Deal is a partnership with Universal Music Latin Entertainment
One of the 21st century’s boldest, international superstars record-breaking global icon Anitta has signed to Republic Records in partnership with Universal Music Latin Entertainment, the labels announce.
The news follows on the heels of her nomination in the category of Best New Artist at the 2023 Grammy Awards as well as a string of history-making moves, including achieving Guinness World Records as the “First Solo Latin Artist to Reach #1 on Spotify Globally” and the 2022 winner of Best Latin at the VMAs, EMAs and AMAs. Meanwhile, her 2022 multilingual opus, Versions of Me, tallied billions of streams and was relesaed in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
“After being in this business for many years, I wanted to find partners that work like a family,” Anitta shares. “After meeting with Monte, Wendy, their team at Republic, and Jesus Lopez I was blown away. Their passion, innovation, creativity and vision is incredible. I not only felt so connected to them as an artist, but also on a human level. I knew immediately, I was home.”
Additional announcements regarding Anitta’s signing are expected soon.
Since breaking through in Brazil six years ago, the Grammy-nominated superstar 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. Last summer, she won a 2022 MTV Music Video Award in the category of Best Latin for “Envolver.” 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.
