Life and career

Beginnings, Banda Eva and early solo career

Ivete Sangalo was born in Juazeiro, Bahia, where she spent her whole childhood. She is of paternal Spanish descent, her grandfather was born there. She started her singing career in events at school and then started singing at bars. Soon, she started to receive some attention and signed with Sony Music. In 1993, Sony decided to reform the Axé group Banda Eva and she was chosen as the lead singer. Her live album with the band, Banda Eva Ao Vivo, was their best-selling album, selling over a million copies. In 1997 she decided to start a solo career and in 1999 she released her first self-titled album. With lots of upbeat Bahian rhythms and axé, the album received gold and platinum certification. The following year she released another album, Beat Beleza, which also achieved platinum status.

In 2000 she released the album Festa (Party), whose title track was another major success. The single was very popular, and the album got platinum certification. "Festa" was her biggest hit single up to that point and the video also received huge airplay. "Festa" ended up being the most popular song of 2001 in Brazil. Its music video featured over 20 cameo appearances by Brazilian celebrities. In 2002, she released the album Se Eu Não te Amasse Tanto Assim (If I Didn't Love You So Much), titled after her big hit that reached the first position in the singles chart. The album, which features a duet with American singer Brian McKnight, didn't sell as much as her previous albums, but was still a hit. Following Se Eu Não te Amasse Tanto Assim, she released Clube Carnavalesco Innocentes Em Progresso in 2003. It was the lowest-selling solo album of her career but it still managed to receive gold certification.

2003-08: Career consolidation

MTV Ao Vivo Ivete Sangalo MTV Live: Ivete Sangalo (2004), was a live album and included her biggest hits, few released on a live album before, and some Banda Eva hits. The album earned huge sales, most of them because of the single "Sorte Grande", which was renamed "Poeira" by the public and became a big hit in parties, on the radio and also at soccer stadiums (where it was used to cheer the soccer teams). The song received heavy airplay in Brazil. The album received diamond certification and was the second best-selling album of 2004. The DVD, which included the concert held at the Fonte Nova stadium, was certified 3x Diamond, sold over 600,000 copies, and is the best-selling musical DVD in Brazil of all time (and the best-selling musical DVD in the world in the second half of 2005).

In 2005, Sangalo was called by Billboard: Brazil's Queen Song, due to the release of their first live DVD "MTV Ao Vivo" released at that time, the album made references to Carmen Miranda in one of his tracks, Miranda lived in the United States during the first half of the 20th century and epitomized Latin sensuality through her numerous Hollywood films. Asked if she intends to repeat Miranda's success, Sangalo said, "It would be too pretentious for me to even dream about that parallel. But I would like to follow the steps of Tom Jobim and Caetano Veloso. They are Brazilian artists who are respected all around the world. For me, that will be more difficult to achieve, because I want to be known for the kind of music I sing- doesn't fit the Brazilian standards foreign audiences are used to. I want people to my musical style."

Her 2005 album, As Supernovas, received triple platinum certification shortly after its release. The album was less upbeat than the others and included some songs with a 1970s touch, with the big influence of Brazilian singer Ed Motta. She also included the hit "Soy Loco por ti America", a Gilberto Gil song. Sangalo's cover would become the theme song of Rede Globo's soap opera América, and thanks to the tie-in, the song became very popular. "Quando a Chuva Passar" was notable for being nominated at the Latin Grammy Awards, an uncommon feature for a non-Spanish-speaking singer. As Supernovas also received diamond certification which consolidated her as the biggest female solo singer in Brazil.

Due to her remarkable appearances on TV, Rede Globo, the biggest Brazilian TV station, invited her to host the TV show Estação Globo, which aires about six episodes every year in late December/early January.

On December 16, 2006, she performed in the Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, where Paul McCartney, Rolling Stones, Kiss, Police, Rush, RBD, and Madonna also performed. She was the first Brazilian act to perform in this stadium since pop phenomenon Sandy & Junior in 2002. The concert was released as a DVD in May 2007. While her last live DVD was an MTV Ao Vivo, this new one was from the Multishow Ao Vivo brand.

