Loalwa Braz
Encyclopedia
Loalwa Braz is a Brazil
ian singer and songwriter
. She is better known as providing the lead vocals for the French
pop group Kaoma
in their worldwide hit "Lambada
". She is fluent in four languages, having recorded songs in her native Portuguese
, as well as in Spanish
, French
and English
to a family of musicians: her father was an orchestra leader and her mother, a popular and classical pianist. She learned to play the piano at the age of four and started singing at 13. She has lived in Paris
since 1985.
She has grown surrounded by Brasil’s legendary rhythms, which burn within the soul of her songs. Her natural gifts are strenghthened by the hard work. Loalwa quickly obtains many awards, and performs at Rio’s most prestigious night clubs.
Her talent grants her the recognition of Brasil’s pop music greatest artists, as: Gilberto Gil, Tim Maia, Alcione, Maria Bethânia, Emílio Santiago, Gal, Costa, Caetano Veloso, etc; which will become her stage or recording co-workers, from 1975 to 1985. From this year on, she decides to live in Paris, after her success in Palais des Sports, on the show “Brésil en Fête”.
Loalwa showed up in the mythical temples of show business: Paradis Latin, Méridien (Paris), Olympia (88 and 92), TLP Dejazet, New Morning, Zenith, Madison Square Garden, London Palladium, Waldorf, Astoria, etc...
Lambada, the song which conquered the planet:
·* Over 25 million records sold.
· *Over 80 gold and platinum records.
Lambada succeeded, by definitely bringing a new view to latin music overseas.
Loalwa is one the 20 most listened voices in the whole world. Lambada, forever a world-wide success.
Loalwa composed and sang two songs for the sound-track of the movie “Le Roi Desperados” – produced by French tv studio Canal + - and performed in a magnificent way with famous London Philharmonic Orchestra, in Abbey Road, for the sound-track of the French movie “Dis-Moi Oui”; directed by Alexandre Arcady and music by Phillipe Sarde.
Many songs marked her career: Chorando se Foi (Lambada), Tago Mago, Dançando Lambada, Mélodie d’Amour, La Media Noche, etc. Loalwa's adaptation of Stevie Wonder’s song “Another Star” (Outro Lugar) into Portuguese demonstrates her versatility, and incites great names of world music to be interested in her compositions and arrangements.
Solo album: 2003.
Recomeçar (To Recommence); a mosaic of songs of her authorship, in association with composers and arrangers of diverse musical cultures.
Recomeçar, from romantic clime to hot rhythms, with:
New solo album: release 2006. Another album made with fine musical contributions. A trip between romanticism and the explosion of rhythms which characterize the artist's personality.
A new title enriches the singer's career, who has just been honorably named Ambassadress of the Association Francophone pour la Promotion de l'Esprit Sportif (AFPES) all over the world.
Nice featuring artists from Africa, Caribbean and Latin America
Loalwa, many-sided DIVA, either in Portuguese, Spanish, English or French.
Beyond limits, she will know how to guide us into new dreams.
Worldbeat
Sony Music
Canciones
Tribal-Pursuit
Canciones
Canciones
Loalwa Braz
Brésil
Canciones
Recomeçar
Canciones
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian singer and songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
. She is better known as providing the lead vocals for the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
pop group Kaoma
Kaoma
Kaoma was a pop group made up in France of former members of the band Touré Kunda: Chyco Dru , Jacky Arconte , Jean-Claude Bonaventure , Michel Abihssira , Fania , and Loalwa Braz , Chico and Roberta...
in their worldwide hit "Lambada
Lambada (Kaoma song)
"Lambada", also released as "Chorando Se Foi " and "Llorando se fue ", is a 1989 song recorded by the French pop group Kaoma with the Brazilian vocalist Loalwa Braz. It was released as the first single from Kaoma's debut album Worldbeat...
". She is fluent in four languages, having recorded songs in her native Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
, as well as in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
Biography
Loalwa was born in Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
to a family of musicians: her father was an orchestra leader and her mother, a popular and classical pianist. She learned to play the piano at the age of four and started singing at 13. She has lived in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
since 1985.
She has grown surrounded by Brasil’s legendary rhythms, which burn within the soul of her songs. Her natural gifts are strenghthened by the hard work. Loalwa quickly obtains many awards, and performs at Rio’s most prestigious night clubs.
Her talent grants her the recognition of Brasil’s pop music greatest artists, as: Gilberto Gil, Tim Maia, Alcione, Maria Bethânia, Emílio Santiago, Gal, Costa, Caetano Veloso, etc; which will become her stage or recording co-workers, from 1975 to 1985. From this year on, she decides to live in Paris, after her success in Palais des Sports, on the show “Brésil en Fête”.
