April Ivy

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = April Ivy

| image = April Ivy Concert.jpg

| caption = April Ivy performing in a concert in 2017

| birth_name = Mariana Barreiros dos Santos Gonçalves

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|07|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Lisbon, Portugal

| origin = Portugal

| genre = {{hlist|Pop|electro-pop}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|Composer|Actress}}

| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|Piano|Guitar}}

| years_active = 2015–present

| associated_acts =

| website =

}}

Mariana Barreiros dos Santos Gonçalves (born 10 July 1999), better known for her stage name, April Ivy, is a Portuguese singer-songwriter.

Since the age of 9, she has been getting a taste of the artistic world, either giving voice to Disney characters (Toy Story 3, Tangled, Minnie & You, etc.) or in the art of acting. With international training, she participated in several workshops in Portugal, Switzerland, Norway and England. It was also at this age that she started having both piano and voice lessons and formed her first band where she was the lead vocalist and guitar player (Flames on Fire). As a result of studying at St.Julians School ever since she was three years old until the age of 18, April feels her emotions in English. She then got a degree in Marketing and Advertisement at [https://www.iade.europeia.pt/ IADE - Universidade Europeia], whilst pursuing her musical career.{{Cite web|last=Ramalho|first=Flávia|date=2019-09-05|title=April Ivy: A artista e a estudante|url=https://maissuperior.com/2019/09/05/april-ivy-a-artista-e-a-estudante/|access-date=2021-11-26|website=Mais Superior|language=pt-PT}} Through her piano and guitar compositions, she is the writer and performer of her own songs, as well as composing for other artists.

Career

April began performing at the age of 9 with her band 'Flames on Fire', where she was the guitarist and lead singer. The band would perform at school events and parties, and April (or Mariana at the time) would sell their merchandise to parents and friends.{{Cite web|title=April Ivy: "Aos 8 anos já tinha a minha banda e vendia o meu merchandise"|url=https://www.nit.pt/cultura/musica/april-ivy-aos-8-anos-ja-minha-banda-vendia-merchandise|access-date=2021-11-26|website=NiT|language=pt-PT}} One year after, she was posting covers and original songs both on Youtube and Spotify.

She began her artistic career at the young age of 10 where she voiced the character 'Molly' for the Portuguese version of the Disney Movie 'Toy Story 3'. That was her first professional encounter to a studio and the artistic scene. Following that, she did the voice over for Disney productions 'Tangled' and 'Molly and Me'.

At the age of 14 as a school project, she did an internship at Portugal's radio station company for a week Grupo Renascença Multimedia, where she was scouted by Mega Hits’ director, [https://megahits.sapo.pt/programas/48/nelson-cunha Nelson Cunha].{{Cite web |last=Hits |first=Mega |title=April Ivy (Dia Mundial da Rádio) |url=https://megahits.sapo.pt/podcast/11078/mega-audios/april-ivy-dia-mundial-da-radio |access-date=2021-11-26 |website=Mega Hits |language=pt-pt}}

Her first single was "Be Ok," and it was made as an independent artist. Composing and performing the song, she reached the top of national radio airplay list, as well as the top of national Spotify, YouTube and iTunes charts. In sales, the single reached the top 100 of the national charts debuting and peaking in 1st as well as being part of a Portuguese television teen series "Massa Fresca" soundtrack.{{Citation|title=Massa Fresca (TV Series 2016– ) – IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5567404/soundtrack|access-date=10 September 2021}} Later in June 2016, she signed her first international deal with Universal Music France.{{Cite web|title=Biography – April Ivy|url=https://aprilivy.com/about/|access-date=10 September 2021|language=en-US|archive-date=10 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910181911/https://aprilivy.com/about/|url-status=dead}} Thanks to her chart-topping single 'Be Ok', April was then invited to perform at the Santa Casa Stage of the 2016 MEO Sudoeste.{{Cite web|title=BLITZ – Sangue novo no MEO Sudoeste: April Ivy, Átoa, Neev e Mishlawi|url=https://blitz.pt/principal/update/2016-08-08-Sangue-novo-no-MEO-Sudoeste-April-Ivy-Atoa-Neev-e-Mishlawi|access-date=10 September 2021|website=Jornal blitz|language=pt-PT}} Later in November 2016, her song "Shut Up" soundtracked the Portuguese telenovela "A Impostora" .{{Cite web|title=Banda Sonora da novela: "A Impostora" I TVI|url=https://musicportugal.pt/banda-sonora-da-novela-da-tvi-a-168260|access-date=10 September 2021|website=musicportugal.pt}}

April was nominated for Best Portuguese Act in the 2016 MTV EMA, as well as was nominated for Best Newcomer in the 2017 Golden Globes (Portugal) ending up losing to the actress Beatriz Frazão.{{Cite web|last=SAPO|title=Da música ao cinema: Os vencedores dos Globos de Ouro da SIC|url=https://mag.sapo.pt/tv/atualidade-tv/artigos/da-musica-ao-cinema-os-vencedores-dos-globos-de-ouro-da-sic|access-date=2021-11-26|website=SAPO Mag|language=pt}} April won the award Best Newcomer in the 2016 "Melhores do Ano" gala by [https://www.radionovaera.pt/ Radio Nova Era].{{Cite web|date=2017-04-03|title=Os "Melhores do Ano" foram premiados este fim-de-semana - JPN|url=https://www.jpn.up.pt/2017/04/03/os-melhores-do-ano-premiados-fim-semana/|access-date=2021-11-26|website=JPN - JornalismoPortoNet|language=pt-PT}}

