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- Birth nameMaria Bethânia Viana Telles Veloso
- Maria Bethânia Viana Teles Veloso is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. Born in Santo Amaro, Bahia, she started her career in Rio 'de' Janeiro in 1964 with the show "Opinião" ("Opinion"). Due to its popularity, with performances all over the country, and the popularity of her 1965 single "Carcará", the artist became a star in Brazil.
Bethânia is the sister of the singer-songwriter Caetano Veloso and of the writer-songwriter Mabel Velloso, as well as being aunt of the singers Belô Velloso and Jota Velloso. The singer has released 50 studio albums in 47 years of career and is among the 10 best-selling music artists in Brazil, having sold more than 26 million records. Bethânia was ranked in 2012, by Rolling Stone Brasil magazine, as the fifth biggest voice of Brazilian music.
- IMDb mini biography by: CULTZONE Filmes
- Maria Bethânia received her name shortly after her birth from her older brother, Caetano Veloso. He took it from an old Brazilian waltz which began "Maria Bethânia, you are for me/The lady of the sugar mill."
- Parents: José Teles Veloso (Seu Zezinho) and Claudionor Viana Teles Veloso (Canô Veloso).
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