Biography

Larissa de Macedo Machado (born March 30, 1993) is a talented Brazilian singer, songwriter, and television host called Anitta. She secured a recording contract with Warner Music Brazil in January 2013 after reaching national commercial success with her debut professional single, Meiga e Abusada, in 2012. With the release of her single Show das Poderosas in 2013, she catapulted to national prominence.

Anitta launched her self-titled first album in July of the same year, which spawned four hit singles on local charts and was certified platinum.

Ritmo Perfeito (2014), her second studio album, was likewise a minor commercial success in the country, and it was released on the same day as her debut live album, Meu Lugar. In 2015, she released her third studio album, Bang, which was rated platinum and yielded four successful singles: Deixa Ele Sofrer, Essa Mina é Louca, Cravo e Canela and Cravo e Canela. The album was instrumental in establishing her near-dominant position in the Brazilian music charts.

Between 2016 and 2018, Anitta collaborated with several international artists, including Nile Rodgers, Maluma, Iggy Azalea, Major Lazer, Alesso, and J Balvin. In 2017, Anitta released Paradinha, her debut song in Spanish, which launched her into a partial crossover to Spanish-language Latin pop and reggaeton music.

Downtown, her collaboration with Colombian singer J Balvin that same year became her breakout song in various Spanish-speaking markets. In 2019, she collaborated with Madonna, Sofia Reyes, Rita Ora, Luis Fonsi, Ozuna, and Black Eyed Peas. Kisses (2019), her trilingual fourth studio visual album, won critical acclaim and got her a Latin Grammy Award nomination for Best Urban Music Album.

Three months later, Anitta‘s Spanish language single Envolver, off her fifth studio album Versions of Me (2022), topped Spotify’s Global Top 50 chart, making Anitta the first Brazilian and Latin American artist with a solo song to accomplish so. She is still the only Brazilian artist to dominate a global music chart, ranking first on Billboard Global Excl. U.S. and second on Billboard Global.

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Wiki Facts & About Data
Full Name:	Larissa de Macedo Machado
Stage Name:	Anitta
Born:	25 September 1995 (age 28 years old)
Place of Birth:	Honório Gurgel, Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality:	Brazilian
Height:	1.62 m
Parents:	Miriam Macedo, Mauro Machado
Siblings:	Felipe Terra, Renan Machado
Husband • Spouse:	Thiago Magalhães (m. 2017–2018)
Boyfriend • Partner:	Gui Araújo (2020), Gabriel David (2020), Pedro Scooby (2019), Pablo Morais (2016), André Marques (2015), Daniel Trovejani (2014-2015), Arthur De Carvalho Mattos (2014), Nilo Faria (2013), Diego Raphael Villanueva (2011-2012), Maluma (2016), Eduardo Sterblitch (2013), Murda Beatz (2022)
Children:	N/A
Occupation:	Singer • Songwriter
Net Worth:	$50 million

Early Life

Anitta was born and reared in the Honório Gurgel neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, a place having one of the city’s lowest HDIs; she is the youngest daughter of Miriam Macedo and Mauro Machado. Her other siblings are Felipe Terra and Renan Machado.

She grew up in a poor family with divorced parents, with her mother getting custody. She began her singing career at the age of eight, when, at the request of her maternal grandparents, Anitta joined the choir of the Santa Luzia’s Parish in her neighborhood. She began taking English classes at the age of 11 and was already shown an interest in pursuing an academic career and having the above-average ability. 

After graduating from one of the country’s most famous public schools, the Dom Pedro II School, Anitta completed a technical course in public administration while in high school. Her mother’s teacher later supplied her with free dance lessons. Her brother Renan Machado currently functions as one of her song producers and oversees her career. 

Anitta got her stage name from the character Anita in the book Presença de Anita, which was made into a tele-series by Rede Globo in 2001. She decided to pursue an artistic profession a year later. That same year, she received the Best New Artist award from the Associaço Paulista de Criticos de Arte, Brazil’s leading cultural body.

