In 1999, fado's most famous and beloved interpreter,
Amália Rodrigues died. In the public remembrance and mourning that followed, fado regained much of its previous popularity, and Mariza was asked to perform a broadcast tribute to Rodrigues' memory, which caused her friends to begin urging her to record an album of fado music. She did so, and in 2001
Fado em Mim was released. It sold an astounding 100,000 copies (4,000 copies of a fado disc would have been considered successful). After this the record company made the disc available worldwide, and sales eventually topped 140,000 copies. One of Mariza's hit songs,
Transparente is a tribute to her African grandmother. Mariza sang the
Portuguese national anthem at the
2002 FIFA World Cup of football, at the game which pitted the home team (
South Korea) against Portugal. By the time Mariza's second album,
Fado Curvo, was released in 2003, she was considered a member of the
New Fado movement, with a voice reminiscent of traditional
divas of the musical form such as Rodrigues. Her interpretations of fado standards brought her rapid international recognition, leading to her being the recipient, in March 2003, of
BBC Radio 3's award for
Best European Artist in World Music. Her British television debut was on
Later with Jools Holland. For the
Olympic Games of
Athens 2004 she sang "A Thousand Years," as a duet with
Sting. It was released on the official pop album of the
Athens Olympics,
Unity, on which fado is sung in
English and
Portuguese. In 2004 Mariza won an
EBBA Award. Every year the
European Border Breakers Awards (EBBA) recognize the success of ten emerging artists or groups who reached audiences outside their own countries with their first internationally released album in the past year. Mariza's third album,
Transparente, was recorded in Brazil and released in 2005. She performed at
Live 8; she sang at the
Eden Project in
Cornwall, after which she has been invited to concerts and events worldwide to promote Portuguese culture, from Australia to Finland, the United States and Argentina. That album eventually reached
Top Ten in countries which include The Netherlands, Spain and Finland. Mariza, who lives in the upmarket Alcântara dockside area of Lisbon, has received awards from
Denmark,
Australia,
Canada,
Germany,
UK,
Guinea-Bissau and
Equatorial Guinea. She has performed at venues such as New York's
Carnegie Hall and
Central Park,
Walt Disney Concert Hall,
Barbican, Hollywood Bowl, London's
Royal Albert Hall,
Union Chapel,
Royal Festival Hall, Lisbon's
Centro Cultural de Belém, Frankfurt's
Alte Oper, Paris'
Théâtre de la Ville,
Madrid's
Teatro Albéniz,
Barcelona's Teatro Grec, X Cairo International Song Festival 2004,
Centro Cultural de Macau,
Moscow International House of Music,
Toronto's
Massey Hall,
Sydney Opera House and the
National Concert Hall in Dublin in February 2010. and Mariza Her album released in 2007
Concerto em Lisboa received a
Latin Grammy nomination for
Best Folk Album. The following year, she again released an album,
Terra which also was nominated for Best Folk Album at the Latin Grammy Awards. This album continued to mix a variety of
genres, containing basic fado influenced by
jazz,
flamenco, Latin and African sounds. In 2010, Mariza was featured in the
pilot episode of the
PBS music series,
Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders, singing the "global hit" -- "Minh' Alma." In 2010, Mariza released the album
Fado Tradicional, returning to the roots of Fado, but also interpreting the music in Mariza's unique style. Beginning on 28 February 2011 the airline
TAP Portugal began airing its "TAP With Arms Wide Open" (TAP de Braços Abertos) campaign, featuring its new slogan. Three singers, Mariza, the Brazilian singer
Roberta de Sá, and the Angolan singer
Paulo Flores starred in a music video with the song "Arms Wide Open." Mariza performed alongside
Ana Moura as the opening act of the Grand Final of the
Eurovision Song Contest 2018 held in Lisbon, Portugal, singing "Barco Negro". In May 2024, Mariza released the single "Desamor" (featuring
GSon), from her forthcoming album
Amor. ==Personal life==