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Anitta Biography
Anitta is the stage name of Rio-born singer, songwriter, performer and creative director Larissa de Macedo Machado. After church-choir singing and self-recorded internet videos led to work with the funk label Furacão 2000, she broke nationally with Show das Poderosas in 2013, built a multilingual catalogue spanning Brazilian funk, pop and reggaeton, and became the first Brazilian act and first solo Latin artist to top Spotify's global daily chart with Envolver. Her recent work has deliberately returned to Brazilian sounds: Funk Generation earned a 2025 Grammy nomination, while the two-part Equilibrivm project brought funk, samba, bossa nova and Afro-Brazilian spiritual traditions into her 2026 releases.
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Full name: Larissa de Macedo Machado
Anitta is the stage name of Rio-born singer, songwriter, performer and creative director Larissa de Macedo Machado. After church-choir singing and self-recorded internet videos led to work with the funk label Furacão 2000, she broke nationally with Show das Poderosas in 2013, built a multilingual catalogue spanning Brazilian funk, pop and reggaeton, and became the first Brazilian act and first solo Latin artist to top Spotify's global daily chart with Envolver. Her recent work has deliberately returned to Brazilian sounds: Funk Generation earned a 2025 Grammy nomination, while the two-part Equilibrivm project brought funk, samba, bossa nova and Afro-Brazilian spiritual traditions into her 2026 releases.
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What is Anitta's real name?
Her legal name is Larissa de Macedo Machado.
Sources: Wikidata
What album did Anitta release in 2026?
She released Equilibrivm in April 2026.
Sources: Universal Music Brasil
How does Anitta describe her fitness goal?
She said her goal is to feel good and active and that she is not highly regimented about exercise.
Sources: Us Weekly
How did Anitta start her music career?
She sang in a church choir, studied business and posted home singing videos online; one of those videos led the Brazilian funk company Furacão 2000 to contact her in 2010.
Sources: The Line of Best Fit
What record did Envolver set?
On 24 March 2022, Envolver made Anitta the first Brazilian act and first solo Latin artist to reach No. 1 on Spotify's Global Top 200 daily chart.
Sources: Guinness World Records
What is Anitta's latest album?
Her latest studio album in this profile's September 2026 review is Equilibrivm II, released in July 2026 as the second volume of the project.
Sources: Universal Music Brasil
What was Anitta nominated for at the 2026 Latin Grammys?
Equilibrivm was nominated for Album of the Year.
Sources: Associated Press
Which song does Anitta describe as an early musical memory?
She described Mariah Carey's Dreamlover as the first Mariah song she heard and one of her earliest musical memories.
Sources: The Line of Best Fit
Which book did Anitta say changed how she viewed her life and career?
She discussed Ruy Castro's Carmen: Uma biografia, saying the parallels she saw with Carmen Miranda's choices made her want to change the ending of her own story.
Sources: Record / R7 · Companhia das Letras