Marisa de Azevedo Monte (; born 1 July 1967) is a Brazilian singer, composer, instrumentalist, and producer of Brazilian popular music and samba. As of 2011, she had sold 10 million albums worldwide and has won numerous national and international awards, including four Latin Grammys, eight Brazilian Music Awards, seven Brazilian MTV Video Music Awards, nine Multishow de Música Brasileira awards, and 5 APCAs. Marisa is considered by ''Rolling Stone Brasil'' to be the second greatest singer, behind only Elis Regina. She also has two albums (''MM'' and ''Verde, Anil, Amarelo, Cor-de-Rosa e Carvão'') on the list of the 100 best albums of Brazilian music.

Biography

Monte was born in

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, daughter of the engineer Carlos Saboia Monte and Sylvia Marques de Azevedo Monte. On her father's side, she is descended from the Saboias, one of the oldest Italian families in

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. She studied singing, piano, and drums as a child, and began studying opera singing at 14. At the age of 19, Monte went to Italy to study bel canto, while also performing Brazilian music in bars and clubs, leading her to meet famous producer Nelson Motta. Upon her return to Rio in 1987, Motta produced her live concert, where Monte became a hybrid of MPB diva and

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performer. While most of her music is in the style of modern MPB, she has also recorded traditional samba and folk tunes, largely in collaboration with such musicians and songwriters as

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, Marc Ribot, Bernie Worrell and Philip Glass.

Career

In 1988, Monte signed with EMI and took the opportunity of Rede Manchete wanting a TV special covering her live concert to release it as the LP and VHS '' MM'' in 1989, a critical and commercial success pushed by the single "Bem Que Se Quis", a Motta-penned Portuguese version of Pino Daniele's "E Po' Che Fa'". Monte owns the rights to all of her songs; it was her chief demand for renewing her contract with EMI Music. Her 2008 single "Não é Proibido" was used in the soundtrack of a video game by EA Sports, '' 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.''

Discography

Live albums

Compilation albums

Video albums

References

External links

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French site on Marisa Monte
{{DEFAULTSORT:Monte, Marisa 1967 births Living people 20th-century Brazilian women singers 20th-century Brazilian singers Brazilian mezzo-sopranos Brazilian people of Italian descent Brazilian people of Portuguese descent Brazilian women guitarists Latin Grammy Award winners Brazilian women pop singers Música Popular Brasileira singers Música Popular Brasileira guitarists Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian women singer-songwriters Brazilian singer-songwriters 21st-century Brazilian women singers 21st-century Brazilian singers Women in Latin music Multishow Brazilian Music Award winners