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Elza Soares

Type Solo artistFamily SambaDebut 1959State Rio de JaneiroTier S · Legend

From 1960s syncopated samba to the reinvention of "A Mulher do Fim do Mundo" (2015); named singer of the millennium by the BBC in 1999.

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Solo artist from Rio de Janeiro, on record since 1959. Listed in the Samba family, under Samba-jazz, Brazilian soul and New MPB. Ranked among the catalogue's legends (tier S). Has 2 songs in the timeline and 1 essential album.

In the timeline 2

Essential albums

  1. 2015

    A Mulher do Fim do Mundo

    Elza reinvented with São Paulo's avant-garde; a Latin Grammy winner.

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