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Is Canadian of Portuguese descent from the Azores.

Her song "Força", in which she sang in both English and Portuguese, was the official theme of the Euro 2004 (European Soccer Football Championships) organized in Portugal, in which Championship reached the second place.

According to an MTV interview, she self-taught herself how to sing by listening to Mariah Carey albums.

Learned to play trombone and ukulele at age nine, keyboards at age 11 and began composing at age 13.

Come-back song from her new album "Loose": "Man-Eater" reaches N.r 1 in the British Charts.

I put pressure on myself to be musically fresh, which is different from being trendy or being current. I like a fusion of sounds, just as long as it's funky.

I remember being five years old and it being like there was an orchestra in my mind and there was this soundtrack playing. I didn't know where it was coming from, but it was there. What I'm saying is that I tried on the pop hat for awhile and it was fun. But I'm ready to try new things.

This idea that artists are always going to make the right choices and do the right thing is kind of a falsehood. That's what my songs are about. Falling down and getting back up again.

My long-term goal is to be independent, quite frankly. I got quite spoiled doing Mi Plan, and in the context of my English projects I've had a lot of creative freedom. It's quite addictive, that creative independence. You start to crave it more and more as you move forward.

I've come to my rose-colored nostalgia moment, where I'm celebrating home. It's taken many years to get to the point where I feel lucky.