Maria Rita

Maria Rita
Maria Rita
	Maria Rita performing at Virada Cultural in 2009.
Background information
Birth name	Maria Rita Camargo Mariano
Born	9 September 1977; São Paulo, Brazil
Origin	São Paulo, Brazil
Genres	MPB, jazz, samba
Instruments	Voice
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Warner Latina; Wea International; Universal Music
Website	maria-rita.com/blog/

Maria Rita (Portuguese pronunciation: [maˈɾiɐ ˈʁitɐ]; born 9 September 1977, São Paulo) is a Brazilian singer. Born Maria Rita Camargo Mariano, she is the daughter of famed pianist/arranger César Camargo Mariano and the late Brazilian singing legend Elis Regina and sister to Pedro Mariano and music producer João Marcelo Bôscoli. Her namesake is family friend and famed Brazilian rock legend Rita Lee. She studied at New York University, and worked as a journalist at a magazine for adolescents.

Career

Maria Rita began singing professionally at the age of 24, although she had wanted to sing since she was 14. Her first CD, Maria Rita, launched her career symbolically, with the first cut on her first album, A Festa (The Party), being written by Milton Nascimento, the legendary Brazilian singer-songwriter whose career was launched by Maria Rita's mother, Elis Regina, when she began to sing his songs to the national Brazilian audience. The CD went platinum and was a hit worldwide, making her an international star. She developed her own jazzy vocal style, with singers like Ella Fitzgerald as her model. For her 2013 album Redescobrir she was finally persuaded to perform and record songs her mother had sung.

She won the 2004 Latin Grammy Awards for Best New Artist in the General Field, Best Song in Portuguese ("A festa") and her debut album Maria Rita won the Best MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira) Album award for that year. The world hit that "Segundo" turned out to be, granted her in 2006, two additional Grammys Latinos – Best MPB Album and Best Brazilian Song with "Caminho das Águas" authored by Rodrigo Maranhão – and over 50 shows abroad, with full public and reviews acceptance in the Montreux Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, Irving Plaza (NY), San Francisco Jazz Festival, among others.

Maria Rita was nominated for the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music in 2008. On 28 June 2008, she performed in London for the first time, with a production by Tuba Productions and JungleDrums Magazine.

Discography

Studio Albums

Album Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Album Title	Album details	BRA	EUA World	FIN	POR[1]
Maria Rita	Released: 9 September 2003 Label: Warner Music Format: CD, DVD, LP, DD Sales: 1,500,000	5	3	20[2]	1
Segundo	Released: 9 September 2005 Label: Warner Music Format: CD, DVD, DD Sales: 350,000	5	—	—	5
Samba Meu	Released: 9 September 2007 Label: Warner Music Format: CD, DD Sales: 300,000	10	—	—	13
Elo	Released: 22 September 2011 Label: Warner Music Format: CD, LP, DD Sales: 100,000	9	10	—	—
Coração a Batucar	Released: 11 April 2014 Label: Universal Music Format: CD, LP, DD Sales: 120,000	1	—	—	—
Amor e Música	Released: 26 January 2018 Label: Universal Music Format: CD, DD Sales: 10,000	1	—	—	—

Live Albums

Album Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Album Title	Album details	BRA	POR[1]
Redescobrir	Released: 6 November 2012 Label: Universal Music Format: CD, DD Sales: 150,000	9	30
Coração a Batucar – Edição Especial (Ao Vivo)	Released: 17 March 2015 Label: Universal Music Format: DD Sales: 50,000	1	—
O Samba Em Mim: Ao Vivo na Lapa[3]	Released: 24 June 2016 Label: Universal Music Format: CD, DD Sales: 30,000	1	—

Video Albums

Album Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Album Title	Album details	BRA
Maria Rita	Released: 2003 Label: Warner Music Format: DVD Sales: 180,000	2
Segundo: Ao Vivo	Released: 2006 Label: Warner Music Format: CD, DVD Sales: 50,000	15
Samba Meu: Ao Vivo	Released: 2008 Label: Warner Music Format: DVD Sales: 60,000	—
Redescobrir	Released: 6 November 2012 Label: Warner Music Format: DVD Sales: 50,000	13
O Samba em Mim – Ao Vivo na Lapa	Released: 24 June 2016 Label: Universal Music Format: DVD Sales: 30,000	—

