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Marisa dos Reis NunesComIH (born 16 December 1973), known professionally as Mariza (Portuguese pronunciation:[mɐˈɾizɐ]), is a Portuguese fado singer.

Mariza was born in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique, to a Portuguese father, José Brandão Nunes, and a Mozambican mother, Isabel Nunes. When she was three years old, her family moved to Metropolitan Portugal, and she was raised in Lisbon's historic quarters of Mouraria and Alfama. While very young, she began singing in a wide variety of musical styles, including gospel, soul and jazz. Her father strongly encouraged her to adopt fado; he felt that participating in the traditional music would grant her greater acceptance in the Portuguese community. Mariza has sold over 1 million records worldwide.

Music career

In 1999, fado's most famous and beloved interpreter, Amália Rodrigues died. In the public remembrance and mourning that followed, fado regained much of its previous popularity, and Mariza was asked to perform a broadcast tribute to Rodrigues' memory, which caused her friends to begin urging h

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Mariza

Mariza (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐˈɾizɐ]),[1][2] the stage name o Marisa dos Reis Nunes (16 Dizember 1973, Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique), is a popular Portuguesefado sangster.

Mariza wis born tae a Portuguese faither an a mither o pairtial African heritage.[3] At age three, her faimily muivit tae Metropolitan Portugal, an she wis raised in Lisbon's historic quairters o Mouraria an Alfama. While vera young she began singin in a wide variety o muisical styles, includin gospel, soul an jazz. Her faither strangly encouragit her tae adopt fado; he felt that pairticipatin in the tradeetional muisic wad grant her greater acceptance in the Portuguese commonty. Mariza haes sauld ower 1,000,000 records warldwide.[4]

Personal life

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On 28 Juin 2011, Mariza gave birth tae a son namit Martim, twa month aheid o schedule. The bairn is the result o the relationship wi businessman António Ferreira.

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Mariza

The "Fado Goddess" as she has been characterized, does not need to be introduced. Born in Mozambique, she was very fortunate to grow up in the small streets of Mourraria, homeland and source of fado, where she was first introduced to what later would become almost herself. In the beginning she was interested in soul and funk, but soon she was discovered by the producer Jorge Fernando. Since then, her memories and the sounds of fado became one with her soul, her soul that does not only perform fado. She lives through them.

Resisting to the pressure by disc companies to sing fado in English, and denying blending fado with genres that do not match, only for commercial reasons, she has remained royal to the authentic spirit and traditional sound of fado. However, she acknowledges that traditional music should not be kept locked in a closet and therefore her affinity with also other genres gives her the opportunity for constant renewal (her collaboration with Brazilian Jacques Morelembaum indisputably proves it).

Being cosmopolitan she has performed almost in al

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