Marisa de Azevedo Monte (; born 1 July 1967) is a Brazilian singer, composer, instrumentalist, and record producer of Brazilian popular music and samba. As of 2011, she had sold 10 million albums worldwide 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.
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,
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'".
Her 2008 single "Não é Proibido" was used in the soundtrack of a video game by EA Sports, 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.
Discography
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! 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
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! scope="row" | Mais
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- Released: 1991
- Label: EMI
- Format: CD, LP
- Sales: 710,000
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! scope="row" | Verde, Anil, Amarelo, Cor-de-Rosa e Carvão
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- Released: 1994
- Label: EMI
- Format: CD, LP
- Sales: 1,050,000
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! scope="row" | Barulhinho Bom
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- Released: 1996
- Label: EMI
- Format: CD
- Sales: 750,000
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! scope="row" | Memórias, Crônicas, e Declaracões de Amor
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- Released: 9 May 2000
- Label: EMI
- Format: CD
- Sales: 2,000,000
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! scope="row" | Tribalistas <small>(with Carlinhos Brown and Arnaldo Antunes)</small>
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- Released: 22 November 2002
- Label: EMI
- Format: CD
- Sales: 3,500,000
| 1 || 39 || 2 || 1 || 90
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! scope="row" | Infinito Particular
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- Released: 10 March 2006
- Label: EMI
- Format: CD
- Sales: 500,000
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! scope="row" | Universo ao Meu Redor
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- Released: 10 March 2006
- Label: EMI
- Format: CD
- Sales: 500,000
| 2 || 161 || — || 9 || —
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! scope="row" | O Que Você Quer Saber de Verdade
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- Released: 31 October 2011
- Label: EMI
- Format: CD, download digital
- Sales: 260,000
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! scope="row" | Tribalistas <small>(with Carlinhos Brown and Arnaldo Antunes)</small>
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- Released: 25 August 2017
- Label: Universal Music
- Format: CD, download digital
- Sales: 50,000
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! scope="row" | Portas
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- Released: 1 July 2021
- Label: Sony Music Entertainment
- Format: download digital
| 1 || 20 || 32 || 6 || —
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Live albums
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| POR
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! scope="row" | MM
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- Released: 1989
- Label: EMI
- Format: CD, LP
- Sales: 700,000
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! scope="row" | Verdade Uma Ilusão
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- Released: 16 May 2014
- Label: Universal Music
- Format: CD, download digital
- Sales: 100,000
| 1 || 18
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Compilation albums
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| POR
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! scope="row" | Coleção
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- Released: 29 April 2016
- Label: Universal Music
- Format: CD, download digital
- Sales: 40,000
| 1 || 10
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Video albums
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| POR
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! scope="row" | MM ao Vivo
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- Released: 1989
- Label: EMI
- Format: VHS, DVD
| 1 || —
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! scope="row" | Mais
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- Released: 1991
- Label: EMI
- Format: VHS, DVD
| 1 || —
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! scope="row" | Barulhinho Bom - Uma Viagem Musical
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- Released: 1997
- Label: EMI
- Format: VHS, DVD
| 1 || —
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! scope="row" | Memórias, Crônicas, e Declarações de Amor
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- Released: 2001
- Label: EMI
- Format: VHS, DVD
| 1 || —
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! scope="row" | Tribalistas <small>(with Carlinhos Brown and Arnaldo Antunes)</small>
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- Released: 22 November 2002
- Label: EMI
- Format: VHS, DVD
| 1 || 29
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! scope="row" | Infinito ao Meu Redor
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- Released: 7 November 2008
- Label: EMI
- Format: DVD
| 1 || —
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! scope="row" | Verdade, Uma Ilusão
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- Released: 16 May 2014
- Label: Universal Music
- Format: DVD, Blu-ray
| 2 || —
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References
External links
- French site on Marisa Monte