Biography

Fernanda was born and raised in a middle-class family of the South Zone, a neighborhood of Rio. Her first notable public appearance was the backing vocal of the band Blitz

Blitz (Brazilian band)

Blitz is a Brazilian rock band. The band was the first to achieve mainstream success and to have hit singles kick-starting the 1980s movement that would later be called "BRock"...

 until 1986. After that, in 1990, she started a solo career singing funk, disco and dance music

Dance music

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...

, achieving great success in her native country.

In 1989, she met Herbert Vianna

Herbert Vianna

Herbert Lemos de Sousa Vianna is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and guitarist mainly known for his work with rock band Os Paralamas do Sucesso.- Biography :...

, and with his help and encouragment formed a funk band. Her first solo album, SLA Radical Dance Disco Club (1990), was produced by Herbert Vianna and Fábio Fonseca and had a hit with A Noite. Her second album, SLA2/Be Sample (1992), was one of the earliest Brazilian pop records to extensively employ the sampler, and had success with Rio 40 Graus portraying 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...

 climate, people and lifestyle. Since then, Abreu has been considered the first lady of Brazilian funk

Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...

.

In 2006, she released Ao Vivo MTV, the first DVD

DVD

A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

 of her career, which includes many of her hit songs.

Abreu is married to the musician and designer Luis Stein and has 2 daughters, Alice and Sofia.

Discography

• Sla Radical Dance Disco Club (1990)
• Sla 2 Be Sample (1992)
• Da Lata (1995)
• Raio X - Revista e Ampliada (1997)
• Entidade Urbana (2000)
• Na Paz (2004)
• MTV Ao Vivo
  MTV Ao Vivo
  MTV ao Vivo are live recordings of Brazilian bands by MTV Brasil. Many albums have been released under this name, including:* MTV Ao Vivo - Nando Reis's MTV Ao Vivo.* MTV Ao Vivo - Skank's MTV Ao Vivo....
  
  (2006)

External links

• Official website