Maria Gadú

Maria Gadú

Maria Gadú performing at Citibank Hall.
Background information
Birth name Mayra Corrêa Aygadoux
Also known as Maria Gadú
Born (1986-12-04) 4 December 1986
São Paulo, Brazil
Genres
Instruments
Associated acts Caetano Veloso
Website mariagadu.com.br

Maria Gadú (born Mayra Corrêa Aygadoux, 4 December 1986) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter and guitarist. She has been nominated twice for a Latin Grammy Award. She released her first album in 2009, self-titled Maria Gadú.[2] Her single "Shimbalaiê" became a number one hit in Italy during summer 2011, staying atop the FIMI chart for five straight weeks.

Biography

She started playing music as a child, after having learned the basics of reading musical notation, seven years later she began to record songs on cassette tapes. Her real musical training begins at the age of thirteen, when she began to give concerts in the bars of São Paulo, playing music by Adoniran Barbosa, Marisa Monte and Chico Buarque.

In 2008 she moved to Rio de Janeiro and began playing in bars, and she attracted the attention of famous musicians such as Caetano Veloso, Milton Nascimento, João Donato among others. Maria Gadu gained renown playing "Ne me quitte pas" by Jacques Brel for Jayme Monjardim, who was in preproduction of the television series Maysa – Quando Fala o Coração ("Maysa, when the heart communicates"). Maysa Matarazzo, singer and mother of the director, had been very successful in the 1950s and 1960s singing this song, among others. Gadú's version was soon included in the soundtrack of the series that would premiere in January 2009. Gadú also had a small acting part in the series. As 2009 began, Maria Gadú prepared her first album for the Som Livre sublabel Slap. She currently sings "Blue Velvet" with Tony Bennett on his cd Viva Duets.

In 2015, her album Guelã was nominated for the 16th Latin Grammy Awards in the Best MPB Album category.[3]

Discography

Studio albums

Album Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
BRA
[4]		 ITA
[5]		 POR
[6]
Maria Gadú 6 4 18
  • World: 250,000
Multishow ao Vivo - Maria Gadú 7 — 10
  • World: 130,000
  • ABPD: Gold, Platinum
Maria Gadú e Caetano Veloso - Multishow ao Vivo 3 — 2
  • World: 330,000
Mais Uma Página 5 48 22
  • World: 150,000
Nós 2 — 27
  • World: 40,000
Guelã — — —

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
ITA
[9]
2015 "Obloco" — Guelã
2009 "Shimbalaiê" 1 Maria Gadú

References

  1. 1 2 "Conheça Maria Gadú, cantora que caiu nas graças de Milton Nascimento e Caetano Veloso - O Globo".
  2. ↑ Sidney Rezende - CD: "Maria Gadu" (Maria Gadu) - Um bom começo (publicado em 04/08/2009)
  3. ↑ "La lista completa de nominados a los Latin Grammy 2015". Infobae (in Spanish). 23 September 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Os Discos mais Vendidos do Brasil". Portal Sucesso.
  5. ↑ "Search for: Maria Gadú - Albums". italiancharts.com.
  6. ↑ "Search for: Maria Gadú - Albums". Portuguesecharts.com.
  7. ↑ "Maria Gadú". MTV. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Certificazione Album fisici e digitali dalla settimana 1 del 2009 alla settimana 9 del 2012" (PDF) (in Italian). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  9. ↑ "Search for: Maria Gadú - Singles". italiancharts.com.
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