Anitta honored Carmen Miranda in an American Music Awards look

Anita pays homage to Carmen Miranda during the awards AMA’s 🇧🇷American Music Awards) this year, held last Sunday (20), in Los Angeles. Worldwide success for the hit “To involve“, the singer was the first Brazilian to go up on stage, competing with big names in the industry like Becky G🇧🇷 Kali Uchis🇧🇷 Karol G and Rosalía🇧🇷

For the red carpet, the dress Anita was inspired by a costume from Carmen Miranda in the movie One Night in Rio (1941). In addition to the white and black dress with transparencies at the waist and hips, Anitta appeared with silver bracelets valued at around R$ 20,000.

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Since it began to gain international projection, the Brazilian has been recurrently compared to Carmen Miranda, an artist who also crossed Tupiniquin borders, in another era. In an interview with The globeMarcelo Castello Branco, CEO of the Brazilian Union of Composers (UBC) who was on the board of directors of Latin Grammydefined Anita as “the first global Brazilian superstar of the social media era, a Carmen Miranda digital”.

This is not the first time that the artist references one of the greatest Brazilian actresses of the 1930s. Anita said that he was reading “Carmen – A biography”, a book written by Ruy Castro.

In addition, he has already used costumes inspired by Carmen Mirandaas in the video clip of 🇧🇷Girl FromRiver“, track present in the fifth studio album Versions of Me (2022), and at this year’s Rock in Rio Lisbon.

Anita was also the first Brazilian to win the award for Best Latin Music Videowith hit “To involve” at the Video Music Awards 🇧🇷VMA’s) this year, in the debut of a Brazilian artist in the hall of award winners. In addition, the singer was also in the TOP 5 of the Billboard Global, which considers more than 200 territories, including the United States, and occupied number 70 on the Billboard Hot 100, the main American singles chart.