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Larissa de Macedo Machado (born March 30, 1993), known professionally as Anitta, is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and television host. She is regarded as one of biggest Brazilians artists of all time, as one of the first artists in the country to have risen an international career. She rose to national fame with the release of her single "
Show das Poderosas "Show das Poderosas" ( en, Powerful Girls' Show, italic=yes) is a single by the Brazilian singer Anitta released on April 16, 2013. The song served as the third single from her self-titled debut album (2013). The song has sold 50,000 paid downloa ...
" in 2013. After achieving national commercial success with her debut profissional single "
Meiga e Abusada "Meiga e Abusada" ( en, Sweet and Sassy, italic=yes) is the debut single by Brazilian singer Anitta (singer), Anitta. It was first released on radio on July 6, 2012 by Furacão 2000. On February 6, 2013 it was re-released on Music download, digita ...
" in 2012, she signed a recording contract with Warner Music Brazil in January 2013. In July of the same year, she released her self-titled debut album which produced four hit singles on local charts and was certified platinum. Her second studio album, '' Ritmo Perfeito'' (2014), also achieved a minor commercial success in the country, and was accompanied by the release of her first live album '' Meu Lugar'', on the same day. In 2015, she released her third studio album entitled ''
Bang Bang or bangs may refer to: Products * M1922 Bang rifle, a US semi-automatic rifle designed by Søren Hansen Bang * Bang, a model car brand * Bang (beverage), an energy drink Geography * Bang, Lorestan, a village in Iran * Bangs, Ohio, Uni ...
'', which was certified platinum and spawned four successful singles "
Deixa Ele Sofrer "Deixa Ele Sofrer" ( en, Let Him Suffer, italic=yes) is a song by Brazilian pop singer Anitta, released as the first single from her third studio album '' Bang!'' (2015). It was officially launched on the radio and digital vehicles on July 16, 2015 ...
", the title track "
Bang Bang or bangs may refer to: Products * M1922 Bang rifle, a US semi-automatic rifle designed by Søren Hansen Bang * Bang, a model car brand * Bang (beverage), an energy drink Geography * Bang, Lorestan, a village in Iran * Bangs, Ohio, Uni ...
", " Essa Mina é Louca" and "Cravo e Canela". The album played a crucial role on establishing her almost dominant position in Brazilian music charts. Between 2016 and 2018, Anitta embarked on numerous collaborations with international artists such as
Nile Rodgers Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr. (born September 19, 1952) is an American musician, record producer and composer. The co-founder of Chic, Rodgers has written, produced, and performed on records that have sold more than 500 million albums and 75 million ...
,
Maluma Juan Luis Londoño Arias (born 28 January 1994), known professionally as Maluma, is a Colombian singer, songwriter, and actor. Born and raised in Medellín, he developed an interest in music at a young age, recording songs since age sixteen. ...
,
Iggy Azalea Amethyst Amelia Kelly (born 7 June 1990), known professionally as Iggy Azalea (), is an Australian rapper. At the age of 16, Azalea moved from Australia to the United States in order to pursue a career in music. Azalea earned public recognitio ...
,
Major Lazer Major Lazer is an American electronic dance music DJ trio, which includes record producer Diplo, and DJs Walshy Fire and Ape Drums. It originates from Kingston, Jamaica, and was founded in 2008 by Diplo and Switch, with Switch leaving after ...
, Alesso and
J Balvin José Álvaro Osorio Balvín (born 7 May 1985), known professionally as J Balvin, is a Colombian singer and songwriter. He has been referred to as the " Prince of Reggaeton" (from Spanish: "Príncipe del Reggaetón"), and is one of the best-sell ...
, among others. In 2017, she released her first song in spanish language "
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", which catapulted her partial transition to Spanish-language
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and
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music. Her collaboration on the same year with Colombian singer
J Balvin José Álvaro Osorio Balvín (born 7 May 1985), known professionally as J Balvin, is a Colombian singer and songwriter. He has been referred to as the " Prince of Reggaeton" (from Spanish: "Príncipe del Reggaetón"), and is one of the best-sell ...
, "
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", became her breakthrough song in several Spanish-speaking markets. In 2019, she joined several collaborations with artists such as
Madonna Madonna Louise Ciccone (; ; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Widely dubbed the " Queen of Pop", Madonna has been noted for her continual reinvention and versatility in music production, songwriting, a ...
,
Sofía Reyes Úrsula Sofía Reyes Piñeyro (born 25 September 1995) is a Mexican singer and songwriter. She rose to fame in 2018 with her song " 1,2,3", which featured Jason Derulo and De La Ghetto. In 2019, she released the song " R.I.P." with Brazilian si ...
,
Rita Ora Rita Sahatçiu Ora (born Rita Sahatçiu; 26 November 1990) is a British singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence in February 2012 when she featured on DJ Fresh's single, "Hot Right Now", which reached number one in the UK. Her debut studi ...
,
Luis Fonsi Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero (born April 15, 1978), known by his stage name Luis Fonsi (), is a Puerto Rican singer. He is known for multiple songs, one of them being "Despacito" featuring rapper Daddy Yankee. Fonsi received his first ...
,
Ozuna Juan Carlos Ozuna Rosado (; born March 13, 1992), known simply by his surname Ozuna, is a Puerto Rican singer. Five of his studio albums have topped the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums chart, with ''Aura'' (2018) charting at number seven on ...
and Black Eyed Peas. She later received critical acclaim for her
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fourth studio
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, '' Kisses'' (2019), which earned her a nomination for the
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.Three months after, her Spanish language single "
Envolver "Envolver" is a song by Brazilian singer Anitta from her fifth studio album '' Versions of Me''. It was released as the fourth single from the album through Warner Records on 11 November 2021. A reggaeton and EDM hybrid song that hints to desi ...
" released on late 2021, from her fifth studio album ''
Versions of Me ''Versions of Me'' is the fifth studio and second multilingual album by Brazilian singer Anitta, released on April 12, 2022, through Warner Records. Ryan Tedder executive produced the album. The singles " Me Gusta" (featuring Cardi B and Myke T ...
'' (2022), topped the Global Top 50 chart on
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, making Anitta the first Brazilian and Latin American artist with a solo song to do so. Anitta still ranked 1st on Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart and 2nd on Billboard Global, being the first brazilian artist to lead a global music chart. Anitta was named by the
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(APCA) as the revelation of the year in music in 2013. She has received numerous accolades and several nominations at the
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s,
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, ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards and
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awards. Anitta has won seven
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s, and became the first Brazilian artist to win the award for Best Latin American Act. In 2017, she was ranked as one of the most influential celebrities in social media according to ''
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''. In 2022, Anitta became the first Brazilian artist to win a MTV Video Music Awards category,and the also a
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.She was also the first brazilian to make a performance on the two shows. Obtaining several international certifications for sales and several nominations in various awards around the world, Anitta received a Grammy nomination for the first time in the main categories as
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at the 2023 Grammy Awards.


