Rita Guerra

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Rita Guerra (2009)

Rita Guerra (* 22. October 1967 as Rita Maria de Azevedo Mafra Guerra in Lisbon ) is a Portuguese singer who is somewhere between pop and rock moved.

biography

Rita Guerra started singing when she was 16 years old. In the 1990s she became known for her shows at Casino Estoril , which were held there regularly. At that time, she also lent her vocal voice to Disney films such as Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King .

In 1992 she first took part in the Festival da Canção, the preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest . With Meu amor inventado em mim she came second behind Dinas Amor de água fresca . A year later, Guerra was part of the expert jury for the festival. Ten years later, Guerra was internally selected to represent her country at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest in Riga . In the preliminary round, the audience could choose from three songs. 75 percent fell to the ballad Deixa-me sonhar (Só mais uma vez) . At the final in Riga, however, Guerra only reached 22nd place.

Despite this failure, she rose to become one of the most successful singers in her country in the following years. All of their albums were able to place very well in the Portuguese charts. O melhor de Rita Guerra - Acustico ao vivo and Luar were number one in the album charts for several weeks in 2009 and 2010 respectively.

In 2006 Guerra sang a duet with Ronan Keating : All Over Again .

Her last studio work to date was released in 2014 with the title Luar . This includes , among other things, a duet with the American singer Michael Bolton . The following year, No meu canto - O melhor de ... was released, a compilation with Guerra's greatest successes.

In May 2017, Paulo de Carvalho released the album Duetos , on which Guerra can be heard as his duet partner.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
PT PT
2005 Rita PT2 (44 weeks)
PT
2007 Sentimento PT10 (13 weeks)
PT
2008 O melhor de Rita Guerra - Acustico ao vivo PT1 (31 weeks)
PT
Live album
2010 Luar PT1 (11 weeks)
PT
2011 Retrato PT6 (12 weeks)
PT
2013 Ao vivo no CCB PT9 (9 weeks)
PT
2014 Volta PT17 (3 weeks)
PT
2015 No meu canto - O melhor de ... PT4 (7 weeks)
PT
2019 Sessões na rádio PT36 (3 weeks)
PT

More albums

  • 1990 - Pormenores sem a minima importância
  • 1995 - Independence Days
  • 2000 - Desencontros (with Beto)

Singles

  • 2003 - Deixa-me Sonhar (Só Mais Uma Vez)
  • 2005 - Chegar A Ti
  • 2005 - À Espera do Sol / Secretamente
  • 2007 - Sentimento
  • 2007 - Castelos No Ar

Web links

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  1. ↑ http://www.sulinformacao.pt/2017/04/rita-guerra-atua-no-auditorio-municipal-de-albufeira/
  2. ↑ http://natfinals.50webs.com/90s_00s/Portugal1992.html
  3. ↑ http://natfinals.50webs.com/90s_00s/Portugal1993SF.html
  4. ↑ http://natfinals.50webs.com/90s_00s/Portugal2003.html
  5. ↑ http://portuguesecharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Rita+Guerra
  6. ↑ Chart sources: PT
personal data
SURNAME Guerra, Rita
ALTERNATIVE NAMES de Azevedo Mafra Guerra, Rita Maria (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese singer
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Lisbon , Portugal