Ana Carolina
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Ana Carolina Sousa (ˈɐ̃nɐ karoˈlinɐ, born September 9, 1974 in Juiz de Fora
, Minas Gerais
, Brazil
) is a Brazilian singer, composer
, and musician
.
vocal range. Her musical influence comes from the crib, her grandmother used to sing on the radio, and her great aunt and uncle played percussion, piano, cello, and violin. She grew up hearing Brazilian musical icons such as Chico Buarque
, João Bosco
, Maria Bethânia
as well as international icons such as Nina Simone
, Björk
, and Alanis Morissette
. She began her career singing in local bars.
With the determination to become a successful professional musician she left Minas Gerais
and moved to Rio de Janeiro
. Shortly after moving to Rio she signed a contract with the BMG recording company. She released her first CD, Ana Carolina in 1999, which was responsible for her nomination in the Latin Grammy Awards.
Her second album, Ana Rita Joana Iracema e Carolina was another success, released in 2001. The album's title is in reference to songs by the singer Chico Buarque
, one of Ana Carolina's idols. This album contained hits like "Quem de nós dois" and "Ela é bamba".
In 2003 she released her 3rd album, Estampado which showed her musical originality. Her 4th CD, Ana Carolina: Perfil released in 2004, was a collection of her most successful songs from her first 3 CDs and, according to ABPD, is the best-selling in Brazil in 2005. Also in 2004 she performed a show with Seu Jorge
and released a live CD and DVD of the show called Ana & Jorge. The song, "É Isso Aí", a Portuguese version for Damien Rice
's "The Blower's Daughter", reached the #1 spot on the charts.
Carolina came out
in Veja
magazine as bisexual, creating much debate and attracting new fans. She also released her 6th album, Dois Quartos
in 2006. The album contained 2 CDs, the 1st called 'Quarto' and the 2nd called 'Quartinho'.
Juiz de Fora
-Industry, Trade, and Culture:Juiz de Fora is the second most important industrial center in the state of Minas Gerais, despite being the fourth largest in terms of population. It was once the state's largest city, position which was held up until the beginning of the 20th century...
, Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
) is a Brazilian singer, composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, and musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
.
Career
Carolina has a contraltoContralto
Contralto is the deepest female classical singing voice, with the lowest tessitura, falling between tenor and mezzo-soprano. It typically ranges between the F below middle C to the second G above middle C , although at the extremes some voices can reach the E below middle C or the second B above...
vocal range. Her musical influence comes from the crib, her grandmother used to sing on the radio, and her great aunt and uncle played percussion, piano, cello, and violin. She grew up hearing Brazilian musical icons such as Chico Buarque
Chico Buarque
Francisco Buarque de Hollanda , popularly known as Chico Buarque , is a singer, guitarist, composer, dramatist, writer and poet...
, João Bosco
João Bosco
João Bosco de Freitas Mucci, better known as João Bosco is a noted Brazilian singer-songwriter with a distinctive style as a guitarist...
, Maria Bethânia
Maria Bethânia
Maria Bethânia Vianna Telles Veloso , better known as Maria Bethânia , is a singer and sister of Caetano Veloso. She started her career in Rio de Janeiro in 1964 with the show "Opinião"...
as well as international icons such as Nina Simone
Nina Simone
Eunice Kathleen Waymon , better known by her stage name Nina Simone , was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated with jazz music...
, Björk
Björk
Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...
, and Alanis Morissette
Alanis Morissette
Alanis Nadine Morissette is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and also shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination...
. She began her career singing in local bars.
With the determination to become a successful professional musician she left Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...
and moved to Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
. Shortly after moving to Rio she signed a contract with the BMG recording company. She released her first CD, Ana Carolina in 1999, which was responsible for her nomination in the Latin Grammy Awards.
Her second album, Ana Rita Joana Iracema e Carolina was another success, released in 2001. The album's title is in reference to songs by the singer Chico Buarque
Chico Buarque
Francisco Buarque de Hollanda , popularly known as Chico Buarque , is a singer, guitarist, composer, dramatist, writer and poet...
