One of the greatest and most famous Brazilian singers who became a worldwide phenomenon. But, do you know who Anitta is?
One of the greatest and most famous Brazilian singers who became a worldwide phenomenon. But, do you know who Anitta is? Check out everything about the life of the sensational singer of the moment, who performed at Coachella 2022 and has the hit “Envolver”, number one on the Spotify rankings.
Who is Anita?
Anitta is actually Larissa de Macedo Machado, she was born on March 30, 1993, in Honório Gurgel, a suburb in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro. Interestingly, her artistic name came from the miniseries “A Presença de Anitta”, on TV Globo, as the artist thought the character was incredible.
The singer is the youngest daughter of Miriam Macedo, an artisan from Paraíba, and Mauro Machado, a salesman from Minas Gerais. Furthermore, she has a brother, Renan Machado, who is her artistic producer.
Anitta started singing when she was 8 years old, because, through the intervention of her maternal grandparents, she participated in the choir at the Santa Luzia Church in the Honório Gurgel neighborhood.
In 2009, at the age of 16, she began publishing videos of her music and dances on her YouTube channel. At the same time, she completed Technical High School in Administration at the Instituto Superior de Educação do Rio de Janeiro (ISERJ / FAETEC).
Later, he began an administration internship at the mining company Vale do Rio Doce. However, the artist has already mentioned that if she had not embarked on an artistic career, she would have studied psychology.
Currently, at 29 years old, Anitta is a singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, businesswoman and presenter. Furthermore, she is responsible for bringing funk to the world.
Personal life
Anitta’s parents separated when she was 1 year and 8 months old, so her father moved to the Lagos Region, on the coast of Rio de Janeiro.
As for religion, the singer is a fan of Candomblé, and has the terreiro as a personal refuge.
“When she goes there, only people who have a direct relationship with the place stay. Everything to give tranquility and privacy to the singer, who there, looks nothing like the superstar who appears in music videos and TV shows. In the terreiro, she has permanent contact with the simple life that she loves so much. When she goes, she gives herself completely. The place, very discreet, ended up becoming a refuge for the singer, especially in moments of greatest physical and mental stress”, reports an excerpt from the work “Furacão Anitta”, an unauthorized biography written by Leo Dias.
According to Anitta, she got involved with Candomblé because of her father, as it is a tradition passed down from father to son. As her mother, she introduced her to Catholicism.
“I always attended both until I identified more with Candomblé; and continue dedicating myself as much as I can within my routine. But I have curiosity, respect and admiration for all religions and I would like everyone to do the same with mine”, wrote Anitta on her Twitter.
In 2019, Anitta discovered that she had a brother on her father’s side, called Felipe Terra, whom the family did not know. According to the singer, it was she who went after her brother, as Felipe’s mother and Anitta’s father lost contact. Anyway, she and her brother share a harmonious family union, in addition, he gets along well with everyone in the singer’s family.
Plastic surgery
Anitta is always involved with some type of controversy, such as the various surgical interventions that the artist has already undergone.
After all, since the beginning of her career, the singer has undergone breast reduction surgery, rhinoplasty, liposuction and cheekbone augmentation.
There are also aesthetic interventions, such as lip fillers, for example. Anyway, the singer has already made it very clear that she has changed everything that bothered her and is not hiding it from anyone.
Anitta’s relationships
Anitta has already had relationships with several celebrities, with the player Neymar, the comedian Eduardo Sterblitch, the surfer Gabriel Medina, the presenters Fábio Porchat and André Marques, the Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton and the singers Maluma and Luan Santana.
But, the artist didn’t stop there, from the beginning of 2011 until the end of 2012, she dated Diego Villanueva, known as Diego Thug, one of the members of Bonde da Stronda. And in 2013, she dated Nilo Faria.
In 2014, she had a relationship with businessman Arthur “Tuka” de Carvalho Mattos. Then, in 2015, she dated economist and businessman Bruno Van Enck and a year later, she dated actor and model Pablo Morais, whose relationship lasted 2 months.
Then, in May 2017, Anitta started dating businessman Thiago Magalhães, in November they got married, making the union official under total separation of assets. However, the marriage only lasted 10 months, coming to an end in September 2018.
Almost a year later, in June 2019, the singer started dating surfer Pedro Scooby, but the relationship ended in August. Interestingly, Scooby said that the singer broke up with him over the phone and without giving a reason for the breakup.
