Wanessa Camargo

Wanessa Godói Camargo (born 28 December 1982), known professionally as Wanessa, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter.

Camargo is the daughter of Brazilian sertanejo singer Zezé Di Camargo, from the duo Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano, and businesswoman Zilú Godói.

Her father worked on the Brazilian version of the musical Cats and was part of the group of dancers known as Zezé Di Camargo and Luciano.

Wanessa was born in Goiânia, Goiás, on 28 December 1982.

She is the daughter of the Brazilian sertanejo singer Zezé Di Camargo from the duo Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano and of the businesswoman Zilú Godói.

She attended public schools during her childhood, but she had no toys because of the financial difficulties of her family.

In 1991, at 9 years old, she moved to São Paulo when her father and her uncle Luciano Camargo went in search of success.

Also in 1991, she started a band with her three friends Kiko, Leandro and Bruno, who in the future would form the group KLB.

The boys played the instruments and Wanessa was the lead singer, The band's first name was The Fenders, a reference to the guitar brand.

They then changed their name to Neon and started performing at clubs and parties with versions of songs by Xuxa and Leandro & Leonardo.

In 1992, she was enrolled in a private school, but suffered prejudice from colleagues and employees because of her social class.

During an interview for Veja, Wanessa said: "The principal of the school was always insinuating that we would not pay the college. She humiliated us, but I was so insecure that I never told this to my parents, and even that was a mockery. Once, to make me happy, my father took a borrowed lance just to give me the taste of going to the car class."

In 1993, at the age of ten, Wanessa began to study theater, ballet and tap dance, and over time learnt street dance.

As an adolescent, she began to do gymnastics and artistic gymnastics to gain physical fitness when dancing.

In 1995, she had her first theater role in the musical Cats.

In 1996, she began to integrate the body of dancers of the duo Zezé Di Camargo and Luciano.

Camargo recorded a demo CD in 1999 which led to her signing to the BMG Brasil record label in 2000.

In 2000, Carmago signed with BMG and released her debut studio album, the eponymous Wanessa Camargo.

Featuring a country-focused musical style, it sold 150,000 copies and included the singles "O Amor não Deixa", "Enamorado por Você" and "Eu Posso Te Sentir".

Her debut single, "O Amor Não Deixa (Love Won't Let Me)" was released on 11 November 2000, followed by her debut album Wanessa Camargo on 12 December 2000, composed of country pop love songs.

Her self-titled debut album was recorded between Nashville and Miami, where she resided at the time.

Five songs in the album were originally written in English but adapted to Portuguese, including a cover of Faith Hill's "Breathe", and the debut single, which was later re-recorded by country singer Tammy Cochran.

In 2001, she released her second album of the same name, Wanessa Camargo; "Eu Posso Te Sentir", "Tanta Saudade" and "Gostar de Mim" were released as singles.

The follow-up single "Apaixonada por Você" was released on 12 February 2001, and was included on the soundtrack of the Brazilian soap opera Um Anjo Caiu do Céu, with radios being served a slow tempo country remix.

New pressings of the album included the remixed version of the song, titled "Um Anjo Caiu do Céu version".

The third and final single, Eu Posso Te Sentir (Breathe), was released on 30 July 2001.

In 2001, Camargo made her acting debut as the fairy Honey Mel in the children's film Xuxa e os Duendes. She recorded the track "Tudo Que Você Sonhar" for its soundtrack.

On 25 October, she released the first single from her second album, "Eu Quero Ser o Seu Amor", which marked a transition to a pop rock style with a music video inspired by video games and Japanese comics.

On 9 November, her sophomore album was released, also titled Wanessa Camargo.

In 2002, she accepted an invitation to become a presenter of the Young Evening program at the Rede Globo TV network, where she stayed for two years.

In the same year, she won recognition with the track "Sem Querer" on the third album of the same name, Wanessa Camargo.

On 21 February 2002, the second single "Tanta Saudade" was released, featuring backing vocals from her father, country singer Zezé Di Camargo.

In 2004, she released her first live album, Transparente Ao Vivo, and joined the cast of the fourth season of the series Sítio do Picapau Amarelo.

In 2005, she signed with Sony and reformulated her music with the release of W, a dance-pop album for which she composed eleven of the fifteen songs.

The album included the charting singles "Amor, Amor" and "Não Resisto a Nós Dois", in addition to the promotional tracks "Relaxa" e "Culpada".

In 2007, she adopted the stage name of Wanessa, leaving her surname aside, and released the album Total, which sold 100,000 copies, marked by the track "Me Abrace".

In 2009 she released her first song in English, "Fly", featuring the rapper Ja Rule, and her sixth album, titled Meu Momento.

In 2010, she made a move to electronic music, releasing the EP Você não Perde por Esperar. in 2011, she released the album DNA, with songs entirely in English.

In 2016, five years after her last studio album, she announced that she was redirecting to the sertanejo genre.

On 19 August she released her eighth studio album for streaming, entitled 33.