Marília Mendonça was a singer and songwriter Goias. Considered the leader of feminejo, a subgenre of country music, the Goiana had a meteoric career. She died at age 26 in a plane crash, causing commotion across Brazil.
Famous for being thequeen of suffering”, for writing and singing songs about love, suffering and betrayal, Marília Mendonça was one of the main names in Brazilian music between 2015 and 2021.
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Topics of this article
- 1 - Life of Marília Mendonça
- 2 - Relationships and son
- 3 - Death of Marília Mendonça
- 4 - Work by Marília Mendonça
- 5 - Career as a composer for Marília Mendonça
- 6 - Career as a singer for Marília Mendonça
- 7 - Nominations and awards for Marília Mendonça
- 8 - Records of Marília Mendonça
Life of Marília Mendonça
Marilia Dias Mendonca was born on July 22, 1995, in Cristianópolis, in the interior of the state of Goiás. However, she moved to the capital Goiania as a child, where he remained until the end of his life.
Daughter of Ruth Dias and Mário Mendonça, the singer had eight siblings, of which seven were on her father's side. Marília had only one younger brother on her mother's side. The young man, named João Gustavo, is also a singer.
From childhood, the goiana showed that she had a gift to be a singer. Marília Mendonça was of the evangelical religion and started singing in the church she attended. As a teenager, she began to sing at the bar run by her family. A while later, Marília Mendonça was discovered by a music producer.
At age 12, Marília Mendonça began composing her first songs. At that time, gaining financial support from her grandfather, she started taking guitar lessons, which helped to strengthen her compositions.
Research points out that the queen of suffering was a generous, kind person who liked to help others. One of the episodes that became very well known was when Marília Mendonça donated resources to buy oxygen, at the end of 2020, in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. wovid-19.
Relationships and son
Marília Mendonça was engaged to Yugnir Ângelo, but ended the engagement at the age of 21, claiming she was too young to have such a serious relationship.
Between 2019 and 2021, the singer dated musician Murilo Huff. During this period, they ended and resumed the relationship.
Léo, the son of Marília Mendonça and Murilo Huff, was born on December 16, 2019. Today, the boy's upbringing is divided between the singer's father and mother, Ruth.
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Death of Marilia Mendonca
Marília Mendonça died on November 5, 2021, at the height of her singing and songwriting career. She was the victim of an air disaster that, at the time, impacted the entire country.
The woman from Goiânia was traveling in an air taxi from Goiânia to Caratinga, in the interior of Minas Gerais, where she would give a presentation. Abiceli Silveira, her uncle and assistant, producer Henrique Ribeiro, the pilot and co-pilot also died in the accident.
Before the burial, the singer's body was laid to rest at the Goiânia Arena gym, where more than 100,000 people passed, including family, friends and fans. Marília Mendonça is buried in the Parque Memorial de Goiânia cemetery.
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Work by Marília Mendonça
Marília Mendonça became famous for being the main female name, part of the sertanejo musical genre sung only by women. The singer and songwriter was also considered the “queen of suffering”, for talking about love, suffering, pain and betrayal in her songs.
At first, Marília Mendonça acted only as a composer. As of 2015, the Goiana became a professional singer, coming to be considered one of the main names in Brazilian music.
Career as a composer for Marília Mendonça
Marília Mendonça began her career in Brazilian music as a composer at just 12 years old. A first song she composed is called My Hage and was written together with Frederico from the sertaneja duo with João Neto.
Still unknown in Brazil, the composer also wrote songs for country singers, such as Gusttavo Lima and Lucas Lucco, and duos such as Jorge & Mateus, Zé Neto & Cristiano and Henrique & Juliano.
Also in the composer phase, Marília Mendonça wrote songs in the forró musical style for some singers, among including Wesley Safadão and Gabriel Diniz, who also died at the height of his career in 2019, and for bands like Aviões do Lining.
See below the main compositions of Marília Mendonça:
Calm — performed by Jorge & Mateus.
I'm with her — interpreted by Cristiano Araújo.
she will not change — interpreted by João Neto and Frederico.
Take good care of her — interpreted by Henrique and Juliano.
Uncertainty — interpreted by Matheus & Kauan.
Career as a singer by Marília Mendonça
O Marília Mendonça's first album was released on June 8, 2015, in Goiás. A live album version was re-released on March 4, 2016 across Brazil.
Already with experience as a singer and songwriter, Marília Mendonça began to be successful throughout Brazil in 2016 with her music Unfaithful.
Marília Mendonça recorded its first DVD in 2015, in São Paulo. The second DVD was made in 2016, at the Sambadrome in Manaus (AM), for more than 40,000 people.
In 2018, the singer launched the audiovisual project Now it's hers, in partnership with friends and country singers Maiara and Maraisa.
Marília Mendonça started the project All the wantosin 2019. The program, devised by the singer herself, consisted of going through all the capitals of Brazil. The project every corner by Marília Mendonça presented a new song at each show. The disclosure of the venue of the event was made on the same day.
The singer took the tour All the wantos To the U.S is for European countries, such as Portugal, England and Holland.
In 2020, the first year of pandemic of the coronavirus, Marília Mendonça released several singles in lives on the internet, since she could not perform in person.
One of the last work by Marília Mendonça before her death was the album Employers 35%, recorded with the sertaneja duo Maiara and Maraisa.
check below ten famous songs by Marília Mendonça:
Unfaithful
lover has no home
hello doorman
How do you do with her?
feeling crazy
Forget me if you can
Betrayal is unforgivable
jealousy
Whose fault is it?
everyone will suffer
Nominations and awards for Marília Mendonça
Throughout her meteoric career, of just six years, Marília Mendonça was nominated and won several awards in national and international music.
2017 – Nominated for the best country music album at the Latin Grammy Awards.
2019 – winner of the best country music album award at the Latin Grammy Awards (disc every corner).
2020 – nominated for the best country music album at the Latin Grammy Awards (Employers 35%).
Records of Marília Mendonça
The singer Marília Mendonça collects some records in her career. See some below:
Most followed Brazilian singer on Spotify music platform.
Member of the list of the 500 most heard artists in the world.
Ten Tracks on the Disc All the wantos in the Spotify Top 200.
Everyone vthere soffer is the song that stayed at number one for the longest time in the Top 50 Brazil ranking, for 85 consecutive days.
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