, one of Ana Carolina's idols. This album contained hits like "Quem de nós dois" and "Ela é bamba".
In 2003 she released her 3rd album, Estampado which showed her musical originality. Her 4th CD, Ana Carolina: Perfil released in 2004, was a collection of her most successful songs from her first 3 CDs and, according to ABPD, is the best-selling in Brazil in 2005. Also in 2004 she performed a show with Seu Jorge
Seu Jorge
Seu Jorge is a Brazilian musician, singer/songwriter and actor. Born Jorge Mário da Silva, he was raised in a favela in the city of Belford Roxo in the Baixada Fluminense region of Rio de Janeiro state. He is considered by his fans a renewer of Brazilian pop samba...
and released a live CD and DVD of the show called Ana & Jorge. The song, "É Isso Aí", a Portuguese version for Damien Rice
Damien Rice
Damien Rice is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician and record producer who plays guitar, piano, clarinet and percussion....
's "The Blower's Daughter", reached the #1 spot on the charts.
Carolina came out
Coming out
Coming out is a figure of speech for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people's disclosure of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity....
in Veja
Veja (magazine)
Veja is a Brazilian weekly newsmagazine published in São Paulo and distributed throughout the country by the media conglomerate Grupo Abril. It is the leading weekly publication in the country, and one of the most influential outlets of the Brazilian press...
magazine as bisexual, creating much debate and attracting new fans. She also released her 6th album, Dois Quartos
Dois Quartos
-2° CD:-Singles:* Rosas – It was the first single taken from "Room". Ranked first of all radios in this segment in Brazil.* Carvão* Ruas de outono* Aqui* Vai -Certifications:...
in 2006. The album contained 2 CDs, the 1st called 'Quarto' and the 2nd called 'Quartinho'.
Albums
| Year | Album | Album details | BRA Certification / Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | "Ana Carolina Ana Carolina (album) - Personnel :* Sacha Amback – arranger, keyboards, program, choir arrangement* Guto Antunes – photo assistance* Fabio Arruda – graphic design* Aldivas Ayres – trombone* Bernardo Bessler – violin* Ana Carolina – guitar, arranger, vocals, pandeiro, concept... " |
1st studio album | Platinum / 350.000 |
| 2001 | "Ana Rita Joana Iracema e Carolina Ana Rita Joana Iracema e Carolina -Certifications:... " |
2nd studio album | Diamond / 1.250.000 |
| 2003 | "Estampado Estampado -Certifications:-Participation in Soundtracks:# "Uma Louca Tempestade" was part of the soundtrack of the novel "Senhora do Destino" of Rede Globo.# "Nua" was part of the soundtrack of the novel "Como Uma Onda" of Rede Globo.... " |
3rd studio album | Diamond / 1.550.000 |
| 2005 | "Perfil: Ana Carolina Perfil (album) -Certifications:... " |
Compilation album | 2x Platinum / 600.000 |
| 2005 | "Ana & Jorge: Ao Vivo Ana & Jorge: Ao Vivo Ana & Jorge: Ao Vivo is an MPB album by Brazilian singers Ana Carolina and Seu Jorge, released on CD and DVD in 2005. In Brazil it was awarded Triple Platinum certification, as more than 300,000 copies were sold in the country.- Background :... " |
Live album with Seu Jorge | Diamond / 1.000.000 |
| 2006 | "Dois Quartos Dois Quartos -2° CD:-Singles:* Rosas – It was the first single taken from "Room". Ranked first of all radios in this segment in Brazil.* Carvão* Ruas de outono* Aqui* Vai -Certifications:... " |
4th studio album | 2x Platinum / 550.000 |
