Um Amor Um Lugar - Music

Fernanda Sampaio De Lacerda Abreu Born September 8 1961 In Rio De Janeiro Brazil Better Known As Fernanda Abreu Is A Brazilian Singer Songwriter And Dancer. She Was Classified By The Press As The Pioneer Of Dance Pop Music - With Choreography And The Use Of Electronic Productions - In Brazil Betting On The Genre In 1990 After Seeing The International Dimension Of Artists Such As Madonna And Prince Adhering To Choreographies Ranges Of Dance Styles And Samplers In Her Work. At The Time She Encountered Resistance From Producers Since Rock Was On The Rise In Brazil Insisting That She Could Gain Notoriety By Making Pop Music By Eternalizing "There Isn't Pop Music Market But We Will Inaugurate It." For Her Musical Style She Was Called "the Mother Of Brazilian Pop" By Newspapers. Fernanda Is Trained As A Professional Dancer By The Tatiana Leskova Ballet Having Joined Two Dance Companies Before Her Musical Career. In 1982 She Became Known As The Backing Vocalist Of The Rock Band Blitz Responsible For Popularizing The Brazilian Rock Movement In The 1980s In Which She Remained For Three Albums Until 1986. In 1990 She Began Her Solo Career With The Album SLA Radical Dance Disco Club Which Brought A Danceable Pop Sound Unheard Of In Brazil Containing Samplers Of Various Artists In Its Tracks Such As "Lady Marmalade" By Labelle And "Vogue" By Madonna . In 1992 Her Most Successful Track "Rio 40 Graus" Is Released Considered By The Press A Milestone In Brazilian Music For Mixing Hip Hop Disco Music And Funk Genres Still Marginalized At The Time And Talking About The Chaotic Side Of Rio De Janeiro Placing Fernanda In The Position Of Icon By Taking The Music Of The Periphery To The Radios. read less