Maria das Graças Rallo (born 10 May 1948), known by her stage name Cláudya (), and formerly Cláudia and Cláudia Oliveira, is a Brazilian singer.
Biography
She debuted at age nine in a talent show at Radio Company of Juiz de Fora, where she grew up. At thirteen, she was a singer at many of the midnight feasts and dances of the region. She developed her career in São Paulo in the 60s, at the beginning, participating in the program O Fino da Bossa. In 1969, she won the Festival Song Fluminense, singing the song "Razão de Paz para Não Cantar" (Lage and Alesio Eduardo de Barros). She also participated in several festivals abroad, including Japan, Greece, Spain, Mexico, and Venezuela, becoming the most awarded singer outside Brazil.
She excelled in the music scene in 1982 with the song "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from the musical Evita.
She has recorded over twenty albums and has huge record sales. Thanks to her great success, she was invited to participate in major television programs of the time. She launched an LP in Japanese, which sold over 200,000 copies and among the prizes won were the Roquette Pinto, the Golden Globe and Trophy Press. Among her biggest hits is the song "Com Mais de Trinta", a composition of Marcos Valle and Paulo Sérgio Valle.
Trivia
Claudya also plays piano and keyboard, from the age of 23. She is the mother of singer Graziela Medori.
Discography
1967 – Cláudia
1971 – Cláudia
1971 – Jesus Cristo
1971 – Você, Cláudia, Você
1973 – Deixa eu Dizer
1977 – Reza, Tambor e Raça
1979 – Pássaro Imigrante
1980 – Cláudia
1985 – Luz da Vida
1986 – Sentimentos
1992 – A Estranha Dama
1994 – Leão de Judá
1994 – Entre Amigos (with Zimbo Trio) 1998 – Cláudya Canta Taiguara 1999 – Brasil Rea'l 2005 – Horizons 2011 – Senhor do Tempo – Canções Raras de Caetano Veloso 2016 – Para Sempre Amanhecer – Duo Tiago Mineiro
External links
Biography at Dicionário Cravo Albin
References
Brazilian sopranos
Living people
1948 births
Bossa nova singers
Singers from Rio de Janeiro (city) 20th-century Brazilian women singers 20th-century Brazilian singers 21st-century Brazilian women singers 21st-century Brazilian singers Women in Latin music