Nena (Portuguese singer)
{{Short description|Portuguese singer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Nena
| birth_name = Nena Marques
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| birth_place = Lisbon, Portugal
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| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter}}
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| genre = Pop
| instruments = {{hlist|Vocals}}
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| years_active = 2019–present
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Nena Marques, known professionally as Nena, is a Portuguese singer. Nena rose to national attention after finishing tenth in Festival da Canção 2024, the contest used to select the artist representing Portugal Eurovision Song Contest.{{Cite web |title=Nena - "Teorias da Conspiração" {{!}} 1ª Semifinal |url=https://media.rtp.pt/festivaldacancao/cancoes/nena-teorias-da-conspiracao-1a-semifinal/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Festival da Canção |language=pt-PT}}
Career
=2019–2022: Career beginnings and ''ao fundo da rua''=
After wanting to pursue music since the age of 12, Nena began recording in 2019 and released her first single, "portas do sol", in 2020. The song served as the lead single to her debut album which was released in 2022. In the song, Nena details growing up in Lisbon. The song has accumulated over 9.1 million views on YouTube.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-18 |title=Lisbon, always Lisbon. portas do sol by nena {{!}} METALOCUS |url=https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/lisbon-always-lisbon-portas-do-sol-nena |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=www.metalocus.es |language=en}} Nena released her first, and to date only, album on 18 November 2022 titled ao funda rua. The album features ten singles.{{Citation |title=ao fundo da rua by Nena on Apple Music |date=2022-11-18 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/ao-fundo-da-rua/1647603893 |access-date=2025-01-21 |language=en-US}}
=2023–present: Further releases, Festival da Canção, and ''The Voice Kids'' coach=
In 2023, Nena released the non-album single "os croquetes acabam".{{Citation |title=os croquetes acabam |date=2023-06-30 |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/2VjrO71oAxcBHdQJlBimRT |access-date=2025-01-21 |language=en}} The following year, she released the single "Lembras-te de mim?" with Carolina de Deus.
In 2024, Nena was one of twenty-two artists from Portugal to be selected to participate in the contest Festival da Canção. The festival chooses the artist to represent Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest each year. In the contest, Nena performed her original song "Teorias da Conspiração". After finishing in third place in her respective semi-final, Nena reached the final where she finished in tenth place overall. The festival boosted Nena's popularity in Portugal.{{Cite web |title=Nena - "Teorias da Conspiração" {{!}} 1ª Semifinal |url=https://media.rtp.pt/festivaldacancao/cancoes/nena-teorias-da-conspiracao-1a-semifinal/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Festival da Canção |language=pt-PT}}
On 3 January 2025, Nena released "À Espera Do Fim" with the winner of season 8 of The Voice Portugal, Luís Trigacheiro.{{Citation |title=Nena & Luís Trigacheiro - À Espera Do Fim |date=2025-01-03 |url=https://listen.stage.tidal.com/album/408133335 |access-date=2025-01-21 |language=en}} On 21 January 2025, Nena was confirmed to be a coach on the sixth season of The Voice Kids Portugal alongside Cuca Roseta, Diogo Piçarra, and Miguel Cristovinho.{{Cite web |last=SAPO |title="The Voice Kids" regressa à RTP1: conheça os novos mentores do programa de talentos |url=https://mag.sapo.pt/tv/atualidade-tv/artigos/the-voice-kids-regressa-a-rtp1-conheca-os-novos-mentores-do-programa-de-talentos |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=SAPO Mag |language=pt}}
Discography
=Albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+List of studio albums, with selected details ! scope="col" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" style="width:20em;" | Details |
| scope="row" |ao fundo da rua
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=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles, showing year released, and the name of the album ! scope="col" |Title ! scope="col" |Year ! scope="col" |Album |
| scope="row"; style="text-align:left;" | "portas do sol"
| 2020 | rowspan="10"| ao fundo da rua |
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| scope="row"; style="text-align:left;" | "sou só eu?"
| rowspan="9"| 2022 |
| scope="row"; style="text-align:left;" |"passo a passo" |
| scope="row"; style="text-align:left;" |"do meu ao teu correio" |
| scope="row"; style="text-align:left;" |"santo popular" |
| scope="row"; style="text-align:left;" |"mi depois do ré" |
| scope="row"; style="text-align:left;" |"segui" |
| scope="row"; style="text-align:left;" |"não vás" |
| scope="row"; style="text-align:left;" |"café da esplanada" |
| scope="row"; style="text-align:left;" |"boa noite" |
| scope="row"; style="text-align:left;" |"os croquetes acabam"
| 2023 | rowspan="3" {{n/a|Non-album single(s)}} |
| scope="row"; style="text-align:left;" |"Lembras-te de mim?" {{small|(feat. Carolina de Deus)}}
| 2024 |
| scope="row"; style="text-align:left;" |"À Espera Do Fim" {{small|(feat. Luís Trigacheiro)}}
| 2025 |