifth album, due this year, is produced with U.S. hitmakers and studded with star collaborations: Cardi B on βMe Gusta,β popular Puerto Rican duo ArcΓ‘ngel & De La Ghetto on this summerβs βTΓ³came.β But Anitta says that despite the big names, the pressureβfor onceβis off. βI decided to change completely. Right now I donβt care if I put a song out and itβs not chartingβwhatever. I donβt even look at the numbers. I let my team worry about it, I donβt give a sh-t,β she laughs. Even before the pandemic took its toll on the music industry, Coachella, the canceled music festival in California, was her only scheduled international performance for 2020. For the first time in a decade, sheβs now spending extended time in the home she bought in Rio, with her family and her dogs. It seems to suit her.
βIβm not competing with anyone,β she says, alluding to her comfort with her success so far. She may not yet be a household name in the U.S., but her confidence is a testament to the ways that cultural power has shifted globally, more decentralized than ever. Itβs also a reminder of how unique her position is on the international stageβand the hazy, shifting target of what marks music industry success today.
From Brazil to the world
Brazilian music has a legacy of international influence: the nostalgic strains of bossa nova and the inescapable grooves of samba have inspired generations of classical musicians, rock stars and pop artists alike. Anittaβs mission is to bring Brazilβs newer offerings to the world. Itβs a fitting goal for an artist who describes herself as always βin the middle.β
βMy dadβs family, theyβre all Black. My momβs family, theyβre all white. Iβm in between,β she explains. βI was born in this community thatβs not deep inside a favela, but the surrounding. What I try to do is always to listen.β Brazilβs favelas are informal, densely-populated communities that operate somewhat independently from their surrounding government municipalities. Over the past decade, many have been the sites of intense police βpacificationβ projects, incursions that have spilled blood and disrupted existing economic and social systems. They are also at the heart of Brazilβsβand especially Rio de Janeiroβsβmusical innovation, and the funk music scene. By nature of its content and its birthplace, funk is inherently political: Brazilian conservatives have branded it as a kind of threat, and a vocalization of the injustices of the class system that persists. Anitta, positioned on the cusp of this culture, has been offering up a version of funk to the world for nearly a decadeβwith her own flair.
βIβve traveled a lot to try to educate people on funk music and βghettoβ musicβfavela musicβcoming from Brazil to other countries and other artists,β she says. βFunk music for exampleβitβs also a challenge to make it play for the Latin world. So Iβm matching and switching cultures and people, representatives.β That means working with reggaeton stars like J Balvin, and American pop producers like Ryan Tedder and Norwegian duo Stargate, to create a hybrid sound that combines rhythms and origins. βI try to put everybody together, and educate one another on whatβs the importance of doing it,β she said. βI explained to J Balvin the importance of singing a funk track from the favela, which was the same [as] reggaeton from the Latin world.β Every culture has its homegrown contemporary rhythms; Anitta wants to find the common threads, to host a kind of musical melting pot.
βMe Gusta,β her newest song, is a good example. It is woven with Rio favela funk and pagodΓ£o, the equivalent from the Bahia regionβs communities, βplus Latino reggaeton, plus American pop radio.β It features Cardi B and Myke Towers, a popular Puerto Rican rapper. Even the music video is a nod to heritage both Brazilian and pop: filmed on location in the city of Salvador in Bahia at the same site as Michael Jacksonβs 1995 video for βThey Donβt Really Care About Us,β it is a celebration of womanhood in many forms, featuring models of a range of identities and appearances dressed in Brazilian fashions.
