Three-part Favela Love Story unfolds
Last week, global superstar Anitta dropped her three-song bundle Funk Generation: A Favela Love Story to critical acclaim and fanfare. She has now released the third and final music video to complete the visual trilogy with “Used To Be.”
Since breaking through in Brazil six years ago, Grammy-nominated global superstar Anitta has become the leading artist of a new generation of Latin American music.
Anitta’s first single of 2022, “Envolver,” became the biggest solo debut by a Brazilian artist in the history of the Spotify Global Chart and broke Anitta’s record by reaching No. 1 on iTunes in 19 countries. She also released her latest album Versions of Me in April 2022. The 15-track album was released in Spanish, English, and Portuguese and holds the record of biggest streaming week for a Brazilian artist on Spotify. It now has surpassed one billion streams on Spotify.
Last summer, she won a 2022 MTV Music Video Award in the category of Best Latin for “Envolver,” further making history and earning her second Guinness World Record as the “first Brazilian solo artist to win the MTV VMA for Best Latin (female).” The win followed an explosive performance by Anitta, who made her VMA broadcast performance debut with “Envolver.” In 2019, she also won Best Female Artist at the Latin AMAs. Starting in 2014, Anitta was named Best Brazilian Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards for five consecutive years.