Early life

Anitta was born and raised in Honório Gurgel neighborhood, a region with one of the lowest HDIs in the Rio de Janeiro city, the youngest daughter of Míriam Macedo and
Mauro Machado Mauro Machado da Silva (born 22 January 1975 in Porto Alegre, Brazil) is a Retired Brazilian footballer who is currently goal keeping coach at Bolívar in the Bolivian Professional Football League. Teams * Mariscal Braun 2001 * Bolívar 2002 ...
; her brother Renan Machado currently acts as one of her music producers and jointly manages her career. Larissa had a poor childhood and was raised by divorced parents, with her mother gaining custody. She began her singing career at the age of 8 when, after the insistence of her maternal grandparents, she started singing in the choir of the Santa Luzia's Parish, located in her neighborhood. At age 11, she took her first English classes and was already showing signs of pursuing an academic career and demonstrated above-average intelligence. She later received free dance lessons provided by her mother's teacher. When she was in high school, she finished a technical course in public administration after graduating from one of the most prestigious public schools in the country,the Dom Pedro II School. A year later, she decided to pursue an artistic career. That same year, she was the winner of the "Best New Artist" award given by the Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte, as the main body of culture in Brazil. Anitta's stage name was inspired by the character Anita, from the book ''
Presença de Anita ''Presença de Anita'' ( en, The Presence of Anita, italic=yes) is a 2001 Brazilian drama television miniseries based on the 1948 novel of the same name by Mário Donato. Directed by Ricardo Waddington and Alexandre Avancini, the series aired o ...
'' adapted as a teleseries by
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in 2001. She thought the character "amazing" because " hecould be sexy without looking vulgar; girl and woman at the same time".


