Soraya Moraes
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Soraya Moraes is a Brazil
ian gospel
singer.
Moraes was born in São Paulo
and sang in church as a child. Her professional career began in a band called Metanoya in 1992; their debut album, Guerra, was released in 1993. In 1998, she signed with Gospel Records as a solo artist, and her debut, Pensando em Deus, was released in 1999. Her 2004 release Deixa o Teu Rio Me Levar was awarded a Latin Grammy in 2005 for best Portuguese language
Christian album. She also won four Troféu Talento awards.
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...
ian gospel
Gospel music
Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
singer.
Moraes was born in São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
and sang in church as a child. Her professional career began in a band called Metanoya in 1992; their debut album, Guerra, was released in 1993. In 1998, she signed with Gospel Records as a solo artist, and her debut, Pensando em Deus, was released in 1999. Her 2004 release Deixa o Teu Rio Me Levar was awarded a Latin Grammy in 2005 for best Portuguese language
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
Christian album. She also won four Troféu Talento awards.
Awards
- Latin Grammy Awards of 2008Latin Grammy Awards of 2008The 9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards took place on November 13, 2008 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas and were aired on Univision. The Brazilian Field awards were presented on the same day at the Ibirapuera Auditorium in São Paulo. The Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year was Gloria...
- Best Christian Album (Spanish LanguageSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
) with Tengo Sed de TíTengo Sed de TíTengo Sed de Tí is a Spanish album released by Brazilian Christian singer Soraya Moraes.-Track listing:# "Tengo Sed de Ti"# "Estoy Listo"# "Tus Altares"# "Nube de Gloria"# "Me Alegro En El Señor"# "Tempo de Celebración"# "Brazos de Amor"... - Latin Grammy Awards of 2008Latin Grammy Awards of 2008The 9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards took place on November 13, 2008 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas and were aired on Univision. The Brazilian Field awards were presented on the same day at the Ibirapuera Auditorium in São Paulo. The Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year was Gloria...
- Best Christian Album (Portuguese LanguagePortuguese languagePortuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
) with Som da chuva (Line Records) - Latin Grammy Awards of 2008Latin Grammy Awards of 2008The 9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards took place on November 13, 2008 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas and were aired on Univision. The Brazilian Field awards were presented on the same day at the Ibirapuera Auditorium in São Paulo. The Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year was Gloria...
- Best Brazilian Song with "Som da Chuva" - Latin Grammy Awards of 2005Latin Grammy Awards of 2005The 6th Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held in Los Angeles at the Shrine Auditorium on Thursday, November 3, 2005. It was the first ceremony to be broadcast by Univision in the United States. Ivan Lins was the big winner winning two awards including Album of the Year. He is the first and only...
- Best Christian Album (Portuguese LanguagePortuguese languagePortuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
) with Deixa o Teu Rio me Levar (Line Records)
Discography
- Pensando em Deus (Gospel Records, 1999)
- Milagre (Gospel Records, 2000)
- Te Adoramos (Gospel Records, 2001)
- Presença de Deus (Line RecordsLine RecordsLine Records is a Brazilian gospel record label and it belongs to Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. Was founded in Rio de Janeiro, in 1992 with the intent to tend the gospel music demand.-Artists:*Adilson Silva*Adriana Ferreira*Adriana Marques...
, 2003) - Deixa o Teu Rio Me Levar (Line Records, 2004)
- Tudo é possível (Gospel Records, 2005)
- Promessa (Line Records, 2006)
- Deus Que Cura (2007)
- Tengo Sed de TíTengo Sed de TíTengo Sed de Tí is a Spanish album released by Brazilian Christian singer Soraya Moraes.-Track listing:# "Tengo Sed de Ti"# "Estoy Listo"# "Tus Altares"# "Nube de Gloria"# "Me Alegro En El Señor"# "Tempo de Celebración"# "Brazos de Amor"...
(2008)