Fafá de Belém

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Maria de Fátima Palha de Figueiredo (born 9 August, 1956 in Belém, Brazil), best known as Fafá de Belém (Fafá of Belém), is a popular Brazilian MPB and fado singer, actress and active political activist, coming from a Portuguese family with indigenous and Afro-Brazilian elements and having Portuguese citizenship. In 1976, Fafá released her first LP, Tamba-Tajá. Her singing seduced even the demolishing critic of Brazilian music from Jornal do Brasil, the feared José Ramos Tinhorão, who poured over her praises, pointing her out as a singer destined to figure in the first team of the current generation of great Brazilian interpreters. The following album, Água (1977) confirmed all predictions: it reached about 100 thousand copies sold. Although she never thought of becoming a professional singer, since she was 9 years old, Fafá de Belém was an attraction at parties promoted by her family or at friends' houses. In spite of being a little girl, she interpreted as a grown-up "Ouça", a hit by