Career


2012–2013: Debut album and initial success

Anitta's career as a professional singer started by chance in 2010, when she was introduced to the funk carioca producer Renato Azevedo (known as Batutinha).She was invited by to record some demo tapes for him, as he had seen some of her home videos on Youtube. After being approved,she was nominated to sign a contract with the independent and specialized label in funk, Furacão 2000.Some time latter, she released her first single "Eu Vou Ficar", which was played to exhaustion on local radio stations in Rio de Janeiro and the song was included on the series "Armagedom", which included other artists from the musical niche.Advised by her producer, she decided to put another "t" in the stage name and the and the acronym MC. A year later, the song "Fica Só Olhando" was included on the second version of the collection. Her first televised appearance was on May 16, 2012, on TV program ''Cante se Puder'', on SBT, where she sang the single "Extravasa", a song recorded by axé music singer,
Claudia Leitte Cláudia Cristina Leite Inácio (; born 10 July 1980) is a Brazilian singer and television personality. She rose to fame in late 2002 as the lead vocalist of the Axé music group Babado Novo. The group achieved a string of consecutive diamond- ...
, inside a beer cup. In June 2012,she chose to not renew the Furacão 2000 contract and signed with K2L Entertainment office. In January 2013, Anitta signed a big recording contract with
Warner Music Group Warner Music Group Corp. ( d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and t ...
and released the single
Meiga e Abusada "Meiga e Abusada" ( en, Sweet and Sassy, italic=yes) is the debut single by Brazilian singer Anitta (singer), Anitta. It was first released on radio on July 6, 2012 by Furacão 2000. On February 6, 2013 it was re-released on Music download, digita ...
.The song exploded after being added to the telenovela Amor à Vida soundtrack and became one of the most requested songs in Brazilian radio stations in early 2013. A music video for the song was recorded in Las Vegas, and directed by American director
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. The song was chosen as lead single of her self-titled debut album was released in June 2013. The song "Show das Poderosas" received considerable attention by the media in May 2013, becoming the most watched music video on YouTube in Brazil, surpassing 160 million views in less than a week after the release.The impact also helped to music on charts, which remained for weeks at the top of the best selling in
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Brazil, and making it the third most played song on the radio in the country during 2013. At the time, with that, the singer's fee per presentation increased to US$10.000


2014–2015: ''Meu Lugar'' and ''Ritmo Perfeito''

Anitta announced in 2013 that she would start her first big national tour on that year and in some special shows she will record her first live CD. The sales to the tickets for the special series of shows, went on sale in November 2013. The event took place in
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at
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on February 15, 2014, and was attended by about 10,000 people. The album was previously titled ''Fantástico Mundo de Anitta'' (Anitta's World), but was later renamed to ''Meu Lugar'' (My Place),after the release of the song "Quem Sabe" on iTunes. The song "Blá Blá Blá" was released as the lead single from the album on March 23, 2014. Despite the success in minor proportions,the song reached the number two on the Hot 100 Airplay chart in Brazil. The album was released on June 4, 2014, just a day after the release of her second studio album, '' Ritmo Perfeito''. The second single from the project was a song featuring rapper Projota titled "Cobertor", which reached a discret number 43 on Brazilian charts. The following single "Na Batida" was released in 31 July 2014. Its music video reached 1 million views on YouTube after just 24 hours. The single had a minor success on charts, peaking at number four on the Hot 100 Airplay chart. Other singles released from the album were "Ritmo Perfeito" and "No Meu Talento", featuring
MC Guimê Guilherme Aparecido Dantas, better known by his stage name MC Guimê, is a Brazilian funk singer (born 10 November 1992). He has been nominated for several awards such as Europe Music Awards, Kids Choice Awards, Meus Prêmios Nick (KCA's Brazil) ...
. In April 2014, she made her acting debut as Helena Boccato on comedy film '' Copa de Elite''. In August 2014, she founded her own management company, Rodamoinho Produções Artísticas. In December, she also starred as goddess Solaris on television film ''Didi e o Segredo dos Anjos''.


