Fernanda Abreu

Fernanda Abreu
Abreu in 2020.
Background information
Birth name	Fernanda Sampaio de Lacerda Abreu
Born	(1961-09-08) September 8, 1961 (age 63) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Genres	Pop R&B dance-pop
Instrument	Singing

Fernanda Abreu (born September 8, 1961) is a Brazilian singer.

Biography

Fernanda was born and raised in a middle-class family of the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro. Her first notable public appearance was the backing vocal of the band Blitz until 1986. After that, in 1990, she started a solo career, achieving great success in her native country.

In 1989, she met Herbert Vianna, and with his help and encouragement formed a funk band. Her first solo album, SLA Radical Dance Disco Club (1990), was produced by Herbert Vianna and Fábio Fonseca and had a hit with A Noite, composed with Luiz Stein and Laufer. Her second album, SLA2/Be Sample (1992), was one of the earliest Brazilian pop records to extensively employ the sampler, and had success with Rio 40 Graus,^[1] composed with Fausto Fawcett and Laufer, portraying Rio de Janeiro climate, people and lifestyle. Since then, Abreu has been considered the first lady of Brazilian funk.^[2]

In 2006, she released Ao Vivo MTV, the first DVD of her career, which includes many of her hit songs.^[3]

Abreu is married to the musician and designer Luiz Stein and has 2 daughters, Alice and Sofia.

Discography

Title	Details	Sales	Certications
SLA Radical Dance Disco Club	Released: March 17, 1990 Label: EMI Format: CD, LP	BRA: 260,000	ABPD: Platinum
SLA 2 Be Sample	Released: April 20, 1992 Label: EMI Format: CD, LP	BRA: 400,000	ABPD: Platinum
Da Lata	Released: July 5, 1995 Label: EMI Format: CD	BRA: 100,000	ABPD: Gold
Entidade Urbana	Released: November 15, 2000 Label: EMI Format: CD	BRA: 50,000
Na Paz	Released: July 15, 2004 Label: EMI, Garota Sangue Bom Format: CD, download digital	BRA: 50,000	ABPD: Gold
Amor Geral	Released: May 20, 2016 Label: Sony, Garota Sangue Bom Format: CD, download digital	BRA: 10,000

Live albums

Title	Details
MTV ao Vivo	Released: May 29, 2006 Label: Universal Music Format: CD, download digital

Collected

Title	Details	Sales	Certications
Raio X	Released: July 14, 1997 Label: EMI Format: CD	BRA: 150,000	ABPD: Gold
Perfil	Released: June 3, 2010 Label: EMI Format: CD, download digital

References

1. Yúdice, George. "The Funkification of Rio." In Microphone Fiends, 193-220. London: Routledge, 1994.
2. "Fernanda Abreu". Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
3. http://www.sites-faction.mus.br/Biografias/Fernanda%20Abreu.htm^{[permanent dead link‍]}