Mart'nália

Martnália Mendonça Ferreira, known as Mart'nália (Rio de Janeiro, September 7, 1965) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, percussionist and actress.

Mart'nália.

Career

Daughter of sambista Martinho da Vila and singer Analia Mendonca (her name is a blend of parents' names), the singer was born in Vila Isabel, North Zone of Rio de Janeiro. Since childhood she was surrounded by music.

She began her professional career at age 16, doing backing vocals for her father beside her sister, Analimar. In the mid 1990s, she began making presentations on the circuit of bars, nightclubs and theaters in Rio de Janeiro, which culminated in the release of her samba album Minha cara. Since 1994, she joined the group Batacotô, whose percussionist was Ivan Lins.

Mart'nália had the privilege of becoming sponsored by big names of Brazilian popular music thanks to her father. Caetano Veloso was the artistic director of her Pé de meu samba and composed the title track, and Maria Bethânia produced Menino do Rio From these two albums, Mart'nália began to attract greater media attention and to have shows throughout the country, paving the way for international tours through Europe and Africa.[1]

In 2015, her album Em Samba! Ao vivo was nominated for the 16th Latin Grammy Awards in the Best Samba/Pagode Album category.[2] In 2017, another album of hers, Misturado, was nominated in the same category of the 2017 edition, and this time it won.[3] In 2019, she was nominated for a third time in that category, this time for the album Mart'nalia Canta Vinicius de Moraes.[4][5]

Personal life

Mart'nália is a lesbian.[6][7][8]

Discography
Year Title Label Format
1987 Martinália Grav. 3M LP
1997 Minha Cara ZFM Records CD
2002 Pé do meu Samba Grav. BMG Brasil/Natasha Records
2004 Pé do meu Samba (Ao Vivo) Natasha Records CD/DVD
2006 Menino do Rio Grav. Biscoito Fino (Selo Quitanda) CD
Mart'nália - Ao Vivo em Berlim CD/DVD
2008 Madrugada CD
2009 Minha Cara (Disco de 1997 relançado pela ZFM Records) ZFM Records (Selo Quitanda)
2010 Mart'nália - Em África ao Vivo Grav. Biscoito Fino CD/DVD
2012 Não Tente Compreender CD
2014 Em Samba Ao Vivo CD/DVD
2016 + Misturado CD
2019 Mart'nália Canta Vinicius de Moraes
2021 Sou Assim Até Mudar [9]

Notes
  1. "Mart'nalia". martnalia.com.br. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  2. "La lista completa de nominados a los Latin Grammy 2015". Infobae (in Spanish). September 23, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  3. Ceccarini, Viola Manuela (November 20, 2017). "The 18th Latin GRAMMY Awards in Las Vegas". Livein Style. Archived from the original on December 8, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  4. Cabo, Leila (November 14, 2019). "Latin Grammys 2019 Winners: Complete List". Billboard. MRC. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  5. "Latin GRAMMY Winners Are Announced At The 20th Annual Award Show". The Daily Rind. November 15, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  6. Fortuna, Maria (March 9, 2021). "Mart'nália: "I look to the side and I fall in love"". Fundaçao Yedda & Augusto Frederico Schmidt (in Portuguese).
  7. Coutinho, Genilson (July 6, 2015). "Martinho da Vila talks about his daughter Mart'nália's sexuality". Doisterços (in Portuguese).
  8. "Mart'nália comments on her parents' acceptance of her being a lesbian: "It was no surprise"". Observatório G (in Portuguese). 2017.
  9. "Mart'nália discography". martnalia.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved April 23, 2021.
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