Maro (Portuguese singer)
Mariana Brito da Cruz Forjaz Secca (born 30 October 1994), known professionally as MARO (stylised in all caps), is a Portuguese singer and songwriter. She won Festival da Canção 2022 and represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy with the song "Saudade, saudade".[1][2]
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Mariana Brito da Cruz Forjaz Secca |
| Born | 30 October 1994 Lisbon, Portugal |
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Early life and education Edit
Mariana is the second of the three children of João Pedro Basto Forjaz Secca and Cristina Isabel Capello Brito da Cruz.[3] She initially planned to become a veterinarian, but instead chose to pursue a musical career, studying at Berklee College of Music and moving to Los Angeles.[4]
Career Edit
She has collaborated with Jacob Collier in his Djesse Vol. 2 album and has a presence on YouTube, where she posted videos of herself singing with artists such as António Zambujo, Rosa Passos, Eric Clapton, Mayra Andrade, Salvador Sobral and a plethora of other artists.
She features on the track "Better Now" by American electronic music duo Odesza, the second single from the upcoming album The Last Goodbye.[5] As of April 2022, the song peaked at 19th on the Dance/Electronic Billboard Chart.[6]
Discography Edit
Studio albums Edit
- MARO, Vol. 1 (2018)
- MARO, Vol. 2 (2018)
- MARO, Vol. 3 (2018)
- MARO & Manel (with Manuel Rocha) (2018)
- it's OK (2018)
- can you see me? (2022)
- hortelã (2023)
EPs Edit
- PIRILAMPO (2021)
- MARO ilumina Sonastério (2022)
Singles Edit
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POR [7] | ISL [8] | IRE [9] | LTU [10] | NLD [11] | SWE [12] | SUI [13] | |||
| "MIDNIGHT PURPLE" (featuring NASAYA) | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Why" (featuring Ariza) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "what difference will it make" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Mi Condena" (featuring Vic Mirallas) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "TEMPO" (featuring NASAYA) | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "I SEE IT COMING" (featuring NASAYA) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "saudade, saudade" | 2022 | 3 | 13 | 93 | 3 | 6 | 68 | 79 | |
| "am i not enough for now?" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | can you see me? | |
| "we've been loving in silence" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "it keeps on raining" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "like we're wired" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
As featured artist Edit
- "Lua" (Jacob Collier feat. MARO) (2019)
- "Walk Above the City" (The Paper Kites feat. MARO) (2021)
- "Better Now" (Odesza feat. MARO) (2022)
References Edit
- ^ "MARO wins 'Festival da Canção': will represent Portugal in Turin 🇵🇹". Eurovision.tv. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Maro wins Festival da Canção 2022 with "saudade, saudade"". 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Mariana Brito da Cruz Forjaz Secca". geneall.net. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ ArticlesNews·. "MARO". Portuguese Soul Magazine. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Listen to ODESZA's Stunning New Single, "Better Now"".
- ^ "ODESZA". Billboard.
- ^ "Maro [PT] - Saudade, saudade (song)". Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ (in Icelandic). Plötutíðindi. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ "IRMA – Irish Charts". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ^ "2022 20-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Dutch Single Tip 21/05/2022". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 20". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ^ "Maro [PT] – Saudade, saudade". Swiss Hitparade. Retrieved 31 August 2023.