- Anna Abreu
Infobox Musical artist
Name = Anna Abreu
Img_capt = Anna Abreu in 2008
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Anna Eira Margarida Mourão de Melo e Abreu
Born = birth date and age|1990|02|07
Died =
Origin =Vantaa ,Finland
Instrument =singing
Genre = Pop, R&B
Occupation =
Years_active = 2007-present
Label = Sony BMG
Associated_acts =Ari Koivunen
URL = http://www.anna-abreu.fi
Notable_instruments =Anna Eira Margarida Mourão de Melo e Abreu (born
February 7 1990 inVantaa ,Finland ) is a Finnish-Portuguesesinger . She came to fame as the runner-up on Finnish Pop Idol. Her music is primarily pop, though her songs also have R&B, soul and latin rhythms to them. Her debut single "End of Love" was presented onNRJ radio station onJune 26 2007 , preceding the release of her self-titled debut album onAugust 22 2007 , which went platinum within a week of release.Biography
Anna's father lives in
Portugal , whilst Anna and her mother live inVantaa ,Finland . Anna has a brother Emil who is four years older than her. As a young girl Anna lived in Portugal and still visits regularly.Anna's other hobbies include
reggaeton -dance and she has played theviolin in one music group.Anna is fluent in Finnish, Portuguese (being joint-
first language s), and also speaks English, Swedish and Spanish.After coming second in the 2007 "Finnish Pop Idol", she released her debut single "End of Love" in July 2007, which peaked at number 8 in Finland. [http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?key=370463&cat=s "End of Love" chart info in Finland] . "finnishcharts.com". Retrieved
January 6 2008 .] Her debut album, "Anna Abreu", released onAugust 22 , went straight to the top of Finland's album chart spending 10 weeks in the top 10 and 33 weeks in the top 25. [http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?key=67185&cat=a "Anna Abreu" chart info in Finland] . "finnishcharts.com". Retrieved 06/05/08] OnDecember 20 2007 , her official website reveiled the album had been certified double platinum, selling over 60,000 copies. [http://www.anna-abreu.fi/ "Anna Abreun debyyttilevy myynyt tuplaplatinaa"] . "anna-abreu.fi". RetrievedJanuary 6 2008 .] Also as ofApril 13 , the album holds the 40th spot on the best-performing albums ever in Finland. The second single, "Ivory Tower", debuted in late October at number 17 and peaked at number 6 near the end of 2007. [http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?key=384364&cat=s "Ivory Tower" chart info in Finland] . "finnishcharts.com". RetrievedJanuary 6 2008 .]Abreu also provides the voice of
Rod Flanders in the Finnish dub-version of "The Simpsons Movie ".On
January 22 2008 , the official website confirmed that Are You Ready, the upbeat cover of theShakaya single, will be the third single. [ [http://www.anna-abreu.fi/index.php?show=1201004097 "Are You Ready-single radioihin"] . "anna-abreu.fi". RetrievedFebruary 6 2008 .]She is a MTV EMA 2008 nominee as best Finnish singer.
ung on Idols
References
External links
* [http://www.anna-abreu.fi/ Anna Abreu's Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/annaabreumusic Anna Abreu – MySpace.com]
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