Portuguese music includes many different styles and genres, as a result of its history. These can be broadly divided into classical music, traditional/folk music and popular music and all of them have produced internationally successful acts, with the country seeing a recent expansion in musical styles, especially in popular music.
Marisa dos Reis Nunes, known professionally as Mariza, is a Portuguese fado singer.
Fado em Mim is the debut studio album of Portuguese fado singer Mariza, released in April 2002 by Dutch label World Connection. A special collectors' edition, containing an additional CD with 8 live tracks recorded at the WOMAD 2002, was released later.
Toranja is a Portuguese rock band with a flair for lyrics with a rebellious tone. Their first album "Esquissos" was greeted with some acclaim in Portugal. "Segundo" is the title of their second album – which established Toranja as one of the relevant names of the new generation of Portuguese bands at the time. The band paused their activities in 2006, for undetermined time. However, its musicians are still in the music scene, each one with their own projects.
Ana Cláudia Moura Pereira, known as Ana Moura, is a Portuguese fado singer. An internationally recognized singer, she was the youngest fadista to be nominated for a Dutch Edison Award.
Nelson Cândido Motta Filho is a Brazilian journalist, ghostwriter, songwriter, writer, and record producer.
Fados is a 2007 Portuguese film directed by Carlos Saura. The film, a fusion of cinema, song, dance and instrumental numbers, explores Portugal's most emblematic musical genre, fado, and its spirit of saudade (melancholy).
Para Além da Saudade is the third studio album by Portuguese fado singer Ana Moura, released on 15 August 2007 by World Village. The album featured the hit singles "Os Búzios" and "O Fado da Procura".
Hélder António Moutinho Paiva dos Santos, artistically known as Helder Moutinho is a Portuguese singer and songwriter, and one of the most distinguished artists in the Fado genre. He's also the brother of two renowned Fado singers, Camané and Pedro Moutinho.
Júlio Resende is a Portuguese pianist and composer. He is a pioneer of a unique and new genre called "Fado-Jazz". His improvisation techniques are transversal to his aesthetics, and articulate different musical genres, from Jazz, Fado, Classical Music and even Electronic Music.
Maria Isabel Rebelo Couto da Cruz Roseta, known professionally as Cuca Roseta, is a Portuguese fado singer, composer, and model. Roseta is considered one of the most important fado representatives of her generation, appearing early in her career in the movie Fados by Spanish director Carlos Saura. Fado, a musical genre that originated in Lisbon in the early 19th century, is traditionally characterized by feelings of resignation and melancholia, but Roseta's style also incorporates more upbeat influences from world music. She has released seven studio albums with producers including Gustavo Santaolalla and Nelson Motta, has toured extensively, and collaborated with different artists including David Bisbal, Karl Jenkins, and Stewart Sukuma. Roseta has appeared in the Portuguese versions of the television shows Got Talent and Rising Star as a judge, and as a competitor in Dancing with the Stars. She has worked toward causes such as road safety and environmental sustainability, and in 2021 gave a series of hospital concerts to the health professionals fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Raiz is the second album released by fado singer Cuca Roseta. It was released in May 2013 by Universal Music Portugal. Roseta composed the music and wrote the lyrics on most of the album's songs. Mário Barreiros and Rosetta co-produced the album. It was certified as a golden disc in August 2014.
Riû is the third album released by fado singer Cuca Roseta. It was released in 2015 by Universal Music Portugal. It was produced by Nelson Motta. The album extended beyond the fado tradition and included songs written for Rosetta by Bryan Adams and Djavan. Roseta described it as "a happy album with so many positive lyrics and revealing the other face of fado, intense but hopeful".
Cuca Roseta is the first album released by fado singer Cuca Roseta. It was released in 2011 by Surco and Universal Music Portugal.
Luz de Natal is an album of Christmas music released by fado singer Cuca Roseta. It was released in November 2018 by Sony Music.
Amália Por Cuca Roseta is an album released by fado singer Cuca Roseta. It was released in 2020 by Sony Music. The album is Roseta's tribute to Amália Rodrigues, an album on which she interprets the classic fado songs of Amália. Roseta is accompanied on the album by Portuguese guitar, fado viola, and bass viola. "Barco Negro" and two other songs also include percussion. Reviewer Leonor Alhinho wrote: Calm, intimate and of an excellent vocal quality, this album is a must for anyone who enjoys fado."
Meu is an album released by fado singer Cuca Roseta. It was released in November 2020 by Anahata Musica.