Loalwa showed up in the mythical temples of show business: Paradis Latin, Méridien (Paris), Olympia (88 and 92), TLP Dejazet, New Morning, Zenith, Madison Square Garden, London Palladium, Waldorf, Astoria, etc...
Lambada, the song which conquered the planet:
·* Over 25 million records sold.
· *Over 80 gold and platinum records.
Lambada succeeded, by definitely bringing a new view to latin music overseas.
Loalwa is one the 20 most listened voices in the whole world. Lambada, forever a world-wide success.
Loalwa composed and sang two songs for the sound-track of the movie “Le Roi Desperados” – produced by French tv studio Canal + - and performed in a magnificent way with famous London Philharmonic Orchestra, in Abbey Road, for the sound-track of the French movie “Dis-Moi Oui”; directed by Alexandre Arcady and music by Phillipe Sarde.
Many songs marked her career: Chorando se Foi (Lambada), Tago Mago, Dançando Lambada, Mélodie d’Amour, La Media Noche, etc. Loalwa's adaptation of Stevie Wonder’s song “Another Star” (Outro Lugar) into Portuguese demonstrates her versatility, and incites great names of world music to be interested in her compositions and arrangements.
Solo album: 2003.
Recomeçar (To Recommence); a mosaic of songs of her authorship, in association with composers and arrangers of diverse musical cultures.
Recomeçar, from romantic clime to hot rhythms, with:
- Carlinhos Brown (Brazil)
- Lincoln Olivetti (Brazil)
- Gilson Peranzetta (Brazil)
- Jacky Arconte (Caribbean)
- Benjamin Constant (France)
- Fabien Nataf (France)
- Loalwa is a member of Arts, Sciences and Literature French Academy; by which she was decorated with the silver medal (Prix Thorlet 2003).
New solo album: release 2006. Another album made with fine musical contributions. A trip between romanticism and the explosion of rhythms which characterize the artist's personality.
A new title enriches the singer's career, who has just been honorably named Ambassadress of the Association Francophone pour la Promotion de l'Esprit Sportif (AFPES) all over the world.
Nice featuring artists from Africa, Caribbean and Latin America
Loalwa, many-sided DIVA, either in Portuguese, Spanish, English or French.
Beyond limits, she will know how to guide us into new dreams.
Discografía
[Loalwa Braz] con [KAOMA]Worldbeat
Worldbeat
Worldbeat is a music genre that primarily refers to a blending of Western pop music with traditional/folk or world music influences...
- Fecha de publicación: 1989
Sony Music
Canciones
- 01. Lambada
- 02. Lambareggae
- 03. Dancando Lambada
- 04. Lambamor
- 05. Lamba Caribe
- 06. Melodie d'Amour
- 07. Sindiang
- 08. Sopenala
- 09. Jambe Finete (Grille)
- 10. Salsa Nuestra
Tribal-Pursuit
- Fecha de publicación: 1991
- Sony Music
Canciones
- 01. Danca Tago Mago
- 02. Chacha La Vie
- 03. Contigo Voy
- 04. Moco Do Dende
- 05. CA Ka Fe Mal
- 07. Enamorados
- 08. Anai
- 09. Ilha Do Amor
- 10. Celebration
- A La Media Noche
- Fecha de publicación: 10/11/1998
- Atoll Music
Canciones
- 01. A la Media Noche
- 02. Banto
- 03. Quando
- 04. Idem
- 05. Essa Maneira
- 06. Outro Lugar (Another Star)
- 07. Todo
- 08. M.B.B
- 09. Espanha
- 10. Nou Wè
- 11. Banto (Roots Version)
Loalwa Braz
Brésil
- Fecha de publicación: 1989
- Sigla/Braz Brasil Produções
Canciones
- 01. Vitoriosa
- 02. O Polvo
- 03. Uma Mulher
- 04. Lua
- 05. My Great Emotion
- 06. Terna Paixão
- 07. Babaorixa
- 08. Eu e Você
- 09. Pourquoi?
- 10. Porto Seguro
Recomeçar
- Fecha de publicación: 28/07/2003
- XIII Bis Records/Braz Brasil Produções
Canciones
- 01. Made In Brasil
- 02. Recomeçar
- 03. Dandara
- 04. Vida De Bamba
- 05. Vem Ver
- 06. Chorando Se Foi (la Lambada)
- 07. Magoa
- 08. Forro Azul
- 09. Coisas De Amor
- 10. La Vie En Rose
- 11. Recuerdos
- 12. Uma Mulher
- 13. Funk Forro
- 14. Porto Seguro
- 15. Karukera
- 16. Mano A La Mano
- 17. Aiming The Sky
- 18. Quiero Mas