Mariza

Gifted with an expressive and powerful soprano, multi-platinum-selling fado singer Mariza is inarguably the genre's best-known global representative for the 21st century. Though her work remains within the Portuguese tradition's boundaries, she has distinguished herself by gradually incorporating elements from other folk and popular traditions into her music. These include sounds from her native Mozambique and the southern reaches of Portugal, Brazilian samba and MPB, Cape Verdean mornas, R&B, and soul music. With the release of her six-times-platinum debut album, Fado em Mim ...