Zélia Duncan

Zélia Duncan is really a phenomenon being a high-selling singer/composer and it has sold 160,000 copies of her Zélia Duncan album. Since 1994, she’s been a significant national achievement, touring through countries of European countries in 1996 and in addition winning honours from critics in Brazil. At six, she and her family members relocated to Brasília, where at 16, she do her 1st display. In 1981, she delivered a tape towards the Sala Funarte, a renowned hall in Rio that advertised beginner concourses. She received the competition and did her 1st professional appearance there. The display was successful and she was granted an invitation to represent Brasília at that year’s release from the Pixinguinha task, where she toured the Northeast associated Cida Moreira and Wagner Tiso. In 1987, she returned to Rio. She after that worked like a support vocalist for vocalist José Augusto, and was also a DJ for Rádio Fluminense FM (“Maldita”), beneath the pseudonym Cristina Moreira. In 1987, she performed in the extinct Botanic Pub, still as Zélia Cristina. In 1989, she opened up the display Zélia Cristina no Caos, which yielded an invitation from label Eldorado to record her 1st recording, Outra Luz. Whle she may regret the task now, it do provide her two Prêmio Clear nominations: Revelation and Finest Pop/Rock Vocalist. The album experienced the involvement of Luiz Melodia. In addition, it opened her as much as the chance of carrying out on several Television shows and capitals of Brazil. She was after that hired to some five-month agreement in Abu Dhabi, Arab Emirates. Throughout that period, she wrote the majority of her second album’s lyrics. Time for Brazil, she produced a music group and do a season in the Torre de Babel nightclub. Maker Guto Graça Melo noticed the overall performance and asked her to record in his studio room, the tapes that were by no means released. Invited by label Lumiar’s owner Almir Chediak, she made an appearance within the Dorival Caymmi’s Songbook, interpreting “Sábado em Copacabana.” It had been when she was asked by maker Beth Araújo (who’s right now her business partner and supervisor) to record her second recording, Zélia Duncan (her mother’s maiden surname, an indicator of Warner’s chief executive in Brazil). Tanita Tikaram’s “Cathedral Track” experienced a edition, and “Catedral” was included on a significant cleaning soap opera soundtrack. Billboard newspaper appointed it among the ten greatest Latin albums of 1994. In 1995, she performed at Jazzmania in March, do a present at São Paulo’s SESC Pompéia, and was asked towards the JB FM commemoration on the Metropolitan, where she performed with Adriana Calcanhoto, Cássia Eller, and Maria Bethânia. Also that calendar year, she played on the Tom Brasil hall, getting the first girl to take action. She participated in the Tom Jobim and Djavan songbooks, aswell. She received the Golden Record for 100,000 copies marketed of Zélia Duncan and in-may 1996, it reached 140,000 copies. She performed using the Orquestra Jazz Sinfônica, Ed Mota, and Chico César on the Kaiser Bock Wintertime Celebration. The Orquestra asked Duncan to two various other shows. In August, she completed the tour commemorating 160,000 copies marketed. On Father’s Time, she collected 30,000 people in a live show in São Paulo. On her behalf next record, the melody “Enquanto Durmo” was included on the Salsa e Merengue cleaning soap opera prior to the album premiered (which occurred in November). Intimidade marketed 90,000 copies correct in the initial month. In 1996, she received the APCA award as Best Vocalist. In 1997, she toured for the next period through Portugal and Spain. IN-MAY, she participated within the Casa perform Samba 2, while touring Brazil. On June 19, she opened up some five presentations in NY, where she also performed with Lenine and Hermeto Pascoal. She once again performed in Portugal and Spain and in Sept, she do 12 shows in Japan. She made an appearance in a present in São Paulo for 20,000 people, as well as Carlinhos Dark brown, Alceu Valença, Beth Carvalho, Chico César, Zeca Baleiro, as well as the Orquestra Jazz Sinfônica. In Oct 1998, her record Acesso premiered and she embarked on a nationwide tour.