Neyma

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Neima Júlio Afredo

Neima Júlio Afredo , better known by her stage name Neyma (born May 6, 1979 in Maputo , Mozambique ), is a Mozambican singer and entrepreneur .

Life

youth

Neyma Júlio Afredo was born on May 6, 1979 in the Mozambican capital Maputo. She lost her mother Lina Duarta at an early age, so that she grew up with her father Paulino Afredo. She began to practice her passion for singing and dancing at an early age.

At the age of 16 she took part in the casting show Fantasia on a Mozambican television station. She won second place on the show with the song The Greatest Love of All (by Whitney Houston ) and then began to appear much more frequently and sang on numerous stages and nightclubs. In addition, she became more professional and took singing lessons.

First albums

With her first producer Júlio Silva she released her first album on CD in 1999 with the title Brigas . Success came quickly. The song Praia Feliz was particularly popular . The album was followed by two more: Baila (2000) and Renascer (2001).

Neyma only achieved a breakthrough outside Mozambique with the release of her fourth album Arromba in 2005. With the album, she also entered the sales charts in Angola , Cape Verdes and Portugal . Arromba is still her most successful album to this day (2016). With more than 40,000 copies sold, it gained platinum status in Mozambique. In her album Idiomas , released at the end of 2006, Neyma first used new, partly traditional Mozambican musical styles such as marrabenta , coupé-décalé and kizomba .

In particular, Neyma used the style of marrabenta from now on, and even more so from 2010. Her single Como Anima a Marrabenta was considered very successful.

New business areas

Neyma had already tried to set up a toy company in 2008, but initially failed. Five years later, she sold shoes, sandals and stationery under her own brand "Neyma" for the first time. She accompanied the sale with the release of her own music single called Parabéns , which was specifically aimed at children. She is said to have written the single with her daughter.

In 2014, the UN Children's Fund UNICEF named her a children's ambassador. In late 2014, Neyma released a collection of her best-known songs under the title Neyma Greatest Hits . At the same time, she performed a large three-hour concert in the Gil Vicente cinema in the capital. Numerous Mozambican artists - Mingas , Stewart Sukuma , José Valdemiro , Júlia Duarte , Dama do Bling , Cláudio Isabel , Lil Banks and Mr. Bow - accompanied the artist on her grand appearance.

Discography

  • Brigas (1999)
  • Baila (2000)
  • Renascer (2001)
  • Arromba (2005)
  • Idiomas (2006)
  • Neyma 10 Anos (2010)
  • Neyma Greatest Hits (2014)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Dalton Sitoe: Biografia de Neyma. (No longer available online.) In: Revista Biografia. June 10, 2016, archived from the original on September 20, 2016 ; Retrieved September 20, 2016 (Portuguese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.biografia.co.mz
  2. ^ Neyma lança sua marca artística. In: Jornal Domingo. January 8, 2013, accessed September 20, 2016 (Portuguese).
  3. ^ Neyma lança vídeo infantil. In: Jornal Domingo. June 21, 2015. Retrieved September 20, 2016 (Portuguese).
  4. ^ Entrevista: Cantora Neyma, embaixadora do Unicef. Rádio ONU, November 20, 2014, accessed September 20, 2016 (Portuguese).
  5. ↑ Amandio Macuacua: Fãs rendidos ao talento de Neyma. In: Jornal de Notícias. December 22, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2016 (Portuguese).
personal data
SURNAME Neyma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Afredo, Neima Júlio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mozambican singer and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Maputo , Mozambique