Calema
{{Short description|Music duo from São Tomé and Príncipe and Portugal}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Calema
| image = Calema at Web Summit 2022 (cropped).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Calema performing in 2022
| birth_place =
| origin = São Tomé and Príncipe and Portugal
| genre = Pop, Afropop, R&B, Electronic Kizomba
| years_active = 2011–present
| label = Klasszik
| associated_acts = Anselmo Ralph
| website =
| current_members = António Mendes Ferreira
Fradique Mendes Ferreira
| past_members =
| birth_date =
}}
Calema are a music duo from São Tomé and Príncipe with origins in Portugal formed by the two brothers António Mendes Ferreira (born 5 April 1992) and Fradique Mendes Ferreira (born 19 March 1987). The name of the duo refers to the special undulation on the African coast.{{Cite web|url=https://nit.pt/coolt/musica/dez-anos-ver-avioes-passar|title=Calema: "Há dez anos estávamos numa garagem a ver aviões a passar"|website=NiT|language=pt-PT|access-date=2019-02-01}}
Early life
They started singing together at a very young age as they took music as a hobby. In 2008, after being crowned Absolute Winners in the 1st National Santomean Music Competitions, held in their homeland, they came to Portugal to pursue their professional degrees in the music industry. Fradique pursued a degree in Multimedia in Évora and António, a degree in Video Production in Lisbon. In 2011 they went to France with their family and kept on doing music, as they created their cover channel on YouTube.{{Cite web|url=http://revistacristina.com/famoso-como-nunca-o-viu-a-vez-dos-calema/|title=Famoso como nunca o viu {{!}} A vez dos Calema|date=2018-07-12|website=CRISTINA|language=pt-PT|access-date=2019-02-01}}
Career
While they were in France, they kept entering talent shows, winning one of them called "Luso artist".{{Cite web|url=https://concerty.com/artist/903df603-76f8-4e39-9c3d-c1d15377ae91|title=Calema Biography|website=Concerty.com}} Three years later, Anselmo Ralph noticed them and made them enter the Portuguese music scene. Later on, they produced the album "A Nossa Vez" or simply "A.N.V" which included the song A Nossa Vez. The song ended 2017 as the most viewed non-Brazilian music video of a song in Portuguese on YouTube that year.{{Citation|last=KlassziK|title=Calema - A Nossa Vez|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-uPAP30NuU|access-date=2019-02-01}}
In February 2019 they were announced as the composers and interpreters of the song "A Dois", which participated on the Festival da Canção 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/cultura/detalhe/conheca-todas-as-musicas-do-festival-da-cancao-de-2019|title=Conheça todas as músicas do Festival da Canção de 2019|last=Lusa|website=www.cmjornal.pt|language=pt-PT|access-date=2019-02-01}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:12em;" |Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:20em;" |Details ! colspan="1" scope="col" |Peak chart positions |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" |POR |
|---|
| scope="row" |Ni Mondja Anguené
|
| — |
| scope="row" |Bomu Kêlê
|
| — |
| scope="row" |A Nossa Vez
|
|3 |
| scope="row" |Yellow
|
|1 |
=Live albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:12em;" |Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:20em;" |Details ! colspan="1" scope="col" |Peak chart positions |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" |POR |
|---|
| scope="row" |Ao vivo no Campo Pequeno
|
|3 |
=Singles=
- 2019: "A Dois"
- 2020: "Vai"
- 2022: "Te Amo"
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{facebook|calema.st}}
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