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Maria Rita is the performance name of Maria Rita Mariano, a Brazilian singer. She is the daughter of César Camargo Mariano and the late Elis Regina, both popular Brazilian musicians themselves. She was born in São Paulo, Brazil on September 19 1977. Maria Rita majored in Latin American studies and communications at New York University, and worked as a journalist at a magazine for adolescents. Maria Rita began singing professionally at the age of 24, although she had wanted to sing since she was 14. 'Her first CD, Maria Rita', launched her career symbolically, with the first cut on her first album, A Festa (The Party), being written by Milton Nascimento, a Brazillian singer-songwriter whose career was launched by Maria Rita's mother, Elis Regina. Her mother's reputation has been a major influence in Maria Rita's life; she has said that she was always conscious of being the only daughter of a great singer. Despite having her mother's vocal DNA, she has developed her own jazzy vocal style, with singers like Ella Fitzgerald as her model]]. She won three Latin Grammy Awards in 2004: the Best MPB Musica Popular Brasileira Album and Best Brazilian Music awards for her debut Maria Rita album, and the Best New Artist award.

Discography

2003 - Maria Rita (Warner Latina)
2005 - Segundo (Warner Latina)

Also appeared with Milton Nascimento on his CD "Pieta" singing a haunting duet on "Tristesse", which also won a Latin Grammy in 2003.

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