2015–2016: ''Bang'' and collaborations

Her third studio album ''
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'' was released in October 2015. It was elected by ''
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'' as one of the most anticipated albums of the year. Its album cover art was signed by Giovanni Bianco, the same author of some most know taken photos by the american singer
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. ''Bang'' debuted at number three on the Brazilian albums chart with 40,000 copies sold at its first week. The album's sold 300,000 copies as of May 2016, surpassing sales of her debut album, which has sold 170,000 copies. It was also certified Platinum by the Associação Brasileira de Produtores de Discos (ABPD). The first single of the album, "
Deixa Ele Sofrer "Deixa Ele Sofrer" ( en, Let Him Suffer, italic=yes) is a song by Brazilian pop singer Anitta, released as the first single from her third studio album '' Bang!'' (2015). It was officially launched on the radio and digital vehicles on July 16, 2015 ...
", which was released on July 16, 2015, and reached the top of the iTunes Brazil chart. The song also made Anitta the first Brazilian singer to occupy the top of Spotify Brazil. The album lead single, "
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", was her first international success, staying at number one on iTunes and Spotify for several days, and its music video becoming an international
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and receiving over 320 million views on YouTube. Other singles released from the album were "Essa Mina É Louca" and "Cravo e Canela". In October 2015, the artist won the EMA Worldwide Act Latin America, being the first Brazilian artist to win the award. A collaboration with
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and
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, entitled "Blecaute", was released in November 2015. In 2016, Anitta made her debut as a TV hostess,leading the third season of cable television channel
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show ''Música Boa Ao Vivo''(Good Music:Live). The singer was also featured on a remix of the song " Ginza", by singer
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. In August 2016, she released a single titled "
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" featuring Colombian singer
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, and performed at the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony along with world know brazilian singers and composers
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and
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. The next month, she signed her first international contract with
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. In November 2016, she won the Best Brazilian Act category at the 2016 MTV Europe Music Awards. Also in 2016,Bang was added to the anual video game series ''
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'', as one of more than 40 tracks. On October 25, 2016, Ubisoft Brazil shot a flash mob in
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(
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), where many people danced to the routine of the game in order to promote the new instalament of the series. Ubisoft also promoted an exclusive pocket show with the singer for the release of the game. There, the singer singed and danced her track in game as demonstration. Meanwhile,she made a lot of interviews,talking about her song was added the game soundtrack. and the song was selected for the digital qualifications of 2016 Just Dance World Championship.


2017–2018: ''Checkmate'', ''Solo'', international success and collaborations

In January 2017, the singer was featured on singles including "Loka", by female duo
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, and featured on single "
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",recorded by
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and featured
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. In May 2017, "
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", a collaboration with Australian rapper
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, became her first single in English to be released. The same month, she released a single in both Portuguese and Spanish titled "
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". In June of the same year, the American group
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released "
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", along with her and
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singer
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. The song is part of the band's fourth EP, ''
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''. In a matter of a few hours, the video exceeded the mark of 5 million views on YouTube. After its release, the song became an international hit, appearing as one hundred most played in Global Spotify, and spent more than five weeks on Billboard's
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chart, making it the first Portuguese-language song to feature on that respective chart. The music video was also a hit, reaching more than 20 million views in one day. On September 3, Anitta released her first English-language single "
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", a collaboration with Grammy award-winning producer and songwriter
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. It was the first song of the singer's project entitled ''CheckMate'', in which she would release a new song a month. On October 13, in partnership with
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DJ Alesso, Anitta released the second song from ''CheckMate'', titled "
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". On November 19, the singer released, in her second collaboration with
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, another track from the ''CheckMate'' project, "
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". The composition became an international success, entering in the "Top 50 Global", list of the 50 most executed songs in the world, making Anitta the first Brazilian to appear in the ranking. On December 18, 2017, Anitta released a new single, "Vai Malandra", featuring MC Zaac, Maejor, Tropkillaz and DJ Yuri Martins; this was the fourth and last song from the ''CheckMate'' project. In January 2018, another collaboration with
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, "
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", was released. Two months later, she released another single in Spanish, titled " Indecente". In April, she debuted her new TV show on Multishow titled ''Anitta Entrou no Grupo''. In June, she performed at
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festival in Lisbon. She also made concerts in
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in Paris and London as part of the Made in Brazil tour. The same month, she released a single titled "
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". "Medicina" featured her for the second time in the ''Just Dance'' series with two exclusive routines for the same track. The latest one was presented at ''Just Dance 2019'' World Cup in Brasil. In September, she was featured on a single by production duo Seakret, "Perdendo a Mão", featuring Jojo Maronttinni. Later that same month, she debuted as one of the coaches on '' La Voz... México''. The next month, she was featured on Colombian singer
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's single "Jacuzzi". In November, Anitta released a multilingual
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(EP) titled ''Solo'', which has three songs in different languages, among them " Veneno" and "Não Perco Meu Tempo". Anitta also announced that all songs on the EP would have their respective music videos, which were released simultaneously on the same date as the EP and was the subject of a Shots Studios-produced docu-series titled ''
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'', which aired on
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.