Career

Anitta‘s professional singing career began by coincidence in 2010 when she was introduced to funk carioca producer Renato Azevedo (known as Batutinha). He had watched some of her home videos on YouTube and invited her to record some demo recordings for him. After being cleared, she was nominated to sign a deal with Furaco 2000, an independent and specialist funk label.

Anitta later published her first single, Eu Vou Ficar, which was played to exhaustion on local radio stations in Rio de Janeiro, and the song was included in the series Armagedom, which also featured other musicians from the musical niche. Her first television performance was on SBT’s Cante se Puder on May 16, 2012, when she sang the single Extravasa, a song recorded by axé music vocalist Claudia Leitte, inside a beer cup. She elected not to renew her Furaco 2000 contract in June 2012 and instead signed with the K2L Entertainment office.

Anitta earned a major recording contract with Warner Music Group in January 2013 and released the track Meiga e Abusada. After being included on the telenovela Amor à Vida soundtrack, the song became one of the most requested songs on Brazilian radio stations in early 2013. The song’s music video was shot in Las Vegas and directed by American Blake Farber. The song was picked as the lead single for her debut album, which was released in June 2013.

On October 18, 2021, Anitta will appear alongside Billie Eilish, BLACKPINK, Barack Obama, Pope Francis, Jaden Smith, and others in the YouTube Originals program Dear Earth, which aims to raise awareness about global climate change. The singer played Girl from Rio, she hit the track. Anitta joined Charli XCX as a mentor in Billboard NXT, a singing competition hosted by Billboard and Samsung Galaxy, in September.

Anitta made a surprise cameo at the MTV Europe Music Awards on November 14, speaking with host Saweetie. She will open the Latin Grammy Awards in November 2021 alongside Gloria Estefan and Carlinhos Brown. She attended the amfAR benefit banquet in November with Jeremy Scott, dressed as Moschino.

Anitta was one of the guests at actor Sean Penn‘s Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE) charity event, where she performed some songs and auctioned off an experience with her during her Brazilian Carnival shows, with the winning bid being $110,000 USD. She appeared on the single NO CHÃO NOVINHA with Pedro Sampaio on December 9. 

Anitta attended the Variety 2021 Music Hitmakers Brunch in December and presented the Crossover Award to Kali Uchis. The song debuted in the top ten on the Brazilian chart, the top thirty on the Portuguese chart, and the top 170 on the global charts. On December 31, 2021, Anitta, Saweetie, Jack Harlow, and 24kGoldn were among the performers at Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party, presented by Miley Cyrus and Pete Davidson.

Personal Life

Anitta, the Brazilian pop sensation, has had quite a colorful love life. Her romantic endeavors have been a hot topic among fans and tabloids alike. In a previous chapter of her life, she was married to Thiago Magalhães from 2017 to 2018.

In the years since, Anitta has been romantically linked to a bevy of suitors, including the dashing Gui Araújo in 2020, the debonair Gabriel David also in 2020, and the adventurous Pedro Scooby in 2019. She also dated the handsome Pablo Morais in 2016, the charming André Marques in 2015, and the dapper Daniel Trovejani from 2014 to 2015. Other flings include Arthur De Carvalho Mattos in 2014, Nilo Faria in 2013, and Diego Raphael Villanueva from 2011 to 2012.

It’s worth noting that Anitta also had brief encounters with Colombian heartthrob Maluma in 2016 and Brazilian comedian Eduardo Sterblitch in 2013. As of June 2022, Anitta has been in a relationship with the talented musician Murda Beatz.

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Discography

• Anitta (2013)
• Ritmo Perfeito (2014)
• Bang! (2015)
• Kisses (2019)
• Versions of Me (2022)
• Tours
• Turnê Show das Poderosas (2013–14)
• Turnê Meu Lugar (2014–16)
• Bang Tour (2016–17)
• Kisses Tour (2019-2020)
• Euro Summer (2022)

Net Worth

Anitta is a Brazilian songwriter, singer, actress, and dancer with a net worth of $50 million. Her wealth is obtained from her music career.