Her biggest career hits were "Sorte Grande" (which was renamed "Poeira" and was sung by crowds at soccer games) and "Festa". "Festa" was her biggest single in airplay both on the radio and on music TV channels while "Sorte Grande" was one of the reasons her MTV Ao Vivo album was such a huge hit, being currently her most well-known song. "Quando a Chuva Passar" was also very popular. The single "Berimbau Metalizado" was the first one in Brazil to receive gold certification for 50,000 digital downloads in 2007.

Currently, she's one of Brazil's most popular female singers, being often compared to Claudia Leitte, based on her CD and DVD sales. Sangalo has sold more than 7,000,000 CDs copies and more than 1,500,000 DVDs copies. It's estimated that she has a patrimony of R$400,000,000 (US$225,000,000). She is one of the richest Brazilian entertainers at the time, having several parallel business, including her own production company, "Caco de Telha", and lucrative commercial deals.

She is also one of the highest-paid concert acts. According to O Globo, Sangalo asks for R$240,000 (US$120,000 per concert) and a percentage of tickets sale, which makes her final paycheck R$350,000 ($275,000), the second highest-paid act in Brazil. (Roberto Carlos is the most expensive, asking R$700,000 per concert). For special concerts, the price may reach R$2 million ($1 million).

Her parallel business, like her performances at her "blocos" on Salvador carnival and other performances at trio elétrico in off-season carnivals, are also very lucrative, as well as her commercial deals with companies like, Grendene, Koleston, Danone, Arisco,Panasonic, Bradesco, Nova Schin beer, among others.

Thanks to Sangalo, her record company, Universal, went back to the No. 1 most lucrative record company in Brazil, after losing the spot to Sony BMG. Her Ao Vivo no Maracanã DVD sold 555,000 copies making it the best-selling musical DVD of the year in Brazil and the best-selling musical DVD overall in 2007 for Universal Records, including international acts. In October 2008, she released a children's album with Saulo Fernandes, lead-singer of Banda Eva.

2009-11: Pode Entrar, motherhood, US mini tour

In June 2009, the singer released her tenth studio album, Pode Entrar, recorded in a studio set up at her home, in Salvador. The project had Sangalo in a more intimate way, entertaining friends at her house, artists for duets and musical partnerships also acclaimed and unprecedented. It was also released as DVD and includes guest stars such as Maria Bethânia, Carlinhos Brown, Lulu Santos and Marcelo Camelo. The album includes the huge summer hits Cadê Dalila, elected the "song of the Salvador carnival" in 2009, and Na Base do Beijo, which had heavy airplay in the beginning of 2010. Both of them peaked No. 1 in the Brazilian charts. There's also Agora Eu Já Sei, a smash romantic hit that charted No. 2 in the winter of 2009.

On September 8, 2009, it was confirmed that Sangalo would be opening R&B singer-songwriter Beyoncé Knowles' concerts of her I Am... Tour in Brazil, in the cities of São Paulo and Salvador, Bahia. These shows took place in February 2010.

Her first child, a boy named Marcelo, was born on October 2, 2009, in Salvador. His first public appearance was on May 16, 2010, when the press was able to take photos of Marcelo with his mother after his baptism in Salvador, which gathered many celebrities.

On November 17, 2009, she released a clothing collection through a deal with Lojas Riachuelo, the third biggest retail stores in Brazil.

In early 2010, she was the winner of the "Music" category of Shorty Awards for the best Twitter users.

In April 2010, a new DVD, "Ivete Sangalo Duetos" "Ivete Sangalo duets", in English, was released, with a total of 19 performances with other artists, all of them previously released in her own discography or in the discography of the other artists with whom she sings. This DVD include performances with Alejandro Sanz, Alexandre Pires, Roberto Carlos, Gilberto Gil, Jorge Ben Jor, Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano, among other artists, and managed to peak No. 1 on Brazilian charts by the second week of May 2010.

She was invited by TAM Airlines, which is now one of her sponsors, to perform on a private show to commemorate the entry of the airline in the Star Alliance. This pocket show took place beneath the Pão de Açúcar, in Rio de Janeiro, on May 13, 2010, and was broadcast by Terra Networks.

