Marisa Monte
{{Portuguese name|Azevedo|Monte}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Marisa Monte
| image = Marisa_Monte_-_Ao_Vivo_(2012).jpg
| caption = Monte performing live in 2012
| image_size =
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Marisa de Azevedo Monte
| alias =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|7|1|df=y}}
| birth_place =
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| death_date =
| instrument = Singing, guitar, cavaquinho, ukulele
| genre = Música popular brasileira
| associated_acts = Tribalistas
}}
Marisa de Azevedo Monte ({{IPA|pt-BR|maˈɾizɐ dʒ(i) azeˈvedu ˈmõtʃi|lang}}; born 1 July 1967) is a Brazilian singer, composer, instrumentalist, and producer of Brazilian popular music and samba. As of 2011, she had sold 10 million albums worldwide{{cite news |last=Felitti |first=Chico |title=Silencinho Bom |url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/saopaulo/998624-marisa-monte-lanca-8-cd-e-quebra-o-sossego-dos-ultimos-anos.shtml |access-date=22 January 2018 |newspaper=Serafina/Folha de S.Paulo |date=30 October 2011 |page=56 |language=pt}} and has won numerous national and international awards, including four Latin Grammys, eight Brazilian Music Awards, seven Brazilian MTV Video Music Awards, nine Multishow de Música Brasileira awards, and 5 APCAs. Marisa is considered by Rolling Stone Brasil to be the second greatest singer, behind only Elis Regina. She also has two albums (MM and Verde, Anil, Amarelo, Cor-de-Rosa e Carvão) on the list of the 100 best albums of Brazilian music.
Biography
Monte was born in Rio de Janeiro, daughter of the engineer Carlos Saboia Monte and Sylvia Marques de Azevedo Monte. On her father's side, she is descended from the Saboias, one of the oldest Italian families in Brazil. She studied singing, piano, and drums as a child, and began studying opera singing at 14.{{cite journal|url=https://insideplayboybr.wixsite.com/ipbr/post/marisa-monte-outubro-1994 |author=Beirão, Nirlando|title=Entrevista: Marisa Monte|journal=Playboy|publisher=Editora Abril|date=October 1994}}
At the age of 19, Monte went to Italy to study bel canto, while also performing Brazilian music in bars and clubs, leading her to meet famous producer Nelson Motta. Upon her return to Rio in 1987, Motta produced her live concert, where Monte became a hybrid of MPB diva and pop rock performer. While most of her music is in the style of modern MPB, she has also recorded traditional samba and folk tunes, largely in collaboration with such musicians and songwriters as Carlinhos Brown, Arnaldo Antunes, and Nando Reis and producer Arto Lindsay. She has also collaborated with the New York pop music vanguard, including Laurie Anderson, David Byrne, Marc Ribot, Bernie Worrell and Philip Glass.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/14/arts/music/14mont.html |title=Marisa Monte - Music - Report |last=Rohter |first=Larry |date=2006-11-14 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2020-01-02 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
=Career=
In 1988, Monte signed with EMI and took the opportunity of Rede Manchete wanting a TV special covering her live concert to release it as the LP and VHS MM in 1989, a critical and commercial success pushed by the single "Bem Que Se Quis", a Motta-penned Portuguese version of Pino Daniele's "E Po' Che Fa'".
Monte owns the rights to all of her songs; it was her chief demand for renewing her contract with EMI Music.[http://www.musitec.com.br/revista_artigo.asp?revistaID=1&edicaoID=125&navID=998 Musitec] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515023224/http://www.musitec.com.br/revista_artigo.asp?revistaID=1&edicaoID=125&navID=998|date=15 May 2011|language=pt}}
Her 2008 single "Não é Proibido" was used in the soundtrack of a video game by EA Sports, 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.{{Cite web |last=Arts |first=Electronic |date=2010-04-06 |title=EA's 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Music Soundtrack Sets The Stage For Football Glory |url=https://www.ea.com/en-gb/news/ea-sports-2010-world-cup-south-africa-soundtrack |access-date=2021-07-01 |website=Electronic Arts Inc. |language=en}}
Discography
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="5"| Peak chart positions |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| BRA
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| FRA ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| ITA ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| POR ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SUI |
| scope="row" | Mais
|
| 1 || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row" | Verde, Anil, Amarelo, Cor de Rosa e Carvão
|
| 1 || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row" | Barulhinho Bom
|
| 1 || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row" | Memórias, Crônicas, e Declaracões de Amor
|
| 1 || — || — || — || — |
| scope="row" | Tribalistas (with Carlinhos Brown and Arnaldo Antunes)
|
| 1 || 39 || 2 || 1 || 90 |
| scope="row" | Infinito Particular
|
| 1 || — || — || 7 || — |
| scope="row" | Universo ao Meu Redor
|
| 2 || 161 || — || 9 || — |
| scope="row" | O Que Você Quer Saber de Verdade
|
| 2 || — || — || 8 || — |
| scope="row" | Tribalistas (with Carlinhos Brown and Arnaldo Antunes)
|
| 1 || 67 || 30 || 2 || — |
| scope="row" | Portas
|
| 1 || 20 || 32 || 6 || — |
=Live albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| BRA
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| POR |
| scope="row" | MM
|
| 1 || — |
| scope="row" | Verdade Uma Ilusão
|
| 1 || 18 |
= Compilation albums =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| BRA
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| POR |
| scope="row" | Coleção
|
| 1 || 10 |
=Video albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| BRA
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| POR |
| scope="row" | MM ao Vivo
|
| 1 || — |
| scope="row" | Mais
|
| 1 || — |
| scope="row" | Barulhinho Bom - Uma Viagem Musical
|
| 1 || — |
| scope="row" | Memórias, Crônicas, e Declarações de Amor
|
| 1 || — |
| scope="row" | Tribalistas (with Carlinhos Brown and Arnaldo Antunes)
|
| 1 || 29 |
| scope="row" | Infinito ao Meu Redor
|
| 1 || — |
| scope="row" | Verdade, Uma Ilusão
|
| 2 || — |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.marisamonte.com.br/}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081220081537/http://musiquebresilienne.ca/ French site on Marisa Monte]
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{{Order of Cultural Merit}}
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Category:20th-century Brazilian women singers
Category:20th-century Brazilian singers
Category:Brazilian mezzo-sopranos
Category:Brazilian people of Italian descent
Category:Brazilian people of Portuguese descent
Category:Brazilian women guitarists
Category:Latin Grammy Award winners
Category:Brazilian women pop singers
Category:Música Popular Brasileira singers
Category:Música Popular Brasileira guitarists
Category:Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Category:Brazilian women singer-songwriters
Category:Brazilian singer-songwriters
Category:21st-century Brazilian women singers