Ana Moura

Ana Cláudia Moura Pereira (born 17 September 1979), known as Ana Moura, is a Portuguese fado singer.

An internationally recognized singer, she was the youngest fadista to be nominated for a Dutch Edison Award.

Ana Moura was born on 17 September 1979, in Santarém, Portugal.

From Portuguese and some Angolan ancestry, starting in her childhood, Moura also lived in Coruche before settling with her parents in Carcavelos.

Ana Moura's debut album was Guarda-me a Vida na Mão (2003), followed by Aconteceu (2004).

She sang in various nightspots in Lisbon and became known on television, performing fado with António Pinto Basto.

Para Além da Saudade (2007), containing songs such as "Os Buzios" or "Fado da Procura", is the album that followed Aconteceu.

With this album and appearances on programs such as Family Contact and Superstar, Moura became more widely known in Portugal.

These television appearances helped promote this record, which was to reach triple platinum for sales exceeding 45,000 units.

The album stayed in the Top 30 in Portugal for 78 weeks.

For this album, Moura received a nomination for the Golden Globes in the category of Music, Best Individual Performer, losing to Jorge Palma.

In 2007, Ana Moura joined the Rolling Stones in concert at the Alvalade XXI stadium in Lisbon.

She sang "No Expectations" with Mick Jagger.

After two big concerts in coliseums of Porto and Lisbon, Moura launched her first live DVD on 24 November 2008, which has enjoyed great success with the public.

She appeared at the World Music Institute concert.

With the recognition from critics came also the recognition of peers, and in 2008, Ana Moura received the prize for "best performance Amalia".

In 2009, the rock artist, Prince, stated he was a fan of fado, and expressed interest in collaborating musically with Ana.

Moura's album Leva-me aos Fados ("Take Me to a Fado House"), released on 12 October 2009 (presented at the Casa da Música – Porto Coliseum and Lisbon on 20 and 21 October) reached the Top 10 of best-selling albums, and went platinum.

With songs such as "Leva-me aos Fados" (single presentation), "Caso Arrumado", "Rumo ao Sul" and "Fado Vestido de Fado" Ana Moura delighted her audience.

Ana began to tour in Portugal and abroad, with concerts in northern Portugal, London, Canada, Austria and Germany.

She appeared at the 2010 and 2011 San Francisco Jazz Festival.

Moura sang with Italian singer Pacifico on the song "Pioggia sul mio alfabeto".

Her fifth album, Desfado, was produced by former Joni Mitchell producer Larry Klein and featured her cover of Mitchell's "A Case of You."

The album was certified 6× Platinum by the Portuguese Phonographic Association and became the best-selling album of the 2010s released by a local act.

Two singles from it were released, including "Até ao Verão" and the title track.

Prince traveled to Lisbon in July 2011.

Released in November 2012, the album debuted at number 2 and went on to top the chart.

The album topped sales in Portugal for 6 weeks, spent 117 weeks in the top 10 and 200 weeks on the entire chart, making it the all-time best-charting album in Portugal.

In 2015, Moura released her 6th studio album, titled Moura.

Moura debuted at number 2 on the Portuguese charts and rose to the number 1 spot, remaining there for 4 weeks.

It has spent a total of 168 weeks on the charts and is ranked as the 4th best-charting album of all time in Portugal.

Like Moura's previous album, it was produced by Larry Klein, and features 13 Portuguese tracks, and 1 English track—a cover of "Lilac Wine".

Omara Portuondo of Buena Vista Social Club duets with Moura on "Eu Entrego".

In 2022, she released the album Casa Guilhermina.

Her first child, a girl, was born in May 2022 from a relationship with musician Pedro Mafama.