Collected

Album Title	Album details
Album Title	Album details	BRA
Perfil	Released: 2009 Label: Som Livre Format: CD Sales: 40,000	17

Singles

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
Title	Year	BRA	Album
"A Festa"	2003	9	Maria Rita
"Encontros E Despedidas"	2004	34	Maria Rita
"Caminho Das Águas"	2005	21	Segundo
"Tá Perdoado"	2007	3	Samba Meu
"O Homem Falou"	2008	54	Samba Meu
"Coração Em Desalinho"	2011	19	Elo
"Pra Matar Meu Coração"	2011	—	Elo
"Me Deixas Louca"	2012	37	Redescobrir
"Rumo ao Infinito"	2014	—	Coração A Batucar
"É Corpo, É Alma, É Religião"	2015	34	Coração A Batucar
"Bola Pra Frente (Ao Vivo)"	2016	—	O Samba Em Mim – Ao Vivo Na Lapa
"Amor e Música"	2018	17	Amor e Música
"Reza"	2018	94	Amor e Música

As guest

1979 Realce, Gilberto Gil
1990 Made in Coracao, Toquinho/Sadao Watanabe
2003 Pietá, Milton Nascimento
2004 Chico Rey & Paraná Vol. 14, Chico Rey
2005 Coisas de Novela, Fabio Bartoleto
2005 Marcas de Batom, As Leoas
2006 12 Segundos de Oscuridad, Jorge Drexler
2007 Outro Rio, Ricardo Silveira
2010 BandaDois, Gilberto Gil
2010 Entren Los Que Quieran, Calle 13
2016 Alma Brasileira, Diogo Nogueira[4]

Awards and nominations

Latin Grammy

2004	Result
Album of the Year – Maria Rita	Nominated
Record of the Year – A Festa	Nominated
Best New Artist	Won
Best MPB Album – Maria Rita	Won
Best Brazilian Song – A Festa (Award Went to Milton Nascimento)	Won
2006	Result
Best MPB Album – Segundo	Won
Best Brazilian Song – Caminho das Águas (Award Went to Rodrigo Maranhão)	Won
2008	Result
Best Samba/Pagode Album – Samba Meu	Won
2011	Result
Record of the Year – Latinoamérica (as a feature artist)	Won
2012	Result
Best MPB Album – Elo	Nominated
2013	Result
Best MPB Album – Redescobrir Ao Vivo	Won
2014	Result
Best Samba/Pagode Album – Coração a Batucar[5]	Won

Prêmio Multishow de Música Brasileira

2003	Result
Best New Artist (Solo)	Nominated
2004	Result
Best Album – Maria Rita	Nominated
Best Female Singer	Won
Best Song – A Festa (by Milton Nascimento)	Nominated
Best DVD – Maria Rita	Nominated
Best Show	Nominated
2008	Result
Best Album – Samba Meu	Won
Best Female Singer	Nominated
Best Song – Tá Perdoado	Nominated

¹Tied with Paulinho da Viola for MTV Unplugged.

References

"Portuguese Charts – Maria Rita discography". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
"Finnish Charts – Maria Rita – Maria Rita". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
"Maria Rita | Album Discography | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
"Maria Rita | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
Wang, Andrea; Brown, Tracy (24 September 2014). "Latin Grammys 2014: Complete list of nominees". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 29 September 2014.

This article incorporates material translated from the Maria Rita article on the Portuguese language Wikipedia.

External links

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[portugal-1] "Portuguese Charts – Maria Rita discography". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 December 2017.

[2] "Finnish Charts – Maria Rita – Maria Rita". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 December 2017.

[AM_discog-3] "Maria Rita | Album Discography | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 April 2017.

[AM_credits-4] "Maria Rita | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 April 2017.

[LatinGrammy2014-5] Wang, Andrea; Brown, Tracy (24 September 2014). "Latin Grammys 2014: Complete list of nominees". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 29 September 2014.