User:Titfortat-skag/Xênia França

Titfortat-skag/Xênia França
Xênia França during the Rio2C event in 2019.
Xênia França during the Rio2C event in 2019.
Background information
Birth nameXênia Érica Estrela França
Born (1986-02-27) February 27, 1986 (age 38)
Candeias, Bahia, Brazil
OriginSão Paulo,  Brazil
GenresPop, R&B, Soul, Jazz
OccupationsSinger-songwriter, model
Years active2010-present

Xênia Érica Estrela França, also known as Xênia França (born 27th February, 1986) is a Brazillian singer-songwriter from Candeias. [1][2][3].

Biography and career

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França was born in Recôncavo Baiano, spent her teenage years in Camaçari. She would later move to São Paulo in 2004. While there, she would work as a model. In 2008, where she started singing in bars alongside her modelling. While working, she met Emicida, a Brazillian rap artist, who invited her to contribute to the production of his EP Sua Mina Ouve Meu Rep Tamém and his album Emicídio, (both released in 2010). The following year, she joined the band Aláfia, alongside artists Pipo Pegoraro and Lucas Cirillo.[4]

In 2017, França released her first solo album, entitled Xenia.[5][6][7] Her album would later be nominated for the 2018 Latin Grammy Awards in the category Best Contemporary Pop Album,[8] alongisde her track 'Pra Que Me Chamas?' which would be nominated for Best Portuguese-Language Song.[9][8]

In 2019, Xênia França became the first Brazilian artist to perform on the world-renowned COLORS YouTube channel.[10]

In 2022, França released her first self-published album Em Nome Da Estrela[11], again collaborating with former members of Aláfia and Lourenco Rebetez.[12]

Discography

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Studio Albums

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Title Album details
Xenia
Em Nome Da Estrela

With Aláfia

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  • 2017 - SP Não É Sopa (Agogô)
  • 2015 - Corpura (YB Music/Natura Musical)
  • 2013 - Aláfia (YB Music)

References

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  1. ^ https://dicionariompb.com.br/artista/xenia-franca/
  2. ^ "Você precisa conhecer Xênia França, a nova princesa da música brasileira!". PAPELPOP (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-11-17. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  3. ^ "TV Preta". web.archive.org. 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  4. ^ "O sonho afro-americano de Xênia França". www.vice.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  5. ^ Paula', 'Alexandre de (2017-12-06). "Cantora baiana Xênia França se destaca com lançamento do primeiro CD solo". Acervo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  6. ^ "Xenia França estreia com disco sobre feminismo e racismo, embalado por jazz e ritmos cubanos - Revista Marie Claire | Cultura". web.archive.org. 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  7. ^ Xênia França - Xenia, retrieved 2022-07-03
  8. ^ a b "19th Latin Grammy Awards Nominations" (PDF). THE LATIN ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCES, INC. pp. 23, 26.
  9. ^ "XENIA FRANÇA". Agogo Cultural (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  10. ^ XENIA FRANÇA - Miragem | A COLORS SHOW, retrieved 2022-07-03
  11. ^ "Novabrasil FM". Novabrasil FM (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-06-08. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  12. ^ "Em Nome da Estrela by Xênia França". Genius. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
  13. ^ "Eu Nome Da Estrela - Links". Retrieved 2022-07-04.
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[[Category:Spanish-language singers of Brazil]] [[Category:Portuguese-language singers]] [[Category:Afro-Brazilian women singers]] [[Category:Contemporary R&B singers]] [[Category:1986 births]] [[Category:Living people]]