In Portugal, she was the only artist to perform at the four editions of Rock in Rio festival held in Lisbon. Her debut in the country in the 2004 edition of the festival charmed the Portuguese people and made her famous there. In the 2010 edition, she was one of the most awaited attractions of the opening night on May 21, and performed to an audience of more than 80 thousand people.

The Brazilian star performed at the Madison Square Garden, New York City, where she recorded her third live DVD, on September 4, 2010. There were four guest stars with whom she sang at her NYC's sold out show: they were Nelly Furtado, Seu Jorge, Juanes and Diego Torres. Newspapers such as New York Times and New York Post published positive reviews of this show. The singer also performed at the American Airlines Arena in Miami on August 28, at the DCU Center in Worcester on September 1 and at the Brazilian Day party in Toronto on September 6. This was her 2010 North American mini tour.

Brazilian media published in the beginning of September 2010 that Ivete Sangalo would go on tour around Brazil with Shakira in 2011. Later, it was known that the agreement would be for her to perform at Shakira's The Pop Festival shows. The contract would have been signed on Saturday, September 4, in New York, the same day of her show on Madison Square Garden. That same week, Sangalo confirmed she quietly got married to nutritionist Daniel Cady, father of her son Marcelo, after dating for two years.

On Saturday, September 11, the singer made an appearance at Dave Matthews Band's show in Dallas, Texas, where she performed with the band the song "You And Me", in a Portuguese-English version. This performance was also recorded and featured on her live DVD.

The singer also made an appearance at Gigi D'Alessio's show in Rome on Tuesday, September 21. They performed an Italian version of her success "Se eu não te amasse tanto assim" and "Easy", Lionel Richie's cover, that had been previously performed at the Madison Square Garden and the DCU Center.

The Multishow ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo no Madison Square Garden record was released on December 7, after being broadcast on December 5 at Brazilian cable TV Multishow. On launch day on December 7, the disc had sold over 300,000 copies in its only pre-sale, which earned him a certified Triple Platinum and Gold Record by ABPD. At the end of January, the DVD is leading Brazilian charts for the 7th consecutive week since its debut. Its first single "Acelera Aê (Noite do bem)" also managed to peak No. 1 on Brazilian charts and "Desejo de Amar" was chosen to be the 2011 Carnival's song.

In 2010, Ivete Sangalo joined forces with Avon as a celebrity judge for Avon Voices, Avon’s first ever global, online singing talent search for women and songwriting competition for men and women.

In 2015 the music festival Rock in Rio USA happened in Las Vegas and Ivete Sangalo was back to US to performance there.

2012-present: Real Fantasia

The art director who works with Madonna, Giovanni Bianco, paused in their holiday in Sardinia (Italy), to work in graphic design from Sangalo's eighth studio album, Real Fantasia, released in October 2012.

Discography

Main article: Ivete Sangalo discography

• Ivete Sangalo (1999)
• Beat Beleza (2000)
• Festa (2002)
• Clube Carnavalesco Inocentes em Progresso (2003)
• MTV Ao Vivo - Ivete Sangalo (2004)
• As Super Novas (2005)
• Multishow ao Vivo: Ivete no Maracanã (2007)
• Veveta e Saulinho - A Casa Amarela (2008)
• Pode Entrar: Multishow Registro (2009)
• Multishow ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo no Madison Square Garden (2010)
• Real Fantasia (2012)
• Multishow ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo 20 Anos (2014)

Notable Advertising spokesperson

• Arisco
• Wella Koleston
• Grendha
• Nova Schin
• Higgfly
• Kopenhagen
• Sagres Beer
• Caboré
• Philips
• Maratá
• Iguatemi Salvador
• Riachuelo (Store)
• Colorama (Nail Polish)
• Fototica
• TAM Airlines
• Chevrolet
• Bombril
• Danone

