Anitta Tickets

Few Brazilian musicians manage to infiltrate Western pop charts, if any at all. That was the case until Anitta arrived on the global scene, who has injected mainstream music with her distinct melt of Latin heat, humour, and hedonism, becoming Brazil’s greatest global female pop star in the process. 

Born Larissa de Macedo Machado, Anitta – who later took the stage name from the titular character of a television series she admired – was raised in Honório Gurgel, a neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro with one of the lowest Human Development Indexes in the city. Despite the odds stacked against her, Anitta excelled as a young student. Her above-average intelligence is a characteristic that would define her life and career – a polyglot, she speaks fluent English and Spanish as well as her native Portuguese. 

Determined to outrun the “guns, drugs, and sex” that permeated her community, she looked to the language of music. After befriending local ‘funk carioca’ (or ‘favela funk’) producer Renato Azevedo, Anitta soon signed a record deal with local label Furacão 2000 who released a handful of acclaimed singles..

Warner Music Brasil caught wind of a new scene erupting from the capital, and secured Anitta to a long-term contract. Her 2013 debut single ‘Meiga e Abusada’ became one of Brazil radio stations’ most requested songs that year, and reached number two on Brazil’s Billboard Hot 100. Warner realised they had a star in their ranks, once her self-titled debut album was certified platinum. 

Her stock continued to swell exponentially with follow-up albums Ritmo Perfeito in 2014 and Bang! in 2015, the latter of which sold over 300,000 copies. But there was scope for Anitta beyond Brazil. Latin America, and then the rest of the world beckoned. First appearing on a remix of J Balvin’s ‘Ginza’ – who would become a frequent collaborator, notably on ‘Downtown’, as well as a close friend – Western audiences were made aware of Anitta’s amorous aesthetic and musical approach during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Olympic Games, and later a guest feature on Iggy Azalea’s ill-fated 2017 single ‘Switch’. 

With the US now embracing the rapid rise of Reggaeton, Anitta released her fourth studio album Kisses in 2019, a trilingual visual album where every track was accompanied by a music video. Further fortifying her credentials as a global pop phenomenon, a revolving-door of glitterati such as Alesso, Becky G, and Snoop Dogg guested on singles ‘Banana’, ‘Onda diferente’ and ‘Get To Know Me’. Critical acclaim came flooding her way ahead of a global world tour in support which saw Anitta perform in arenas across North America and Europe, including the Nile Rodgers-curated Meltdown Festival in London. 

At the tail end of 2021, Anitta revealed ‘Evolver’, an innuendo-laden Reggaeton-indebted single which dominated global charts and has remarkably amassed over 600 million streams on Spotify since. She’d  gone truly stratospheric, by which time her fifth album Versions Of Me was in the works. Released in 2022, lead single ‘Me Gusta’ featured rap royalty in Cardi B and ‘Girl From Rio’ – Anitta’s first single to chart in US Top 40 radio – propelling her latest album to record-breaking success. 

As her ever-growing cabinet of awards and accolades – including four Latin Grammy Awards and over ten MTV Awards – Anitta returned in 2024 with Funk Generation and its rhythmic lead single ‘Funk Rave’ which promises a return to her roots.