On 5 August 2017 during her summer tour, April performed at the main stage, MEO Stage, of the 2017 MEO Sudoeste.{{Cite web|last=Almeida|first=Marco|title=Fotos: April Ivy no MEO Sudoeste, 5 de Agosto de 2017|url=https://musicfest.pt/galeria/april-ivy-no-meo-sudoeste-5-agosto-2017/|access-date=10 September 2021|website=musicfest.pt|language=pt-PT}}

On 19 July 2019 she released her first album "game.of.love" which included her first six singles plus four new songs. The album was edited by Warner Music Portugal.{{Cite web|date=19 July 2019|title=APRIL IVY lança hoje o seu álbum de estreia "game.of.love" em todas as plataformas digitais|url=https://www.onfm.pt/2019/07/19/april-ivy-lanca-hoje-o-seu-album-de-estreia-game-of-love-em-todas-as-plataformas-digitais/|access-date=10 September 2021|website=On fm|language=pt-PT}}

Personal life

Mariana Barreiros dos Santos Gonçalves was born and raised in Lisbon, Portugal. Her mother has Italian ancestry, while her father is from Lisbon. Mariana is the middle child of two brothers, João Miguel aged 14, and Miguel aged 24. She studied at St. Julians School from the age of three, until college, where she got a degree in Marketing and Advertisement at [https://www.iade.europeia.pt/ IADE - Universidade Europeia], whilst pursuing her musical career.

She dated football player and International Portuguese player Ruben Dias from 2018 to 2021.

Discography

= Albums =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" style="width:8em;" \| Title ! scope="col" style="width:12em;" \| Details
scope="row"\| game.of.love \| Released: July 19, 2019 Label: Redmojo, Warner Music Portugal Format: CD, digital download, streaming

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

scope="col" style="width:8em;" | Title

! scope="col" style="width:12em;" | Details

scope="row"| game.of.love

Released: July 19, 2019
Label: Redmojo, Warner Music Portugal
Format: CD, digital download, streaming

=Singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" \|+List of singles, with year released, selected chart positions, certifications, and album name shown ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:16em;" \| Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" scope="col" \| Album
game.of.love ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"\| POR
scope="row" \|"Be Ok" \| 2016 \| 91 \| rowspan="2" \| game.of.love
scope="row" \|"Shut Up" \| rowspan="2" \| 2017 \| —
scope="row" \|"Run For Cover" \| — \| rowspan="9" {{n/a\|Non-album single}}
scope="row" \|"Frida" {{small\|(featuring Conductor)}} \|2018 \| —
scope="row" \|"Tell Me Baby" \|rowspan="2" \| 2019 \| —
scope="row" \|"Habits" \| —
scope="row" \| "Can't Fight This Feeling" \| rowspan="3" \| 2020 \| —
scope="row" \| "Temporary Love" \| —
scope="row" \| "Far From Home" \| —
scope="row" \| "Fico por Aqui" \| rowspan="2" \| 2021 \| —
scope="row" \| "Broken Apologies" \| —
colspan="4" style="font-size:90%" \| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+List of singles, with year released, selected chart positions, certifications, and album name shown

! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:16em;" | Title

! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Album

game.of.love

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| POR

scope="row" |"Be Ok"

| 2016

| 91

| rowspan="2" | game.of.love

scope="row" |"Shut Up"

| rowspan="2" | 2017

| —

scope="row" |"Run For Cover"

| —

| rowspan="9" {{n/a|Non-album single}}

scope="row" |"Frida"
{{small|(featuring Conductor)}}

|2018

| —

scope="row" |"Tell Me Baby"

|rowspan="2" | 2019

| —

scope="row" |"Habits"

| —

scope="row" | "Can't Fight This Feeling"

| rowspan="3" | 2020

| —

scope="row" | "Temporary Love"

| —

scope="row" | "Far From Home"

| —

scope="row" | "Fico por Aqui"

| rowspan="2" | 2021

| —

scope="row" | "Broken Apologies"

| —

colspan="4" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

== As featured artist ==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" \|+List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions and certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"\| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"\| Year !Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:9em;"\| Album
scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"\| POR {{Cite web\|url=https://portuguesecharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&search=April+Ivy\|title=portuguesecharts.com - Search - April Ivy\|last=Hung\|first=Steffen\|website=portuguesecharts.com\|access-date=28 February 2022}}
scope="row"\| "Não Sou Eu" {{small\|(Diogo Piçarra featuring April Ivy)}} \| 2017 \| 70 \| do=s
scope="row"\| "Vem Na Vibe" {{small\|(Blaya featuring April Ivy and Ella Nor)}} \| 2019 \| 46 \| Blaya con Dios

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions and certifications

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year

!Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:9em;"| Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| POR
{{Cite web|url=https://portuguesecharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&search=April+Ivy|title=portuguesecharts.com - Search - April Ivy|last=Hung|first=Steffen|website=portuguesecharts.com|access-date=28 February 2022}}

scope="row"| "Não Sou Eu"
{{small|(Diogo Piçarra featuring April Ivy)}}

| 2017

| 70

| do=s

scope="row"| "Vem Na Vibe"
{{small|(Blaya featuring April Ivy and Ella Nor)}}

| 2019

| 46

| Blaya con Dios