βMe Gustaβ could have been a minefield for cultural appropriation. In Brazil, as in the U.S., questions about race and appropriation are fraught: European colonization and forced African immigration mean that the present-day Brazilian population represents a blend of ethnicities, with an often-blatant colorist hierarchy at play. Anitta has been called out for the ways she wears her hair, the shade of her skin and her fashion choices, with some critics noting that she draws out traditionally Black characteristics for music videos like her hit βVai Malandra.β These comments have stuck with her. βIβm always worried about this: how Iβm going to represent these people. And if Iβm part of a mix, how Iβm showing up,β Anitta says now. She works with a specialist who monitors on-set choices, with an eye toward avoiding exploitation of Black cultures. βMe Gustaβ seems to have struck the right chords: dressed in bright colors and flashy cuts, Anitta and her cohort of models and dancers evoke the spirit of a tropical, futuristic runway show.
Speaking up for Brazil
Anitta has grown accustomed to controversy, and not just around her aesthetic choices. βMy career was always a huge wave of criticism and prejudice,β she says, because sheβs chosen to be unusually frank. βWhen I decided to be sexy, when I decided to tell everyone that I also like girls, when I decided to tell everyone I change boyfriends as much as I change outfitsβI donβt care!β she explains. βYes, Iβve done a lot of plastic surgeries, and I can do more if I have time. People always get so shocked. But Iβm like, what do you prefer? Have plastic surgery but pretend that I donβt? Say itβs the weather that made me prettier?β (Brazil has one of the worldβs highest rates of plastic surgery. And while same-sex marriage is currently legal, President Jair Bolsonaro and his supporters have threatened the progress of LGBT rights in the country.)
As Anittaβs profile has risen, so too have the expectations levied on her to speak out more firmly when it comes to politics in her country. Itβs a role sheβs only recently taken on: after admitting to her general ignorance about government, over the summer she began a self-education program of sorts, sharing her learning on social media. Now, sheβs quick to call out the populist, conservative Bolsonaro for letting the Amazon burn and his alleged corruption. βHe tried to fight with me on Twitter days ago. I was like, what? Are you really concerned about fighting with me, on Twitter? Youβre the president! Go worry about something that really matters! Are you crazy?β
Newfound progressive politics, a passion for showcasing her countryβs culture and considerable domestic fame should be a solid recipe for international dominance. But the U.S. marketβstill the worldβs largest music consumption market, and the home of arbiters of success like the Grammysβhas remained elusive. Even juggernauts like K-popβs BTS or reggaetonβs Balvin, her frequent collaborator, have struggled to break through on terrestrial radio and mainstream charts. (For the week of Oct. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, for instance, the half-dozen Spanish-language songs on the list all landed below the 50 mark. Anitta, coming in at 91, tallied her first-ever Hot 100 with the Cardi B collaboration, sung in a mix of Spanish and English.)
The problem stems from entrenched record label interests, which tend to promote English-speaking and homegrown talent over international acts. The other wild card is virality: currently about half of the top 10 Billboard songs received significant boosts from TikTok, the social video app with a Gen Z audience. And while Anittaβs dances shouldβand often doβtransfer easily to viral dance challenges, determining just which track will take off is an unpredictable business. Plus, weβre still living through a pandemic, which has shuttered the nightlife spaces where Anittaβs brand of hip-shaking dance music would usually flourish.
But the metric of U.S. success, once the ultimate mark of global stardom, seems like a decreasingly important target each day. Brazil is the worldβs tenth-largest music market, but is its fastest-growing, followed by fellow Latin American countries. Anitta already has 48.9 million Instagram followersβwell beyond the audiences of chart-toppers like The Weeknd, Megan Thee Stallion and Billie Eilish, and more than double her idol Madonna. βBrazil has the power to be one of the biggest countries in the world,β Anitta says, referring to its potential for influence. βWe got used to being exploited by the government, and we forgot how valuable [our culture is]. Thatβs why I try to bring this back to the people. The way we party, the way we have energy to receive people, to welcome people: itβs different.β Anitta has put in the work. Sheβs thrown the party. The rest of the world will have to choose whether theyβre ready to join in.
