''Miss Perfumado'' is the fourth album by
Cape Verde
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an vocalist
Cesária Évora
Cesária Évora GCIH (; 27 August 194117 December 2011), more commonly known as Cize, was a Cape Verdean singer-songwriter. She received a Grammy Award in 2004 for her album ''Voz d'Amor''. Nicknamed the "Barefoot Diva" for performing without ...
, released in 1992. It sold more than 300,000 copies worldwide.
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17 December 2011. It included one of her most celebrated songs, "
Sodade
"''Sodade''" is a Cape Verdean song written in the 1950s by Armando Zeferino Soares, and best popularized by Cesária Évora on her 1992 album ''Miss Perfumado''. The name is the Cape Verdean Creole variant of the Portuguese term ''saudade''.
The ...
", composed by Armando Zeferino Soares.
Both the seventh song and the album are named after a song that was made by
B. Leza. The sixth song, "Angola", composed by
Ramiro Mendes, helped Évora to achieve her first gold record in France. That track would later be adapted into a 1997 single called "Pa Manyen", by former President of Haiti
Michel Martelly
Michel Joseph Martelly (; born 12 February 1961) is a Haitian musician and politician who was the President of Haiti from May 2011 until February 2016. He was sanctioned by the Canadian Government for his involvement in human rights violations ...
, which later became a hit.
Track listing
Charts
Certifications
Singles
References
External links
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"iTunes - Music - Miss Perfumado by Césaria Évora". iTunes. retrieved 23 October 2014.
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1992 albums
Cesária Évora albums