2019: ''Kisses and Brasileirinha''

The year 2019, in Anitta's career, was marked by musical partnerships and participation in tracks by other singers. In February 2019, the artist released five songs: "Terremoto" (whose music video is based on " I'm Still in Love with You" by
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.) with Kevinho; "Bola Rebola" (single similar to "Vai Malandra") with Tropkillaz, J Balvin and MC Zaac; a re-recording of "Zé do Caroço" with producers Jetlag; "Te Lo Dije" with Natti Natasha and "Favela Chegou" with Ludmilla. On March 15, the song " R.I.P." Mexican
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with participation of Brazilian and British
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. On April 5, the singer's fourth studio album, entitled '' Kisses'', was released. It was her first visual and trilingual album. In the United States, the album reached the fourth position on the
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and number 16 on the
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charts. In Spain, the album reached forty-sixth position on the PROMUSICAE list. The album's lead single, "Poquito", with American rapper Swae Lee, was released in conjunction with the album. Anitta is present in the soundtrack of the film UglyDolls that was released in April of the same year. The singer appears on the track "Ugly" which was recorded in three languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese. On June 14
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launches
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, where Anitta participates in the track Faz Gostoso, a re-recording by Portuguese singer
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. Anitta again partnered with Major Lazer, - the first in 2017 on the song "Sua Cara" - this time on " Make It Hot", a track released on June 19 and featured on the group's ''Music Is the Weapon'' album. On June 21, the song "Pa 'lante" was released along with Alex Sensation and
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. On July 11, "
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" was launched, a partnership between Anitta and the singer
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. The song was part of the singer's third studio album, entitled '' Nibiru'', but was removed for reasons that have not been clarified. On September 6, the partnership between Anitta and Léo Santana, "Contatinho", was launched. The song was recorded live, as the opening song of Léo Santana's DVD, called ''Levada do Gigante''. Still in September, on the 30th, together with the group Black Eyed Peas, they released the single "Explosion". On October 4, she collaborated with the singer Vitão, "Complicado". Anitta recorded the song "Pantera" for the soundtrack to the movie
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, released in October. In the same month, the artist started the Brasileirinha project, which had released songs in Portuguese only until December. The first single released was the song "Some Que Ele Vem Atrás" in partnership with the singer Marília Mendonça, the music video was recorded live during the 26th edition of the Brazilian Music Multishow Award. "Combatchy" was released in November as a second single, the song features singers
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,
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and MC Rebecca. On November 23, she participated in the opening show of the Copa Libertadores de América Final that took place in Peru alongside Colombian singer Sebástian Yatra and Argentine singers Fito Páez and Tini, performing the song "Y Dale Alegría A Mi Corazón". The third single from the Brasileirinha project, "Meu Mel", in partnership with the trio
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, was released on December 13; "Até o Céu", a duet with MC Cabelinho and the last track of the project, was made available on December 20. In June 2020, Anitta signed a recording contract with
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in the U.S., ahead of her U.S. debut album expected to release later in 2020. The album will be executive produced by
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.


