Maro (Portuguese singer)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Brito da Cruz and the second or paternal family name is Forjaz Secca.
Maro
MARO in 2022
MARO in 2022
Background information
Birth nameMariana Brito da Cruz Forjaz Secca
Born (1994-10-30) 30 October 1994 (age 30)
Lisbon, Portugal
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter

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]

Early life and education

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

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 album The Last Goodbye.[5] As of April 2022, the song peaked at 19th on the Dance/Electronic Billboard Chart.[6]

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details
Title Details
Maro, Vol. 1
Maro, Vol. 2
  • Released: 30 April 2018[8]
  • Label: Secca Records
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Maro, Vol. 3
  • Released: 30 June 2018[9]
  • Label: Secca Records
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Maro & Manel
(with Manuel Rocha)
  • Released: 30 October 2018[10]
  • Label: Secca Records
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
It's OK
  • Released: 30 November 2018[11]
  • Label: Secca Records
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Can You See Me?
  • Released: 26 August 2022[12]
  • Label: Secca Records
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Hortelã
  • Released: 7 April 2023[13]
  • Label: Secca Records
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

Extended plays

List of EPs, with selected details
Title Details
Pirilampo
(with Nasaya)
  • Released: 20 August 2021[14]
  • Label: Foreign Family Collective
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Maro ilumina Sonastério
  • Released: 30 November 2022[15]
  • Label: Secca & Co.
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
I Don't Wanna Feel That Way
(with Nasaya)
  • Released: 7 January 2025[16]
  • Label: Secca, Venice
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album or EP
POR
[17] 		ISL
[18] 		IRE
[19] 		LTU
[20] 		NLD
[21] 		SWE
[22] 		SUI
[23]
"Midnight Purple"
(featuring Nasaya) 		2019 — — — — — — — Non-album singles
"What Difference Will It Make" — — — — — — —
"Tempo"
(with Nasaya) 		2021 — — — — — — — Pirilampo
"I See It Coming"
(with Nasaya) 		— — — — — — —
"Saudade, saudade" 2022 3 13 93 3 6 68 79 Festival da Canção 2022
"Am I Not Enough for Now?" — — — — — — — Can You See Me?
"We've Been Loving in Silence" — — — — — — —
"It Keeps On Raining" — — — — — — —
"Like We're Wired" — — — — — — —
"Lifeline"
(with Nasaya) 		2024 — — — — — — — I Don't Wanna Feel That Way
"We Could Be"
(with Nasaya) 		— — — — — — —
"Chiquitinha"
(with Nasaya) 		— — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Title Year Album or EP
"It Ain't Working"
(Figùra featuring Maro) 		2018 Place to Be
"Não me deixes"
(Carolina Deslandes featuring Maro) 		Casa
"Pra onde vais tu aí"
(David Carreira featuring Maro) 		7
"Euforia"
(Ox featuring Maro) 		De Cara Limpa
"Diz me quanto"
(MavTraxx featuring Maro and Cleon Edwards) 		2019 Family Ties
"Move On"
(Noé Zagroun featuring Maro) 		Non-album singles
"O filho do recluso"
(Ferdinando Arnò featuring Maro, Vince Mendoza, and Marco Decimo)
"Moreninha"
(Monda featuring Maro) 		Cal
"Takin' It Slow"
(SirAiva featuring Maro) 		Family Ties
"Norte y sur"
(Bebo San Juan featuring Maro) 		La vuelta al mundo
"Mi condena"
(Vic Mirallas featuring Maro) 		Volumen 2
"Lua"
(Jacob Collier featuring Maro) 		Djesse Vol. 2
"Why"
(Ariza featuring Maro) 		Why Am I
"Sense"
(Judit Neddermann [es] featuring Maro) 		2021 Aire
"Se fores à Quinta Nova"
(Marito Marques featuring Maro, Os Vocalistas, and Luís Trigacheiro) 		A ponte
"Walk Above the City"
(The Paper Kites featuring Maro) 		Roses
"Corazón"
(80purppp featuring Maro) 		Non-album single
"Mãe"
(Munir Hossn featuring Maro) 		Vientre
"Amor ao longe"
(Marito Marques featuring Maro and Salvador Sobral) 		A ponte
"Day Fire"
(Paraleven featuring Maro) 		Apollo
"Damunt de tu Només les flors"
(Gerald Clayton featuring Maro, John Clayton, and Justin Brown) 		2022 Bells On Sand
"Better Now"
(Odesza featuring Maro) 		The Last Goodbye
"Alambari"
(Antonio Sánchez featuring Maro) 		Shift (Bad Hombre, Vol. II)
"Estrelas e raiz"
(Sílvia Pérez Cruz featuring Maro and Rita Payés) 		Toda la vida, un día
"Shame On Me"
(Pedro Altério featuring Maro) 		2023 De Cara Limpa
"Sonhos & Ilusões"
(Julia Mestre [pt] featuring Maro) 		Arrepiada
"Tudo (Interlúdio)"
(Bárbara Bandeira featuring Maro) 		Finda
"Isso"
(Isaura featuring Maro) 		Non-album singles
"No ho has entès"
(Pol Batlle featuring Maro) 		2024
"Leave Your Love"
(Parcels featuring Maro) 		Leaveyourlove

References

  1. ^ "MARO wins 'Festival da Canção': will represent Portugal in Turin 🇵🇹". Eurovision.tv. 13 March 2022. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Maro wins Festival da Canção 2022 with "saudade, saudade"". 13 March 2022. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Mariana Brito da Cruz Forjaz Secca". geneall.net. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  4. ^ ArticlesNews· (2 October 2020). "MARO". Portuguese Soul Magazine. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Listen to ODESZA's Stunning New Single, "Better Now"". 2 March 2022. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  6. ^ "ODESZA". Billboard. Archived from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  7. ^ "MARO, Vol. 1 - Album by MARO". Spotify. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  8. ^ "MARO, Vol. 2 - Album by MARO". Spotify. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  9. ^ "MARO, Vol. 3 - Album by MARO". Spotify. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  10. ^ "MARO & Manel - Album by MARO, Manuel Rocha". Spotify. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  11. ^ "it's OK - Album by MARO". Spotify. Archived from the original on 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  12. ^ "can you see me? - Album by MARO". Spotify. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  13. ^ "hortelã - Album by MARO". Spotify. Archived from the original on 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  14. ^ "PIRILAMPO - EP by NASAYA, MARO". Spotify. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  15. ^ "MARO ilumina Sonastério - EP by MARO, Sonastério". Spotify. Archived from the original on 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  16. ^ "I DON'T WANNA FEEL THAT WAY - EP by MARO, Nasaya". Spotify. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  17. ^ "Maro [PT] - Saudade, saudade (song)". Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  18. ^ "Streymi, spilun og sala viku 20 – Listarnir gilda til 28. maí 2022" (in Icelandic). Plötutíðindi. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  19. ^ "IRMA – Irish Charts". Irish Recorded Music Association. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  20. ^ "2022 20-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. 20 May 2022. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  21. ^ "Dutch Single Tip 21/05/2022". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  22. ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 20". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  23. ^ "Maro [PT] – Saudade, saudade". Swiss Hitparade. Archived from the original on 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest
2022 		Succeeded by