Anitta (singer)

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" in 2013.

After achieving national commercial success with her debut profissional single " Meiga e Abusada" 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'', which was certified platinum and spawned four successful singles " Deixa Ele Sofrer", the title track "Bang", " 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, Maluma, Iggy Azalea, Major Lazer, Alesso and J Balvin, among others. In 2017, she released her first song in spanish language "Paradinha", which catapulted her partial transition to Spanish-language Latin pop and reggaeton music. Her collaboration on the same year with Colombian singer J Balvin, "Downtown", became her breakthrough song in several Spanish-speaking markets. In 2019, she joined several collaborations with artists such as Madonna, Sofía Reyes, Rita Ora, Luis Fonsi, Ozuna and Black Eyed Peas. She later received critical acclaim for her trilingual fourth studio visual album, '' Kisses'' (2019), which earned her a nomination for the Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Music Album.Three months after, her Spanish language single " Envolver" released on late 2021, from her fifth studio album '' Versions of Me'' (2022), topped the Global Top 50 chart on Spotify, 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 Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte (APCA) as the revelation of the year in music in 2013. She has received numerous accolades and several nominations at the Latin Grammy Awards, Latin American Music Awards, ''Billboard'' Latin Music Awards and Premios Lo Nuestro awards. Anitta has won seven MTV Europe Music Awards, 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 ''Billboard''. In 2022, Anitta became the first Brazilian artist to win a MTV Video Music Awards category,and the also a American Music Awards.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 Best New Artist 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; 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'' adapted as a teleseries by Rede Globo 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, 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 and released the single Meiga e Abusada.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 Blake Farber. 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 iTunes 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 Rio de Janeiro at HSBC Arena 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. 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 ''Bang'' was released in October 2015. It was elected by '' Billboard Brasil'' 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 Madonna. ''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", 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, "Bang", was her first international success, staying at number one on iTunes and Spotify for several days, and its music video becoming an international viral video 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 Jota Quest and Nile Rodgers, 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 Multishow show ''Música Boa Ao Vivo''(Good Music:Live). The singer was also featured on a remix of the song "Ginza", by singer J Balvin. In August 2016, she released a single titled "Sim ou Não" featuring Colombian singer Maluma, and performed at the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony along with world know brazilian singers and composers Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil. The next month, she signed her first international contract with talent agency William Morris Endeavor. 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 ''Just Dance 2017'', as one of more than 40 tracks. On October 25, 2016, Ubisoft Brazil shot a flash mob in Avenida Paulista (São Paulo), 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 Simone & Simaria, and featured on single " Você Partiu Meu Coração",recorded by Nego do Borel and featured Wesley Safadão. In May 2017, "Switch", a collaboration with Australian rapper Iggy Azalea, became her first single in English to be released. The same month, she released a single in both Portuguese and Spanish titled "Paradinha". In June of the same year, the American group Major Lazer released " Sua Cara", along with her and drag queen singer Pabllo Vittar. The song is part of the band's fourth EP, ''Know No Better''. 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 Dance/Electronic Songs 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 "Will I See You", a collaboration with Grammy award-winning producer and songwriter Poo Bear. 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 Swedish DJ Alesso, Anitta released the second song from ''CheckMate'', titled "Is That for Me". On November 19, the singer released, in her second collaboration with J Balvin, another track from the ''CheckMate'' project, "Downtown". 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 J Balvin, " Machika", 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 Rock in Rio festival in Lisbon. She also made concerts in nightclubs in Paris and London as part of the Made in Brazil tour. The same month, she released a single titled " Medicina". "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 Greeicy Rendón's single "Jacuzzi". In November, Anitta released a multilingual extended play (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 '' Vai Anitta'', which aired on Netflix.

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 Sean Paul.) 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 Sofía Reyes with participation of Brazilian and British Rita Ora.

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 Latin Pop Albums and number 16 on the Top Latin Albums 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 Madonna launches Madame X, where Anitta participates in the track Faz Gostoso, a re-recording by Portuguese singer Blaya.

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 Luis Fonsi. On July 11, " Muito Calor" was launched, a partnership between Anitta and the singer Ozuna. 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 Charlie's Angels, 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 Lexa, Luísa Sonza 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 Melim, 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 Warner Records in the U.S., ahead of her U.S. debut album expected to release later in 2020. The album will be executive produced by Ryan Tedder.

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 Major Lazer. 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 ''Amor de Mãe'' on TV Globo, 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 Multishow. 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. Ryan Tedder, lead singer of the band OneRepublic worked on the executive production of the disc, he is known for having worked on songs with Adele, Beyoncé, Bruno Mars, 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 Fred de Palma, "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", 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 " Envolver" released by late 2021, topped the Global Top 50 on Spotify 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, '' Versions of Me'', would be released on April 12. On July 6, 2022, Argentine 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 MTV Video Music Awards for "Envolver" in the " 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 Latin pop, but she also incorporates R&B, dance-pop, electropop, EDM, reggae, and reggaeton. 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, Beyoncé, 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 Madonna, Britney Spears, Kate Nash and Colbie Caillat. Among Brazilian pop artists, she was influenced by girl group Rouge. During an interview for the G1, Anitta mentioned the MPB singers Gal Costa and Caetano Veloso 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, Beyoncé, Sean Paul, Nina Simone, CeCe Peniston, 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 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 ''Billboard'' like the 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 iHeart Music Awards in the 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
bbc.com. BBC Brasil. Consultado em 17 de março de 2018 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 ''Bang'' (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 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. PETA named her one of the Most Beautiful Vegan Celebrities of 2022, along with singer/songwriter Lenny Kravitz.

Discography

; Studio albums
* '' Anitta'' (2013)
* '' Ritmo Perfeito'' (2014)
* '' Bang!'' (2015)
* '' Kisses'' (2019)
* '' Versions of Me'' (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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