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My Take
Anitta is, to me, one of the most strategically global pop artists to come out of Brazil. What I admire is how she refuses to stay in one lane, blending pop, funk, reggaeton, and electronic music while singing across languages. Coming from Rio de Janeiro, born Larissa de Macedo Machado, she built herself into a genuine crossover force rather than waiting for the industry to import her. She is a singer-songwriter, dancer, actress, and occasional television host, and I think that versatility is the whole point. Plenty of artists chase a worldwide audience, but few make Brazilian sounds feel this fluent on a global stage.
Overview
Larissa de Macedo Machado (born 30 March 1993), known professionally as Anitta (Brazilian Portuguese: [ɐˈnitɐ] ), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, dancer, actress, and occasional television host. One of Brazil's most prominent artists, she became known for her versatile style and mixing genres such as pop, funk, reggaeton and electronic music.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Anitta
- Name (Japanese)
- アニッタ
- Reading
- あにった
- Born
- March 30, 1993 (age 33)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Rooster
- Origin
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / songwriter / actor / television presenter / dancer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://anitta.com.br/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/anitta/
- Xhttps://x.com/Anitta
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%83%E3%82%BF%20(%E6%AD%8C%E6%89%8B)
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.