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Post by π―π² dollybaby π―π² on Oct 6, 2020 16:29:08 GMT -5
Anitta & Ryan Tedder Confirmed for Joint Q&A at Billboard Latin Music Week 2020
The Brazilian pop superstar will partake in a one-on-one conversation with the producer and lead singer of OneRepublic to discuss working together on Anitta's forthcoming album, Girl From Rio, and much more. Other confirmed superstar Q&As include conversations between J Balvin and Deepak Chopra, Carlos Vives and Gustavo Dudamel, Rosalia and Pharrell Williams, and Becky G and Los Tigres del Norte, to name a few. To reserve a spot and receive updates, RSVP here.
Fan Army Face-Off 2020: Whose Army Is The Strongest?
Celebrating its 30th anniversary as the longest-running and biggest Latin music industry event, Latin Music Week 2020 was originally scheduled to take place April 20-23 in Las Vegas, NV, and was postponed due to COVID-19.
This year's festivities will be virtual and will feature intimate artist conversations, industry panels, workshops, and performances. Confirmed talent for the three-day immersive experience dedicated to Latin Music, culture, and entertainment includes Sech, Cazzu, Lunay, Natanael Cano, Rauw Alejandro, Camilo, Jhay Cortez, Mariah Angeliq and many more. Additional participants and schedules will be announced in the coming weeks.
The Billboard Latin Music Awards 2020 will broadcast live on Oct. 21 via Telemundo, with awards to be given out in 59 categories honoring the top artists, songs, albums, labels, publishers, songwriters, and producers of the year.
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Post by π―π² dollybaby π―π² on Oct 21, 2020 15:03:38 GMT -5
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Post by π―π² dollybaby π―π² on Oct 31, 2020 20:32:05 GMT -5
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Post by π―π² dollybaby π―π² on Nov 9, 2020 1:35:04 GMT -5
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Post by felipe on Nov 9, 2020 16:34:13 GMT -5
Is that a virtual red carpet?
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Post by π―π² dollybaby π―π² on Nov 12, 2020 11:10:14 GMT -5
She has a Christmas song out now.
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Post by π―π² dollybaby π―π² on Nov 13, 2020 2:29:38 GMT -5
Wow...her pussy really don't discriminate. She will literally make out with just about everyone!!! Young, old, black, white, male, and female.
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Post by The Brazilian Guy π§π· on Nov 17, 2020 10:56:29 GMT -5
This Friday: "Me Gusta" Remix, with Cardi B and 24kGoldn
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Post by The Brazilian Guy π§π· on Nov 20, 2020 10:58:22 GMT -5
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Post by π―π² dollybaby π―π² on Dec 3, 2020 13:26:33 GMT -5
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Post by π―π² dollybaby π―π² on Dec 5, 2020 7:27:17 GMT -5
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Post by π―π² dollybaby π―π² on Dec 16, 2020 1:49:46 GMT -5
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Post by π―π² dollybaby π―π² on Dec 23, 2020 1:35:04 GMT -5
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Post by π―π² dollybaby π―π² on Dec 28, 2020 19:25:05 GMT -5
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Post by The Brazilian Guy π§π· on Jan 1, 2021 18:28:01 GMT -5
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Post by Kishi KCM on Jan 3, 2021 13:59:20 GMT -5
I watched the Netflix docuseries on NYE, it was better than the first one! My favorite part is when she meets Mariah Carey in Aspen and is in tears.
Also, the NYE performance was nice. Glad she Portuguese language songs on a major platform.
I have my faith in her again...she's really paving the way for other Brazilian artists to cover new territories.
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Post by π―π² dollybaby π―π² on Feb 2, 2021 9:08:38 GMT -5
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Post by Kishi KCM on Feb 2, 2021 10:20:59 GMT -5
No thanks, they could have kept this one! Don't like it.
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Post by π―π² dollybaby π―π² on Feb 11, 2021 11:01:33 GMT -5
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Post by Kishi KCM on Feb 17, 2021 12:54:08 GMT -5
Is featured in the Time Next 100 list for 2021. Claims her album GIRL FROM RIO will only be sung in English and Spanish, no Portuguese. But the production will be Brazilian....
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