2020–present: Television and ''Versions of Me''

In January 2020, she released the single "Jogação" with the band Psirico. The music video for the song was recorded live during "Ensaio da Anitta", a show that took place at Espaço das Américas, in São Paulo. The following month, the singer released the song "Rave de Favela" in partnership with the Brazilian singer MC Lan and the American group
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. Anitta also participated in the songs "Contando Lunares" by Spanish singer Don Patricio, "Joga Sua Potranca" by Brazilian DJ Gabriel do Borel and "Dança Assim" by Angolan musician Preto Show. Still in February, the singer participated in four episodes of the telenovela ''
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'' on
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, playing Sabrina, a fan of the character Ryan (Thiago Martins), who ends up getting involved with him. During the social isolation due to the pandemic of COVID-19, Anitta premiered in May directly from her home the program Anitta Dentro da Casinha, broadcast by the channel
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. Anitta prepares her first album all in English (the fifth overall), after the trilingual bet on Kisses (2019). The singer confirmed that she has thirty songs ready and is currently selecting the tracks that will make her album, along with American businessman Brandon Silverstein.
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, lead singer of the band OneRepublic worked on the executive production of the disc, he is known for having worked on songs with
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,
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,
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, among others. In an interview with Veja magazine, he said: "She understands the global culture and is prepared for the American market. Everyone in Los Angeles and New York wants to work with Anitta". The information on the new album had been circulated on the internet in a post in the singer's biography on the website of S10 Entertainment, Silverstein's company, but after the news spread to the singer's fans the information was removed from the site. In August 2020, Anitta released her first single in Italy with
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, "Paloma" which became one of the most shamaz'ed songs of the month in the country. In August 2020 she was also featured on WC No Beat's album on a track called "Cena de Novela" alongside Djonga & PK and also featured on the trap song "Tá Com o Papato" of Papatinho with Dfideliz & BIN. On September 18, 2020, Anitta started a new era in her international career, launching "Me Gusta (Anitta song), Me Gusta", in partnership with Cardi B and Myke Towers. The song reached 17th position on the iTunes chart in the United States. On January 3, 2022, it was announced that Anitta had signed a worldwide publishing agreement with Sony Music Publishing. Her Spanish single "
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" released by late 2021, topped the Global Top 50 on
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in March 2022, making Anitta the first Brazilian artist and the first Latin artist with a solo song to do so. It also become the most streamed song in a single-day in 2022 (7.278 million) at the time. On March 31, 2022, Anitta announced her fifth studio album, ''
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'', would be released on April 12. On July 6, 2022, Argentine singer Tini (singer), Tini released "La Loto", a collaboration with Anitta and American singer Becky G, which served as the seventh single from Tini's upcoming fourth album. In the same month, she got her first nomination at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards for "Envolver" in the "MTV Video Music Award for Best Latin, Best Latin" category; a main show performance was also confirmed. By popular vote, the song won the category, making Anitta the first Brazilian artist to receive the award. Anitta was listed by Forbes 30 Under 30 North America 2023, in the music category, as one of the leaders of the next generation of Latin American music. The list aims to recognize artists who make a significant contribution to the world's recording industry.


Artistry


Musical style

Anitta's music is generally pop, funk carioca and
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, but she also incorporates Contemporary R&B, R&B, dance-pop, electropop, electronic dance music, EDM, Reggae fusion, reggae, and
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. In addition to having songs in five different languages ​​in her discography, such as Portuguese, Spanish, English, Italian (Paloma and Un Altro Ballo ) and French (Mon Soleil ).


Influences

Anitta cites as her greatest influences the singers Mariah Carey,
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, Shakira and Rihanna. During the production of her second album, Anitta quoted Katy Perry as influencing the new tracks. Other references cited by the singer also include the group Pussycat Dolls, and such singers as
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, Britney Spears, Kate Nash and Colbie Caillat. Among Brazilian pop artists, she was influenced by girl group Rouge (pop group), Rouge. During an interview for the G1, Anitta mentioned the Música popular brasileira, MPB singers Gal Costa and
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for always being renewed and risking themselves in other styles. For The Line of Best Fit she revelead nine songs that inspired her. Among the artists she cited Mariah Carey, Luis Miguel,
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,
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, Nina Simone, CeCe Peniston, Flyleaf (band), Flyleaf, Belle and Sebastian, Funk Como Le Gusta and Selena.


