Awards & Winners

Maria Rita

Date of Birth 09-September-1977
Place of Birth São Paulo
(São Paulo, Brazil)
Nationality Brazil
Also know as Maria Rita Mariano, Maria Rita Camargo Mariano, Maria Rita Camargo Mariano
Profession Singer
Maria Rita is the performance name of Maria Rita Camargo Mariano, a Brazilian singer. She is the daughter of famed pianist/arranger César Camargo Mariano and the late Brazilian singing legend Elis Regina and sister to Pedro Mariano and music producer João Marcelo Bôscoli. Her namesake is family friend and famed Brazilian rock legend Rita Lee. Maria Rita majored in Latin American studies and communications at New York University, and worked as a journalist at a magazine for adolescents. Maria Rita began singing professionally at the age of 24, although she had wanted to sing since she was 14. Her first CD, Maria Rita, launched her career symbolically, with the first cut on her first album, A Festa, being written by Milton Nascimento, a Brazilian singer-songwriter whose career was launched by Maria Rita's mother, Elis Regina. The CD went platinum and was a hit worldwide, making her an international star. Her mother's reputation as one of Brazil's greatest female singers has been a major influence in Maria Rita's life although she respectfully avoids the songs identified with her mother; she has said that she was always conscious of being the only daughter of a great singer. Despite having her mother's vocal DNA, she has developed her own jazzy vocal style, with singers like Ella Fitzgerald as her model.

Awards by Maria Rita

Check all the awards nominated and won by Maria Rita.

2014


Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Latin Grammy Award for Best Samba/Pagode Album Coração a Batucar

2013


Latin Grammy Award for Best MPB Album
Honored for : Redescobrir - Ao Vivo

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Latin Grammy Award for Best MPB Album Redescobrir - Ao Vivo

2012


Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Latin Grammy Award for Best MPB Album

2011


Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year
Honored for : Latinoamérica

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year Latinoamérica

2008


Latin Grammy Award for Best Samba/Pagode Album
Honored for : Samba meu

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Latin Grammy Award for Best Samba/Pagode Album Samba meu

2006


Latin Grammy Award for Best MPB Album
Honored for : Segundo

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year
Latin Grammy Award for Best MPB Album Segundo

2004


Latin Grammy Award for Best MPB Album
Honored for : Maria Rita
Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Latin Grammy Award for Best New Artist
Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year A festa
Latin Grammy Award for Best MPB Album Maria Rita
Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year Maria Rita