| 2008 | "Multishow Ao Vivo: Ana Carolina - Dois Quartos Multishow Ao Vivo: Dois Quartos Multishow Ao Vivo: Dois Quartos is the seventh album by Brazilian singer, songwriter, arranger, producer Ana Carolina.- Background :Recorded at the Credicard Hall in São Paulo, November 24 and November 25, 2007, for the project Multishow Ao Vivo, the show gathers songs consecrated as "Pra Rua Me... " |
Live album | 2x Platinum / 600.000 |
| 2009 | "N9ve N9ve -Certifications:... " |
5th studio album | 70.000 |
DVDs
| Year | DVD | DVD details | BRA Certification / Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | "Estampado" | Mafing-of 3rd studio album | Platinum / 50.000 |
| 2004 | "Estampado - Um Instante Que Não Pára" | Live concert | Platinum / 110.000 |
| 2005 | "Ana & Jorge: Ao Vivo Ana & Jorge: Ao Vivo Ana & Jorge: Ao Vivo is an MPB album by Brazilian singers Ana Carolina and Seu Jorge, released on CD and DVD in 2005. In Brazil it was awarded Triple Platinum certification, as more than 300,000 copies were sold in the country.- Background :... " |
Live concert with Seu Jorge | Diamond / 100.000 |
| 2008 | "Multishow Ao Vivo: Ana Carolina - Dois Quartos Multishow Ao Vivo: Dois Quartos Multishow Ao Vivo: Dois Quartos is the seventh album by Brazilian singer, songwriter, arranger, producer Ana Carolina.- Background :Recorded at the Credicard Hall in São Paulo, November 24 and November 25, 2007, for the project Multishow Ao Vivo, the show gathers songs consecrated as "Pra Rua Me... " |
Live concert | Diamond / 175.000 |
| 2009 | "N9ve" | Making-of 5th studio album | TBR |
Singles
| Ano | Single | Charts | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRA Hot 100 | BRA Year End | |||
| 1999 | "Tô Saindo" | 26 | 97 | Ana Carolina |
| "Nada Pra Mim" | 19 | 50 | ||
| 2000 | "Garganta" | 1 | 5 | |
| "Beatriz" | 58 | - | ||
| 2001 | "Ela é Bamba" | 10 | 30 | Ana Rita Joana Iracema e Carolina |
| "Confesso" | 22 | 91 | ||
| 2002 | "Quem de Nós Dois (La Mia Storia Tra le Dita)" | 1 | 2 | |
| 2003 | "Encostar na Tua" | 5 | 10 | Estampado |
| "Elevador" | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2004 | "Uma Louca Tempestade" | 4 | 9 | |
| "Nua" | 42 | - | ||
| 2005 | "Pra Rua me Levar" | 59 | - | |
| "Que Se Danem os Nós" | 25 | - | Perfil: Ana Carolina | |
| 2006 | "É Isso Aí (The Blower's Daughter)" (feat. Seu Jorge Seu Jorge Seu Jorge is a Brazilian musician, singer/songwriter and actor. Born Jorge Mário da Silva, he was raised in a favela in the city of Belford Roxo in the Baixada Fluminense region of Rio de Janeiro state. He is considered by his fans a renewer of Brazilian pop samba... ) |
1 | 6 | Ana & Jorge |
| "Pra Rua me Levar" (2nd Version) (feat. Seu Jorge) | 15 | - | ||
| "Rosas" | 1 | 9 | Dois Quartos | |
| 2007 | "Carvão" | 7 | 69 | |
| "Ruas de Outono" | 12 | - | ||
| "Aqui" | 36 | - | ||
| "Vai" (Simone Saback Simone Saback Simone Saback is a Brazilian composer, singer, writer, poet and journalist.-Edited songs:*Se Quiser Vai – Fábio Jr... ) |
27 | - | Multishow ao Vivo: Ana Carolina - Dois Quartos |
|
| 2008 | "Tolerância" | 39 | - | |
| "Eu Comi a Madona" | 28 | - | Dois Quartos | |
| 2009 | "Tá rindo, é?" | 11 | - | N9ve |
| 2009 | "Entreolhares (The Way You’re Looking at Me)" (feat. John Legend John Legend John Roger Stephens , better known by his stage name John Legend, is an American singer, musician, and actor. He is the recipient of nine Grammy Awards, and in 2007, he received the special Starlight award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.Prior to the release of his debut album, Stephens' career... ) |
11 | - | |
| 2010 | "10 Minutos" | - | - | |