Ludmilla

Ludmila Oliveira da Silva (born 24 April 1995), known mononymously as Ludmilla, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter who became known with the song "Fala Mal de Mim" (Eng.: ‘talk smack about me’).

The song was first posted in May 2012 and it has since accumulated more than 17 million views.

The official music video was posted in October of the same year and has since accumulated more than 15 million views.

The song was produced by DJ Will 22 and the song's introduction includes a sample of the gospel classic "Oh Happy Day" covered by the St. Francis Choir in the film Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit.

Since her rise to fame, she has been touring around Brazil and has made numerous appearances on popular television shows.

In an interview with SBT's TV show Domingo Legal, Ludmilla revealed that her former stage name was given to her by her friends because she was such a huge Beyoncé fan.

In 2013, Ludmilla said she was threatened by her manager.

The singer recorded a video saying:

Then the singer recorded another video, saying the previous video was a misunderstanding and that she would continue her career.

However, the disagreement between her and her manager, Roba Cena, resulted in MC Beyoncé being unable to keep her name as MC Beyoncé because her manager owned the rights to the name.

Hours later she recanted and announced on Twitter that she would not quit singing, but she would quit with her manager and start a new career under a new stage name, Ludmilla, her birth name.

However, it is likely the name change was due to potential litigations from the more internationally known singer Beyoncé.

In early 2014, Ludmilla resumed her career with new look and signed a contract with Warner Music Brazil to release her first album with the label with pop roots and leaving "MC" out of her stage name.

In an interview with Radio BEAT98, she explained that many people in the music business are prejudiced when the artist comes with "MC" in the name, even if the music is good.

The new phase includes a decent Star staff.

There are 16 professionals, including band, dancers, DJ, a sound technician, plus two personal stylist and two advisers.

With tripled cache and a number reaches thirty concerts a month.

On January 14, 2014, the song Sem Querer was released on iTunes as the first single of her career under her real name.

The official music video was released a day later.

On June 20, 2014, Ludmilla released the song "Hoje", which was part of the soundtrack of the telenovela Império on Rede Globo, and its respective music video.

Ludmilla announced by their social networks to launch the music video of her third single Te Ensinei Certin composed of single Jhama.

"Hoje" was also the name of her first studio album, which was released on August 26, 2014.

The album also included the singles "Sem Querer", "Te Ensinei Certin", "Não Quero Mais" and "24 Horas por Dia".

The live version of the EP Numanice (2020), entitled Numanice (Ao Vivo), was released on January 29, 2021, featuring artists such as Thiaguinho, Bruno Cardoso and the group Vou pro Sereno.

On May 28, the singer released the first edition of the acoustic project Lud Sessions with rapper Xamã.

The second part of the Lud Sessions project was released on July 14 and featured singer Gloria Groove.

The music video premiered on February 10, 2015, in Multishow channel and soon after on YouTube.

The video features the direction of John Woo and Rabu Gonzales.

On June 1, 2015, it was released the single Não Quero Mais.

The music video directed by Rafael Rocha and Lucas Carneiro Neves and was launched on July 13, 2015.

The disc version includes the participation of the singer Belo, but for the single release as a solo version was performed.

The song ''24 Horas por Dia' was released on October 15, 2015, in Brazilian radio as the fifth single from the album.

The music video was released on December 18, 2015, on YouTube, and was directed by Felipe Sassi.

In September 2020, she became the first Afro-Latin American female musician to reach one billion streams on Spotify.

Ludmila was born in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro state.

Her original stage name, ‘MC Beyoncé’, was inspired by her love of American performer Beyoncé, a name she had to change due to copyright reasons.

At the start of her musical journey, Ludmilla was considered an emergent female artist to watch-out for in funk carioca.

Ludmilla began posting videos on YouTube singing, until one day she was asked to sing and rap by a DJ at a party.

The performance was well received.

Ludmilla's music career took off after her breakout hit single "Fala Mal de Mim" (released as MC Beyoncé) posted on YouTube went viral.