Featured In
ALBUMAs Grandes Marchas PopularesAmália Rodrigues, Helena Tavares, Beatriz Costa, Júlia Barroso, Maria da Nazaré, Fernanda Peres, Maria Clara & Lenita Gentil
Albums by Amália Rodrigues
ALBUMAmália Rodrigues: Edição Especial (Remastered 2021)Amália Rodrigues
ALBUMEnsaios (Rehearsal Sessions)Amália Rodrigues
ALBUMÉ ou Não É?Amália Rodrigues
ALBUMFado Português (Edição Aumentada e Remasterizada)Amália Rodrigues
ALBUMAmália de Porto em PortoAmália Rodrigues
ALBUMParis 1960Amália Rodrigues
ALBUMA Diva do FadoAmália Rodrigues
ALBUMRecital di Maria Carta e Amália Rodrigues - I lunedì del Sistina (20 novembre 1972)Maria Carta & Amália Rodrigues
ALBUMAmália Secreta 1953-1958Amália Rodrigues
ALBUMAmália… Canta PortugalAmália Rodrigues
Artist Playlists
Amália Rodrigues Essentials
The Queen of Fado's emotional vocals add depth to the music's sweetly sad tradition.
Amália Rodrigues Deep Cuts
Artist Biography
The unrivaled queen of the Portuguese fado, singer Amália Rodrigues was born in Lisbon in 1920. As a teen Rodrigues performed as a tango dancer, and at 19 she made her professional singing debut. Within a year she was a star, selling out clubs every night. Rodrigues not only popularized the fado throughout South America, she reinvented it -- brilliantly fusing the urban and rural styles of Lisbon and Coimbra, she also sought out material that moved far beyond the traditional tales of failed romance to explore instead the deepest crises of the soul and spirit, delivering performances unmatched in their fatalistic power and haunting beauty. ~ Retiro da Severa
Hometown
Lisbon, Portugal
Genre
Worldwide