Martnália Mendonça Ferreira, known as Mart'nália (Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

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, September 7, 1965) is a singer, songwriter

Songwriter

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 and percussionist Brazil

Brazil

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Career

Daughter of sambista Martinho da Vila

Martinho da Vila

Martinho da Vila is a Brazilian samba musician...

 and singer Analia Mendonca (her name is a blend of parents' names), the singer was born in Vila Isabel, North Zone of Rio de Janeiro. Since childhood she was surrounded by music.

She began her professional career at age 16, doing backing vocals for her father beside her sister, Analimar. In the mid 1990s

1990s

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, she began making presentations on the circuit of bars, nightclubs and theaters in Rio de Janeiro, which culminated in the release of her album My Man, facing the samba. Since 1994, she joined the group Batacotô, who launched the Semba Ancestors. The artist was also the band's percussionist Ivan Lins

Ivan Lins

Ivan Guimarães Lins is a Latin Grammy winning Brazilian musician. He has been an active performer and songwriter of Brazilian popular music and jazz for over 30 years. His first hit, Madalena, was recorded by Elis Regina in 1970. Beyond his own performance of his compositions, Simone is his most...

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Mart'nália had the privilege of becoming sponsored big names of Brazilian popular music thanks to her father. Caetano Veloso

Caetano Veloso

Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso , better known as Caetano Veloso, is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s,...

 was the artistic director of her foot hard on my Samba, as well as composing the title track, and 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"...

 produced Menino do Rio From these two albums, Mart'nália began to attract greater media attention and have an agenda shows more established throughout the country, paving the way for international tours through Europe

Europe

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 and Africa

Africa

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Discography

• Mart'nália (1987)
• Minha cara (1997)
• Pé de meu samba (2002)
• Pé de meu samba ao vivo (2004)
• Menino do Rio (2006)
• Mart'nália em Berlim ao vivo (2006)
• Madrugada (2008)
• Minha Cara (2009)
• Mart'nália em África ao Vivo (2010)

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