In 2002, Vanessa released her eponymous first album through Sony Music. She started performing as backing vocal in concerts of artists such as Milton Nascimento, Bethânia and the late Baden Powell. She also wrote the song "Me Sento na Rua" with Ana Carolina. She wrote "O Canto de Dona Sinhá" for Bethânia and Caetano Veloso and "Viagem" for Daniela Mercury. Vanessa then became a renowned songwriter. The song was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award and later re-recorded by César in his album Mama Mundi. It was later recorded by Maria Bethânia in her 1999 album of the same title. In 1997, Vanessa met singer-songwriter, Chico César and wrote the song "A Força que Nunca Seca" with him.
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She also had careers as a professional model and basketball player around that time. She then became a part of regional rhythms band Mafuá. Three years later, she toured Brazil with the Jamaican band Black Uhuru, for which she served as a backing vocal. In 1992, at age 16, Vanessa moved to São Paulo, where she started performing with Shalla-Ball, a female reggae band. Vanessa da Mata 2007 at the Coliseu of Lisbon There, she discovered that her real passion was singing, and by the following year was already performing in local clubs. In several interviews, she cites deceased samba singer Clara Nunes as an influential figure in her compositions and image.Īt age 14, Vanessa moved alone to Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, 1,199 km (745 miles) away from Alto Garças, to prepare for her vestibular exam, through which she intended to join a Medical school. She was also familiar with samba, sertaneja music, and even brega Italian music, which were available to her through a local AM radio station.
She would also listen to regional music like carimbó through the records brought by an uncle who travelled to the Amazon.
Īn autodidact in music, Vanessa listened to very different genres in her childhood from Luiz Gonzaga to Tom Jobim, and from Milton Nascimento to Orlando Silva. Vanessa has denied these claims, but said that her grandmother has indeed Native Brazilian ancestry, although she "can't identify from which tribe". Her article in the Portuguese Wikipedia stated that she has Xavante ancestry through her maternal grandmother. Vanessa Sigiane da Mata Ferreira was born on February 10, 1976, in Alto Garças, a small town in Mato Grosso located 399 km (248 miles) from state capital Cuiabá.
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