The Portuguese musical style of fado has found a new voice in Mariza. she was born in Mozambique, she has lived most of her life in Portugal. She became interested in fado at a young age, 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, she recorded an album. Her first album sold 100,000 copies. , previous best-selling fado records had sold about 4,000 copies. Mariza is now internationally known and has introduced fado to a new audience.