Mayra Andrade

{{Short description|Cape Verdean singer (born 1985)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist  | name = Mayra Andrade | image = .Mayra Andrade. (cropped).jpg | image_size = | landscape =  | alt = Against a yellow wall outdoors, a woman with hoop earrings and a plaid summer top smiles widely, her dark hair pressed tightly against her scalp. | caption = | birth_place = Havana, Cuba | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1985|2|13}} | origin = Cape Verde | instrument = Voice | genre = Morna Funaná Batuque Coladeira Colá Jazz Afrobeats World music | occupation = Musician | years_active = 2001{{ndash}}present | label = | website = {{url| Mayra-Andrade.com| Mayra-Andrade.com}} | notable_instruments = }}

'''Mayra Andrade''' (born 13 February 1985) is a Cape Verdean singer who lives and records in Lisbon, Portugal.

==Background== Andrade was born in Havana, Cuba, to parents from Cape Verde, and she and her family returned to Cape Verde a few days after her birth. Andrade spent the first years of her life in Cape Verde, but because her father was a diplomat for the Cape Verdean government, she traveled extensively with her family and lived in many countries during her childhood. Hence, during her childhood, she lived in Senegal, Angola, and Germany.<ref name=times>{{cite news |first=Maya |last=Jaggi|title=Mayra Andrade, voice of Cape Verde |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3542054.ece |work=The Sunday Times |date=26 March 2008 |accessdate=11 April 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517094513/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3542054.ece|archivedate=17 May 2011}}</ref> However, she spent around two months of the year<ref name=times/> in the Cape Verdean island of Santiago.<ref name=bbc>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/worldmusic/a4wm2008/2008_mayra_andrade.shtml |title=Mayra Andrade |access-date=11 April 2008 |last=Lusk |first=Jon |work=BBC Radio 3 |publisher=BBC }}</ref> Andrade moved to Paris in 2002 when she was 17 years old<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariselive.com/articles/ten-minutes-with-mayra-andrade/95316/|title=Ten minutes with... Mayra Andrade|author=Carinya Sharples|publisher=Arise Live|accessdate=14 November 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025181226/http://www.ariselive.com/articles/ten-minutes-with-mayra-andrade/95316/|archivedate=25 October 2013}}</ref> and lived there until late 2015 when she moved to Lisbon, Portugal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.conexaolusofona.org/mayra-andrade-hoje-as-coisas-estao-a-acontecer-de-forma-muito-mais-rapida-e-de-forma-muito-mais-democratica/|title=Mayra Andrade: "hoje as coisas estão a acontecer de forma muito mais rápida e democrática"|website=Conexão Lusófona|language=pt-PT|access-date=13 July 2018}}</ref>

She is multilingual, but most of the lyrics of the songs on her albums are in her native Cape Verdean Crioulo language. The first song she remembers singing is "O Leãozinho" by the Brazilian musician Caetano Veloso, whom she has cited as a musical influence.<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news |first=Helen |last=Brown |title=Mayra Andrade: Beats on a collarbone |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/09/27/bmmayra127.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011190306/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2007%2F09%2F27%2Fbmmayra127.xml |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 October 2007 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=27 September 2007 |accessdate=11 April 2008 }}</ref>

==Career== Andrade often performed as a teenager,<ref name=telegraph/> beginning voice lessons in Paris at age 17.<ref name=times/> During this time, she also met the composer Orlando Pantera and began collaborating with him.<ref name=telegraph/> Andrade then began to perform in various Portuguese-speaking regions, including the Cape Verdean cities Mindelo and Praia as well as Lisbon.<ref name=allmusic/>

In 2011, she collaborated with Trio Mocotó on the track "Berimbau" for the Red Hot Organization's most recent charitable album "Red Hot+Rio 2." The album was a follow-up to the 1996 "Red Hot + Rio." Proceeds from the sales were donated to raise awareness and money to fight AIDS/HIV and related health and social issues.

Andrade stated that her fourth album, ''Lovely Difficult'', released in November 2013, was less traditional than her first three efforts and more pop, with collaborations with artists from the United States, Israel, France, and the United Kingdom<ref>{{cite web|url=http://muzika.sapo.cv/novidades/ja-nao-tenho-justificacoes-a-dar-quis-agora-fazer-algo-por-prazer#|title=Já não tenho justificações a dar, quis agora fazer algo por prazer|author=Cláudia Marques|date=21 August 2013|accessdate=22 August 2013|publisher=Sapo Musica|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191518/http://muzika.sapo.cv/novidades/ja-nao-tenho-justificacoes-a-dar-quis-agora-fazer-algo-por-prazer|archive-date=29 October 2013|url-status=dead}} (Portuguese)</ref> and songs in Portuguese, Cape Verdean creole, French, and English.<ref name=oglobo>{{cite web|url=http://oglobo.globo.com/blogs/amplificador/posts/2013/08/22/entre-africa-europa-brasil-ouca-novo-single-de-mayra-andrade-507877.asp|title= Entre África, Europa e Brasil: ouça o novo single de Mayra Andrade|date=22 August 2013|work=O Globo|author=Marcelo Monteiro|accessdate=23 August 2013}} Portuguese</ref>

