Jenifer Solidade Almeida (born 13 June 1984) is a singer from
Cape Verde
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Jenifer Solidade Almeida was born on 13 June 1984, in the town of
on the island of
São Vicente, Cape Verde.
Solidade started her career as a backing singer for other musicians, including
Tito Paris
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She is a full member of the
Cesaria Evora Orchestra.
In 2013, she achieved wider recognition with her "highly distinctive" cover version of the song ''
Hit the Road Jack
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'', and its accompanying video.
In 2016, she appeared on a
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compilation album, ''Mornas De Cabo Verde'' with some of the finest
morna performers in the country.
Her first solo album is ''Um Click'' (One Click), with the song ''Cuidôd Na Click'' (Be aware to click), where Solidade encourages listeners to be careful about what they publish on social media networks.
For the thirtieth Curraletes beach music festival, in
Porto Novo
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Situated on an inlet of the Gulf of Gu ...
, on the island of
Santo Antão, which ran from 18 to 20 August 2017, Solidade was one of the three headline acts, alongside
Atim and
Cordas de Sol.
References
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Living people
1984 births
People from Mindelo
21st-century Cape Verdean women singers
Morna (music) singers
Singers from São Vicente, Cape Verde