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Daniela Mercury
Daniela Mercury at São João do Pelourinho in 2009.
Background information
Birth nameDaniela Mercuri de Almeida
Forby kent asDaniela Mercury
Born (1965-07-28) 28 Julie 1965 (age 59)
OreiginSalvador, Bahia, Brazil
GenresLatin pop, Axé, Samba-reggae, MPB
ThriftSangster, sangwriter, record producer, dancer
InstrumentsVocals
Years active1989–present
LabelsEstúdio Eldorado
Epic Records
BMG/MTV
Sony Music
EMI
Associate actsCompanhia Clic
WabsteidDanielaMercury.art.br

Daniela Mercury, the stage name o Daniela Mercuri de Almeida (born 28 Julie 1965), is a Brazilian axé, samba-reggae an MPB sangster, sangwriter an record producer. Syne her breakthrou, Mercury haes become ane o the best kent Brazilian female sangsters, sellin ower 20 million albums warldwide.[1]

Early life

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Daniela Mercuri de Almeida wis born on 28 Julie 1965,[2] in the Portuguese Hospital in Salvador, Bahia.[3] Her mither is Liliana Mercuri, a social wirker[4] o Italian ancestry,[5] an her faither is António Fernando de Abreu Ferreira de Almeida, a Portuguese-born[5] industrial mechanic.[4] Mercury grew up in a middle class hoosehauld in the Brotas neebourheid o Salvador wi her fower siblins: Tom, Cristiana, Vânia (who wad become a sangster, billed as Vânia Abreu), an Marcos.[2][5] A trouble-maker as a child, Mercury was nicknamed "drip-fire".[6] She attendit baith the Ana Néri Schuil an the Colégio Baiano.[6]

When Mercury wis aicht year auld, she began takkin dance lessons,[5] pairticularly learnin classical ballet, jazz an African dances.[7] At age 13, influencit bi the wirk o Elis Regina, she decidit tae become a sangster.[5][8] Her repertoire consistit o bossa nova as well as the muisic o Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, an Chico Buarque.[5] Tae the unease o her parents, she stairtit singin in local bars, beginnin in 1980.[5] She made her trio elétrico debut suin efterwaird, durin the 1981 carnival.[5] Mercury's zeal for dance eventually led her tae the Federal University o Bahia, whaur she enrolled in the Dance Schuil in 1984.[5] A year later she marriet electronic ingineer Zalther Póvoas[9] an became a mither, givin birth tae Gabriel Almeida Póvoas.[5] A year efter later she haed anither bairn, dochter Giovana Almeida Póvoas.[5]

Discografie

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See: Daniela Mercury discografie

Studio albums

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Live albums

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Compilations albums

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  • Swing Tropical - Grandes Êxitos
  • 20 Grandes Êxitos
  • XXI - Vinte um Grandes Êxitos
  • The Very Best Gold
  • O Canto da Cidade - 15 Anos

Concert tours

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  • Canibália

Videografie

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Year Video Album
1991 "Swing da Cor" (featuring Olodum) Daniela Mercury
1992 "O Canto da Cidade" O Canto da Cidade
"O Mais Belo dos Belos"
"Batuque"
1993 "Você Não Entende Nada"
"Só Pra te Mostrar" (featuring Herbert Vianna)
1994 "Música de Rua" Música de Rua
"O Reggae e o Mar"
1997 "Nobre Vagabundo" Feijão com Arroz
"Rapunzel"
"Feijão de Corda"
1998 "Trio Metal" Elétrica - Ao Vivo
2000 "Ilê Pérola Negra" Sol da Liberdade
"Santa Helena"
2001 "Beat Lamento" Sou de Qualquer Lugar
2002 "Mutante"
2003 "Dona da Banca" MTV Ao Vivo - Eletrodoméstico
"Meu Plano"
2004 "Maimbê Dandá" (featuring Carlinhos Brown) Carnaval Eletrônico
2005 "Aeromoça" Clássica
"Sua Estupidez"
"Topo do Mundo" Balé Mulato
"Levada Brasileira"
2006 "Quero a Felicidade" (featuring Jammil e Uma Noites) Balé Mulato - Ao Vivo
"Toneladas de Amor"
2009 "Oyá Por Nós" (featuring Margareth Menezes) Canibália
2010 "É Carnaval" Canibália: Ritmos do Brasil

References

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  1. "Daniela Mercury on MSN Música". Archived frae the original on 14 Mairch 2012. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2013.
  2. a b Daniela Mercury biography. Internet Movie Database.
  3. Mercury, Daniela (2008). Daniela Mercury: O Canto da Cidade - 15 Anos opening sequence (DVD). Sony BMG.
  4. a b Biography at official website Archived 2010-10-08 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. a b c d e f g h i j k Birchmeier, Jason. Daniela Mercury biography. All Music Guide.
  6. a b [1]
  7. Biography Archived 2020-11-26 at the Wayback Machine. Cravo Albin Dictionary of Brazilian Popular Music.
  8. Daniela Mercury biography Archived 2019-08-25 at the Wayback Machine in AllBrazilianMusic.com
  9. Botelho, Thaís and Blanes, Simone. "O casamento secreto de Daniela Mercury" Archived 2020-01-19 at the Wayback Machine. Istoé Gente.

Freemit airtins

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