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Maria Bethânia

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Also known as Maria Bethania, Maria Bethânia Viana Telles Veloso, Maria Betânia

Brazilian singer

OverviewAI-generated

Maria Bethânia is a female artist from Brazil who began her work period in 1965. Her musical genres include mpb, promessa, and Bossa Nova. She is associated with the mpb and Brazilian tags on music platforms.

Her published works include the title *Caderno de poesias*. She has a presence on her official website, mariabethania.com.br. On Last.fm, she has 582,763 listeners and a playcount of 27,677,084. Crossref lists five works by her, while Open Library records zero works under her author name. She is referenced by 522 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 18 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
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Top works

  • Caderno de poesias

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Brazil
Active from
1946-06-18
mpbpromessa

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
582,763
Total plays
27,677,084

Tags

mpbBossa Novafemale vocalistsbrasilbrazilian

Maria Bethânia Viana Teles Veloso (June 18, 1946, Santo Amaro da Purificação, Bahia, Brazil), professionally known as Maria Bethânia, is a Brazilian singer and occasional poet and songwriter, having acquired the title of "Abelha Rainha" (Queen Bee) throughout her career. She is the second best selling Brazilian female singer of all time, with more than 24 million albums sold, considered to be one of the greatest interpreters in the history of Brazilian popular music. <a href="https://www.last.fm

via Last.fm · Maria Bethânia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
Brazil
Place of birth
Santo Amaro
Languages spoken
Spanish
Religion
Candomblé
Field of work
music composing
Instrument
voice
Official website
www.mariabethania.com.br
Image
26 Prêmio da Música Brasileira (18709432655).jpg
Voice type
contralto
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Commons category
Maria Bethânia
date of birth
1946-06-18
name in native language
Maria Bethânia Viana Telles Veloso
start of work period
1965-00-00
sexual orientation
non-heterosexuality
unmarried partner
Fábio Jr.
short name
Maria Bethânia
Sources (7)

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