Larissa de Macedo Machado, better known as Anitta, is a Brazilian singer and songwriter.
She was born on March 30, 1993 in Rio de Janeiro. Her parents are Miriam Macedo and Mauro Machado
and she has an older brother, Renan Machado. When she was only eight years old, she began
to sing in the choir of the Church of Santa Luzia in her neighborhood, thanks to the support of her
grandparents. At the age of eleven, she decided to take English classes to improve her language,
and a little later, she received dance lessons. At the age of 16, she finished her administration
studies and decided to upload videos to YouTube, where she sang and danced.
In 2010, producer Renato Azevedo saw one of those videos and contacted her, introducing her to
Furacão 2000, an independent funk production team from Rio de Janeiro, of which he was a member.
They signed a record deal and that same year Anitta published her first song “Eu vou ficar”.
Her first appearance on television was in 2012, on the SBT television program Cante se Puder,
where she sang “Exttravasa”. That same year, businesswoman Kamilla Fialho saw
Anitta at a concert and offered to be her manager. From her new company,
Kamilla K2L Entertainment on July 6, 2012 she released her single “Meiga e Abusada”, with which
she gained popularity throughout the country. In January 2013, thanks to the fame achieved by
“Meiga e Abusada”, she signed a contract with Warner Music Group. A few months later, Anitta
released her first studio album, which included the hit “Show das Poderosas”, reaching number 2 on
the Billboard Brazil Hot 100 Airplay music chart. In 2014, after releasing hits like “Cobertor”,
“Na Batida” or “Zen”, she left K2L Entertainment to manage her career on
her own, and she created her own company called Rodamoinho Produções Artísticas.
In 2015, she released her third album, Bang, and became the first Brazilian
to win the Latin American Artist of the Year award at the MTV Europe Music Awards.
In the following years she didn’t stop adding successes, with collaborations with very popular
artists such as Maluma and Becky G in the remix of "Mala mía", in "Downtown", "Machika",
or the remix of "Ginza" with J Balvin, “Is that for me” with Alesso, or “Switch” with Iggy Azalea.
2019 was one of the years in which she participated in many successes.
With collaborations with artists such as Prince Royce, Becky G,
Sofía Reyes, Rita Ora, Natti Natasha, Ozuna, Black Eyed Peas or Madonna, among many others.
In 2020 and 2021, the Brazilian continued at the top but she has undoubtedly reached one
of the highest peaks in world trends thanks to a dance step that she performs in one of
her latest singles: “Envolver”. To celebrate the success, the Brazilian released the remix of the
song with singer Justin Quiles in February, and the song has become a viral phenomenon.
The topic was popularized on Tiktok with the hashtag #Anittachallenge, with which fans
share their own versions of a twerking move, which many have already dubbed Anitta's move.
Anitta has become one of the most sought after artists on the internet. And she has won the
affection of millions of fans with her charisma and her original and sensual choreographies in her
shows. We are sure that she will continue to work on her career and will not stop surprising us!