Public image

Soon after reaching stardom, Anitta was described as a sex symbol by the media. In 2015, she was voted the sexiest woman by ''VIP'' magazine readers. She believes that by working "with the sensuality thing", her artwork is not taken seriously by a part of the critics and the public. The singer expressed her frustration by saying, "[...] people think you have no talent, no intelligence. I can be intelligent and have the will to be sensual." When she was elected "Woman of the Year" by the Brazilian edition of ''GQ'' magazine in 2017, she made a feminist speech. She was vocal about how different is the treatment for female artists. The singer was listed by Vogue (magazine), ''Vogue'' magazine as one of the 100 most influential and creative people in the world. Anitta was chosen for the ranking because of her "positivity engagement around the body illustrated by the affirmative choice to display her untold image in the "Vai Malandra" music video. Anitta is one of the most influential celebrities in social networks. In June 2017, it appeared in the Social 50 ranking of the North American ''
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'' like the List of Billboard Social 50 number-one artists, 15th most influential artist of the world in the social networks, repeating, among other times, its appearance in December, when it was in the tenth position. In March 2018, she won the IHeartRadio Music Awards, iHeart Music Awards in the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards#Winners & nominees, Social Star category. Anitta is an ambiental (environmental) activist and is actively vocal about the crimes committed against the Amazon forest and its native indigenous population. During the 2018 Brazilian elections, the singer publicly posted a video for the #EleNão (#NotHim) campaign, against leading Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro. Since then she's been vocal against him and his government. After achieving success, Anitta associated its image with several brands. Often referred to as a "marketing case," Anitta said she feels praised when she is described as such. She explained: "I'm happy when I see people believe that I'm a marketing case because I'm the one who does my marketing. I studied marketing, I graduated in pre-college administration, I had a marketing class, all my marketing I'm the one who plans, I do it,'Gosto quando dizem que sou caso de marketing': 20 minutos na presença de Anitta
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I feel praised when I see people saying that." She also described as" co-branding "her strategy of partnering with foreign artists to lead their work to other markets. Anitta wore more colorful printed dresses early in her career, with cropped top combinations, short jeans and plaid blouses and caps. After the release of the album ''
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'' (2015), the style of the singer began to make references to pop art. She has already stated that she likes to wear clothes from the brands Moschino and Givenchy. In an interview with EGO.com, she said, "Being stylish is having an attitude, having an uncommon sense of being authentic, having style is having a good mood."


Personal life

Anitta is bisexual and identifies as part of the LGBT community, LGBTQ+ community. She dated Mr. Thug, the lead vocalist of Bonde da Stronda, from early 2011 until the end of 2012. The singer also had a relationship with her dancer Ohana Lefundes, with the doctor Pamela Tosatti and with the actor and model Pablo Morais. On November 17, 2017, she married businessman Thiago Magalhães, with whom she had been in contact since May of the same year. The couple officialized the union under total separation of goods. They announced their separation in September 2018. From June 2019, she was dating Pedro Scooby, until their breakup in August 2019. She also began dating Gabriel David in February 2020, but they broke up in April that year. One month later, she began dating television host Gui Araújo, until they broke up in June of that year. On June 12, 2022, ''Dia dos Namorados'' (Lovers' Day) in Brazil, Anitta revealed that she is dating Canadian record producer Murda Beatz, but they broke up 2 months later. In an interview for ''Trip'' magazine in 2017, she stated that if she did not pursue her artistic career, she would "be a happy psychologist". In January 2019, after watching the documentary ''Cowspiracy'' (2014), she started transitioning to veganism. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA named her one of the Most Beautiful Vegan Celebrities of 2022, along with singer/songwriter Lenny Kravitz.


Discography

; Studio albums * ''Anitta (album), Anitta'' (2013) * '' Ritmo Perfeito'' (2014) * ''Bang! (Anitta album), Bang!'' (2015) * '' Kisses'' (2019) * ''
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'' (2022)


Tours

* Turnê Show das Poderosas (2013–14) * Turnê Meu Lugar (2014–16) * Bang Tour (2016–17) * Kisses Tour (2019-2020)


Filmography

This is a chronologically ordered list of films and television shows in which Anitta has appeared.


Films


Television


Awards and nominations


References


External links

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