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Amália Rodrigues
Sign in to saveAlso known as Queen of Fado, Amalia Rodrigues, Amália da Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues, Amália da Piedade Rodrigues
Portuguese recording artist, fado singer, actress (1920-1999)
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Amália da Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues, known as Amália Rodrigues, was a Portuguese singer, musician, and actor. Born in Lisbon on July 23, 1920, she began her work period in 1939. She was a mezzo-soprano who sang in Portuguese, Spanish, French, and English. Her genres included fado, fado de Coimbra, flamenco, and folk. She was the sister of Celeste Rodrigues.
Rodrigues died of a myocardial infarction due to natural causes in Lisbon on October 6, 1999. She is buried in the Church of Santa Engrácia. She received the Knight of the Legion of Honour and the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. She was also known by the pseudonyms a Rainha do Fado and a voz de Portugal.
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Film & TV
Lisbon, Portugal
Amália, was a Portuguese fadista (fado singer) and actress. Known as the 'Rainha do Fado' ("Queen of Fado"), Rodrigues was instrumental in popularising fado worldwide and travelled internationally throughout her career. Amália remains the best-selling Portuguese artist in history.
Known for
- I, Amália — Self (archive footage)2020
- Amália, Amá-la2009
- História do Cinema Português2001
- The Art of Amália — Self - Singer2000
- Vasco Santana: O Bom Português — Self1998
- Amália - Uma Estranha Forma de Vida — Self1995
- Amália - Uma Estranha Forma de Vida — Self1995
- Parabéns — Self1992
- Until the End of the World — Woman in Street Car1991
- Amalia Rodrigues Live In New York1990
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Portugal
- Active from
- 1920
- Active to
- 1999
Discography
- Ai Mouraria / Sardinheiras1945
- A Tendinha / Sei finalmente1945
- Duas luzes / Tróca de olhares1945
- Fado do ciúme / Olhos verdes1945
- Los piconeros / Passei por você1945
- Maria da Cruz / Saudades de ti1945
- Mouraria / Carmencita1945
- Perseguição / As penas1945
- Avé Maria fadista / Fria claridade1951
- Ai Mouraria / Que Deus me perdoe1952
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 125,150
- Total plays
- 2,018,667
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Amália da Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues (1920–1999) was a Portuguese singer and actress. Born in Lisbon, Portugal, official documents have her date of birth as the 23rd July, but Rodrigues always said her birthday was the 1st July 1920. She was born in the rua Martim Vaz (Martim Vaz Street), freguesia of Pena, Lisbon. Her father was a trumpet player and cobbler from Fundão who returned there when Amália was just over a year old, leaving her to <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Am%C3%A1lia+Rodrigu
Key facts
- Also known as
- Rainha do Fado ("Queen of Fado")
- Born
- Amália da Piedade Rodrigues , ( 1920-07-23 ) 23 July 1920, Lisbon , Portugal
- Died
- 6 October 1999 (1999-10-06) (aged 79), Lisbon, Portugal
- Genres
- Fado
- Occupation
- Singer
- Instruments
- Vocals Portuguese guitar
- Years active
- 1939–1999
- Label
- Valentim de Carvalho
- Website
- www .amalia .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Rodrigues
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Portugal
- Place of birth
- Lisbon
- Place of death
- Lisbon
- Sibling
- Celeste Rodrigues
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Field of work
- fado
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- amaliarodrigues.pt
- Image
- Amália Rodrigues ('Fado et Flamenco', Columbia, 1956), cropped.png
- Voice type
- mezzo-soprano
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- Commons category
- Amália Rodrigues
- date of birth
- 1920-07-23
- date of death
- 1999-10-06
- Commons gallery
- Amália Rodrigues
- place of burial
- Church of Santa Engrácia
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Amália da Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues
- start of work period
- 1939-00-00
- pseudonym
- a voz de Portugal
- name in native language
- Amália da Piedade Rebordão Rodrigues
- nickname
- Rainha do Fado
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Encyclopedic overview
Amália da Piedade Rodrigues GCSE GCIH (23 July 1920 – 6 October 1999) was a Portuguese fado singer (fadista).
Dubbed Rainha do Fado ("Queen of Fado"), she was instrumental in popularising fado worldwide and travelled internationally throughout her career. Rodrigues remains the best-selling Portuguese artist in the history of recorded music.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amália Rodrigues” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.