Andrade's fifth album, ''Manga'', was released on 8 February 2019.<ref name="manga single">{{cite web|url=https://canoticias.pt/mayra-andrade-ja-lancou-novo-single-manga/|title=Mayra Andrade já lançou o seu novo single "Manga"|date=9 December 2018|accessdate=22 December 2018|publisher=CA Noticias|language=pt}}</ref> The album was recorded in Paris and Abidjan and features a mixture of afrobeats, urban music, and traditional Cape Verdean rhythms.<ref name="manga single"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://24.sapo.pt/vida/artigos/mayra-andrade-lanca-manga-uma-fruta-que-faz-bem-ao-coracao|title=Mayra Andrade lança "Manga", "uma fruta que faz bem ao coração"|date=22 October 2018|publisher=Sapo24|accessdate=22 December 2018|language=pt}}</ref>

Since 2015, Andrade has served as a celebrity ambassador for the United Nations campaign "Free and Equal", which seeks to promote the human rights of the LGBT community in Cape Verde.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westafrica.ohchr.org/Journee-internationale-des-droits-de-l-Homme-au-Cap-Vert-lancement-de-la.html|title=Journée internationale des droits de l'homme au Cap Vert : Lancement de la campagne Libres et Egaux|date=22 December 2015|publisher=United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights|language=fr|accessdate=3 January 2018|archive-date=4 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104013920/http://www.westafrica.ohchr.org/Journee-internationale-des-droits-de-l-Homme-au-Cap-Vert-lancement-de-la.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations== At age 16, Andrade won the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie songwriting contest.<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p647254|pure_url=yes}} |title=Biography |accessdate=11 April 2008 |last=Gutierrez |first=Evan C. |publisher=AllMusic }}</ref>

Andrade won the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (''German Record Critics Award'') for her album ''Navega'' in 2007 and for ''Stória, stória...'' in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.schallplattenkritik.de/component/content/article/62-bestenlisten-2007/275-bestenliste-2-2007|title=Bestenliste 2-2007|publisher=Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik|date=15 May 2007|accessdate=16 August 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095038/http://www.schallplattenkritik.de/component/content/article/62-bestenlisten-2007/275-bestenliste-2-2007|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.schallplattenkritik.de/component/content/article/40-bestenlisten-2009/216-bestenliste-4-2009|title=Bestenliste 4-2009|publisher=Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik|date=15 November 2009|accessdate=16 August 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095023/http://www.schallplattenkritik.de/component/content/article/40-bestenlisten-2009/216-bestenliste-4-2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> She also won the Newcomer award at the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music 2008.<ref name=bbc/>

In 2013, she was nominated in the music category of the 21st ''Femmes en Or'' prize.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aufeminin.com/femmes-en-or/femmes-en-or-2013-la-liste-des-nommees-devoilee-s208559.html|title=Femmes en Or 2013 : la liste des nommées dévoilée !|publisher=Femmes en Or|date= 14 November 2013|accessdate=14 November 2013}} (French)</ref>

In 2014, her album ''Lovely Difficult'' was nominated in France for the Victoires de la Musique Award, in the World Music category.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://musique.premiere.fr/News-Musique/Les-nommes-des-29eme-Victoires-de-la-Musique-sont-3931840 |title=Les nommés des 29ème Victoires de la Musique sont... |date=14 January 2014 |publisher=Premiere |accessdate=14 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115125537/http://musique.premiere.fr/News-Musique/Les-nommes-des-29eme-Victoires-de-la-Musique-sont-3931840 |archivedate=15 January 2014 }} (French)</ref>

==Discography==

===Albums=== {| class="wikitable" !align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"|Year !align="center" rowspan="2" width="120"|Album !align="center" colspan="1" width="20"|Peak positions !align="center" rowspan="2" width="70"|Certification |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | FRA <ref name="fr">{{cite web | url=http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Mayra+Andrade | title=Mayra Andrade discography | website=lescharts.com |accessdate=24 November 2013}}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center;"|2006 |''Navega'' | style="text-align:center;"|124 | style="text-align:center;"| |- | style="text-align:center;"|2009 |''Stória, stória...'' | style="text-align:center;"|157 | style="text-align:center;"| |- | style="text-align:center;"|2010 |''Studio 105'' | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"| |- | style="text-align:center;"|2013 |''Lovely Difficult'' | style="text-align:center;"|98 | style="text-align:center;"| |- | style="text-align:center;"|2019 |''Manga'' | style="text-align:center;"|122 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=7|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 7, 2019)|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|language=French|accessdate=18 February 2019}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"| |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category}} * {{Official website| Mayra-Andrade.com}}{{sub| (in English, French and Portuguese)}} * [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mayra-Andrade/155654037359 Official Facebook Page] * {{Discogs artist}} * {{url| Last.FM/music/Mayra+Andrade| Mayra Andrade}} statistics, tagging and previews at Last.FM * [http://news.allaboutjazz.com/rym-mayra-andrade-and-herlin-riley-interviews.php Mayra Andrade Interview at allaboutjazz.com]

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Andrade, Mayra}} Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Cape Verdean women singers Category:Cape Verdean expatriates in France Category:Cape Verdean expatriates in Portugal