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1998	Simão, o Fantasma Trapalhão	Estrela
2006	Xuxa Gêmeas	Alice
2012	Ivete Stellar e a Pedra da Luz	Voz (Ivete Stellar)	Voice
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Planeta Xuxa	Eventual Host
2000	Brava Gente	Rosália	Guest appearance
2005	Estação Globo	Host	2005-2009
	América	Herself
2007	Paraíso Tropical	Herself
2012	As Brasileiras	Raquel	Rede Globo miniseries
	Gabriela	Maria Machadão	Rede Globo Soap opera aired at 11 pm
2014	Superstar	Herself	Rede Globo Airs on Sundays at 11 pm
2016	The Voice Kids	Herself	Rede Globo Airs on Sundays at 1 pm

Awards and nominations

Latin Grammy Award

Year	Category	Title of Work	Result
2000	Best New Artist	Ivete Sangalo	Nominated
	Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album	Ivete Sangalo	Nominated
2001		Beat Beleza	Nominated
2002		"Festa"	Nominated
2004		Clube Carnavalesco Inocentes em Progresso	Nominated
2005	Best Brazilian Roots/Regional Album	MTV ao Vivo	Won
2006	Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album	As Super Novas	Nominated
	Best Brazilian Song	"Abalou"	Nominated
2007	Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album	Ivete no Maracanã	Nominated
	Best Long Form Music Video		Nominated
2009	Best Latin Children's Album	A Casa Amarela	Nominated
	Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album	Pode Entrar	Nominated
	Best Long Form Music Video		Nominated
	Best Brazilian Song	"Agora Eu Já Sei"	Nominated
2011		"Acelera Aê"	Nominated
	Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album	Ivete Sangalo no Madison Square Garden	Nominated
2012	Record of the Year	"Atrás da Porta"	Nominated
	Album of the Year	Ivete, Gil e Caetano	Nominated
	Best MPB Album		Won
	Best Long Form Music Video		Nominated
2014	Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album	Multishow Ao Vivo: 20 Anos	Won

Multishow Award

Year	Category	Title of Work	Result
1999	Best Singer	Ivete Sangalo	Won
	Best Song	"Se Eu Não Te Amasse Tanto Assim"	Nominated
2001	Best Song	"A Lua Que Eu Te Dei"	Won
2002	Best Singer	Ivete Sangalo	Nominated
	Best Song	"Festa"	Nominated
2003	Best Singer	Ivete Sangalo	Won
	Best Song	"Sorte Grande"	Nominated
2005	Best DVD	MTV ao Vivo	Won
2006	Best Concert	Ivete no Maracanã	Won
2007	Best Concert		Won
	Best Album		Nominated
	Best DVD		Won
2008	Best Singer	Ivete Sangalo	Won
	Best Instrumentalist	Radamés Venâncio	Nominated
2009	TVZé	Vai Buscar Dalila	Won
2010	Best Singer	Ivete Sangalo	Nominated
	Best Concert	Turnê Mais	Won
	Best DVD	Pode Entrar	Nominated
	Best Clip	"Agora Eu Já Sei"	Nominated
2011	Best Singer	Ivete Sangalo	Nominated
	Best Concert	Ivete Sangalo no Madison Square Garden	Nominated
	Best DVD		Won
	Best Song	"Química do Amor" (feat. Luan Santana)	Nominated
2012	Best Singer	Ivete Sangalo	Won
	Best Song	"Darte"	Nominated

Troféu Imprensa

Year	Category	Title of Work	Result
1999	Best Singer	Ivete Sangalo	Nominated
2000			Nominated
2001			Nominated
2002			Nominated
2003			Won
2004			Nominated
2005			Nominated
2007			Won
2008			Won
2009			Nominated
2010			Won
2011			Won
2012			Nominated

Melhores do Ano

Year	Category	Title of Work	Result
2000	Best Singer	Ivete Sangalo	Won
2001			Nominated
2002	Best Song	"Festa"	Won
2003	Best Singer	Ivete Sangalo	Won
2004			Won
	Best Song	"Sorte Grande"	Won
2005	Best Singer	Ivete Sangalo	Nominated
2006			Won
	Best Song	"Quando a Chuva Passar"	Won
2007	Best Singer	Ivete Sangalo	Won
2008			Won
2009			Won
2010			Nominated
2011			Nominated
2013			Won
2014			Nominated
2015			Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]