The Portuguese musical style of fado has found a new voice in Mariza.
Although she was born in Mozambique, she has lived most of her life in
Portugal. She became interested in fado at a young age, despite it being a
kind of music that didn’t usually appeal to children. Her performance in a
memorial for the great fado singer Amalia Rodrigues was a huge success, so
she recorded an album. Her first album sold 100,000 copies. In contrast,
previous best-selling fado records had sold about 4,000 copies. Mariza is now
internationally known and has introduced fado to a new audience.