Vânia Abreu is a singer and performer from

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. She was born on May 30, 1967 as Vânia Mercury de Almeida.Vania Abreu entry
at MPB.net She is the younger sister of

Daniela Mercury Daniela Mercury (born Daniela Mercuri de Almeida on July 28, 1965) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, dancer, producer, actress and television host. In her solo career, Mercury has sold over 20 million records worldwide and had 24 Top 10 single ...

, a chart-topping singer in ''

Música popular brasileira Música popular brasileira (, ''Popular Brazilian Music'') or MPB is a trend in post-bossa nova urban popular music in Brazil that revisits typical Brazilian styles such as samba, samba-canção and baião and other Brazilian regional music, com ...

'' (Brazilian popular music). She and her sister performed in local nightclubs, bars, and other venues in their teen years in order to achieve their start as singers. Abreu began her professional performances in 1986 as a backup singer for the band Gerônimo in

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. In 1994, she was a member of the band, Biss. The next year, she released her self-titled album, ''Vania Abreu''. Her most critically acclaimed album to date is ''Seio da Bahia'', on which she sings classic songs from the Brazilian state, Bahia.

Discography

*''Vania Abreu''

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*''Seio Da Baia''

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References

External links

Vania Abreu's Dicionario MPB page
1967 births Living people 20th-century Brazilian women singers 20th-century Brazilian singers 21st-century Brazilian women singers 21st-century Brazilian singers Brazilian people of Italian descent Brazilian people of Portuguese descent People from Salvador, Bahia {{Brazil-singer-stub