Mariza

Mariza
Mariza
Background information
Birth name	Marisa dos Reis Nunes
Born	16 December 1973 (age 50); Owerseas Province o Mozambique, Portugal
Oreigin	Lisbon
Genres	Fado, Warld muisic
Thrift	Muisicker, sangwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1997–present
Labels	EMI, World Connection
Wabsteid	www.mariza.pt

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

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.

Discografie

Fado em Mim (2002)
Fado Curvo (2003)
Live in London (2005) DVD
Transparente (2005)
Concerto em Lisboa (2006) DVD and CD
Terra (2008)
Fado Tradicional (2010)

Studio albums

Year	Title	Chairt positions								Sales	Certifications (sales thresholds)
Year	Title	POR	FIN	FRA	NED	BEL	NOR	SPA	POL	Sales	Certifications (sales thresholds)
2001	Fado em Mim 1st studio album	4	40	-	59	-	-	-	-	POR: 100,000+ WW: 140,000+	AFP: 6xPlatinum
2003	Fado Curvo 2nd studio album	2	-	116	45	-	38	-	-	POR: 90,000+ WW: 120,000+	AFP: 4xPlatinum
2005	Transparente 3rd studio album	1	8	126	13	59	-	44	-	POR: 70,000+ WW: 100,000+	AFP: 3xPlatinum
2008	Terra 4th studio album	1	4	175	55	-	-	64	43	POR: 80,000+ WW: 120,000+	AFP: 4xPlatinum
2010	Fado Tradicional 5th studio album	2	6	-	98	-	-	-	24	POR: 35,000+ WW: 50,000+	AFP: Platinum

Live albums

Year	Title	Chart positions		Sales	Certifications (sales thresholds)
Year	Title	FIN	POR	Sales	Certifications (sales thresholds)
2007	Concerto em Lisboa 1st live album	5	1	POR: 100,000+ WW: 120,000+	AFP: 5xPlatinum
2007	Terra em Concerto 1st live album	-	13	POR: 15,000+ WW: 20,000+	AFP: Gold

Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions		Album
Year	Title	POR	EUR	Album
2006	Transparente	34	-	Transparente
2006	Feira De Castro	2	145	Transparente
2008	Fado Do Encontro	28	-	Terra
	Rosa Branca	17	-
	Minh' Alma	18	-
2011	Chuva	18	-	Fado Tradicional

Year-end chairt

"Rosa Branca"

2008	Portugal Singles Chart	96

"Minh' Alma"

2008	Portugal Singles Chart	97

DVDs

Year	Title	Chairt positions	Certifications (sales thresholds)
Year	Title	POR	Certifications (sales thresholds)
2005	Live in London Release date: 2005	-	POR: - WW: -	AFP certification:

References

↑ John McKie, "The interview: John McKie: Mariza"^{[deid airtin]}, The Times, March 2, 2003, retrieved 11-11-2009
↑ Clive Davis, "Mariza, fado star"^{[deid airtin]}, The Times, 14 September 2008, retrieved 11-11-2009
↑ The Tennessean, Arts & Entertainment, 8 March 2009, p. 14
↑ Diario de Noticias: Até hoje Mariza já vendeu um milhão de discos 21 June 2008 Archived 2010-03-27 at the Portuguese Web Archive, retrieved 29 October 2010

Freemit airtins

Offeecial wabsteid (in Portuguese)
Mariza discography at Discogs
"Q & A: Mariza Archived 2011-06-22 at the Wayback Machine." CNN. 4 October 2006. interview with Mariza
Mariza on IMDb
Mariza sings on PBS

[1] John McKie, "The interview: John McKie: Mariza"^{[deid airtin]}, The Times, March 2, 2003, retrieved 11-11-2009

[2] Clive Davis, "Mariza, fado star"^{[deid airtin]}, The Times, 14 September 2008, retrieved 11-11-2009

[3] The Tennessean, Arts & Entertainment, 8 March 2009, p. 14

[4] Diario de Noticias: Até hoje Mariza já vendeu um milhão de discos 21 June 2008 Archived 2010-03-27 at the Portuguese Web Archive, retrieved 29 October 2010

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