Xênia França

Xênia França
Xênia França during the Rio2C event in 2019.
Xênia França during the Rio2C event in 2019.
Background information
Birth nameXênia Érica Estrela França
Born (1986-02-27) 27 February 1986 (age 38)
Candeias, Bahia, Brazil
OriginSão Paulo, Brazil
GenresPop, R&B, Soul, Jazz
OccupationsSinger-songwriter, model
Years active2010–present

Xênia Érica Estrela França (born 27 February 1986), known professionally as Xênia França, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter from Candeias.[1][2][3]

Biography and career

França was born in Recôncavo Baiano, spent her teenage years in Camaçari. She would later move to São Paulo in 2004. While there, she would work as a model. In 2008, where she started singing in bars alongside her modelling. While working, she met Emicida, a Brazilian rap artist, who invited her to contribute to the production of his EP Sua Mina Ouve Meu Rep Tamém and his album Emicídio, (both released in 2010). The following year, she joined the band Aláfia, alongside artists Pipo Pegoraro and Lucas Cirillo.[4]

In 2017, França released her first solo album, entitled Xenia.[5][6][7] Her album would later be nominated for the 2018 Latin Grammy Awards in the category Best Contemporary Pop Album,[8][9] alongside her track Pra Que Me Chamas? which would be nominated for Best Portuguese-Language Song.[10][8]

In 2019, Xênia França became the first Brazilian artist to perform on the world-renowned COLORS YouTube channel.[11]

In 2022, França released her first self-published album Em Nome Da Estrela,[12] again collaborating with former members of Aláfia and Lourenco Rebetez,[13] for which she won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Portuguese Language Contemporary Pop Album in 2023.[14]

Discography

Studio albums

Title Album details
Xenia
  • Released: 29 September 2017
  • Label: Natura Musical
  • Formats: CD, LP, Digital download, streaming
Em Nome Da Estrela
  • Released: 3 June 2022
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Streaming and digital download[15]

With Aláfia

  • 2017 – SP Não É Sopa (Agogô)
  • 2015 – Corpura (YB Music/Natura Musical)
  • 2013 – Aláfia (YB Music)

References

  1. ^ "Xenia França".
  2. ^ "Você precisa conhecer Xênia França, a nova princesa da música brasileira!". PAPELPOP (in Brazilian Portuguese). 17 November 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  3. ^ "TV Preta". 13 August 2018. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  4. ^ "O sonho afro-americano de Xênia França". Vice (in Portuguese). 29 September 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  5. ^ Paula', 'Alexandre de (6 December 2017). "Cantora baiana Xênia França se destaca com lançamento do primeiro CD solo". Acervo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Xenia França estreia com disco sobre feminismo e racismo, embalado por jazz e ritmos cubanos – Revista Marie Claire | Cultura". 28 July 2021. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  7. ^ Xênia França – Xenia, retrieved 3 July 2022
  8. ^ a b "19th Latin Grammy Awards Nominations" (PDF). THE LATIN ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCES, INC. pp. 23, 26.
  9. ^ Dekaney, Elisa Macedo (2021). Music at the intersection of Brazilian culture : an introduction to music, race, and food. Joshua A. Dekaney (1st ed.). London. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-429-53705-9. OCLC 1247943491.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  10. ^ "XENIA FRANÇA". Agogo Cultural (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  11. ^ XENIA FRANÇA – Miragem | A COLORS SHOW, 20 June 2019, retrieved 3 July 2022
  12. ^ "Novabrasil FM". Novabrasil FM (in Brazilian Portuguese). 8 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  13. ^ "Em Nome da Estrela by Xênia França". Genius. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  14. ^ "Xenia França vence Grammy Latino 2023 por melhor álbum pop contemporâneo em língua portuguesa". g1 (in Portuguese). 16 November 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Eu Nome Da Estrela – Links". Retrieved 4 July 2022.

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