Finally, between February and April 2020, the artist dated samba singer Gabriel David and in May began a relationship with Gui Araújo, which came to an end in July of the same year. In 2021, Anitta launched her reality show called “Ilhados com Beats”, and during the program she had a romance with Lipe Ribeiro. In fact, after the end of the reality show, the couple went to Mexico, where they spent a few days. However, they did not publicly acknowledge their romance.
Anitta’s career
Anitta was discovered by Furacão 2000 when she posted videos of music and dances on her YouTube channel, her first song being “Eu vai Ficar”.
Before that, she worked as an intern at the mining company Vale do Rio Doce, at the same time, she worked selling clothes. But, she had to choose between a career in administration or following her dream as a singer.
Therefore, she decided to chase her dreams, thus creating MC Anitta, when the artist revolutionized funk choreography. In fact, it was the funk singer who created the ‘quadradinho’.
In June 2012, the singer had Kamilla Fialho as her manager, as she still had no record label, the two recorded the video for the song “Meiga e Abusada”. Ultimately, the hit was so successful that it caught the attention of Warner Music, which signed a contract with the artist in 2013.
With that, she left MC Anitta aside, giving way to a more pop version with just Anitta, but without losing her roots. So, to mark this new phase, the singer launched “Show das Poderosas”, which made her gain visibility throughout Brazil.
In fact, it was at the top of the best sellers on iTunes and even provided the singer with her first awards at the Multishow awards. Afterwards, he also released the hits “Não para”, “Menina wicked”, “No meu talent”, “Let him suffer”, “Bang” and “This girl is crazy”.
Later, he released the album “Ritmo Perfeito”, and from this album several successes stood out, among them the partnerships with Projota (Ritmo Perfeito and Na Batida), Simone and Simaria (“Loka”), Nego do Borel and Wesley Safadão (“Você Partiu Meu Coração”), which became a hit during Carnival 2017.
International career
In May 2017, Anitta began to venture internationally, called Anira by foreigners, the singer began to form several international partnerships.
Thus, his first international success was “Switch”, in partnership with Iggy Azalea. Still in 2017, Anitta achieved worldwide visibility when she launched “Sua Cara”, in partnership with Major Lazer and Pablo Vittar.
In September 2017, she started a new project called “ChackMate”, where she would release one song per month until the end of the year from different musical genres.
Finally, with the sponsorship of the C&A brand, Anitta released “Will I See You”, “Is That For Me”, “Downtown”, all released in English and Spanish. In addition to the acclaimed “Vai Malandra”, his ode to funk for the world. And also, a tribute to Brazilian culture and its roots.
The artist also participated in Jimmy Fallon’s The Tonight Show, one of the talk shows with the highest ratings in the United States.
And in 2022, the hit “Envolver” topped the charts due to its success, in addition to breaking records on Spotify, remaining in first place worldwide.
Achievements and successes beyond music
Anitta has more than 60 million followers on her Instagram account and more than 15 million subscribers on her YouTube channel. Anyway, her success is resounding, she sang alongside Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil during the opening of the Olympic Games in 2016.
In addition, she was the presenter of the program “Música Boa Ao Vivo” and even had her own program entitled “Anitta entered the group”, on Multishow. The singer has already taught at Harvard, due to the revolution she caused in the music and entertainment market.
Together with her brother, Renan Machado, Anitta founded a company, whose objective was to command her own career, which made her career grow in several ways.
Finally, in 2018 Anitta released an autobiographical documentary series called “Vai Anitta”, on Netflix, which tells the behind-the-scenes of her day-to-day life. Later, she released another documentary, “Anitta: Made in Honório”, which recounts specific moments in her career.
In 2019, Leo Dias published the book “Furacão Anitta”, an unauthorized biography about the singer’s life and career, released on the day the singer turned 26.
Anitta no Coachella 2022
Anitta and Pabllo Vittar were the only Brazilian artists to perform at Coachella 2022, which took place on April 15, in California. After performing at the biggest pop music festival in the world, the singer’s name took over the internet.
Finally, she took the colors of the Brazilian flag and the scenery of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas to the festival stage, her success was so great that the singer was compared to the iconic Beyoncé’s performance in 2018.
Anitta opened the show singing “Mais que Nada”, by Jorge Ben Jor, then sang “Onda Different”, a song made in partnership with rapper Snoop Dogg and Ludmilla. In addition, she also sang other hits from her career, such as “Na Sua Cara”, from 2017 and “Envolver”, number 1 on Spotify in 2022.
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